Archive for October 2014

Review: Cooler Master Nepton 240M

Published by Hilbert Hagedoorn 2

We test and review the all new Cooler Master Nepton 240M, a 240mm Liquid cooler that is performing quite OK in a dense LCS kit market. Cooler Master announced the new Nepton model with a 240mm radiator cooled by two active fans. These are designed to be small solutions that are affordable for most of you guys. The product as tested today for example will hover in the 90 EURO marker.

Well, let's find out, but have a look at what's tested today first.


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Cooler Master Nepton 240M review

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We test and review the all new Cooler Master Nepton 240M, an All-in-One Liquid cooler kit that is performing quite OK in a very saturated LCS kit market. Can it keep up with similar products? Let's find out!


Gigabyte Mini-ITX GTX 970 Graphics Card

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Gigabyte has produced a Mini-ITX GeForce GTX 970 Graphics Card, yeah it's cute alright. You soon will be able to find it under SKU code GV-N970IXOC-4GD. The card is running at 1076 MHz Base with a Boost clock of 1216 MHz, which is actually a notch faster then the reference cards. The card has a single 8-pin PCI-Express power connector.


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Palit GeForce GTX 980 Super Jetstream review

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We review one of the fastest GeForce GTX 980 cards from Palit, the Super Jetstream edition. It comes all customized, has an improved Jetstream series cooler and runs factory tweaked at clock frequencies that will raise your eyebrows. It does that while staying very silent. Heck, the cooler won't even spin with GPU temperatures up-to roughly 65 Degrees C. The card has 4 GB graphics memory, is energy efficient and factory overclocked for you. Oh and hey, it overclocks nicely as well as we pass 1500 MHz on the GPU boost frequency.


Samsung 8-Gigabit DDR4 at 20 Nanometer Fabbed

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Samsung Electronics announced that it is mass producing the industry's most advanced 8-gigabit (Gb) DDR4 memory and 32-gigabyte (GB) module, both of which will be manufactured based on a new 20-nanometer (nm) process technology, for use in enterprise servers.


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Thermalright HR-02 Macho Zero CPU Cooler

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True to its motto "innovate - don't imitate," Thermalright consequently improves on the original cooler concept and implements suggestions by their fan base. The result is a further optimized cooler which is not only improved in terms of its looks. 


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In Win Launches 707 and 703 PC case released

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In Win Development Inc., a leading innovator in PC design and winner of internationally renowned design awards, has today announced availability of its new 707 full-tower and 703 mid-tower, mainstream PC chassis.


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Activision releases System Requirements Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

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The minimum PC specs for COD: Advanced Warfare have been shared by Activision. Typically indicative of the rendering engine. Minimum specs will be an Intel Core i3-530 at 2,93GHz or AMD Phenom II X4 810 at 2,80 GHz. Graphics wise the minimum specs will be a GeForce GTS 450 or Radeon 5870. The game will only run at 64-bit versions of Windows 7 and 8.x with DX11 and 6 GB of system memory. 


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GlobalFoundries will Acquire IBM Chip Business

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IBM and GLOBALFOUNDRIES have signed an agreement under which GLOBALFOUNDRIES plans to acquire IBM's global commercial semiconductor technology business, including intellectual property, world-class technologists and technologies related to IBM Microelectronics, subject to completion of applicable regulatory reviews. GLOBALFOUNDRIES will also become IBM's exclusive server processor semiconductor technology provider for 22 nanometer (nm), 14 nm and 10 nm semiconductors for the next 10 years.


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South Korea Preps 10Gbps Broadband - 1GB in 0.8 Secs

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Want fast ? Well you have to move then. South Korea is positioning itself to introduce 10Gbps fiber service. SK Broadband will introduce its new 10 gigabit per second Internet service at a conference of the International Telecommunications Union.


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BenQ BL2420PT 23.8" Screen at 2560 x 1440

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BenQ is set to reelase the BL2420PT, a 23.8" IPS monitor aimed to professionals.  The BL2420PT will be the initial model of this size to offer a high 2560 x 1440 resolution, something normally reserved for 27" models. This produces a pixel density of 123.41 PPI (pixels per inch) which would be comparable to if you had a 4k 3840 x 2160 resolution on a 36" sized screen. 


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Specs on Intel Skylake IGP leak

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There has been talk and gossip about the upcoming Intel Skylake IGP. Chips based on the IGP are due for launch in 2015. CPU World got a hold of new details about the Skylake GT1, GT2, GT3e and GT4e graphics. The models with the "e" suffix are the psicy ones and come with 64MB eDRAM on quad-core LGA1151 CPUs and 128MB of eDRAM on "H" series Broadwell CPUs for extra performance.


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Steam Weekly Top Sellers October 20 2014

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These are the ten top selling titles on Steam for the week as reported by Valve:

1.Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel
2.Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
3.Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth
4.PAYDAY 2
5.Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
6.Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel - Season Pass
7.Alien: Isolation
8.The Evil Within
9.Tomb Raider
10.Crusader Kings II: Charlemagne

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Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare - Launch Trailer

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The official Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare gameplay launch trailer has arrived, despite the game not coming out for another couple of weeks. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare is planned for a November 4th release. 


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Cooler Master CM Storm Suppressor Gaming Keyboard

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Cooler Master today announced the Suppressor, a keyboard tuned for gamers that enjoy being the silent assassin. Serious gamers take note; the Suppressor is well balanced to assist in deploying to each and every arena. 


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OCZ SSD prices at an all-time low

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OCZ prices for most of their consumer SSDs have dropped by up-to 30%, in an attempt to be even more competitive with parties like Samsung and Micron. As a result, re-sellers are now able to offer the OCZ SSDs at a level that aggressively competes. In some cases that will even be up to 30% lower since the market introduction.  Below some examples.


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Linksys Launches Tri-Band and 4x4 Wireless AC Routers

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Linksys announced two new routers. The two new wireless AC routers, the Linksys AC3200 Tri-Band Smart Wi-Fi Router (EA9200) and the Linksys AC2400 Dual Band Wi-Fi Router (E8350), a 4X4 AC router, provide network speeds up to 3.2 Gbps and 2.4 Gbps, respectively*. These two new powerhouse Linksys routers provide networking functionality suited for large or small environments that need the maximum performance and range for their home networks.


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AMD cuts 710 jobs after disappointing results

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It was in the line of expectation. The new ceo Lisa Su will apply these job cuts AMD will cut 7% of its staff, 710 jobs after a disappointing period. The profits from APUs and Graphics card dropped with 16 percent.


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Apple offers 27-inch iMac with 5K screen

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Apple introduced a 27" iMac with a that expected Retina 5K display, (5120 x 2880 pixels resolution). The unit has a3.5GHz Intel Core i5 quad-core processor, AMD Radeon R9 M290X graphics and a 1TB Fusion Drive. Pricing is a $2,499.


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Apple iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3

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Apple today also launches two new iPad models. The 9.7" iPad Air 2 promises to be the thin and powerful. it has a A8X SoC and TouchID fingerprint scanner. The new SoC would offer 40 percent higher CPU performance and 2.5x more graphics performance.  The 7.9" iPad Mini 3 keeps the A7 SoC, and the most prominent new feature seems to be TouchID.


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