New Onyx 2 SSDs from OCZ Spell Affordability

OCZ is offering new SSDs for the mainstream desktop and laptop PC.data storage storage nas storage network attached

United Utilities & End Users Towards Greater Energy Efficiency

Stonefly is teaming up with the Green Data Center Alliance (GDCA) to present a webinar on Wednesday, August 4th, 2010 at 10am PDT. This webinar is aimed to address the best practices, techniques and solutions to optimizing your data center by going green. With experts in the green data center and storage industries, we will [...]data storage storage nas storage network attached

G.Skill Announces New SandForce-powered SSDs

Looking for a SandForce-powered SSD? Another one is about to hit the market.data storage storage nas storage network attached

AMD Radeon HD 6850 Barts Video Card

In this article Benchmark Reviews tests the AMD Radeon HD 6850 video card, a DirectX-11 graphics solution that competes at the $200 price point with the 768MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 video card. Graphical frame rate performance is tested using the most demanding PC video game titles and benchmark software available. DirectX-10 favorites such as [...]


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64 GB Coming to SD Cards, USB Drives

Portable storage and SSDs will soon get bigger.data storage storage nas storage network attached

Visit us at the Navy Small Business Conference

Heading off to San Diego for the Navy Small Business Opportunity Conference on August 17th to 18th? We?ll be there and we’re excited to meet all of you! Stop by Booth #128 on the Ground Level Exhibit Halls in the San Diego Convention Center and chat with a Stonefly representative about our products, your storage [...]data storage storage nas storage network attached

ASUS X72D/K72DR: Three Cores, No Waiting

Up to this point, our experiences with AMD's Phenom II mobile line haven't been very favorable. In the desktop world AMD's chips can compete and succeed based on price, but in notebooks thermal properties get added to the mix. Intel's been very aggressive about controlling the mobile market, but is AMD's "we'll sell you more cores for less" strategy going to translate well? On hand is the ASUS X72D, an entry-level desktop replacement notebook designed for media enthusiasts. Is a triple-core mobile AMD chip paired with budget Mobility Radeon graphics and a Blu-ray drive enough?


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SanDisk Reveals World's Smallest SSD, the 'iSSD'

No, this is not Apple's SSD... unless it ends up in a Mac.data storage storage nas storage network attached

Toshiba Tests Super High Density 2.5Tb Tech

Nearly five times over what we have now.data storage storage nas storage network attached

OCZ Reveals New Bootable PCIe SSD

Users can boot their PC using OCZ's new 2nd-generation RevoDrive.data storage storage nas storage network attached

Iomega Reveals USB 3.0 External SSD

Iomega's rugged external SSD will ship next month.data storage storage nas storage network attached

Apple Mac Pro (Mid 2010) Review

 



It’s the fastest Mac you can buy and it's a desktop. These days, the Mac Pro is basically the un-Mac. But it's fast and nothing beats the flexibility of a desktop. If you need a lot of cores, it's actually Apple's most price competitive system on the market. We take a look at the Westmere update to the Mac Pro, read on.
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StoneFly Inc. introduces the StoneFlex QUSS

Today Stonefly Inc. announces the release of the StoneFlex Quad Unified Storage & Server (QUSS?) the first Series of Appliances targeted for Cloud Computing and Enterprise Environments. The StoneFlex QUSS provides full datacenter consolidation, combining storage and server into one Fault Tolerant Appliance. Learn more about the StoneFlex QUSS on our recent Press Release.data storage storage nas storage network attached

Hybrid Clouds: are we there yet?

Just 9 months ago, almost 1500 out of a total of 3146 readers (46%) told us in a poll that they feel that "Cloud Computing is hot air, it will blow over". And that is understandable given the confusing buzz surrounding the "Cloud".


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Don't worry, this article is not about philosophizing about the "Cloud Computing" hype. That is definitely not the Anandtech way. We will focus on the infrastructure part, the part that we know best. We visited VMworld Europe 2010 in Kopenhagen just a few days ago. Talking to a lot of different vendors in a few days made the light shine brighter through the clouds. Think Cloud Computing is crazy rambling? Meet the hybrid cloud with VM teleportation, extremely stretched virtual networks and unified communications...

