Solid State Hybrid Drives will fuel the enterprise
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- Category: Hardware News
- Published: Wednesday, 30 November 2011 18:26
A good read from one of our good friends over at Seagate!
Seagate just announced its latest generation Solid State Hybrid Drive (SSHD) – the 750GB Momentus XT – which made me pause and think about the potential implications throughout the enterprise. To be clear, the new Momentus XT is a client drive specifically designed for laptops. But with a 70% performance increase over its first generation model, and while also making a significant bump in capacity, there’s a lot of storage power that the Momentus XT can deliver.
This morning Notcua announced a new series of fans incorporating PWM functionality, something that Noctua fans have lacked in the past. When asked why Noctua, a company who's main focus is on introducing quiet cooling products, is just now getting into the PWM fan market this is what Mag. Roland Mossig, Noctua CEO had to say. 
OCZ is introducing their new SAS 6G enterprise SSD's. With capacitys up to 1Tb and MLA, eMLA, and SLC NAND configurations its hard not to get jealous!
NZXT introduced their new HALE82 power supply line today. This series is following the previous lineup of HALE90 PSU's. The key difference between the two being their efficiency ratings. The new lineup comes in with a 80+ Bronze Certification. With prices going tome $109.99 to $139.99 (650W to 850W), I'm sure we can expect to see a few of these in budget builds this coming tax season. 
ROCCAT introduced a new facebook contest they are hosting that celebrated worldwide gaming while focusing on the strange, facinating, and the unexpected in the world. The contest is going until January 2012 ending in a full gaming package being given away. 
Verbatim announced their new Ultra Slim Bluetooth Keyboard is now shipping to retailers. You can find it for as little as $49.99 on newegg right now. 
NZXT introduced a new cooler called the HAVIK 120 using a similar design from the larger HAVIK 140. They discribe it as 
This weekend, Nvidia is hosting their GeForce LAN 6 on the USS Hornet in Alameda, California. The event itself runs a straight 48 hours full of gaming, activities, and exhibits. This stage is perfect for the announcement of Nvidia's 3D Vision 2, which was just revealed moments ago. Though more information is sure to be unveiled this weekend, let's take a look at the technology, and how it improves upon the graphic giant's initial pioneering last year.
