The Japanese CPU cooler maker Scythe will soon release the fourth iteration of its very popular Mugen CPU cooler line. The Mugen 4 carries model number SCMG-4000 and improves on the Mugen 3 in several ways. First the Mugen 4 comes with a new feature called TMAPS, which stands for “three-dimensional multiple airflow pass-through structure” and is basically a new fin stack ...
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Samsung unveils new Series 9 ultrabook
12 April 2013 | Ultrabooks
Samsung’s ultrabook family has grown with one more member – a 13.3-inch Series 9 Premium ultrabook at Full HD resolution (1920 x 1080 pixels) sporting the company’s SuperBright technology that makes the display two times brighter that most other notebooks. The new Series 9 Premium ultrabook is based on an Intel Core i7-3537U processor at 2 GHz and has 4 GB of RAM, a 128...
AMD offers Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon with Radeon video cards
12 April 2013 | PC, PC gaming
AMD’s Never Settle campaign has entered a new stage with the US company now offering Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon to gamers who purchase select AMD Radeon graphics cards. The peculiarity here is that AMD gives the game free even to those gamers who have already purchased one of the participating Radeon HD video cards. AMD’s Never Settle and Never Settle: Reloaded campaigns aim...
Intel releases information on next generation Atom chips
11 April 2013 | Tablets
Intel Corporation has detailed the next generation of Atom processors at the on-going Intel Developers Forum in Beijing, China. Codenamed Bay Trail the next generation of Atom chips will be based on 22 nm technology and will make use of Tri-Gate transistors. Due to its extraordinary power efficiency the Bay Trail processors will be extremely suitable for use in tablet computers and similar de...
Silicon Power adds Velox V50 SSDs to product line
11 April 2013 | SSD
Silicon Power has released a new SSD series known as Velox V50 just days after the launch of the Velox V55 and Slim S55 SSD lines. The new product line comes with a brand new memory controller and four different capacities to suit every taste and price point. The Velox V50 SSDs are available in the usual 2.5-inch form factor and sport MLC NAND flash memory as well as the late...
OCZ prepares Vertex 5 solid-state drives
11 April 2013 | SSD
Prompted by stiff competition on the SSD market OCZ Technology Group reportedly works on the next generation of Vertex SSDs that will offer great performance at a relatively affordable price point. The upcoming Vertex 5 solid-state drives will be based on the Indilinx Barefoot 3 controller and will sport 20 nm MLC NAND flash memory. Hardware specs are stil...
Microsoft works on Surface 2 tablet
11 April 2013 | Featured, Tablets
Following the release of the Microsoft Surface media tablet the US corporation has started work on its successor - the Surface 2. The new generation will, for the first time, include a 7-inch Surface tablet that will address the growing market segment of small form factor tablets. Hardware specs are unknown as of now but next to the 7-inch screen the Surface 2 is expected to have...
ECS debuts Durathon technology for improved stability and durability
11 April 2013 | PC
Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) has introduced a new motherboard technology called Durathon technology that dramatically improves stability and durability of ECS motherboards. Thanks to the implementation of the highest quality motherboard components and new designs the new ECS motherboards with Durathon technology make use of the best bi-directional spl...
Faster USB 3.0 is on the horizon
11 April 2013 | Peripherals/Accessories
The USB Implementers Forum has announced the upcoming arrival of a new and faster USB 3.0 standard that is capable of achieving peak bandwidth of 10 Gbit/sec making it a real competitor to Intel's Thunderbolt technology. The news was shared at the on-going Intel Developers Forum in Beijing, China. The new standard doubles current USB 3.0 speed but the speed advantages will re...
HGST starts sales of new UltraStar solid-state drives
10 April 2013 | SSD
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (HGST), a company that now belongs to Western Digital, has released a new family of very fast corporate UltraStar SSDs. The new family consists of the following models – UltraStar SSD800MH, SSD800MM and SSD1000MR. All models are based on 25 nm MLC NAND flash memory, come in 2.5-inch form factor and support Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) inter...
Acer to unveil Aspire P3 ultrabook hybrid
10 April 2013 | Tablets, Ultrabooks
Acer will soon debut a new ultrabook – the Aspire P3 – that will come in a sleek aluminum chassis with a unique form that allows it to work as an ultrabook and a huge tablet depending on the user’s wishes. Once released the Aspire P3 will run Windows 8 and will be based on energy efficient Intel Ivy Bridge processors including Celeron, Pentium and Core i5 chips. The ult...