But we should not forget that most Anandtech readers are still hardware enthusiasts. Why should you care about "fluffy" cloud computing? Let us give you a crash course before we dive into the underlying technology.
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The T-Mobile G2 Preview

T-Mobile’s G2, the long awaited successor to the G1, is finally here. This is a pretty big launch for T-Mobile, probably the biggest since the original G1. The G2 is really the first high end HTC device hitting an American GSM network since the Nexus One, so it’s a pretty big deal (the HD2, in its blaze of WM 6.5 glory, doesn’t count). The G2 is basically the European-market HTC Desire Z, except with twice the internal NAND and a stock version of Froyo instead of the Sense UI-infused build running on the Desire. We got ours last night, and we can now bring you some preliminary impressions and benchmarks.
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SanDisk Reveals World's Smallest SSD, the 'iSSD'

No, this is not Apple's SSD... unless it ends up in a Mac.data storage storage nas storage network attached

PC Enthusiast Builds 70TB Loaded PC with 40 Fans

Better too much storage space than not enough?data storage storage nas storage network attached

AMD?s Radeon HD 6870 & 6850: Renewing Competition in the Mid-Range Market

All things considered, the Radeon HD 5000 series has gone very well for AMD. When they launched it just over a year ago, they beat NVIDIA to the punch by nearly 6 months and enjoyed a solid term as the kings of the GPU world, with halo parts like the 5870 and 5970 giving them renewed exposure at the high-end of the market while mainstream products like the 5670 redefining the HTPC.  Ultimately all good things come to an end though, and as NVIDIA has launched the GeForce 400 series AMD has needed to give up the single-GPU halo and lower prices in order to remain competitive.

But if spring is a period of renewal for NVIDIA, then it’s fall that’s AMD’s chance for renewal. Long before Cypress and the 5000 series even launched, AMD’s engineers had been hard at work at what would follow Cypress. Now a year after Cypress we get to meet the first GPU of the next Radeon family: Barts. With it comes the Radeon HD 6800 series, the culmination of what AMD has learned since designing and launching the 5800 series. AMD may not have a new process to produce chips on this year, but as we’ll see they definitely haven’t run out of ideas or ways to improve their efficiency on the 40nm process.


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Iomega Reveals USB 3.0 External SSD

Iomega's rugged external SSD will ship next month.data storage storage nas storage network attached

ASUS X72D/K72DR: Three Cores, No Waiting

Up to this point, our experiences with AMD's Phenom II mobile line haven't been very favorable. In the desktop world AMD's chips can compete and succeed based on price, but in notebooks thermal properties get added to the mix. Intel's been very aggressive about controlling the mobile market, but is AMD's "we'll sell you more cores for less" strategy going to translate well? On hand is the ASUS X72D, an entry-level desktop replacement notebook designed for media enthusiasts. Is a triple-core mobile AMD chip paired with budget Mobility Radeon graphics and a Blu-ray drive enough?


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PC Enthusiast Builds 70TB Loaded PC with 40 Fans

Better too much storage space than not enough?data storage storage nas storage network attached

Toshiba Tests Super High Density 2.5Tb Tech

Nearly five times over what we have now.data storage storage nas storage network attached

WD Announces New 3 TB External HDD

Following Seagate's lead, Western Digital reveals a 3 TB external hard drive.data storage storage nas storage network attached

Logitech Z515 Wireless Speakers: Because Your Laptop Speakers Suck

Laptop speakers are notoriously terrible. With the odd exception, very few notebooks have speaker systems that can do any kind of justice to music, movies, or even video games. All of us are aware of it, but how do you fix a problem like that? Logitech seems to think they have a good solution in the form of their Z515 wireless speaker set. At an MSRP of $99 it's not exactly cheap: does Logitech offer enough to part you from a crisp Franklin?


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Seagate: New HDD Tech To Enable 100 TB HDDs

Who doesn't want more storage?data storage storage nas storage network attached

WD: 1TB of Digital Content Per House By 2014

Hard drives may still be the primary storage solution for digital media in the future.data storage storage nas storage network attached

Your Feedback On The Use of EVGA's GeForce GTX 460 FTW in Last Night's Review

Last night we published our Radeon HD 6870 and 6850 review. In it we made a decision to include a factory overclocked GeForce GTX 460 from EVGA (the EVGA GeForce GTX 460 FTW). For those who aren't aware, NVIDIA has allowed a number of its partners to ship GTX 460s at higher than stock clock speeds. A practice that has been done in the past. The cards are available in retail with full warranties.

