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Presented for the very first time at the Computex 2011 fair, Asus' MacBook Air competitor, the ultra-thing UX21 notebook is going to have a starting price of less than $1000 US, according to a recent report that hit the Web.
While the notebook's final pricing hasn't been revealed yet, the Commercial... |
6 June 2011
09:03 GMT |
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AMD's Fusion series of processors have managed to make their way into an important number of compact mobile and AIO systems, and Lenovo will soon expand its Fusion notebook portfolio with the introduction of the ThinkPad E125.
The system was on display in AMD's booth at Computex and, judging by its aspec... |
6 June 2011
07:32 GMT |
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Over the years, Asus has accustomed us with its outrageous graphics cards designs, and the soon-to-be-released dual GTX 580 Mars II is no exception to this rule as the card features a custom-built PCB which allowed the company to clock the card higher than the default GF110 operating frequencies.
The redesigned PC... |
6 June 2011
06:11 GMT |
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Announced in mid-May, Deepcool's monstrous Assassin twin tower CPU cooler was on display at the company's Computex 2011 booth, together with a wide variety of other cooling solutions ranging from notebook stands to VGA heatsinks.The Assassin can be paired together with as much as three fans, and Deepcool ha... |
6 June 2011
03:25 GMT |
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Showcased at the recent Computex 2011 fair, the dual-GPU PowerColor Radeon HD 6870 X2 and HD 6970 X2 graphics cards, are expected to be launched later this summer, with the former scheduled to arrive at the end of June.
Both cards use custom PCBs and cooling solutions, since PowerColor wanted to improve their over... |
6 June 2011
02:48 GMT |
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EVGA certainly took its time to introduce LGA 1155 compatible motherboards into the market, but the company doesn't want to repeat the same mistake once Sandy Bridge-E arrives and it has started developing a dual-socket X79 board that will replace the extravagant Classified SR-2.The company didn't bring any... |
4 June 2011
12:41 GMT |
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There is no question that Gigabyte brought a sizable collection of products over to be perused at this year's Computex trade show, and it seems that yet another laptop has garnered attention.The mobile PC market makes up a large chunk of the total PC industry right now, what with there being models and sizes fo... |
4 June 2011
03:58 GMT |
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Even though AMD has started to ship the first Llano processors at the end of March, devices based on these APUs have been slow to make their appearance, but MSI has presented at this year's Computex fair the Wind Top AE2230 AIO which is based on the AMD A8-3500M processor.The A8-3500M accelerated processing is o... |
3 June 2011
15:31 GMT |
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Even though Intel outlined some very ambitious plans for the tablet and smartphone markets, it might just be that it still has quite some work to do before its processors can really run the Android OS effectively.It is already well known that the ARM architecture currently holds the highest stake as far as tablet ha... |
3 June 2011
10:48 GMT |
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At this year's Computex fair, Sapphire has introduced a wide variety of motherboards including Intel X79 and AMD 990FX solutions, but the company also had on display an FM1 model that is compatible with AMD's upcoming Llano accelerated processing units.The motherboard is question is called the Pure Platinum... |
3 June 2011
10:31 GMT |
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It appears that this year's Computex trade show is not in the least bit short on storage devices, as proven by Promise, whose R4 and R6 RAID multi-drive storage devices were built with a certain, new connectivity standard.The market may already be more than familiar with the Super Speed Universal Serial Bus (US... |
3 June 2011
08:35 GMT |
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Galaxy has been working on enabling Nvidia graphics cards to support more than two display outputs for quite some time now, and at this year's Computex the company has showcased two special GeForce 210 and GeForce GTX 560 Ti models, which support four and respectively five displays outputs. Galaxy was able to ov... |
3 June 2011
07:40 GMT |
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It appears that Computex did not go by without Super Talent revealing its newest flash device, although one can safely say that what it delivered doesn't exactly perfectly fit into the flash drive or SSD categories.At first glance, the USB 3.0 Express RC8 is a flash drive like any other, but there is a reason w... |
3 June 2011
05:28 GMT |
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VIA has just announced the introduction of the VB8004 mainboard which pairs together the company's Nano E-series CPUs with the VX900 media system processor and can also be fitted with an add-on graphics module.The VIA VB8004 is available in two configurations, one sporting a 1.2GHz Nano processor while the other... |
3 June 2011
05:06 GMT |
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It would appear that the number of 80Plus Platinum power supplies has begun to grow beyond what could be counted on the fingers of just one hand, with even be quiet! now joining the proceedings.Like every other year, the Computex trade show is packed full of many different computing and hardware products.Among them,... |
3 June 2011
04:15 GMT |
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Right after Intel announced its 311-series Larson Creek solid state drives for the company's Smart Response enabled motherboards, it became clear that other SSD makers will follow on Intel's footsteps and release similar products, and the first company to do so is ADATA.The company's new Smart Response... |
3 June 2011
03:58 GMT |
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Asus had on display at Computex a new VX6 12-inch gaming laptop that includes many of the features of its predecessor, but it now comes with an upgraded graphics unit that is based on an AMD Radeon core.On a first look, the notebook seems identical with the previous Lamborghini VX6 notebook, but Asus has refined the ... |
3 June 2011
03:28 GMT |
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Yesterday, AMD has officially introduced its first APU that was designed for tablet use, the Z-01, and now the company has revealed additional information about this accelerated processing unit based on the Bobcat CPU core.The recently uncovered details explain how AMD managed to decrease the power consumption of the... |
2 June 2011
16:01 GMT |
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Large computer fares, such as Computex, are a great opportunity for companies to showcase all sort of prototype hardware and one of the most intriguing devices to make its appearance this year in Taipei is an AMD graphics card labeled as the Radeon HD E6760.
