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Only a few days ago we found a CPU-Z validation which shows an upcoming Intel Core i7-4770K which has been driven with more than 7 GHz. It's obvious that this CPU has been cooled using liquid nitrogen and therefore those clocks are unreachable for normal users. Now our forum member "Validator" found another validation which shows a Core i7-4770K running at 4.8 GHz and only 0.9 Volt.
4.8 GHz and 0.9 Volt, that means that this clock speed can be reached using aircooling without the cooler having to break a sweat. If you now keep in mind, that Intel's Ivy Bridge processors need on average 1.35 Volt to be driven at 5 GHz, then it seems to be obvious that Intel must have made a few changes to the manufacturing process. When it's possible to drive CPUs with lower voltages at the same clock speed then this is a solid hint, that the semiconductors have been improved. Usually we see differences like the ones here only when there has been a shrink, but since we know that Haswell also makes use of 22nm transistors, this can be ruled out.

After we've seen this result, we now want to know what Haswell can do when it's being overclocked using an aircooler. It looks like 5.5 GHz seem to be a realistic target. In other words this means, that normal users how want to overclock their every day rig to the maximum will have good reason to enjoy Haswell processors.

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Lian-Li Industrial Co. Ltd, today announces a new brushed aluminum Mini-ITX chassis ? PC-Q30. With its curve-shaped design and large acrylic front window the fully aluminum PC-Q30 allows users to show off their systems, and is sure to be the talking piece of any room. Whether in the living room, bedroom, or office, the PC-Q30 with its curve-shape and brushed aluminum finish takes visual command without being ostentatious. Additionally, DIY builders can put their stylized internal components and intricate builds on full display ? as they should not be hidden from sight.

Thanks to the two expansion slots on the top of the chassis, the PC-Q30 supports graphics cards up to 200mm (7.8"). For storage, up to four 2.5" hard drives or SSDs can be mounted in the removable hard drive cage at the bottom of the chassis. A 140mm fan in the rear of the chassis expels hot air, while ventilation on the top and side allows for cool air to enter. A small form factor power supply up to 125 mm (4.9") is placed on rubber pads in order to reduce vibrations.

The front of the PC-Q30 is minimalistic in aesthetics and houses the dual LED illuminated power button that glows blue when on and red while loading. The I/O panel with two USB 3.0 ports and HD audio connections is located on the left side of the front of the chassis to not interrupt the elegant aesthetics.

Price and Availability
The PC-Q30 will be available in June in the US and Canada for the suggested retail price of US$149. For more information, visit the product page.

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here are some of the first pictures of silverstone's upcoming flagship chassis, the raven rv04. Its styling is clearly evolutionary to the raven rv03, with no chrome highlights, and a more curvy, "concave" front. The biggest change is on the inside, while the rv03 features a 90° clockwise-tilted motherboard tray, the rv04 uses an upside-down btx-esque motherboard tray. Perhaps the new trend of detachable drive-bays to make room for long graphics cards caught up with silverstone. The case supports atx, e-atx, and ssi-ceb motherboard form-factors.

The raven rv04 features two 5.25-inch drive bays, seven internal 3.5-inch ones, of which two feature back-planes to enable hot-swapping; and four 2.5-inch bays. It features room for cpu coolers as tall as 165 mm, psus as long as 180 mm, and add-on cards as long as 337 mm, and as tall as 170 mm. Its front-panel includes two usb 3.0 ports (standard header), and audio jacks. Ventilation includes two gargantuan 180 mm front intake fans (up to 1200 rpm, up to 34 dba), and a 120 mm rear fan. Measuring 219mm (w) x 581mm (h) x 497mm (d), the rv04 weighs about 11 kg. It's largely made of secc steel and abs plastic. It's available in two variants, one with the opaque side-panel (sst-rv04b), and one with an acrylic window (sst-rv04b-w). Pricing and availability will be announced on may 11.

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Seagate entra no mercado dos SSDs

A Seagate, um dos maiores fabricantes de discos rígidos mecânicos, que até há bem pouco tempo era líder de vendas, vai entrar no muito concorrido mercado de SSDs, com a série 600.

A Seagate escolheu a NAND MLC de 19nm da Toshiba para equipar os seus SSDs, fazendo uso do controlador Link A Media LM87800, auxiliado por dois módulos de memória da Micron, com 256MB para cache. Utilizam a interface SATA 6.0Gbps e um firmware personalizado da Seagate.



