Good day to you, loyal readers. I come to you on this fine day bearing gold. 80 Plus Gold, that is. Today's review sample is the Enermax Modu87+ 700 watt unit, and the third Gold certified unit to ever be tested here at the site. Let's see if it lives up to expectations.
I'm always on the lookout for bigger and better things to test here at the site, but for my first review of 2010 I decided to go with something a little smaller. Something that people have been asking about in the forums recently. Something from an OEM that has not been looked at all that often by yours truly.
Folks, that something is the Cougar S700, a unit built by HEC. Let's find out if this kitty cat has some attitude to go with the name.
As we head into the final week before Christmas in 2009, a lot of us will be looking for Santa to bring us that new power supply we've always wanted. Today's review sample is the recently released Antec Truepower Quattro 1200 watt, which includes a new feature that goes by the name PowerCache™.
This is my first Antec review sample that has weighed in at a whopping 1200 watts, and I'll admit to having high expectations this time out. Is this a unit we need to be pestering Santa to bring us now that we're coming down to the big day? Let's find out.
With the
International Solid-State Circuits Conference less than a week away, Intel has
released additional details on its hexa-core desktop, next generation mobile
and dual-core Westmere processors. Much of the dual-core data was revealed last
month when the CPU manufacturer launched Clarkdale. When Intel set its internal
goals for what its calling Westmere 6C, the company aimed to boost both core
and cache count by 50 percent without increasing the processor's thermal
envelope. Towards this end, the new Westmere chips will incorporate additional
technologies to reduce the CPU's power consumption at idle... @ HotHardware
Entering the customizble keyboard scene is OCZ with their
OLED Gaming keyboard. While it can't change hard-coded letter keys, it does combine
the best of both worlds by combining a standard gaming keyboard with a
customizable OLED keypad. Using such a keypad allows you to dynamically update
the key label on-the-fly depending on the application or game you're running. @ OCModShop
Last week we delivered our first Linux
benchmarks of Intel's Core i3 Clarkdale processor with a variety of
computational tests through the Phoronix Test Suite. While the Core i3 packs a
nice performance punch, that is not all it has to offer. Also found on the
Clarkdale (and mobile Arrandale) processors is an integrated 45nm graphics
processor that is supposed to offer a decent level of performance in comparison
to earlier Intel IGPs normally found on the motherboard's Chipset. In this
article are these first Intel benchmarks for the Clarkdale graphics processor
as we see how its open-source Intel driver stack compares to that of AMD with
their open-source Radeon stack up through the Radeon R700 series. @ Phoronix
We here at HardwareLogic know the importance of having enthusiast
hardware, but not everyone wants or needs the ultra high end components
for a system that is doing minimal work or doing specialized work.
Today we are looking at the SapphireRadeon HD 5450 Low Profile card. We haven't spent much time with the
card so consider this a preview until we can run additional benchmarks
and get a better feel for the card. We've had it since 2010-02-02 which
isn't much time at all. Still, we'll share our thoughts on our first
impressions.
MSI has gained a strong market since it launched its first 10" netbook
in 2008. It has also released many new notebook products in the last
two years and these have helped to boost the image of the MSI brand.
When
MSI released its first netbook, the only netbooks on the market were in
the 7 to 8.9" range. For most consumers, MSI's first 10" U100 Netbook
offered a bigger screen compared to the other 7~8.9" netbooks at the
time while weighing around the same as 8.9" models. MSI then continued
to refine their netbook offerings with some offering longer endurance
while others emphasized 3.5G support. Consumer response was quite
positive and the MSI brand has come up in the conversation when some of
my friends were looking for new netbooks.
Today we are reviewing a Network Attached Storage (NAS) devicefrom Synology. The NAS in question is the newly released DS210j, which
is a two drive NAS box with support for JBOD, RAID-0 and RAID-1.
