Tech News
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Asustek orders 1-1.2 million Intel 7 series chipsets
Published: Friday, May 4, 2012 | By: DennisNow that is a lot of chips.
The report talks about 7-Series as it relates to the Intel Z77 and would indicate that Asus is shoring up stocks for a long run of motherboards for the new Ivy Bridge processor.
Asustek Computer has placed orders with Intel for 1-1.2 million 7 series chipsets and 2.5-3 million H61 chipsets as well as ordering 600,000-800,000 760G and 500,000-600,000 A75 chipsets from AMD, for motherboards to be launched in the second quarter of 2012, according to industry sources.
Since Intel will launch more Ivy Bridge-based processors in the third quarter, Asustek is expected to start expanding its orders for Intel's Z77 chipset then.1.2 Million chipsets sounds like a pretty big haul lets hope the purchase will be good for them.
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Nvidia Gefore GTX 690 Launch Day - Global Style
Published: Thursday, May 3, 2012 | By: DennisLooking for the "new" fastest GPU on a single card? Look no further the GTX 690 has launched.
Today NVIDIA releases their new GeForce GTX 690 flagship. The $999 card is based on two GK104 graphics processors that have their full potential enabled. The new card has one of the most extravagant designs, making heavy use of metal which adds to the experience. Performance is outstanding, being neck to neck with a dual GTX 680 SLI setup.
- TechPowerUpLaunch Reviews
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 review
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 4GB Video Card Review @ Legit Reviews
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 Dual-GK104 GPU Review @ HotHardware
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690: The Dual-GPU Beast Arrived! @ Bjorn3D
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 4 GB @ techPowerUp
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 Review @ Hardware Canucks
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 Dual-GPU Graphics Card Launch Review @ HardwareHeaven
- NVIDIA Geforce GTX 690 DirectX 11 Video Card Review @ HiTech LegionSadly the card isn't cheap with a launch price of $999 US, and I thought the MSI 7970 Lightning was expensive.
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NL: Review Block - Input Devices
Published: Tuesday, May 1, 2012 | By: DennisThis will be a review block dedicated to input devices and memory, you know keyboards, mice and how you remember they are all there.
.Input Stuff
- CM Storm Trigger Gaming Keyboard Review @ Ninjalane
- Cooler Master Trigger Mechanical Gaming Keyboard @ Pro-Clockers
- Cooler Master Storm Trigger @ LanOC Reviews
- Cooler Master Quick Fire Rapid Review - XSReviews
- Corsair Vengeance M60 FPS Mouse Review @ Techgage
Memory
- Crucial Ballistix Elite 16GB DDR3-1866 BLE2CP8G3D1869DE1TX0CEU Review (yep that company just down the street from me, wonder why I still don't get samples, hummm)
- Patriot Viper Extreme Division 4 Review - 16GB Quad Channel 1600 MHz @ HCWMore to come, stay tuned
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Science Explains Why So Few People Are Left-Handed
Published: Thursday, April 26, 2012 | By: DennisI'm no lefty, in fact my left hand is pretty dumb when it comes to doing precision tasks like writing but I can assemble a motherboard, rebuild an engine, draw and paint with both my hands, assuming the right is involved.
Left-handers aren't very common. In fact , they only represent about 10 percent of the human population. But a new study suggests that the reason lefties are in the minority isn't anything suspect—rather, it boils down to the fact that the human race cooperate more than they compete.
Not sure I believe that the reason for handed'ness is based on the social order of humans but it seems logical.
kinda..
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MSI Radeon HD 7970 Lightning 3 GB @ techPowerUp
Published: Tuesday, May 1, 2012 | By: DennisI have posted some news about the MSI HD7970 Lightning before calling it one of the best video cards you can buy if you intend to overclock. Doesn't matter if its on air, water or LN2 this card can handle it.
MSI's Radeon HD 7970 Lightning is a heavily customized implementation of the HD 7970 with focus on performance and overclocking. The card uses a beefed up voltage regulation circuitry and massive dual-fan heatsink to ensure stable operation at MSI's clocks of 1070 MHz core and 1400 MHz memory.
Good luck finding one, they have been out of stock for over a month. (as of this post)
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Funky Kit - What is Phase Change cooling?
