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Cooler Master Seidon 120M Review

Posted 04/16/2013 at 2:11pm | by Jimmy Thang

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Won’t break the bank or any records

With the vast majority of closed-loop water-cooling kits based on either Asetek or CoolIt designs, Cooler Master’s in-house-designed Seidon 120M easily stands out from the crowd. At just $70, it’s one of the more affordable kits we’ve seen, too, and though it’s not the answer to our cooling prayers, it proves you don’t need to spend a lot of money to get a decent water cooler.

Note: This review originally appeared in the February 2013 issue of the magazine.

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AVADirect Pimps Workstation PC with Dual Xeon E5 CPUs and 512GB RAM

Posted 04/15/2013 at 11:11am | by Paul Lilly

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The latest workstation from AVADirect is packing some serious horsepower.

AVADirect, a boutique system builder based in Ohio, sent word to us today that it's now offering a new workstation build configurable with up to two Xeon E5 eight-core processors and a whopping 512GB of RAM installed into 16 DIMM slots. At the heart of this monster system is the Asus Z9PE-D16/2L motherboard with optional SAS interfaces (using Asus PIKE RAID cards) and fan speed control.

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Intel Starts Shipping Haswell Chips, Minor USB Bug Affects Chipset

Posted 04/08/2013 at 12:48pm | by Paul Lilly

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Haswell is one step closer to its retail launch.

Intel has reportedly begun shipping its next generation Haswell parts to PC builders in preparation for a launch later this quarter. Right now you can file that tidbit under "R" for "Rumor," though the Santa Clara chip maker is expected to announce its fourth generation Core processor line at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in Beijing next week. That's the good news. And the bad?

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Intel Readies HD Graphics Driver Update for Ivy Bridge

Posted 03/29/2013 at 10:35am | by Paul Lilly

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New graphics drivers for Ivy Bridge will add Ultra HD support.

If you're using the integrated graphics embedded into your 3rd generation Core processor (Ivy Bridge) from Intel, get ready for a driver update that's supposed to improve power and performance, as well as add new features. Intel HD Graphics driver 15.31 will be the seventh update since the introduction of 2nd generation Core processors (Sandy Bridge), and though it was built for 4th gen chips (Haswell), it will work on Ivy Bridge too.

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First Look at Intel's Haswell Processor Pricing

Posted 03/25/2013 at 12:42pm | by Paul Lilly

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Some vendors are already offering Haswell parts for pre-order.

We're still about three months away from retail availability for Intel's upcoming Haswell platform, and that assumes there won't be any last minute delays or chipset SNAFUS like the one that plagued Sandy Bridge's debut. Nevertheless, some anxious vendors have already begun accepting pre-orders for Haswell, giving us an early glimpse into how the pricing will shake out this summer.

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Intel Still Clinging to Cedar Trail M Platform for Netbooks

Posted 03/20/2013 at 9:07am | by Paul Lilly

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Asus, Acer, and others are no longer releasing new netbook models in the U.S.

We can count on one tightly clenched fist the number of consumer netbook announcements so far in 2013. It's zero, zip, zilch, nada, and whatever other word or phrase you want to use to represent a quantity less than one. Netbooks, while once hugely popular, are largely dead in the U.S., so why is Intel holding onto its Cedar Trail M platform? One reason is because Classmate PCs are selling in developing markets.

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AMD Announces Elite A-Series "Richland" APUs

Posted 03/12/2013 at 11:05am | by Paul Lilly

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Richand comes at just the right time for mobile users.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) today announced the availability of its new Elite A-Series Accelerated Processing Units (APUs), otherwise known as "Richland." The new APUs not only offer faster graphics performance and longer battery life via enhanced power management capabilities all on a single chip, they also deliver user experiences like facial log-in and gesture recognition, AMD says.

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Intel Readies Pentium CPU Refresh for Q2

Posted 03/11/2013 at 11:16am | by Paul Lilly

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New Pentium processors based on Ivy Bridge are on the way from Intel.

It seems hard to fathom, but at the end of next week, Intel's Pentium brand will turn 20 years old. Despite two decades of service, don't look for Intel to push its Pentium nomenclature into retirement. What you can expect, however, are new dual-core Pentium parts based on Ivy Bridge, which are scheduled to be released in the second quarter of this year, just ahead of Haswell.

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Will Intel Skip Over Ivy Bridge E?

Posted 03/08/2013 at 9:42am | by Paul Lilly

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The enthusiast successor to Ivy Bridge is reportedly delayed.

It's a bit of a foggy future when it comes to Intel's Ivy Bridge E refresh, the enthusiast-grade successor to Ivy Bridge. There are conflicting reports on the web, including one that states Ivy Bridge E is being delayed, though there's a chance it may never see the light of day. Instead, Intel might choose to skip the enthusiast part and jump straight to Haswell E. First things first.

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Thermaltake Water2.0 Pro Review

Posted 03/06/2013 at 1:40pm | by Jimmy Thang

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The LL Cool J of water coolers: cool, but loud

Water cooling is the way to go if you're serious about keeping your CPU thermals in check, and the easiest way to dip your toe in the water-cooling pool is an all-in-one unit that bolts onto your case. You don’t have to mess with pumps, tubing, or fans, and the kits will work with any modern CPU and most chassis, so their appeal is maximum cooling with minimum effort. Thermaltake is on board with this concept, and offers three tasty all-in-one entrées in its Water2.0 series: a low-end “Performance” model, a double-rad “Extreme” model, and the mid-range “Pro” version we examined this month.

Note: This review was taken from the January 2013 issue of the magazine.

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