Seagate is launching the
industry's first 6Gb/s7200rpm 2TB hard drive today. The 2TB Barracuda XT
contains a four platter design sporting 500GB each and rotating at 7,200 RPM.
Seagate is including a new 64MB cache scheme, five-year warranty, maximum
sustained transfer rate of ~140MB/s, and an estimated street price of $299. The
drives should be...
cpuchipsets
AMD's pricing department has
struck gold. Armed with a brand new die, the Athlon II X4 620 performs like a
$160 CPU but at 60% of the cost. This is the best budget quad-core CPU on the
market....
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We take a quick look at clock for
clock comparisons against the Core i7/920 and Phenom II x4 965 BE when
overclocked. ...
From: An End To Unencrypted
Digital Cable TV and the HTPC? On a final note, the loss of ClearQAM access is
likely going to be followed by the loss of some fraction of the HTPC market,
where users will not find as much value in a device that can no longer watch or
record live TV from their cable company. Because of this potential nosedive in
the HTPC market, I would...
mobile
With all of the press on Intel's
new Consumer Ultra Low Voltage processors we're not seeing much traction from
the OEMs. ASUS attempts to break the mold as it pairs a huge battery with an
overclocked CULV to deliver both battery life and performance. Netbook battery
life with notebook performance, it's what we all want right?...
mobile
Many people have looked at web
browser performance in one aspect or another, but does your choice of browser
impact laptop battery life? Let's find out....
This has been an interesting week
to say the least for those of us stuck in the labs and not at AMD's DX11 GPU
press briefings. Based on feedback from the Lynnfield launch article we have
spent the last couple of days running additional benchmarks to address
overclocking and clock for clock requests. Yes, we do listen and respond to the
comments no matter how...
video
Later this month we'll be able to
talk about AMD's next-gen GPU, but today we can unveil one feature: Eyefinity.
Use up to six displays, have them treated as a single display with one gigantic
resolution and game your heart out. Oh and don't worry, the GPU can easily
handle rendering a game at 7680 x 3200....
It Slices, It Dices. But Wait,
There’s More! Actually, there is not more. A couple of years ago rumors were
floating around that Intel’s first Platform Controller Hub (PCH) would contain
the latest in features like 6Gb/s SATA ports, USB 3.0, and full PCI Express 2.0
capabilities all at a price that even McDonald’s would...
cpuchipsets
Today Intel unveils the Nehalem
that we've all been waiting for. Starting at $196 and outperforming nearly
everything on the market, Lynnfield is here. It's more than just another fast
CPU, it's the first processor that redefines the way we classify CPUs. Lynnfield
is not only the best quad-core processor at $196, $284 and $562, but it's also
the best...
mobile
Acer's Aspire One 751h bumps the
screen size up to 11.6", along with changing the CPU and chipset to more power
friendly versions. Fundamentally it's still a netbook, but is it a good netbook?
Read on to find out....
video
A year ago I talked about HDMI
equipped sound cards that were going to bring high-def audio codecs to your
receivers via your HTPC. Auzentech has finally delivered on that promise, but is
it too little too late? ...
Western Digital is launching two
new 2TB hard drives today. Unlike their 2TB Caviar Green, the latest Caviar
Black and RE series drives have their platters rotating at 7,200 RPM. Each drive
contains four platters sporting 500GB each along with a new 64MB cache scheme,
dual processors, and five-year warranties. The drives retain the...
storage
The third major SSD article on
AnandTech is here. We go back and try to better understand how these SSDs work,
how their performance is evolving and how TRIM is going to change everything
going forward. If you read The Anthology, this is the SSD update you've been
looking for. ...
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ASUS and NVIDIA gave us a chance
to preview the world's second mini-ITX Ion motherboard: the AT3N7A-I. We took
this opportunity to round up the three DIY Ion platforms on the market today
from ASRock, ASUS and Zotac. If you want an Ion, we'll help you find the best
one....
Seagate is launching the
industry's first 6Gb/s7200rpm 2TB hard drive today. The 2TB Barracuda XT
contains a four platter design sporting 500GB each and rotating at 7,200 RPM.
Seagate is including a new 64MB cache scheme, five-year warranty, maximum
sustained transfer rate of ~140MB/s, and an estimated street price of $299. The
drives should be...
If you're a regular reader of
AnandTech -- and my articles in particular -- you may already know that I use
speech recognition for writing the vast majority of my content. About five years
ago, after a wonderful spree of typing like a madman on an article, my hands and
fingers started going numb. Yes, I have the dreaded carpal tunnel syndrome.
I...
From: An End To Unencrypted
Digital Cable TV and the HTPC? On a final note, the loss of ClearQAM access is
likely going to be followed by the loss of some fraction of the HTPC market,
where users will not find as much value in a device that can no longer watch or
record live TV from their cable company. Because of this potential nosedive in
the HTPC market, I would...
This has been an interesting week
to say the least for those of us stuck in the labs and not at AMD's DX11 GPU
press briefings. Based on feedback from the Lynnfield launch article we have
spent the last couple of days running additional benchmarks to address
overclocking and clock for clock requests. Yes, we do listen and respond to the
comments no matter how...
It Slices, It Dices. But Wait,
There’s More! Actually, there is not more. A couple of years ago rumors were
floating around that Intel’s first Platform Controller Hub (PCH) would contain
the latest in features like 6Gb/s SATA ports, USB 3.0, and full PCI Express 2.0
capabilities all at a price that even McDonald’s would...
Western Digital is launching two
new 2TB hard drives today. Unlike their 2TB Caviar Green, the latest Caviar
Black and RE series drives have their platters rotating at 7,200 RPM. Each drive
contains four platters sporting 500GB each along with a new 64MB cache scheme,
dual processors, and five-year warranties. The drives retain the...
We will finish up our P55 previews
this weekend (or later) with a couple of new boards from ASUS and Biostar. In
the meantime, I just wanted to comment on the Gigabyte GA-P55M-UD2. I have over
a dozen P55 boards in the labs with several more arriving shortly. Already, two
motherboards have risen to the top in regards to overclocking performance and a
couple of...
For those of you with cable TV
service, for some time now you've been witnessing the slow transition of cable
TV from a pure analog service to a pure digital service. With cable systems
finally at their limits for bandwidth, within the last year the cable companies
have finally begun what has been dubbed the "analog reclamation" - removing
analog channels...
We have always been a big fan of
Seasonic power supplies, especially their 300W to 430W units for HTPC duties.
Seasonic recently introduced their new S12D series geared for the enthusiast
market. They are available now at Newegg. The full press release is provided
below. "To offer computer users a more stable and efficient solution to cope
with...
We’re Back!!! Just when we thought
we had finished our P55 pictorial process, several more motherboards showed up
for the launch article. We decided to continue with the pictorial process as the
early September launch is quickly approaching and figured early coverage now
would assist you while wading through all of the P55...
We receive all sorts of unique
products on a weekly basis and I use the term unique loosely in this case. Let’s
just say a majority of these trinkets are barely good enough for target
practice, much less taking up valuable shelf space. In fact, it is not every day
we open a non-descript box in the lab and discover an Emperor
Penguin...