A number of you responded in the comments to the article very upset that we included the EVGA card. Even going as far to accuse us of caving to NVIDIA's pressure and demands. Ryan and I both felt it was necessary to address this front and center rather than keep the discussion in the comments.
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WD's 3TB Internal HDD Comes with PCI-e Card

Although Windows 7 and Vista can support capacities over 2.19 TB, a special PCI Express card will be bundled with the new 3 TB and 2.5 TB hard drives to overcome the hardware hurdle.data storage storage nas storage network attached

Details on Intel's Third-Gen SSD 25nm Refresh

Intel to battle the SandForce.data storage storage nas storage network attached

Intel, Micron First to Triple Level Cell 25nm NAND

Triple level cell... what does it mean?data storage storage nas storage network attached

Logitech Wireless Gaming Mouse G700

The autumn has brought plenty of mice to our lab for a review, and this time it was the Logitech’s newcomer that got its turn on the spotlight – the G700 Wireless Gaming Mouse. Read more Related posts:Verbatim Easy Riser Wireless Notebook Laser Mouse with Nano Receiver SteelSeries 4HD Gaming Surface Mouse Pad CM Storm [...]


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AVADirect Clevo X7200: Six Cores, SSD RAID, and GTX 480M SLI Yields World's Fastest DTR Notebook

The march of progress is inevitable, with faster computers constantly replacing last year's top performing parts. Clevo is a company with a heavy focus on Desktop Replacement (DTR) notebooks, often at the forefront of the latest performance enhancing parts. AVADirect is one of a few vendors that sells Clevo notebooks, letting customers choose the various components. In the past, Clevo has had notebooks with desktop CPUs and a reasonably fast mobile GPU, or mobile CPUs with two GPUs; the X7200 combines the two and offers up to hex-core i7-980X CPU support with GTX 480M SLI graphics to provide what is easily the fastest notebook we've ever tested--with a "UPS battery" to match.



Given the high-end nature of the CPU and GPU options, we asked AVADirect to send us a no-holds-barred system for testing, and that's exactly what we got. Take Intel's fastest i7-980X CPU and add in 480M SLI with a couple of SSDs in RAID 0, and watch the mobile benchmark records topple one by one. If you want the (currently) fastest notebook on the block and are willing to pay the piper, meet the latest heavyweight champion of the world. We’ve got one of the very first review units to hit the streets, and we’re going to see what this bad boy can do. Ladies and gentlemen, let's get ready to rummmmble!
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Western Digital Introduces new USB 3.0 External Drives, Hits 3TB

Although Seagate was first to market with an external 3TB drive, it wasn’t without issues. In our testing of the 3TB GoFlex Desk we found that under continuous usage the drive got very hot - we measured temperatures as high as 69C after only a few hours of file copies. Ultimately we concluded that the chassis simply wasn’t suited for the drive Seagate supplied. Today, we have an alternative.

Western Digital is announcing an updated lineup of USB 3.0 enabled external hard drives: the My Passport Essential, My Passport Essential SE and My Book Essential. The specs are below:




Western Digital External USB 3.0 Drive Comparison



Drive

Internal Drive

Interface

Capacities

Pricing



My Passport Essential

2.5"

USB 3.0

500GB

$99.99



My Passport Essential SE

2.5"

USB 3.0

750GB, 1TB

$129.99, $169.99



My Book Essential

3.5"

USB 3.0

1TB - 3TB

$129.99 - $249.99




The 3TB My Book Essential is priced identically to Seagate’s 3TB GoFlex Desk, however the Seagate drive having been out in the market for longer is now available at lower prices. The bigger question is whether or not the My Book Essential chassis can keep WD’s 3TB drive running cooler than the GoFlex Desk.

