Lian Li introduced the PC-B25F, a new aluminum midi tower case that will ship in the second half of September for $190. The Lian Li PC-B25F features a full tool-less design, with a tool-less PSU securing bracket, tool-less optical driver claspers, anti-vibration HDD cage with tool-less brackets, and tool-less PCI bracket clips.

PR: Lian-Li Industrial Co. Ltd Ltd has launched the PC-B25F midi tower chassis. The hair-line brushed all aluminum chassis is based on the original PC-B25

Earlier this year ThermalTake was showing off the Level 10 case on several exhibitions, a chassis that was designed in cooperation with BMW Group DesignWorksUSA. So far, it has only been shown at CeBIT and Computex, but today the company announced the Level 10 Extreme Gaming Station is ready to enter mass production.

The futuristic case will be available in retail stores in October for an astounding $690.

PR: What makes the Level 10 unique is its compartmentalized design, many of the components are mounted in chambers that rotate outward on hinges.  Earlier this year the Level 10 won the prestigious IDEA

QNAP TS-809 Pro Turbo NAS is the world's first 8-bay network attached storage server which incorporates vertically mounted hot-swappable SATA hard drives, with up to 16TB storage capacity, RAID 0/1/5/6/5+spare, Online RAID Capacity Expansion, Online RAID Level Migration, and other advanced features such as built-in iSCSI target with Thin Provisioning, AES 256-bit volume-based encryption, automatic policy-based IP blocking, volume status report, syslog server, schedule on and off, Wake on LAN, instant SMS alert, and 4 IP cameras for network surveillance etc..

BTW we have a review right here on the TS-439 Pro Turbo NAS. Have a peek to get an idea of what these units though. Expensive, but brilliant really.

The company's upcoming 12-core server chips, code-named Magny-Cours, put two six-core chips in one package. The same silicon is used in its six-core chips, code-named Istanbul, which are part of the Opteron line of server processors.

However at the Hot Chips conference at Standford University they have been showing off some real candy, pop four of these processors on a 4 socket motheboard slash server, and then demonstrate 48 physcial CPU cores.

The socket itself gets a revamp from the existing 1,207-pin Socket-F, to the 1,974-pin Socket G34. The high pin-count ensures connections to HyperTransport links, four DDR3 memory connections, and other low-level IO.

Tsssk, such show-offs, look at that.

Asus announced today that its limited edition multiple GPU video card called the ROG Mars is coming to America as well. The card was first seen by Guru3D at Computex 2009 and will be sold in limited numbers (1000 pieces) on a first come, first served basis. The card is based on the NVIDIA GTX 295 reference design and has a pair of GTX 285 GPUs crammed into the single, dual slot video card.

Asus claims that the Mars is 23% more powerful than conventional GTX 295 video cards and has an improved thermal design that adds 65% more heat pipe coverage. That additional heat pipe coverage equates to 20% better cooling. The card has 4GB of GDDR3 RAM and the core clock is 648Mhz, shader clock is 1476MHz, and the memory clock is 2.304 GHz. Only 1,000 of the limited edition cards will be made. Reports claim the cards will sell for about $1,000~$1200 each with similar prices in EUR.

Our honest advise .. dude just get a GTX 295.

A new report released by Peddie Research shows that sales of graphics cards were up 3 percent sequentially to 16.81 million units in Q2 2009. The market is showing a small rebound, but sales are still down 15 percent year-over-year.

After draining down inventories in the

NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang reportedly made a stunning claim regarding the performance of GPGPU computing at the Hot Chips conference in Palo Alto.

According to numerous sources, Huang predicted GPU compute performance is likely to increase its current capabilities by 570x over the next six years, while CPU performance will progress by just 3x.

According to Huang, GPU compute is likely to increase its current capabilities by 570x, while 'pure' CPU performance will progress by a limited 3x.

Huang - who made his comments at the Hot Chips symposium in Stanford University - explained that such advances could enable the development of realtime universal language translation devices and advanced forms of augmented reality.

Huang also discussed a number of "real-world" GPU applications, including energy exploration, interactive ray tracing and CGI simulations [tg-daily].

Microsoft landed in a bit of rough water and reputation damage, it appears Microsoft has photo-shopped an image on the Polish version of its Business Productivity site.

If you visit the US business site you will see the image below (top) and if you visit the Polish site you'll see the same picture (bottom) but the man in the middle is no longer black. To top it off, the forgot to Photoshop the man's hand.

Why has Microsoft done this? Well, that's too obvious really .. Poland definitely is somewhat more conservative and they adapted their strategy to it.

