New Asus C90 Notebook
June 11, 2007
Asus recently introduced the C90, a new breed of laptops that allow the customer to upgrade nearly the entire laptop’s components in a matter of minutes. The C90 allows everything form the optical drive to the GPU and processor to be changed out easily by the customer. The C90 will start at a reasonable price of $1,500 and will include some useful ports such as eSATA and HDMI and allows the choice for a high-def optical drive for additional costs. According to ASUS the system’s CPU will be as easy as upgrading your desktops processor and the GPU will be just as easy and will consist of Nvidia 8600 and 8500 options. The new user-upgradeable components now allows laptops users to increase the performance of their machines without having to buy a complete replacement.
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Alienware’s New High-Def Hangar18 HTPC
June 7, 2007
Today Alienware’s new High-Def HTPC was released, the Hanger18. This new offering from Alienware allows for dual TV tuners (up to 4 can be configured), onboard 5.1 amp, HDMI out, space for 4GB of memory, and 2TB of storage space all powered by an AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual-core CPU. The Hanger18 comes in two variations, a 720p or 1080p capable system and includes a gyration remote to replace the old wireless mouse. At a base price of $1,999 this new offering form Alienware is not cheap but offers plenty of storage and speed for a Media Center PCPhotos -
ThermalRight Demos New Heatsink Chassis
June 7, 2007
This year at Computex 2007 (one of the largest computer hardware trade shows on the planet) several companies are displaying some radical new designs for basic computer components. One of thoee new designs is ThermalRight’s new heatsink chassis. This new computer case is actually one giant heatsink built to help dissipate heat from the processor, perfect for a fan less HTPC application. the concept is very simple, inside, there’s a base plate that allows for contact with your processor, the base plate is then connected directly to the main body of the case, which allows for a completely unique and effective cooling solution.
3TB TeraStation Living HOME
May 23, 2007
Next month Sony will be releasing a firmware update for the PlayStation 3, included in that update will be DLNA video streaming support. Which pretty much means PS3 owners will be able to play video content from their Windows Media Center, or any other DLNA compatible device. Which is why I am adding this Buffalo TeraStation Living HOME to my wish list. It has 3TB (3,072GB) of data storage and DLNA compatibility. So basically you can store thousands of movies on this device and watch them from your PlayStation 3.
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Optimus Keyboard
March 15, 2007
Hey everyone at CeBIT today the official press shots of the Optimus keyboard with those fancy OLED keys that were are all dying to get our hands on. However at a $1,499 price tag i may have to way a few years before i snag one for myself but if you have money to spend i can imagine this would be a incredibly useful addition to your workstation. If your not to familar with the Optimus keyboard, Its the first keyboard using OLED’s for the keys allowing th user to configure the them to be anything they choose, including a easy to see configuration for Doom as shown in the pictures after the jump.
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MVIX Media Extender / hard drive inclosure
May 26, 2006
This is a MVIX, which is one of the best external hard drive/media extender (HD) on the market today. The latest model comes with built in wifi. More features after the jump.
New AMD Athlon 64 FX-62
May 22, 2006
Today AMD announced a new addition to its already famous FX Series. The FX-62 is a monster, the processor operates at the same clock speed of the FX-60 but the exciting news is that the new processor will officially support PC2-5300 and PC2-6400 DDR2 memory. Now that AMD can offer a processor to take full range of the high performing memory Intel will have to start gettin a move on their new Conroe processors
AMD also announced a move to a new platform for their processors; Socket AM2 will soon be phased in as AMD starts to produce both of these new products
****AMD if your reading this please you should send us some processors to test over here at Hypertechtoys.com****
Core Duo meets Desktop
May 22, 2006
For all you gamers out there Bit-tech.net has posted an amazing review on the possibility of Core Duo chips inside desktops and come up with some pretty interesting results
“What’s faster than an AMD Athlon FX-60? Well, an Intel Core Duo overclocked on a fantastic AOpen board based on the 975X chipset. We get to grips with Intel’s portable processing powerhouse in a desktop board and contemplate – is this a sign of things to come?”