Internally the 3TB My Book Essential uses a WD Caviar Green drive. We'll see a standalone drive available "shortly" according to WD. I'm guessing as a green drive it probably spins at 5400RPM, which should help tremendously with heat. We’ve asked Western Digital for a review sample and we’ll post our findings as soon as we can get our hands on one.

You can check out pics of all three new USB 3.0 drives in our gallery here.
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Toshiba Tests Super High Density 2.5Tb Tech

Nearly five times over what we have now.data storage storage nas storage network attached

Buffalo To Sell Portable 3D Blu-ray Optical Drive

Buffalo's new 3D Blu-ray external drive is sleek and compact.data storage storage nas storage network attached

64 GB Coming to SD Cards, USB Drives

Portable storage and SSDs will soon get bigger.data storage storage nas storage network attached

64 GB Coming to SD Cards, USB Drives

Portable storage and SSDs will soon get bigger.data storage storage nas storage network attached

Dell XPS Laptops: Back to the Future

Dell's first XPS system debuted way back in 1993, with the first XPS laptops coming a decade later. The past several years have been quiet on the XPS front, while Dell pushed their Alienware brand into the high performance segment. Now, Dell is ready to relaunch the XPS brand with several new high performance laptops designed to compete in the "premium laptop" market, going toe-to-toe with the likes of HP's Envy and the various MacBook Pros.

 


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Toshiba A665-3DV: 3D or Not 3D?

Last month we had our first look at AMD's latest Danube platform with a quad-core P920 processor in the Toshiba A660D. After we posted that review, Toshiba asked us if we'd be interested in reviewing their Intel version of the notebook, with the upgrade to NVIDIA's 3D Vision coming along for the ride. Never one to turn down a review opportunity, particularly for a technological curiosity like mobile 3D Vision, we readily agreed. So today, we have a faster, significantly more expensive version of the A66x chassis, with 3D Blu-ray support and a 120Hz LCD.

There's plenty to look at, but before we get to the review and benchmarks let's make it clear: Toshiba is billing this as a 3D multimedia laptop as opposed to a 3D gaming laptop. We'll see exactly why later in the review, but it's probably no surprise to state right now that the GTS 350M GPU driving the graphics isn't intended to do the heavy lifting involved in 3D Vision. It's still plenty fast for regular gaming, however, and with the marketing push behind 3D—3D movies, 3D HDTVs, 3D cameras, and 3D laptops—we're certainly interested to see how compelling the A665-3DV is when it comes to providing visual depth. Is this the next frontier or another gimmick? Let's find out.
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What is the latest on Disaster Recovery and what really works?

Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Planning is essential in small, medium or enterprise sized business. Why is that? For one thing, safeguarding your data in the event of disaster can save you time, money, and not to mention your sanity. Please join us on Wednesday, September 29, 2010 at 10am Pacific/ 1pm Eastern and learn [...]data storage storage nas storage network attached

The Apple TV (2010) Review

The new Apple TV is a lot like the old Apple TV, at least functionally. You get the same limitations and the same plays-well-with-others* behavior (if by others you mean Apple products and iTunes). Technically, the new Apple TV is a significant improvement over the original - it doesn’t get stupidly hot, it’s very compact and it’s a lot cheaper.

But Apple has to compete with more than itself in this field. The Boxee Box and Google TV are both due to arrive later this year. Not to mention the many other devices that already do much of what Apple promises with the new ATV.

Read on for our full review of the Apple TV.
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Increase performance 10 fold with Tiered Storage and SSD!

Trying to find new ways to increase your storage systems performance is an ongoing battle for many of us. You might be wondering to yourself: ?how can I raise my system?s speed and efficiency without sacrificing my budget?? The answer is integrating tiered storage and solid-state drives (SSD). On Wednesday, June 23, 2010 at 10am [...]data storage storage nas storage network attached

What is the latest on Disaster Recovery and what really works?

Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Planning is essential in small, medium or enterprise sized business. Why is that? For one thing, safeguarding your data in the event of disaster can save you time, money, and not to mention your sanity. Please join us on Wednesday, September 29, 2010 at 10am Pacific/ 1pm Eastern and learn [...]data storage storage nas storage network attached

AVADirect Clevo X7200: Six Cores, SSD RAID, and GTX 480M SLI Yields World's Fastest DTR Notebook

The march of progress is inevitable, with faster computers constantly replacing last year's top performing parts. Clevo is a company with a heavy focus on Desktop Replacement (DTR) notebooks, often at the forefront of the latest performance enhancing parts. AVADirect is one of a few vendors that sells Clevo notebooks, letting customers choose the various components. In the past, Clevo has had notebooks with desktop CPUs and a reasonably fast mobile GPU, or mobile CPUs with two GPUs; the X7200 combines the two and offers up to hex-core i7-980X CPU support with GTX 480M SLI graphics to provide what is easily the fastest notebook we've ever tested--with a "UPS battery" to match.



Given the high-end nature of the CPU and GPU options, we asked AVADirect to send us a no-holds-barred system for testing, and that's exactly what we got. Take Intel's fastest i7-980X CPU and add in 480M SLI with a couple of SSDs in RAID 0, and watch the mobile benchmark records topple one by one. If you want the (currently) fastest notebook on the block and are willing to pay the piper, meet the latest heavyweight champion of the world. We’ve got one of the very first review units to hit the streets, and we’re going to see what this bad boy can do. Ladies and gentlemen, let's get ready to rummmmble!
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Seagate: New HDD Tech To Enable 100 TB HDDs

Who doesn't want more storage?data storage storage nas storage network attached

Seagate & Samsung Developing Enterprise SSDs

MLC NAND in the enterprise?data storage storage nas storage network attached

Intel's Sandy Bridge Info, SSD Roadmap Leaked

The next-generation Intel Core...core.data storage storage nas storage network attached

Angelbird to Bring PCIe SSD on the Cheap

Extreme SSD performance over PCI-Express on the cheap? There's hope!data storage storage nas storage network attached

LaCie Offers USB 3.0 HDDs and a Strange Monkey

Everybody wants a computer monkey.data storage storage nas storage network attached

Samsung Spinpoint F4 320Gb Hard Drive

So we?re going for another Samsung review today, this one though is of one of their newest hard drives called the F4. I?ve put it up against many other drives from other manufactures and even against the Samsung F1 and an SSD as well. The F4 is fast, it?s faster than all of the other [...]


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Toshiba Tests Super High Density 2.5Tb Tech

Nearly five times over what we have now.data storage storage nas storage network attached

Toshiba Tests Super High Density 2.5Tb Tech

Nearly five times over what we have now.data storage storage nas storage network attached

Seagate & Samsung Developing Enterprise SSDs

MLC NAND in the enterprise?data storage storage nas storage network attached

Design for Practical Disaster Recovery using Virtualization and IP SAN Storage

Are you planning for disaster recovery plan that will achieve your virtualization goals? Check out this week’s Stonefly webinar and find out how IP SAN Storage and Virtualization can achieve a practical disaster recovery plan. Attend this Wednesday, August 9, 2010 at 10am Pacific/ 1pm Eastern and learn: Fundamentals of High Performance and flexible IP [...]data storage storage nas storage network attached

OCZ's Fastest SSD, The IBIS and HSDL Interface Reviewed

Earlier this year OCZ announced its intention to bring a new high speed SSD interface to the market. Frustrated with the slow progress of SATA interface speeds, OCZ wanted to introduce an interface that would allow greater performance scaling today. Dubbed the High Speed Data Link (HSDL), OCZ’s new interface delivers 2 - 4GB/s (that’s right, gigabytes) of bi-directional bandwidth to a single SSD. It’s an absolutely absurd amount of bandwidth, definitely more than a single controller can feed today - which is why the first SSD to support it will be a multi-controller device with internal RAID.

Instead of relying on a SATA controller on your motherboard, HSDL SSDs feature a 4-lane PCIe SATA controller on the drive itself. HSDL is essentially a PCIe cable standard that uses a standard SAS cable to carry a 4 PCIe lanes between a SSD and your motherboard. On the system side you’ll just need a dumb card with some amount of logic to grab the cable and fan the signals out to a PCIe slot.