São capazes de atingir os 80.000 IOPS e conseguem velocidades na ordem dos 500MB/s de leitura e 400MB/s de escrita, com exceção da versão de 120GB, que vê a sua velocidade de escrita reduzida para a casa dos 300MB/s. Existem em três capacidades (480GB, 240GB e 120GB) e apesar de serem em formato 2.5″, estão disponíveis com espessura de 7mm e 5mm, ideal para Ultrabooks.

Preços e disponibilidade no mercado ainda não são conhecidos, restando aguardar por mais novidades. Enquanto isso, podem ficar com as especificações completas da nova gama:



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Almost one year ago, BitFenix launched the Prodigy - a mini-ITX chassis that makes no compromises. Today, BitFenix is pleased to announce two new members to the Prodigy line up - Prodigy Green and Prodigy Blue. Sporting two exciting new colors and a window side panel, these two new models take the awesome features and styling of the original Prodigy and revamp it for a new year.

New Colors, New Options
The flexibility offered by this mini-ITX dynamo sparked the creative fires of builders everywhere, resulting in a virtual avalanche of unique builds. Prodigy Green and Blue, with their standard window side panels, make it easy for users to show off their creations. And with two luscious color options - Vivid Green and Cobalt Blue - Prodigy Green and Blue owners will have no trouble attracting attention at the next LAN party.

Of course, these new models come with all the same features that made Prodigy the mini-ITX case of choice for thousands of users around the world. From the clean, uncluttered design to the choice materials like FyberFlex Composite and SofTouch Surface Treatment, Prodigy Green and Blue users will experience the same BitFenix quality that has brought the original Prodigy to the top of the charts.

On the inside, users will find plenty of room for up to five 3.5" HDDs or 2.5" SSDs, as well as long graphics cards up to 320 mm in length. Removing the BitFenix FlexCage gives room for the thickest 240 mm radiators, and the standard ATX power supply cage enables builders to power their mini-rigs with choice PSUs.

BitFenix fans around the world will be able to get their hands on Prodigy Green and Prodigy Blue beginning late May once they arrive on store shelves.

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MSI proudly announced the release of its new EPIC embedded board?MS-98D1. The MS-98D1 is a compact EPIC size embedded board with Intel Atom Dual Core processor for low-power fanless solution. Featuring with dual core, fanless design, rich I/O, and wide input voltage of 9 to 36 VDC, the MS-98D1 is especially ideal for industrial applications that involve control and communications, or any industrial fields that require fanless embedded systems.

The dual Gigabit LAN built-in also benefit the target applications by providing broad-band communication capability that is required by many industrial fields. For some systems that need additional communication or I/O interfaces, the PCI-104 slot of MS-98D1 allows system integrators to stack more modules with no limits, offering more application possibilities with this small board. Moreover, 2 independent displays with VGA, DVI, and Dual LVDS outputs enable the MS-98D1 to be applied for remote monitoring and control systems as well.


Unlike the most EPIC embedded board on the market with 12 VDC power input only, the MS-98D1 offers a wide-range input voltage from 9 to 36 VDC, making it ideal for mission-critical industrial field-site applications, which mostly use 24VDC power inputs. In order to provide more add-on-features to enable more application possibilities, the MS-98D1 is designed with dual Mini-PCIe and a stackable PCI-104 slots for unlimited expansion, such as WiFi, 3G, TV tuner, etc. You can choose any communication networking, I/O, or storage modules to enable more your systems with extended functions.

Featuring with Intel Atom Dual Core low-power processor, the MS-98D1 offers a perfect-fitting processing power for industrial control and communications, while keeping the system cool for higher reliability. The dual Gigabit LAN built-in also benefit the target industrial applications by providing broad-band communication capability. The rich interfaces of 6 COM, 6 USB, parallel, PS/2, 8 GPIO, dual Mini-PCIe, and stackable PCI-104 allow the system to connect as many peripheral devices and communication modules as possible. Moreover, 2 independent displays with VGA, DVI, and Dual LVDS outputs enable the MS-98D1 in remote monitoring and control systems as well.

To fulfill the application needs in this high-density communication networking age, MS-98D1 offers dual Gigabit LAN for broad-band communication. The Mini-PCIe and PCI-104 stackable interface also benefit this kind of communication demand for applications such as process automation, control and communication in utility automation, or transportation (bus, subway, wayside cabinet, etc.). In addition, the innovative design of the onboard 3G SIM-card holder* for Mini-PCIe slot allows system integrator to embedded 3G network without extra effort to redesign the card holder in the system, which greatly saving time and cost required.

*MSI is the first provider to design the SIM card holder on industrial embedded board. Almost all of the 3G add-on cards available on the market do not come with an onboard SIM card holder, and it bothers system integrators with redesigning the system simply for the SIM card holder.