If
you’ve not heard of Synology before, it’ll probably be because they
only make NAS devices (for home and office), and you’ve not really
looked into any. The reason I say you won’t have looked into any, is
because Synology are quite a big name in the NAS world, so you’d have
been hard pressed to miss them.
Today on the testbench is HIS's IceQ+ HD 5750 videocard which continues
down the line of Radeon IceQ options on sale today. The card not only
comes with HIS's excellent UV reactive IceQ cooling solution,
but it also comes with a free complete DirectX version of Colin McRae's
DIRT 2. But with all the effort HIS went through for this card, there
are a couple things on my mind that I would like to point out.
Today,
we take a look at the Gigabyte H55M-S2H motherboard today which is
based on the recently released Intel H55 chipset. The H55 chipset is
more-or-less, the P55 chipset with integrated graphics along with a few
more additions such as Remote PC Assist, Quiet System Technology and
Anti-theft/Identity Protect Technologies.
Just when I thought they had finished cutting halves, ATI has taken the 40nm Cypress architecture to a new low. Low power, that is. In a brand new design, unlike
anything they have released with this architecture, ATI is going after
the Home Theater PC market with their heat sinks blazing. OK, I
exaggerate; the Radeon HD5450 video card actually runs pretty cool,
which is the point, really. It's silent, too, with a large and lovely
red heatsink sitting atop the tiny GPU, sans fan. Follow along with
Benchmark Reviews as we investigate an early sample of ATI's new
standard bearer for low-power HTPC applications.
Hardwareoverclock.com
has reviewed another videocard. Last week they has take a look at the XFX
Radeon HD5850 Black Edition. The Black Edition has a higher GPU Clock with 765
MHz and a Memory Speed of 4500 MHz not really much higher. What about the
performance, can you feel the slight increase? @ Hardwareoverclock
Solid State Drive
technology has helped transform computers into high-performance machines.
Adding to the mania, 6.0-Gbps SATA-III bandwidth has cleared any bottlenecks
that may have previously limited SSD speeds. Based on the Marvell
88SS9174-BJP2 SSD processor, the 256GB Crucial RealSSD-C300 becomes the
industry's first SATA-6G consumer Solid State Drive. Likewise, the C300 is also
the first SSD to use ONFI 2.1 synchronous NAND flash. In this
article, Benchmark Reviews tests the MTFDDAC256MAG model rated for 355 MBps
read speeds using the HighPoint Rocket 620LF host controller. @ Benchmark Reviews
We were once skeptical on whether or not SSD's
would ever truly beat the performance of the HDD. Now-a-days we wonder why we
ever thought that. Here to prove why is the Kingston SSDNow V+ series 128GB
SSD. Join us as we match it up against the best of the best in the HDD market,
the VelociRaptor. Will this SSD stand up to the challenge? You be the judge.. @ TechwareLabs
These days I find
myself using my laptop more than ever. Focusing on mobility, plug-and-play
media is fast becoming a staple for me to keep my information within reach, and
nothing does that better than an external hard drive. In order to take advantage
of high-capacity external drives, one must find an enclosure that matches form
with function: easy to use while keeping your drive cool and safe. Today I will
be testing out the Sunbeamtech 3.5″ Airbox eSATA/USB External Enclosure. @ ThinkComputers
The NZXT UI01 USB
Expansion allows you to quickly and easily add more internal USB devices as
well as setup a couple of other "external" USB devices without
hogging extra USB ports on the outside of your machine. A couple of uses
could be internal wireless, Bluetooth, ReadyBoost or even a wireless keyboard
and mouse dongle. . . @ BCCHardware
After the fall of the
old king of air cooling, the TRUE, some manufacturers have succeeded to make
better and better heatsinks, with different shapes and sizes. All concurrence
was ripped apart when Noctua have presented their NH-D14 heatsink.
Thermalright, which developed one of the best heatsinks for a really long time
had to catch up. In this review we will see if we will have a new king of air
cooling or a huge dissapointment. @ PCShopTalk
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