Select U.S. retailers and e-tailers will have the latest energy saving "green" Shuttle PC models for up to 30% off in celebration of Earth Day

City of Industry--April 20, 2010 / -- Shuttle, an industry leading designer and manufacturer of high-performance small form factor (SFF) PC solutions and creator of the XPC, will be offering deals of up to 30% off on its high performance and low energy consumption PCs.

Sometimes second impressions can somewhat bind up the wounds that the first impressions left behind. OCZ has delivered a solid product with the Platinum series line of DDR3 modules.

News - OCZ 4GB PC3-10666 Platinum Low Voltage Dual Channel OCZ3P1333LV4GK Review at Overclockers Online

Some cards are designed for video and basic PC use. Other cards are designed for gaming. The difference here is that the performance based gaming card tends to offer both sets of features, thus the loftier price tag. We’ll be taking a look at one of those performance based video cards based on ATI’s HD 5870. GIGABYTE puts their own spin on it and gives it some tweaks.

Futurelooks News Flash - GIGABYTE Radeon HD 5870 1GB GDDR5 (GV587UD-1GD) Video Card Review

Today we are unboxing the Foxconn FlamingBlade Socket 1366 Motherboard.

This motherboard uses the x58 chipset and is perfect for Intel Core i7 and Core i7 Extreme sets of processors. The box straight away tells you that this motherboard means business and details everything you need to know about the contents. This board comes packed with accessories in an assortment of SATA cables and manuals.

Foxconn FlamingBlade Socket 1366 Motherboard Unboxing Video @ eTeknix.com

15” notebook gives gamers the world’s fastest mobile graphics performance to date

Kenilworth, New Jersey – April 20, 2010 - MAINGEAR Computers, award-winning builders of custom computers for PC gamers and enthusiasts, unveils the eX-L 15, the fastest 15" HD gaming notebook on the market.  Featuring DirectX 11 graphics courtesy of the ATI Radeon HD 5870 graphics adapter, and resolutions up to 1920x1080 and an LED back-lit screen, the eX-L delivers killer graphics and performance.

Processing Power – eX-L15 can be configured with 45nm quad-core processors for blazing fast performance or the all new 2010 Intel Core i5 and i7 32nm processors for enhanced battery life.

Visual Feast – eX-L 15 packs the world’s fastest mobile GPU in the ATI Radeon 5870 with a crystal clear 1080p LED backlit screen providing the most brilliant resolution for today’s hottest games.  And enjoy a complimentary 30-day, ZERO dead pixel warranty free of charge.

Today we are taking a look at a mini ITX motherboard from Asrock with the latest Intel Atom processor, integrated Nvidia videocard, HDMI and Full HD support. How well does it perform? Lets find out what we can push out of this mini ITX board.

Asrock A330ION Motherboard @ Rbmods

“Gold Series” Engineered Specifically for Memory-Demanding Applications and Intensive Design and Editing Software

SAN JOSE, CA—April 20, 2010—OCZ Technology Group, Inc. (OTCBB:OCZT), a worldwide leading provider of high-performance solid-state drives (SSDs) and memory modules for computing devices and systems, unveils its all new “Gold Series,” 4GB (4096MB) modules and 8GB dual-channel kits for current and next generation platforms. Enabling enthusiasts and professionals to maximize their system RAM with a single solution, the all-new OCZ high-density Gold kits deliver superior performance and multi-tasking for high-end PCs, workstations, and gaming rigs.

Today we are going to be taking a look at the future.  OK, the future of the way we watch movies. Blu-ray is fast becoming the standard to watch your movies in sharp crisp images. What if you only have a PC, can you still watch Blu-ray movies? Why yes, with the ASUS Blu-ray Combo Drive.

"Today, we're going to review an ASRock H55M Pro motherboard. Consider it a counterpart of the microATX P55M Pro, just based on the H55 chipset. H55M Pro is not the lowest-end solution in its series, but it's still quite affordable. Let's see whether ASRock was successful in balancing out price and features."

iXBT Labs Review: ASRock H55M Pro Motherboard

More than just a case, PC-Q06 is a simple & stylist test bench!

20 April 2010, Keelung, Taiwan – Lian Li Industrial Co. Ltd Ltd, today announces its launch of the all-new Mini-Q Series. More than just a PC case, the compact PC-Q06 supports mini-ITX motherboards on the top while protecting components in the case body.  Designed for IT professionals, overclockers and the serious power users, the PC-Q06 allows easy and quick access to the motherboards and VGA cards.  Lian Li once again leads the industry by offering the ultimate quality and user-friendly design on its mini tower products.

