The famous South Korean cooler, PSU and chassis maker Zalman will be back on the CPU cooler market with a new very compact processor cooler dubbed CNPS2X. The new company product is entirely made of pure aluminum and measures just 84 x 84 x 27 mm with a total weight of just 83 grams. The amazing thing is that this small cooler can cool processors with TDP of up to 120 watts. ...
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ADATA unleashes 16 GB memory kit for gamers
18 April 2013 | PC, PC gaming
The Taiwanese memory maker ADATA has unveiled a new 16 GB memory kit designed for gamers. The XPG Gaming Series v2.0 offers uncompromising quality and massive 16 GB of capacity at the blazing speed of 2600 MHz. The new memory has been designed for Intel Core i5 and i7 processors on the Ivy Bridge architecture and Z77 chipsets. It comes with an integrated heat spreader and a c...
Ninth generation of Intel chipsets to support SATA Express
18 April 2013 | PC
In two months time chip company Intel will release its next generation desktop processor codenamed Haswell along with an entirely new infrastructure for this chip – LGA1150. These chips will be initially powered by the 8th generation of Intel chipsets known as Lynx Point but their successor is on the horizon. The next 9th generation of Intel chipsets will support the LGA115...
Windows Blue may bring desktop, Start button back
18 April 2013 | PC
Sources on the Internet have reported that the upcoming update to Windows 8 – the so-called Windows Blue – will bring the traditional desktop-on-boot as well as the still very popular Windows Start button. The information comes from Windows Blue itself – certain files in the update contain critical information and code that point at the return of desktop boot and the St...
MSI releases world’s first 27-inch AIO gaming PC
18 April 2013 | PC, PC gaming
Micro-Star International has released a new all-in-one PC that the company claims is the world’s first 27-inch AIO gaming PC. Being such the AG2712 features advanced hardware and a sleek chassis that catches everyone’s attention. The MSI AG2712 is based around Intel’s Core i7-3630QM mobile Ivy Bridge processor, which runs at 2.4 GHz (3.4 GHz in Turbo Mode) and a 27-inch...
Scythe starts sales of Ashura CPU cooler
17 April 2013 | PC
European hardware enthusiasts will soon get their hands on the latest Scythe Ashura CPU cooler, which has been officially released in this part of the world. The Ashura carries the SCASR-1000 codename and measures 145 x 65 x 161 mm for a total weight of 750 grams. The new Scythe product consists of 64 cooling fins coupled with six copper heat pipes and a 140 mm cooling fan th...
AMD Radeon HD 7990 delayed
17 April 2013 | PC
The highly expected AMD Radeon HD 7990 dual-GPU graphics card has been delayed by two days and will be unveiled on April 24 instead of on April 22, Hitechreview has learned. There are no official reasons for the delay as of now. Codenamed Malta the Radeon HD 7990 will have a black PCB and will be based on a 28 nm Tahiti XT chip with 2048 stream processors. The card should hav...
AMD Opteron Kyoto CPUs to have 9-watt TDP
17 April 2013 | PC
After working on power efficient Kabini APUs Advanced Micro Devices has prepared a new generation of Opteron chips that will have similar power efficiency. Codenamed Kyoto the new processors are expected this summer and will be best used in micro servers where they will compete with Intel’s Centerton S1200 CPUs. The Kyoto CPU family will be the first Opteron generation ...
AMD plans 5 GHz Centurion processor
15 April 2013 | PC
Every once in a while high tech companies release a new product that is supposed to take the hardware community by storm. It could be an Extreme Edition processor, the fastest graphics card out there or maybe a clock speed champion? That’s right - Advanced Micro Devices has decided to release a new chip that works at 5 GHz stock speed. The news has not been officially confi...
Microsoft releases patch, crashes Windows 7
15 April 2013 | PC
Last week's Patch Tuesday by Microsoft has brought grief instead of fixes and improvements to millions of people around the world who run Windows 7. Apparently the KB2823324 patch released this past Tuesday (April 9, 2013) makes Windows 7 crash and not want to load again after the installation of the patch completes. Fortunately patch KB2823324 is limited to Windows 7 only, w...
Intel details Haswell overclocking
15 April 2013 | PC
The Intel Developers Forum held in Beijing, China has brought some great news for overclockers – Intel has boldly discussed a number of ways to overclock the upcoming Haswell generation and not just the "K" chips but the entire CPU family. The really great news is that the Haswell generation will be easier to overclock than the Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge CPU families. All...