The card was spotted by the SemiAccurate publications an... |
2 June 2011
14:31 GMT |
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Coming to grab attention at the 2011 edition of the Computex trade show, a certain, not overly well known maker of video cards has unveiled a fairly unusual multi-GPU graphics card.When speaking of dual-GPU graphics cards, one usually thinks of the performance monsters that AMD and NVIDIA both delivered, but it so h... |
2 June 2011
10:26 GMT |
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Asetek, a well-renowned cooling system manufacturer, has just announced that it will soon launch a universal LGA 2011 mounting kit that is compatible with all the closed-loop water coolers developed by the company.The LGA 2011 socket will make its debut in the forth quarter of 2011 together with Intel's X79 chip... |
2 June 2011
10:01 GMT |
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It appears that Thermaltake is determined not to let this year's Computex pass by without some sort of product launch, or at least a preview of what will come later, like some additions to its PSU portfolio.Being the maker of cases, cooling and power devices that it is, Thermaltake didn't miss out on the o... |
2 June 2011
09:27 GMT |
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Even though Intel hasn't made its Cedar Trail processors official just yet, Asus has already showcased a mini-ITX mainboard that is built around the upcoming Atom D2700 CPU at this year's Computex 2011 fair.
The board is called the DM27NM10 IPC-I and it features an entirely passive design, which relies o... |
2 June 2011
09:27 GMT |
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Despite the fact that AMD's upcoming Llano processors are pretty well suited for building compact HTPC systems, the number of mini-ITX FM1 motherboards available at this time is rather limited, so Asus has released two new such solutions based on the A75 chipset.
The two motherboards are the F1A75-I and the F... |
2 June 2011
08:55 GMT |
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PCI Express solid state drives have proven to be extremely popular in the enterprise world, so Micron has announced a model of its own, the RealSSD P320h, which has now become the first drive to feature a native PCI-E SSD controller.
Usually, PCI Express solid state drives are built by connecting together a series... |
2 June 2011
08:14 GMT |
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This year's Computex show is definitely shaping up to be a veritable fount of new items, even things that haven't really been done before, like a certain computer case that LEPA showcased.As it happens each year, companies from around the world have convened in Taipei, Taiwan, for the 2011 edition of the C... |
2 June 2011
08:08 GMT |
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It appears that the Virtu GPU virtualization technology has now landed in systems based on hardware made by Advanced Micro Devices, under the name of the Virtu Universal.With all the CPUs getting integrated graphics, there came the need for software that could have the OS automatically and easily switch between them... |
2 June 2011
05:55 GMT |
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Is not often that you get something for free in the computer world, but Noctua has just announced that it plans to give away free LGA 2011 mounting kits to users who have purchased any CPU cooler manufactured by the company after 2005.
A prototype of the new mounting kit is on display at the company's Compute... |
2 June 2011
05:52 GMT |
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At this year's Computex, Acer has presented a new 14-inch notebook design, called the Aspire 8481, which packs one of the slimmest displays available in a laptop this size as well as an Intel second generation Core processor.
The screen used is manufactured by LG, goes by the name of Shuriken, and enabled the... |
2 June 2011
05:14 GMT |
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Showcased for the first time at the beginning of the year during the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show, Kingston's Wi-Drive, wireless storage device, has just been made official by the company and is compatible with a wide series of Apple devices.
Compared to the version that Kingston demonstrated at CES, the ne... |
2 June 2011
04:32 GMT |
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Computex 2011 is underway, so, naturally, there are many PC makers there showing off their desktops and laptops, one of which, made by MSI, might be among the thinnest and lightest of high-end notebooks.This year's Computex 2011 electronics show has definitely already seen its share of tablets, but it looks lik... |
2 June 2011
04:15 GMT |
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Asetek's WaterChill brand is set to make its comeback into the enthusiast space, as the company has just announced that the limited edition 2011C CPU water-cooling system will become available for pre-order from the beginning of July.The WaterChill 2011C made its first appearance at the CeBIT fair and it feature... |
2 June 2011
03:54 GMT |
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Kingston has been pretty successful in the value and mainstream SSD market, and now the company is looking into expanding its business into the enthusiast sector with the introduction of its first SandForce-based drive, the HyperX SSD.This new Kingston solid state drive uses the same SF-2281 controller as that found ... |
2 June 2011
02:46 GMT |
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There have already been sightings of AMD 9 series chipset motherboards, and it looks like the Sunnyvale, California-based company itself has now made the official introduction of the platform.As end-users know, the 2011 edition of the Computex trade show is now underway, meaning that a whole bunch of products have b... |
2 June 2011
02:28 GMT |
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According to hardware maker ECS, Intel's recently released Z68 chipset for Sandy Bridge motherboards won't have such a long shelf-life as it will be soon replaced by other, more powerful, platform controller hubs.
