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<p><span style="font-size: small;">We have never tested any graphics card coolers of such size, weight and efficiency. And I have to admit that this cooler managed to surprise us tremendously that is why I am sure that you won’t stay indifferent to Thermalright Spitfire as well.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/coolers/display/thermalright-spitfire.html">Read more...</a><br />
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This new roundup will discuss the latest hard disk drive modes with 1 TB and 2 TB storage capacities. We will talk about ten new solutions from Hitachi, Samsung, Seagate and Western Digital.
Two new cooling solutions from Dynatron Corporation offer a combination of interesting technical solutions and low recommended price. Our today’s review will reveal how efficient and quiet they are.
We would like to introduce to you two cases designed in the most popular Midi-Tower form-factor. These two solutions have great potential for a universal home computer system.
Seasonic recently released their latest foray into the retail PSU market, the X-Series with 80 Plus Gold certification. As one of the highest efficiency power supplies on the market, the X-750 looks to provide ample power for midrange to high-end systems. Not surprisingly, the high quality design also carries a hefty price tag, but sometimes you get what you pay for.
The chief competition for the X-Series comes from Enermax with their Pro87+ and Modu87+ line. A quick look a pricing indicates Seasonic has the advantage in both availability as well as pricing, making the X-750 all the more interesting. Are you planning on building a new system with CrossFire 5870 or perhaps GTX 480? Well, GTX 480 SLI might be pushing things too far, but for just about anything else the new Seasonic X-Series PSUs are certainly worth a look.
<p><span style="font-size: small;">Today we have something a bit different for you from the GPU world: aftermarket cooling. Thermalright sent over a complete aftermarket GPU cooling kit for our Radeon 5870 containing 3 of their products: their Spitfire GPU heatsink, their VRM-R5 VRM heatsink, and their X-Silent 140mm fan, which combine to form one truly monstrous GPU cooler. Thermalright claims that they got a 32C reduction in the load temperature of a Radeon 5870 in their labs, so let’s put this to the test and see if their latest cooler is as good as they claim it is.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.anandtech.com/show/3637/quick-look-thermalright-spitfire-vrmr5">Read more...</a><br />
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<p><span style="font-size: small;">We first laid eyes on Western Digital's Raptor line of 10K RPM desktop hard drives in 2003. The drives were only 36GB in size, but man were they fast. Since then Western Digital has increased capacity, decreased physical platter size (3.5" to 2.5") and overall driven performance up. With the last VelociRaptor dating back to 2008, the line was overdue for an update.<br />
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<p><span style="font-size: small;">Available in 450GB and 600GB capacities at $299 and $329, respectively, the new VR200M keeps the formula mostly unchanged but sees a performance boost thanks to increasing platter density. Can it restore faith to the VelociRaptor line?</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.anandtech.com/show/3636/western-digitals-new-velociraptor-vr200m-10k-rpm-at-450gb-and-600gb">Read more...</a><br />
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<p><span style="font-size: small;">I'm trying my hands at a new feature here on AnandTech called This Just In.The idea is simple: when something that's not under NDA shows up at my doorstep, I'll snap some pics and post it for you all to see. Something to gawk at while whatever it is I'm working on gets reviewed. It'll give you a glimpse into what I'm working on and at the same time, it'll make sure I take photos of the product early in the review process rather than waiting until 2AM the morning the review goes live.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"> I'll start off with something that we're not necessarily reviewing, but something that will be used in a couple of upcoming reviews. As you may have heard, NVIDIA is launching a brand new pair of graphics cards tomorrow: the GeForce GTX 480 and GTX 470. In preparation for tomorrow's review we needed to update our GPU testbed power supply, in case a pair of these cards ended up pushing the limits of our existing 850W PSU. So we asked around for something a bit beefier. That's not to say that we needed it, but we wanted to be safe just in case.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"> Antec was kind enough to set us up with one of its best - the TruePower Quattro 1200.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.anandtech.com/show/2975/this-just-in-antec-truepower-quattro-1200w-psu" target="_blank">Read more...</a><br />
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A new company, new coolers with catching names and attractive exterior, but pretty average cooling efficiency and no breakthroughs in the acoustic performance. Read more about these new interesting solutions in our roundup !
The new air cooler for CPUs proves remarkably efficient at a low level of noise and costs less than the renowned leaders in this field.