Key Features:
Intel Atom D2550/N2800/N2600 Dual Core processor for low-power fanless solution
Support DDR3 1066MHz SO-DIMM memory up to 4GB
9~36 VDC wide input voltage enable more stable power source for industrial applications
2 independent displays with VGA, DVI, and Dual LVDS supported
Dual Gigabit LAN for high-bandwidth networking applications
Dual Mini-PCIe for expansion, offering more application possibilities
6 COM ports and 6 USB 2.0 for multiple serial/USB connections
Stackable PCI-104 to expand industrial modules without limits, such as WiFi, LAN, COM modules
Designed with 3G SIM-card holder onboard, ready for 3G Mini-PCIe application

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It is not a secret that it is going to get easier to overclock future K-versions of Intel Core i5 and Core i7 "Haswell" microprocessors because of variable DMICLK/BCLK [base clock] coarse ratios. Therefore, it is not surprising that professional overclockers have already started to test the new chips in a bid to set-up clock-speed records. While no actual records have been set yet, Core i “Haswell” chips have already hit 7GHz core frequency.

Haswell Hits 7.012GHz Ahead of Launch
Journalists from Ocaholic web-site have discovered a record in the CPU-Z database that an unnamed overclocker had managed to boost the speed of an Intel Core i7-4770K microprocessor from 3.50GHz to whopping 7012.8MHz (91.07MHz BCLK*77). The overclocker used Asus Maximus VI Extreme Edition mainboard based on Intel Z87 core-logic. While the utility claims that the core voltage of the chip was upped to unprecedented 2.56V, it should rather be considered as a software bug, than a miracle since Core i-series 3000-family “Ivy Bridge” chips fail at 2.0V.

Results submitted to CPU-Z database cannot be cheated, but they also cannot be tracked down to find out a particular person. It is unknown what kind of cooling system did the anonymous overclocker use to overclock the Haswell chip by two times over its default frequency. One thing is clear, though: Intel Haswell seems to be very capable of reaching high clock-speeds, even early in its lifecycle.

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A família FX continua a ser dominada pelo modelo FX-8350, que apresenta o melhor desempenho e é também o mais caro. No entanto, a AMD renovou o catálogo com um processador quad-core, o FX-4350, e outro hexa-core, o FX-6350.

O modelo FX-6350 apresenta um consumo energético superior e um desempenho a 3,9 GHz ou 4,2 GHz em modo boost. Este valores são 300 MHz e 100 MHz mais elevados do que o antecessor, o FX-6300.

Por outro lado, o FX-4350 apresenta um desempenho de 3,9 GHz e 4,3 GHz em modo boost, um incremento de 100 MHz e 300 MHz face ao registado pelo FX-4300.

A PC Perspective explica que os processadores mantêm praticamente o mesmo preço dos modelos antecessores. O FX-6350 custa 132 dólares e o FX-4350 custa 122 dólares, mais dez dólares do que o modelo FX-4300.

Estes processadores são compatíveis com as placas-mãe AM3+ com a versão da BIOS mais recente.

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Cooler Master, an industry leading PC component manufacturer today announces the N series, a brand new series of compact mainstream cases. The N series brings liquid cooling support up to 240mm radiators and improved air cooling performance wrapped in subtle and simplistic designs.

N series cases were designed with cooling performance in mind, especially liquid cooling. The full mesh front panels and a large amount of vents all over let air stream through the case with ease. The N300 supports up to 8 fans, including a 120mm vent on the all important side panel to keep high-end VGAs fed with fresh air, and support for two 120mm fans or one 240mm radiator on top of the case. The N500 supports up to 9 fans, adding a second 120mm slot to the side panel, and extends to top mounted vents to dual 140mm vents, including support for 240mm radiators.

Despite the compact designs, there's plenty of room to install extra long graphics cards, several ODDs, HDDs and SSDs, and still have space to route and hide cables. The N300 supports up to 320mm long VGAs and has a maximum capacity of 2 ODDs, 8 HDDs and an additional SSD slot. Thanks to its height the N500 supports 3 ODDs. It makes away with half the HDD slots to provide a direct stream of fresh air from the front panel to the VGAs. This also allows it supports over 400mm long VGAs and makes room for a dedicated tool-less SSD cage for 3 SSDs.

Both the N300 and N500 are available in 4 configurations – with or without a windowed side panel, and with two USB 3.0 ports (N2 edition) or with a single USB 3.0 port and two USB 2.0 ports (N1 edition). USB 3.0 Super Speed enables up to 10x faster file transfers and full speed charging of mobile phones (~1A).

N300/N500 will be available in EU in May . Price and availability may vary by region.

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