Hardware Roundup: Tuesday Edition
Category: Affiliate NewsPosted: October 27, 2009 03:57AM
Author: Nemo
There's a bit of news in the world of solid state drives with the release of the 40GB V Series drive from Kingston (you can check out the OCC review here). There's more news as Intel has updated the firmware to support the TRIM function on its X25-M SSD which is supported by Windows 7. We also turned up a couple of reviews on products from NZXT including the Beta Evo case (also reviewed by OCC here) along with its Sentry 2 touchscreen fan controller (check out the OCC review here). Read all of today's reviews by hitting the links listed below.
Cases
NZXT BETA EVO Classic Series PC Case @ Bona Fide Reviews
In Win Maelstrom Full Tower Chassis @ ThinkComputers
Cooling
3Rsystem Iceage 120 Boss II Dimpled-Fin Heatsink @ FrostyTech
NZXT Sentry 2 Single-bay Touch Screen LCD Fan Controller @ TweakTown
CPUs
AMD Athlon II X2 240e 2.8 GHz Energy Efficient Processor @ PCSTATS
Memory
OCZ Platinum 1866MHz DDR3 Memory @ Bjorn3D
Motherboards
Video preview of the GIGABYTE EX-58 EXTREME2 motherboard @ TweakTown
Notebooks
Averatec N3400 13.3" Ultraportable Notebook @ TechSpot
Operating Systems
Windows 7 Installation & Boot Comparison vs Vista (HD) @ Motherboards.org (YouTube link)
Storage/Hard Drives
Western Digital's Caviar Black 2TB hard drive @ Tech Report
Kingston 40GB V Series Boot Drive SSD @ Legit Reviews
Intel Launches TRIM Firmware For 34nm SSDs @ Legit Reviews
Intel X25-M 'G2' TRIM Enabled Firmware and SSD Toolbox @ PC Perspective
Intel 34nm X25-M Gen 2 SSD Performance Update @ Hothardware
Intel's 34nm TRIM Firmware & SSD Toolbox @ Techgage
Video
ASUS EAH5870 Video Card @ [H]ardOCP
GIGABYTE HD 5850 Video Card @ Motherboards.org