The statement was made by an ECS official that talked with the TechRadar publication at the... |
1 June 2011
16:11 GMT |
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AMD's 990FX chipset proved to be one of the stars of this year's Computex, and Sapphire couldn't pass this opportunity to introduce their own motherboard based on this controller, the Pure Black 990FX-N.
The motherboard features the same black PCB that is characteristic to all its high-end motherboa... |
1 June 2011
11:31 GMT |
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It appears that Gigabyte's Computex exhibition is in no way small, with many products showing their mettle, such as a high-end mobile personal computer that should debut this very month.One would think that the 2011 edition of the Computex trade show would be packed full of all sorts of devices, and they would ... |
1 June 2011
11:01 GMT |
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Gaming hardware of all sorts is on display at Computex, and it looks like a certain company has created not one but two distinct gaming headsets that are bound to attract attention.When it comes to makers of audio solutions, Turtle Beach could be said to rank amongst the top players, at least as far as the high-end ... |
1 June 2011
09:51 GMT |
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Sapphire has been absent for quite a long time from the Intel motherboard scene, but starting with this year the company is back in full swing and in the forth quarter of 2011 will introduce one of the most interesting X79 Express boards to make its appearance at Computex, the X79 Pure Black.
Right now, Sapphire r... |
1 June 2011
09:32 GMT |
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While new high-end processors didn't really debut at this year's Computex trade show, some makers of cooling products, in this case Thermaltake, decided to reveal some items of their own, not that the summer heat is intensifying.Summer may only be starting in half of the world's temperate areas, but i... |
1 June 2011
09:17 GMT |
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It appears that even more companies are entering the tablet space, or at least trying to, with Sparkle having now brought forth its first product of this type, powered by the familiar Tegra 2 SoC.The thing about the tablet sector is that it finally seems to be branching out in terms of hardware and software platform... |
1 June 2011
08:48 GMT |
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OCZ has been feeling pretty adventurous lately when it comes to designing SSDs, but few of their products have been more ambitious than the Revo Drive Hybrid unit that the company has on display at Computex this year.
As probably you must have guessed by now, OCZ's new PCI Express solid state drive is based o... |
1 June 2011
08:42 GMT |
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It appears that SanDisk's recently released set of solid state drives, or at least some of them, have already found a home in the new series of ASUS ultraportable laptops known as the UX line.Since Computex 2011 turned out to be the same visitor magnet as every other year, ASUS delivered quite a few different p... |
1 June 2011
08:26 GMT |
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It appears that SanDisk, like so many other companies, decided to take advantage of the opportunity provided by the Computex 2011 trade show to come forth and deliver some new solid state drives.Since the 2011 Computex trade show is underway, many IT players have or will soon grab attention thanks to their newest pr... |
1 June 2011
08:01 GMT |
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In spite of the fact that Intel won't make its first LGA 2011 Sandy Bridge-E processors official until the fourth quarter of 2011, MSI has showcased at this year's Computex fair their own version of an X79 Express motherboard, the MSI X79A-GD80.
The board showcased by MSI at the fair is still an early sa... |
1 June 2011
08:00 GMT |
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ECS has showcased a wide number of motherboards at this year's Computex fair and one of the most impressive models to make its appearance is the Black Extreme A990FXM-A AM3+ board for AMD Bulldozer processors.
Just as its name implies, the A990FXM-A is built using AMD's most powerful chipset in the 900-s... |
1 June 2011
07:27 GMT |
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It seems that ASUS doesn't plan to let the netbook market slip out of its grasp any time soon, as made evident by a certain Eee PC, based on a next-generation CPU, that is now on display at ComputexThe netbook market may not be the fast-growing segment some would have hoped for, but low-end laptops still make u... |
1 June 2011
06:16 GMT |
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At this year's Computex fair, OCZ has presented its fastest enterprise PCI Express SSD to date, the Z-Drive R4 88, which was used by the company in order to build the first system capable of exceeding the 1 million IOPS barrier.
OCZ's latest drive is powered by no less than eight enterprise-class SandFor... |
1 June 2011
06:07 GMT |
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It seems that the latest Android-powered smartphone unveiled by Acer is really catchy as the device was awarded the Best Choice and Design & Innovation prizes at the 2011 Computex, in Taipei. The device was awarded based on a thorough evaluation criteria, including degree of innovation, design quality, choice of mat... |
1 June 2011
05:38 GMT |
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Biostar has been keeping a pretty low profile lately, but that doesn't mean that the company isn't hard at work developing new motherboard models, and their latest creation, the TSeries TA990FXE board for AMD Bulldozer processors, was just presented at this year's Computex fair.
Just as its name imp... |
1 June 2011
05:19 GMT |
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