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IHS iSuppli Sees Solid Market for Solid State Drives

Posted 01/24/2013 at 10:30am | by Paul Lilly

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Solid state drive (SSD) shipments are forecast to more than double in 2013.

It's going to be several years before solid state drives (SSDs) reach the same or similar market share as mechanical hard disk drives (HDDs), but in the meantime, one of those storage sectors is seeing explosive growth. According to IHS iSuppli, a new generation of lower-cost and more appealing Ultrabooks will help double the number of SSD shipments to 83 million units in 2013, up from 39 million in 2012. By 2016, IHS iSuppli believes SSD shipments will reach 40 percent the size of the HDD market.

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Leaked Specs Point to Possible GeForce GTX 680 Ultra Graphics Card

Posted 01/23/2013 at 10:43am | by Paul Lilly

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Nvidia is supposedly readying a GeForce Titanium video card for February.

It's been almost a year since Nvidia released its GeForce GTX 680 graphics card, still the company's flagship single-GPU Kepler part (GK104). Now it appears Nvidia is nearly ready to launch a GK110-based card for the consumer market, one that would essentially be a GeForce GTX 680 Ultra, but might be named GeForce Titan or Titanium so that it stands out. Perhaps not coincidentally, the fastest supercomputer in the world is the Cray Titan.

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Intel Expands Ivy Bridge Lineup with Budget Chips

Posted 01/22/2013 at 10:09am | by Paul Lilly

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Budget buyers can now cross Ivy Bridge for around $42.

Volume production of Intel's Ivy Bridge processors began way back in the third quarter of 2011, with dual-core and quad-core parts launching at the end of April, 2012. Nine months after launch, Intel has decided to stretch its 22nm Ivy Bridge architecture into lower end processor families, adding seven new parts to its Celeron and Pentium lines, along with another Core processor for good measure.

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Micron's 960GB Solid State Drive is Cheaper Than You Think

Posted 01/18/2013 at 8:00am | by Paul Lilly

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For less than $600, you can own a terabyte-class SSD.

We're a little late in bringing this to your attention, but it's worth noting that Micron is making a concerted effort to offer relatively affordable, large-capacity solid state drives (SSDs). We say it's relative because dropping half a dozen Benjamins on a single storage device is not something every PC user is in a position to do, but for those who can afford it, Micron's 960GB SSD is actually a reasonable value.

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Foremay Flips the Script on 2.5-inch SSDs, Launches World's First 2TB Model

Posted 01/16/2013 at 11:39am | by Paul Lilly

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All hail the only 2.5-inch 2TB SSD on the planet.

What's that you say, today's solid state drives (SSDs) don't offer enough capacity to hold your interest, let alone all your precious data? Well then you'll be happy to know that a company called Foremay has unveiled what it claims is the world's first 2.5-inch 2TB SSD with a thickness of 9.5mm. Is that enough to replace your aging mechanical hard drive?

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ECS Hosts Custom Case Mod Competition, Cash and Prizes Up for Grabs

Posted 01/15/2013 at 6:01pm | by Paul Lilly

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Top 5 participants will be flown to Taipei, Taiwan for a shot at the grand prize.

Fancy yourself a case modder? Always wanted to be a millionaire? If you answered "yes" to both questions, you should consider entering the ECS Modmen Custom Case Mod Competition. You have until February 28, 2013 to enter and gather up votes, at which time the top 5 vote-getters will be flown to Taipei, Taiwan where a panel of judges will determine the overall winner. Now, about becoming a millionaire...

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Post CES 2013: Silverstone Parades Case and Cooling Products

Posted 01/15/2013 at 10:34am | by Paul Lilly

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A $50 case from Silverstone is on tap for 2013.

The whirlwind of product announcements and general craziness that accompanies the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is now in our rear-view mirror, and unfortunately, we didn't get a chance to stop by Silverstone's booth. Fortunately, Silverstone essentially brought its booth to us, toting several products to San Francisco that were previously on display at the convention, including a small form facor case that only costs $50. When's the last time you could say that about a Silverstone chassis?

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CES 2013: Zalman Keeps Its Cool with a Fanless Cooler [Video]

Posted 01/11/2013 at 1:01pm | by Paul Lilly

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A cooler with no fans? Zalman says 'Yes'!

Zalman is planning to launch a pair of CPU coolers in the second quarter of 2013, one of them a closed-loop liquid cooler unlike any you've ever seen before, the company told us at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). It's called the CI Water Cooler, which is an updated version of the company's CNPS LQ Series of self-contained liquid coolers. The other is a fanless block.

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CES 2013: Cases, Coolers, and Gaming Accessories [Video]

Posted 01/11/2013 at 10:32am | by Paul Lilly

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Cooler Master came prepared with plenty of products to show off.

The folks at Cooler Master made the most of their suite at the Consumer Electronics Show by cramming it full of computer cases, air and liquid coolers, power supplies, and gaming accessories, including several unreleased products. Master of cool and Maximum PC Online Editor Jimmy Thang captured nearly 20 minutes of video touring Cooler Master's hardware, along with its CM Storm division.

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CES 2013: Look Ma, AMD's 990FX DOES Have PCIe 3.0 Support! [Video]

Posted 01/10/2013 at 2:41pm | by Paul Lilly

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Surprise, surprise -- PCIe 3.0 was baked into AMD's 990FX chipset all along.

Our CES video coverage continues with a tour of Asus' booth, where Deputy Editor Gordon Mah Ung captured on camera the company's E2KM1-L Deluxe mini-ITX motherboard (shown in thumbnail image). It's a replacement for the old E45 Brazos 2.0 boards, the big difference being a soldered on dual-core Trinity CPU. But the real surprise was still to come.

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