Microsoft has said on Twitter that it is in the process of taking down the image, calling it a 'marketing site photo mistake.'

Come on Microsoft .. it's 2009, not the middle ages. Check out the thumbnail.

OCZ Agility EX Series which makes SLC (single-level cell) NAND-based storage truly affordable in a solid state drive for the first time. The Agility EX provides the best of both worlds

Corsair just launched the X series with the X for eXtreme, and you guessed it already, it's an Indilinx controller based product.

Armed with Samsung NAND flash memory and a nice 64MB cache to make your operating system run smooth and stutter free.

This 128GB model roadster of an SSD now (r)etails for 300 EUR, and that's cheaper than the competitions offering from OCZ yet with a few more gigabytes available.

Check out the full review here.

Actually they have reelased two motherboards .. the MA785GPM-UD2H and MA785GM-US2H. These 2 boards are MicroATX boards and is powered by the AMD 785G+SB710 chipsets. They support AMD AM2+/3 processors.

The chipset incorporates Radeon HD4200 graphics core. This new generation chipset supports DX10.1, UVD2, hardware PIP, improved powerplay etc.


Expansion slots include DDR2 memory, ACC, SATAII, PCI-Express, PATA, USB 2.0

Other than all these, the boards support
1. Ultra Durable 3 Classic. DUAL BIOS, EASY, 2OZ Ultra Cool, solid capacitors, Easy Energy Saving
2. Dolby Home Theather, with Realtek AL889A audio codec

Click the thumbnail for a bigger photo.

Each month here at Guru3D.com we feature one of you guys, your PC, your DIY project. It is quite honestly amazing how much detail and dedication you put into an PC, and every now and then it really shows.

David Bardy's PC is the the Rig of The Month July 2009. Meet Margo at the age of 18, David has been a Guru3D aficionado for a while already digging through our articles, he shares our passion of building nice PCs. David is a Carpenter.

His PC will be the Rig of the Month August 2009, and he has built his PC with some interesting components. This rig is made with a more simple design and black finish, but that definitely boils down to a stylish and very worthy PC, something really cool.

Check out David's story.

An interesting read on computerworld states that AMD's 12-core server ship might be released as early as next year already. The twelve cores will have reduced clock speeds but will not draw more power than the current 6-core versions.

Even though the clock frequencies will fall, Magny-Cours chips will pack more performance compared to existing Opteron chips, Conway said. The larger cache and increased cores will make servers faster, Conway said.

The company's upcoming 12-core server chips, code-named Magny-Cours, put two six-core chips in one package. The same silicon is used in its six-core chips, code-named Istanbul, which are part of the Opteron line of server processors.

The chips are aimed at servers and are due out in the first quarter of 2010.
 

Conway also talked about finer details in the Magny-Cours chip. Two six-core chips are connected by four hyperthreaded interconnects and are targeted at two- and four-socket servers, Conway said. It includes a total of 12MB of L3 cache, with each core supporting 512KB of L2 cache. The chips will be manufactured by AMD's spinoff, GlobalFoundries, using existing 45-nanometer technology.

AMD is also working on a new x86 chip architecture code-named Bulldozer. The architecture will be used in chips manufactured using the 32-nm process in 2011. The company has scheduled a 16-core chip code-named Interlagos for release in 2011 [via computerworld].

BTW - small pun from my side: Magny Cours = Many Cores ;)

Since most cameraphones are just barely capable of producing decent photos anyways, it

Six new memory modules have been launched by OCZ, these are all 1.65V dual-channel 4GB DDR3 memory kits for Intel's upcoming LGA1156 processors.

Developed for cost-conscious enthusiasts and gamers, these new OCZ modules were engineered with the same affordability and performance standards as the new Lynnfield platform. By using sophisticated IC screening methods and qualifying on a variety of motherboards, OCZ low-voltage kits are the perfect complement for the P55 Chipset and choice CPU to deliver the maximum stability. Together, P55 and OCZ memory are the premium option for the midrange desktops.

Oh dear gawd .. eeuuwh .. my eyes my eyes  ! Cooler Master has released to new models of the CM Elite RC-310 mid-tower ATX chassis.

The pair is dressed up in white with a dash of either blue or pink, with a glossy-white front bezel. Made of SECC/Steel and ABS plastic, the RC-310 measures (W) 191 x (H) 437 x (D) 468 mm, and weighs 5.8 kg.

The chassis has basic casing with essential ventilation consisting of front, rear and side 120 mm fans. The price hasn't shifted along with the colors, the white Elite RC-310 cases sells for 34,90