80 Plus Fakes; Gigabyte in Tibet
Hardware Secrets discovered that there are some power supplies in the market carrying fake 80 Plus badges. In other news, Gigabyte proudly opened the worlds highest altitude motherboard RMA center in...
View ArticleWestern Digital's 3TB GreenPower drive
Western Digital's announcement yesterday of its new 3TB GreenPower drive brought many issues in the storage sector into sharp relief. A 3TB HDD by itself is not unique. Seagate's 3TB FreeAgent external...
View ArticleAMD SB800 Fan Controller Features ignored by MB Makers
"AMD's SB800-series fan speed controller has the sort of functionality enthusiasts want in spades", apparently, and "motherboard makers need only to connect fan and diode traces to the south bridge and...
View ArticleSuperTalent Introduces USB 3.0 Virtual PC
Ma Labs today announced they will begin offering Ceedo Personal with Super Talent's USB 3.0 Express RAM CACHE flash drives. Ceedo is a software virtualization and delivery platform that creates managed...
View ArticleAMD HD 6900 Series Launch
AMD PR has done a good job: Reviews of the Radeon 6950 and 6950 graphics card dominate today's tech news as tech web editors trot out their findings in accordance to AMD's NDA schedule. We wonder if...
View ArticleAMD Fusion APUs Arrive
As expected, AMD officially launched its Fusion APU platform today, the day before the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, just in time to counter Intel's Sandy Bridge barrage. The press...
View ArticleLenovo's exciting IdeaPad U1
This afternoon's preview show event at CES2010 was deluged with journalists surging from one overcrowded display to another. One of the hottest tables was where Lenovo was showing a sample of its...
View ArticleHot ASUS Eee Slate video demo from CES 2011
That tablets would pop up all over CES 2011 like daisies in the spring was no surprise to anyone aware of the iPad. The tablet market is expected to reach 50 million units this year, and virtually...
View ArticleIntel 6-series Chip (SB) Flaw
It's annoying news for Sandy Bridge sellers, buyers... and Intel. Intel announced today that a major flaw was found in "the 6 Series chip, code-named Cougar Point, and implemented a silicon fix. In...
View ArticleWikipedia EN Blackout Protest against SOPA and PIPA bills in US legislature
Wikipedia is protesting against SOPA and PIPA by blacking out English Wikipedia for 24 hours. SOPA and PIPA represent two US bills in the House of Representatives and the Senate respectively. Stop...
View ArticleNoctua to use Active Noise Cancellation in new Fan
Noctua, noted Austrian heatsink & fan company, just announced a partnership with a noise reduction specialist called RotoSub to develop PC fans with integrated Active Noise Cancellation. This is...
View ArticleSlashgear reviews AVADirect's Quiet Gaming PC
Slashgear posted a review of AVA's Gaming PC, a quieter variant of which recently received a SPCR Certification as a Quiet PC. Forum discussion link.
View ArticleAnandtech on SPCR Certified AVADirect Quiet Gaming PC
Dustin Sklavos of Anandtech revisited AVADirect's Quiet Gaming PC with GTX680 after its SPCR Certification as a Quiet PC and concluded that despite questions about the value of our certification and...
View ArticleExclusive Seasonic Promo Deals at Newegg for SPCR
Seasonic USA is offering skookum deals on their great products for SPCR audiences though Newegg. These are offered only for a very limited time, so take advantage of them quickly! Seasonic SS-520FL...
View ArticleSeasonic 520W Platinum Fanless: Sample No. 3
Last week, some six weeks after the review was originally posted, I received a third sample of the Seasonic 520W Platinum. This one is apparently representative of the current production models. I...
View ArticleSeasonic Power Supplies Ready for Intel Haswell Processors
Seasonic announced that its power supplies are ready for Intel Haswell processors. A key requirement for Haswell-Shark Bay is the power supply's ability to maintain a minimum current load of 0.05 Amps...
View ArticleUsing a Standard 4-Pin PWM Fan in the HP Microserver Gen8
A relatively simple way to swap the noisy, odd 6-pin fan in the HP Microserver Gen8 with any much quieter 4-pin PWM fan. Thanks to Mihai Tianu for the great tip.
View ArticleGraphics Card Coil Whine; An Investigation
The title of this piece is worthy of SPCR, but it comes from a fellow Canadian site, Hardware Canucks. "Coil whine. It’s long been the bane of graphics cards and judging from the reaction on many...
View ArticleAIDA64 v5.00 is released
The latest Finalwire's AIDA64 is now available. This is a comprehensive hardware detection software that provides detailed information about installed software and offers diagnostic functions and...
View Article103 120mm Fans Reviewed
Hardware.info makes history of sorts by posting a roundup review of a whopping 103 fans. The authors deserve kudos for the sheer volume of their task, though SPCR laments the relatively low usability...
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