SAN FRANCISCO – May 30, 2013 – Razer™, the world leader in high-performance gaming hardware, software and systems, today unveiled Razer Blade, the world’s thinnest gaming laptop. The Razer Blade, measuring in at just 0.66-inches thin, packs more power-per-cubic-inch than any other laptop in the world. The Razer Blade is powered with a future 4th gen Intel® Core™ processor,  the latest NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 765M GPU and utilizes solid-state storage technology with boot speeds of up to four-times faster than a traditional 5400-RPM notebook hard drive. The Razer Blade has a rigid all-aluminum chassis, with a stunning 14-inch LED-backlit HD+ display and features a custom-designed trackpad and backlit gaming grade keyboard.

San Diego – May 30, 2013 – Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. (“Mad Catz”) (NYSE MKT: MCZ) announced today an agreement with AM3D to utilize AM3D Audio Enhancement Technology across a new range of GameSmart™ enabled wireless Gaming Headsets.

Hong Kong — May 30, 2013— SpeedUp Technology Limited br>, a Hong Kong based telecommunication product provider, today announces that its 7.85-inch SpeedUp Pad featuring a super slim and lightweight design will be unveiled at COMPUTEX 2013. Attendees to COMPUTEX 2013 are invited to take a first look at the SpeedUp Pad during COMPUTEX 2013 at booth # N1022 Nangang 4F Exhibition Hall.

Fountain Valley, CA -- May 29, 2013-- Kingston Digital, Inc., the Flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, today announced the latest addition to its SSDNow family, the KC300 solid-state drive. KC300 enables business, mobile and power users to be more productive as the drive maximizes power efficiencies in notebook PCs. KC300 provides advanced power management via an LSI® SandForce® second-generation SF-2281 processor, allowing users to do more from a single charge.

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—May 29, 2013—Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) have achieved a major breakthrough in the battle to fight the spread of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) using NVIDIA® Tesla® GPU accelerators, NVIDIA today announced.

29 May 2013, Keelung, Taiwan - Lian-Li Industrial Co. Ltd is pleased to announce their newest edition to the briefcase chassis “TU” series – PC-TU100 Mini-ITX Chassis. More compact than the PC-TU200, the fully aluminum PC-TU100 is the ideal choice for the ultimate LAN rig with its top-mounted handle and its support for the latest powerful low profile graphics card. The stylish retro “007-esque” design of the chassis is sure to garner much attention.

May 29, 2013, Taipei, Taiwan – Innodisk, a provider of industrial-embedded flash and DRAM storage technologies for commercial and industrial applications, will be at Computex 2013 from June 4 to June 8, 2013. Innodisk invites all interested parties to visit their booth (#K0915A at the Nangang Exhibition Hall 1F) and experience the wide range of customized DRAM and flash storage solutions that Innodisk has to offer.

There has been a lot of talk about PSU compatibility for Intel’s upcoming 4th Generation Core Processors (code named Haswell). We have observed a large amount of misinformation being spread. We would like to clarify the situation to calm and reassure our customers and partners that they will be able to upgrade safely. A full list of Cooler Master power supplies is listed here. Below are some quick facts that the public should be aware.

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. As you may have figured it out by now, things have been extremely busy around the LanOC office. So much so that I have been a little quiet on Facebook, the forums, and well any way you might be able to reach me. This is because we have just had launch after launch stacked up. The best way to see this is to see the amount of news that we have from Thursday to today. As you can see below, our CPU, motherboard, and video card sections are bursting at their seams. This means lots for you to catch up on this week though. Once you finish reading the 6 articles that we have published from Thursday to today, feel free to check out what else can be found around the net below!

I hope everyone had a great Memorial Day for those of you in the states. I spent all weekend benchmarking but I did sneak off to watch Hangover 3 last night as well as got in a few games of LoL this weekend. I would call that a successful weekend overall. Have a great day back to work!