The first SSD to use HDSL is the OCZ IBIS. As the spiritual successor to the Colossus, the IBIS incorporates four SandForce SF-1200 controllers in a single 3.5” chassis. And it's fast. We've measured speeds at up to 800MB/s for a single IBIS and OCZ wants to eventually enable configurations of four IBIS drives. Read on for our full review of the IBIS drive and its technology.
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Virtualization - Ask the Experts #5

A couple of months ago we ran a webcast with Intel Fellow, Rich Uhlig, VMware Chief Platform Architect, Rich Brunner and myself. The goal was to talk about the past, present and future of virtualization. In preparation for the webcast we solicited questions from all of you, unfortunately we only had an hour during the webcast to address them. Rich Uhlig from Intel, Rich Brunner from VMware and our own Johan de Gelas all agreed to answer some of your questions in a 6 part series we're calling Ask the Experts. Each week we'll showcase three questions you guys asked about virtualization and provide answers from our panel of three experts. These responses haven't been edited and come straight from the experts.

Read on for the latest installation of Ask the Experts.
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Seagate: New HDD Tech To Enable 100 TB HDDs

Who doesn't want more storage?data storage storage nas storage network attached

Worldwide Digital Data surpassing One Zettabyte by year end

Imagine measuring the world?s digital data ? every download, every blog post, and every ?tweet? that?s created and duplicated on the web. In May 2010, the International Data Corporation (IDC) created a� study predicting that all of the world?s digital data would reach 1.2 zettabytes (or 1.2 million petabytes) by the end of 2010 and [...]data storage storage nas storage network attached

G.Skill Announces New SandForce-powered SSDs

Looking for a SandForce-powered SSD? Another one is about to hit the market.data storage storage nas storage network attached

A Quick Glimpse of the Biostar TP67XE and TH67XE

With Intel’s new socket 1155 and Sandy Bridge archtecture nearly upon us, it was only a matter of time before motherboard vendors started to release promotional shots of their offerings.  We saw a few pre-production boards at Computex, enough to wet the appetite, but nothing set in stone. Now however, some high-resolution images of final production boards have fallen into our lap in the the form of their TP67XE and TH67HE offerings.


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Seagate's Industry First 1.5 TB Portable Drive

Seagate added a 2.5-inch 1.5 TB drive to its FreeAgent GoFlex line of HDDs.data storage storage nas storage network attached

NVIDIA's GeForce GT 430: The Next HTPC King?

It’s been 7 months since the launch of the first Fermi cards, and at long last we’re here: we’ve reached the end of the road on the Fermi launch. Today NVIDIA is launching the final GPU in the first-generation Fermi stack into the add-in card market, launching the GeForce GT 430 and the GF108 GPU that powers it. After months of launches and quite a bit of anticipation we have the complete picture of Fermi, from the massive GTX 480 to today’s tiny GT 430.

For the GT 430, NVIDIA is taking an interesting position. AMD and NVIDIA like to talk up their cheaper cards’ capabilities in HTPC environments but this is normally in the guise of an added feature. Rarely do we see a card launched on one or two features and today is one of those launches. NVIDIA believes that they’ve made the ultimate HTPC card, and that’s the line they’re going to be using to sell it; gamers need not apply. So just what is NVIDIA up to, and do they really have the new king of the HTPC cards? Let’s find out.


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StoneFly Inc. introduces the StoneFlex QUSS

Today Stonefly Inc. announces the release of the StoneFlex Quad Unified Storage & Server (QUSS?) the first Series of Appliances targeted for Cloud Computing and Enterprise Environments. The StoneFlex QUSS provides full datacenter consolidation, combining storage and server into one Fault Tolerant Appliance. Learn more about the StoneFlex QUSS on our recent Press Release.data storage storage nas storage network attached

WD's Elements Play: Storage, Media Player in One

Combine a huge HDD and HDMI output and you have the WD Elements Play.data storage storage nas storage network attached

Gateway Launches Three LED-backlit Displays

Gateway has launched three new ultra-slim LED-backlit displays. The new displays are part of two new lines - the FHX series which will be available in 21.5” and 24” form factors, and the FHD series which is available just as a 23” model. All three come with 1920x1080 resolution and a (dynamic) contrast ratio of up to 12,000,000:1. All three displays will be available this month starting at $190 for the 21.5” model and $250 for the two larger models.
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Seagate GoFlex Home 2TB Reviewed

If you’ve got more than one PC in the home, having a network drive to share files, stream media and create backups can make a lot of sense. Seagate released the GoFlex Home series of NAS drives a couple of months ago, aimed at those of us who need copious amounts of storage, easy setup with simple user access and control features.  We were sent the the 2TB GoFlex Home, and have had it on a network for a couple of weeks now, finding that there’s plenty to like and also a few things that could be improved...


