t-break: Tech @ Its Fastest

A Netbook With Dual Graphics

t-break News — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:33:44 +0000

Although the final price of this model hasn’t been revealed to us just yet, we’ll make an approximation; the model with 2 GB RAM (instead of 4 GB) and a 250 GB HDD (instead of 320 GB) costs 450€, which, with all the other advantages that we’ve mentioned, gives a decent price/performance ratio.

Article link:

http://www.insidehw.com/Reviews/Notebooks/ASUS-1215N-A-Netbook-With-Dual-Graphics.html

Coolermaster Storm Inferno gaming mouse Review

t-break News — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:33:09 +0000

Quote: “Coolermaster have recently been pushing into other fields of PC hardware production, peripherals being one of their most interesting. Today we’re taking a look at the Storm Inferno mouse which offers a few macro-able buttons, some impressive scripting software and a high sensitivity sensor. Let’s see how it stands up to our vigorous testing. ”

Cooler Master Elite 430 System Enclosure reviewed in Metku.net

t-break News — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:32:36 +0000

“So far our personal favorite on the budget category has remained the Antec Three hundred. Now Cooler Master has
designed a competitor to the 300 – The Elite 430 Black.”

Article link:

http://metku.net/index.html?path=reviews/cooler-master-elite-430-black/index_eng

AMD Llano APU Displayed at GlobalFoundries Technology Conference

t-break News — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:32:03 +0000

Quote: “The second product in the Fusion family is known as Llano.
This is going to be the wagon that AMD really will hitch their desktop
aspirations to. It is a design that is based on compromise, but this
was needed for this new and complex part. It will be using
GLOBALFOUNDRIES’ new 32 nm SOI/HKMG process, which is being ramped
quite aggressively to meet 1H 2011 goals.”

Apple iMac 27-inch (Core i5) Review

t-break News — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:31:25 +0000

“Few brands can hope to even come close to the iconic iMac in brand recognition. The ubiquitous glass-and-aluminum slab has become a fixture in dorm rooms, offices and living rooms, and with its 2010 refresh, Apple manages to keep the same familiar face, but inject even more power into the tiny chassis by adopting Intel’s Core series processors and full-power desktop graphics cards from AMD. While it may not qualify as a “must upgrade” for existing iMac owners, gamers and other users should be pleasantly surprised by the very real performance boost the new hardware delivers.”

Link to the review:

http://www.digitaltrends.com/desktop-computer-reviews/apple-imac-27-inch-core-i5-review/

New Apple TV vs. Roku vs. Xbox 360 and Others

t-break News — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:30:50 +0000

“Steve Job’s one-time “hobby” is finally starting to look ready for primetime. On Tuesday, Apple released the fourth revision of the Apple TV, making it smaller, adding Netflix support, and perhaps most importantly, dropping the price to just $99. But the landscape has changed since in the days since Apple TV first appeared in 2007, and the new box will face a horde of well-equipped challengers that have already staked their claim on set-top streaming.”

Link to the article:

http://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/new-apple-tv-vs-roku-vs-xbox-360-and-others/

HP ProBook 4720s Notebook PC WH287UT

t-break News — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:30:22 +0000

Quote:
“Today for review I’ve got another notebook from HP, the ProBook 4720s. This notebook could be called business frugal, as it’s their business class of notebooks but it’s less costly than others. The design of it is very classy with it’s stylish brushed aluminum covers to it’s glossy keyboard. The 4720s is a Corei5 based notebooks with a 500gb hard drive, ATI video and 4gigs of ram running Windows 7. It also features three USB ports, HDMI, eSATA along with a 17.3” LED backlit LCD. ”

Thumbnail Image : http://www.testfreaks.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/pro1_thumb.jpg

Main site link: http://www.testfreaks.com

Sandforce SSD Roundup Part Deux: 120GB Patriot Inferno, Corsair Force F120, and OWC Mercury Extreme Pro

t-break News — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:29:33 +0000

Quote: “Since OCZ updated their line of SandForce SSD’s back in May,
other manufacturers have been following suit. Though unlocking an
additional 20% capacity was theoretically possible with only a
firmware update, many opted to create a new model nomenclature for
easier marketing of the increased capacity. A few of those new models
have trickled into the lab over the past month, and it’s as good a
time as any to put them to the test.”

ECS A890GXM-A AMD 890GX Motherboard Review

t-break News — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:28:58 +0000

Quote:

“Today, we take a look at the ECS A890GXM-A, a new board based on the 890GX chipset from AMD. This board is part of the Black Series of motherboards from ECS, which means that it is a board that is geared more to the performance and overclocking end for enthusiasts. The Black series seems to have done very well, and we expect to see some great results as we test this board today…”

ICY DOCK MB991IK-B 2.5-inch SATA Bay Enclosure Review

t-break News — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:28:26 +0000

Quote: “The market has been flooded with a lot of 2.5-inch drives. There are so many different enclosures being released to fit all of our 2.5-inch drive needs for those older cases without the 2.5-inch hard drive mounting brackets for the more current solid state drives (SSD’s). The Icy Dock MB991IK-B offers a lot of features jammed packed into this little 3.5” front bay enclosure. So let’s put the Icy Dock MB991IK-B to the test and see how it handles all of our benchmarks.”