The V3 Black is one of the most affordable cases from Thermaltake. It aims straight for the likes of Xigmatek Asgard, which sells for a similar price, trying to walk the thin line between usability and ultimate affordability. We take the V3 Black apart, to see if it manages to go the distance or falls short in the required categories

Thermaltake V3 Black @ techPowerUp

The PowerColor PCS+ AX5870 1GBD5-PPDHG2 graphics card is one of several new HD 5800-series video cards released by ATI AIB partners in the last couple months that follow a new design pattern. Advances in power-semiconductor packaging have allowed for a simpler VRM implementation that consumes much less real estate on the board. At the same time, the use of a down-flow HSF arrangement eliminates the dead spots found below and behind the blower wheel on the reference design. The combination makes for a smaller, more efficient, and more reliable card that's less costly to produce. I call that progress, but there are others who bemoan the process of removing cost from a design. I can understand the angst if functions and features are being removed, but finding a cheaper way to deliver the same performance is a good thing. Benchmark Reviews has tested some ATI Radeon HD 5870 video cards already, so the performance and features of the GPU are hardly n! ews, but we thought it was time to sample one of the new 2nd generation cards and see how the design has matured. Please follow along as we give you a detailed look at one of the latest high-end Radeons from PowerColor.

PowerColor PCS+ AX5870 Video Card @ Benchmark Reviews

Today we are going to look at another "Special Edition" from Noctua, this time it's the NH-C12P SE14 CPU cooler that we will be testing. Much like the NH-U9B SE2, the NH-C12P SE14 uses the exact same heatsink as the original cooler but this time instead of adding extra fans the folks at Noctua have included a bigger fan than the original by pairing this heatsink with the new Noctua NF-P14 14cm fan. . .

Noctua NH-C12P SE14 CPU Cooler - BCCHardware

We have a lot of gadgets on our desks these days and managing all of those cables can make for quite the monstrous mess. Helping to clean up some desktop clutter is the IDAPT i3, a simple system that lets you charge three different items simultaneously. MEGATechNews puts it through the gadget gauntlet to find out if it’s worth your hard earned disposable income.

MEGATech Reviews - IDAPT i3 Desktop Charging System

The biggest physical difference is the mounting system, as you might be able to see Noctua has changed it up a little (it's now even easier to install then the original). With the NH-U9B you get mounting brackets for the LGA775, LGA1336, LGA1156 from Intel, and the AM, AM2, AM2+ sockets from AMD which should pretty much cover the good majority of CPU's produced in the past few years. . .

Noctua NH-U9B SE2 CPU Cooler - BCCHardware

– 32GB and 64GB drives feature tough aluminum shell and quad-channel design for maximum performance and durability -

FREMONT, California, April 19, 2010 — Corsair®, a worldwide leader in high-performance computer and flash memory products, today announced the 32GB and 64GB Flash Survivor™ GTR USB flash drives.  These drives share their high-performance lineage with the award-winning Flash Voyager® GTR, and are among the fastest, most rugged USB flash drives available today.

 

The Flash Survivor GTR USB drives use the same quad-channel technology employed in the recently announced Flash Voyager GTR series. This enables the Flash Survivor GTR drives to achieve read speeds of up to 34MB/sec and write speeds of up to 28MB/sec. In head-to-head testing in the Corsair Labs (details can be found here) the GTR architecture produced substantial performance gains over typical high capacity USB flash drives.

 

Looking for a laptop that is as light as a Netbook and the performance of mid-level laptop and has a 13 inch screen? TechwareLabs is reviewed the ViewSonic 13.3-inch ViewBook Pro and we are impressed. Read on to see what this thin and light weight wonder has to offer. The ViewBook Pro comes with some very unique features that will set it apart from the competitors. Let’s take a closer look at what the ViewBook™ Pro from ViewSonic has to offer.

ViewSonic -Viewbook Pro @ TechwareLabs

NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 470 was announced a few weeks back - now we got the first production sample of the card from ASUS. Compared to the GTX 480 we saw much more reasonable power consumption numbers as well as fan noise and heat.

ASUS GeForce GTX 470 Fermi @ techPowerUp

The SSD market is littered with competitors, but up to now, few companies behind mechanical storage have entered the arena. Last month though, Western Digital scratched its name off the list, with the help of its SiliconEdge Blue models. We're taking a look at the 256GB variant here, so let's see how it fares against the competition!

Western Digital SiliconEdge Blue 256GB @ Techgage.com

"Cooler Master's GX 750W has proven itself to be a very capable power supply. With impressive stability, quiet operation, compact design with plenty of connectors and sleeved cabling, this PSU brings a lot to the table and does so with a fairly modest price tag."

Cooler Master GX 750W Power Supply Review @ Tweaknews