ASUSTOR's AS-602T NAS has been honored with a 2013 Computex BC Award in the Data Storage category for its intuitive graphical user interface and exclusive App-based design. The AS-602T is one of the first NAS devices in the world to feature System Sleep Mode (S3) along with a diverse array of Apps for multimedia and digital home entertainment.

May 28th 2013, Taipei - COUGAR, leading PC case and power supply maker has introduced their latest PC case, the Archon. With an elegant look and support for longer high-end graphics cards up to 310mm, this case is the latest iteration from COUGAR’s line of sleek gaming cases. The ARCHON delivers expansion capability in a subdued enclosure with windows, grills and an orange highlighted interior.

AVerMedia Technologies, Inc., the preeminent name in digital multimedia technology, is excited to showcase the latest HD video capture and streaming products for both individual and enterprise customers at COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2013. The highlights this year cover 3 different market segments—including gaming, home entertainment and business demands—with 3 major superior innovations: Live Gamer Portable, the world’s first USB capture box capable of SD card recording; WIFI TV HD, the WIFI TV box allows tablet and smartphone users to enjoy HD TV programs everywhere at home; AVerCaster HD Duet, the cost-effective and compact streaming solution of IPTV and OTT applications. Besides the extraordinary live demonstration, there will be the debut of AVerMedia’s first micro-cinema “The Rise of GamerBee”. AVerMedia is located at Booth L1217a, 4th floor, Nangang Exhibition Hall from June 4th to June 8th and invites everyone to witness and share our achievement.

Taipei, Taiwan – May 28th, 2013 - ADATA™ Technology, a leading manufacturer of high-performance DRAM modules and NAND Flash application products, today launched a successor to the company’s popular XPG DRAM lineup. The new XPG V2 series are designed for 3rd Generation Intel Core Processors and the Z87 platform, and feature colorful and visually striking heat spreaders.

 San Diego – May 28, 2013 – Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. (“Mad Catz”) (NYSE MKT: MCZ) announced today that it has started working with Microsoft Corporation on the development of next generation accessories for the Xbox One.

Introducing the new performance PC and gamer chassis by X2: The 6019 MOD Series, representing a great combination of versatility and durability.

Chino, California – May 23rd, 2013 - Cooler Master Mobile – designer and creator of expertly and elegantly crafted aluminum stands and accessories for mobile products – today unveils two new additions to its Premium Stand Series. REN and DUO join the series as representations of an inherent minimalism in a design that offers multiple functions

CITY of INDUSTRY, CA (May 23, 2013) – CyberPower Inc. www.CYBERPOWERPC.com, a global manufacturer of custom gaming PCs, today unleashes the Zeus EVO Storm, a series of performance desktop gaming PCs based on NVIDIA’s new GeForce GTX 780 extreme performance GPU.

 SAN JOSE, CA – May 23, 2013 - OCZ Technology Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:OCZ), a leading provider of high-performance solid-state drives (SSDs) for computing devices and systems, today announced the release of the Vertex 450 SATA III SSD Series featuring the company’s proprietary Indilinx Barefoot 3 M10 Series controller. As part of the leading-edge Vertex series, Vertex 450 lives up to its name and bridges the gap between high performance and mainstream solid-state storage. With advanced storage performance, reliability, and quality, the Vertex 450 utilizes 20nm process geometry NAND flash to meet the needs of today’s high-end consumer and client applications.

Today AVADirect, a leading custom computer builder, announced they are now selling the new Nvidia GTX 780 graphic processing unit. Using a similar die design to the GTX TITAN, the GTX 780 graphics processing unit utilizes the next generation SMX streaming multiprocessor, built from a fresh new GPU die design, to provide an ultimate level of single graphics card performance that was once unthinkable. Considering NVIDIA's drive to develop and provide high performance graphics processing units, the GTX 780 is the product of perfect graphics component manufacturing that will become an essential part of extreme gaming/graphics design.