Published: Tuesday, May 1, 2012 | By: DennisThis is a pretty short article but does a good job at describing what Phase Change cooling is. Overclockers call this SS or Single Stage meaning that there is only a single coolant loop. Folks that what the stability of Single Stage but need a colder load temperature will get something called a Cascade. Cascade cooling is a Phase Change cooler with any number of coolant loops (usually no more than 3) and can drop the evaporator temp down below -100C.
Thats right, now for future reviews we will be featuring results for extreme cooling. Motherboards and some video cards will be cooled to sub-zero temperatures just for our lucky Funkykit viewers. That means this hardware will be pushed to its extreme limits and have what most people would consider to be excessive amounts of voltage used.
Single stage is really my most favorite cooling method but I've started to really enjoy LN2 cooling since you can vary the temperature..
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GeIL Black Dragon PC3-17000 2133MHz C10 16GB Memory Kit Review @ Madshrimps
Published: Monday, April 30, 2012 | By: DennisThose of you who have seen my Computex coverage will no doubt be familar with Geil "Dragon" memory and up until now I always figured the modules were on display to draw in a crowd.
The Black Dragon PC3-17000 2133MHz C10 16GB is a high-end memory kit from GeIL which does not feature heatspreaders, has been tested in the proprietary DBT process for maximum reliability and are a delight when installed in cases with plexiglass side windows, thanks to the burning eyes and dragon design on the laterals.
Sadly the last time we saw the Black Dragon modules on display was at Computex 2009. Before that you would normally see the Golden Dragon. Same LED eyes too
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Nvidia GeForce GTX 680 Announced
Published: Monday, April 30, 2012 | By: Dennis"It" has arrived. This past weekend nVidia announced the new flagship GeForce product based on Keplier called the GTX 690. As the name indicates this is a dual gpu single board design using a PLX bridge chip and two GTX 680 GPUs.
On the surface it looks like the GTX 590 but the fan shroud has been completely redesigned and is poised to be the most powerful single card video solution ever made.
Well, folks, the mysterious "it" is finally here. Today at the GeForce LAN and Nvidia Gaming Festival event in Shanghai, China, Nvidia pulled the curtains back on what should be the fastest graphics card the world has seen to date. The GeForce GTX 690 will feature dual GK104 chips, just like those used in the GeForce GTX 680. Two of them together on a single card will team up to deliver roughly twice the theoretical peak performance of a single GTX 680.
- Tech ReportAnnouncement Articles
- Nvidia's Flagship Dual-GPU Powered GTX 690 Preview @ Bjorn3D
- NVIDIA Unveils Dual-GPU Powered GeForce GTX 690 @ HotHardware
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 Preview @ Hardware Canucks
- Nvidia uncorks world's fastest video card, the GeForce GTX 690As you can imagine this is going to be a high-end solution but will make 4-way SLI attainable to any who need that kind of power.
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Sapphire Pure Black X79N @ PureOverclock
Published: Thursday, April 26, 2012 | By: DennisIt is hard to imagine that I got to see the Sapphire X79 motherboard first hand over a year ago and here it is, on the market, and ready to go.
Recently, Sapphire has raised a few eyebrows with their Pure Platinum and Pure Black Series in both Intel and AMD Platforms. Today, we have our hands on Sapphire’s newest release, the Pure Black X79N. With some exciting added features, we didn’t waste any time to check out this bold new motherboard. But it comes with a very expensive price tag, so can it measure up?
It would be good to see Sapphire pushing out a few more motherboard designs, but as they told me the motherboards are just another market segment designed to help them sell video cards. With that said we can assume that the motherboards will be specially designed parts intended for a certain market segment and priced to make money.
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Cooler Master HAF XM Case Launch
Published: Thursday, April 26, 2012 | By: DennisOne of the coolest cases I saw at CES this year was the new Cooler Master HAF XM. This case was designed to be a smaller version of the popular HAF to give users that wanted a high airflow chassis an option for that design.
Reviews from the web
- Cooler Master HAF XM @ PureOverclock
- Cooler Master HAF XM Case Review @ Legit Reviews
- Cooler Master HAF XM @ LanOC Reviews
- Cooler Master HAF XM at Modders-Inc
- CoolerMaster HAF XM Mid-Tower Chassis @ Bjorn3D
- Cooler Master HAF XM Mid Tower Case Review @ ThinkComputers
- Cooler Master HAF XM Mid Tower @ Pro-Clockers
- Cooler Master HAF XM @ techPowerUp
- Cooler Master HAF XM Mid Tower Case Review @ Hardware CanucksThat should do it for case designs until Computex.
