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Written by Benjamin "Zeus" Heide
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Thursday, 02 September 2010 |
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 We have just posted our review of the NZXT HALE90 750W PSU. This is a modular PSU that is rated at 80+ GOLD, meaning it over 90% efficient when loaded. It has an interesting cable design that makes it one of the nicest and easiest PSUs to work with. If you're thinking of a new PSU, make sure to check our review for all the details.
The NZXT HALE90 750W PSU is in the middle of the road when it comes to NZXT's new line of PSU as they range from 550W to a full 1000W, and is geared toward consumers with mid-range to high-end PCs with one or two video cards. Our test system included a hefty Radeon 5870, an AMD 1050T 6-Core Phenom Processor, several hard drives and more and it handled it easily.
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Written by Jason "Fujitsu" Schneider
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Thursday, 02 September 2010 |
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Microsoft has announced plans to release a new Xbox controller on November 9th. Not a huge change, mainly a new paint scheme and a new D-pa, head on over to CNET for pics and more info.
Microsoft plans to release a new
Xbox 360 controller in November that features a transforming D-pad, the company announced Tuesday.
The first difference users will find with the new wireless controller
is its design. Instead of a white finish with multicolored buttons, the
new controller sports a gray and black finish. All the buttons are now
different tones of gray.
But it's the new D-pad that will likely attract some users.
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Xbox Live Raising its Price |
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Written by Jason "Fujitsu" Schneider
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Thursday, 02 September 2010 |
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As of November 1 its going to cost you a few more bucks for you Xbox Live subscription. Microsoft is raisin the monthly fee for their Gold accounts from $7.99 up to $9.99 (for $59.99 instead of $49.99 per year). Not a huge increase but I'm sure it will ruffle a few feathers, The Feed has more on this over here.
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of November 1, users of Xbox Live Gold will be paying more for the
online service. The price of Gold in the U.S. is going from $7.99 a
month to $9.99 a month. Three-month buys will go from $19.99 to $24.99,
and if you buy your Xbox Live by the year, you'll be paying $59.99
instead of $49.99 annually.
"Since launching Xbox Live in 2002 we have continually added more
content and entertainment experiences for our members, while keeping the
price the same. We’re confident that when the new pricing takes effect,
an Xbox Live Gold membership will continue to offer the best value in
the industry," Posts Major Nelson on Xbox Live's official blog, before reminding you to re-up your subscription now, to avoid the new, higher rates.
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Written by Jason "Fujitsu" Schneider
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Thursday, 02 September 2010 |
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A new feature is coming down the pipe for Gmail users in the next little while. This new features is the ability to send "High Priority" emails that will be flagged at the top of you inbox for easier viewing. CNN has more on "Priority Mail" over here.
Gmail users who feel swamped by a virtual flood of messages will get some help sorting them out.
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Inbox, a feature designed to push a user's most important e-mails to
the top of the inbox and leave them there, was scheduled to be rolled
out at midnight ET Monday.
"We've been hearing from a lot of our
most active users, people around the world, that they're overloaded by
e-mail," Gmail product director Keith Coleman said. "They're getting
more than they can usually handle with their filters and manual setups.
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Thermolab BADA 2010 CPU Cooler |
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Written by Benjamin "Zeus" Heide
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Wednesday, 01 September 2010 |
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 We have just posted our review of the BADA 2010 Cooler from Thermolab. This is a Korean-built cooler that has a much smaller footprint that other coolers and still manages some pretty decent performance numbers. If you're looking for a good heatsink and are willing to take a look at a non-mainstream label, the BADA2010 fits almost every current CPU socket. Please make sure to check our review for all the details.
The BADA 2010 is going to be able to fit into smaller cases that coolers like the Thermaltake FRIO and the Noctua NH-D14 won't be able to, so for someone with limited space in their case the BADA 2010 might be one of the better choices out there right now.
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AMD Eyefinity Updates and a Bobcat |
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Written by Benjamin "Zeus" Heide
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Wednesday, 01 September 2010 |
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AMD has been trying to keep pushing their Eyefinity technology, but it's had some hurdles. Good displays, narrow bezels and expensive cables all make it not quite as enjoyable and affordable as we'd all hoped. Techgage and HiTechLegion have some information on this matter. They show off the new cheaper cable and have a list of good monitors that are getting cheaper as well.
On the Bobcat side of things is AMDs latest effort to make low-power computing their own. The new Fusion Processor has some great features that make this first "APU" a very interesting and promising chip. TechReport has more details on this.
Like the Atom, Bobcat has been designed largely with synthesized logic, with what AMD calls a "small number of custom arrays." This choice involves a fairly straightforward engineering trade-off. Larger CPUs like the Phenom II (and Bulldozer) use lots of custom-designed logic because it can be more efficient, yielding smaller die areas and superior power efficiency.
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Wednesday Cooling Collection |
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Written by Benjamin "Zeus" Heide
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Wednesday, 01 September 2010 |
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As we keep on running though the overflowing news bucket, we've got a few decent cooling reviews to share with you all today. There is only one for your GPU and three for your CPU.
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Written by Benjamin "Zeus" Heide
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Wednesday, 01 September 2010 |
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Zotac has made a name for themselves recently with their graphics cards, and mini-ITX boards and are now building their own mini-PC based on their hardware. TechReport has a look at this slick little box that comes HDMI and DVI ready for your entertainment needs.
Even fully loaded, the Zbox remains light enough to hang off the back of an LCD monitor using the VESA bracket that comes in the box. Not content to challenge the mini, Zotac also wants to let users roll their own iMac-style all-in-ones.
If you'd rather go with something a little whiter, MadShrimps looks at the Foxconn NetBox-nT330i Barebones in their latest review. This is a similar device that just requires some RAM and and HDD to get you up and running. It looks pretty slick and a little more serviceable that the Zotac unit.
When we look for the first time at the internals of the barebone, we can see that there is little to none space to fit anything else inside it; the HDD retention mechanism is placed near the air intake and we can find on the right part the little fan that is supposed to evacuate all accumulated heat along with the SODIMM memory slot.
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Apple's Fall 2010 Event - Live |
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Written by Benjamin "Zeus" Heide
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Wednesday, 01 September 2010 |
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Engadget is at the Apple Event today and will be live-blogging the details on what is going on. It appears that it will have a big music and media push so I'm not sure what we can expect. It starts at 10:00am Pacific - that's 12:00pm Central and 1:00pm Eastern. Post your predictions at the "Comments" link.
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