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Antec EarthWatts EA 380D Green 380W

Antec sent us their entry-level model EarthWatts Green PSU rated at 380W. Billed as an eco-friendly alternative to the usual budget PSUs, Antec boasts about the reduced energy costs associated with the high efficiency design. Given the eco emphasis, we'll examine how the PSU does in those areas along with the usual tests. Is this green power supply a good option for the envronmentally conscious users--or simply those who don't need a large 700W or larger PSU? Read on to find out!
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Edimax AR-7284WnA Router Review

Over the years Edimax has built up a pretty respectable name for themselves as producers of good quality products for a reasonable price. However, despite them being a site sponsor this is the first time we’ve taken a look at their hardware head on. No rose tinted spectacles here folks. Today we’re looking at the [...]


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LaCie Crams 1TB Into Durable Aluminum Shell

LaCie's new Rikki Go offers 1TB in a durable aluminum chassis.data storage storage nas storage network attached

Worldwide Digital Data surpassing One Zettabyte by year end

Imagine measuring the world?s digital data ? every download, every blog post, and every ?tweet? that?s created and duplicated on the web. In May 2010, the International Data Corporation (IDC) created a� study predicting that all of the world?s digital data would reach 1.2 zettabytes (or 1.2 million petabytes) by the end of 2010 and [...]data storage storage nas storage network attached

Cut To The Chase: What Do You Want Your IP SAN To Do?

What are your needs, expectations, and reservations about your IP SAN solution? In short, what do you want your IP SAN to do? As experts, we at DNF Corp. try our hardest to understand what your needs are.� But when it comes down to it we need to hear it from the source ?you. Please [...]data storage storage nas storage network attached

Buffalo To Sell Portable 3D Blu-ray Optical Drive

Buffalo's new 3D Blu-ray external drive is sleek and compact.data storage storage nas storage network attached

Siig Wireless-N USB-Pro Adapter

All the cool kids are doing it these days, yes it?s 802.11N! We have the need for speed and N is pretty much officially here, but many of our products don?t have N built-into them unless they?re fairly new. My netbook is only� a year old, but it doesn?t have N in it, so I [...]


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Seagate Self-Encrypting HDD Now Gov't Certified

Seagate's Momentus Self-Encrypting Drive received FIPS 140-2 certification.data storage storage nas storage network attached

StoneFly Inc. introduces the StoneFlex QUSS

Today Stonefly Inc. announces the release of the StoneFlex Quad Unified Storage & Server (QUSS?) the first Series of Appliances targeted for Cloud Computing and Enterprise Environments. The StoneFlex QUSS provides full datacenter consolidation, combining storage and server into one Fault Tolerant Appliance. Learn more about the StoneFlex QUSS on our recent Press Release.data storage storage nas storage network attached

A Quick Glimpse of the Biostar TP67XE and TH67XE

With Intel’s new socket 1155 and Sandy Bridge archtecture nearly upon us, it was only a matter of time before motherboard vendors started to release promotional shots of their offerings.  We saw a few pre-production boards at Computex, enough to wet the appetite, but nothing set in stone. Now however, some high-resolution images of final production boards have fallen into our lap in the the form of their TP67XE and TH67HE offerings.


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Western Digital Introduces new USB 3.0 External Drives, Hits 3TB

Although Seagate was first to market with an external 3TB drive, it wasn’t without issues. In our testing of the 3TB GoFlex Desk we found that under continuous usage the drive got very hot - we measured temperatures as high as 69C after only a few hours of file copies. Ultimately we concluded that the chassis simply wasn’t suited for the drive Seagate supplied. Today, we have an alternative.

Western Digital is announcing an updated lineup of USB 3.0 enabled external hard drives: the My Passport Essential, My Passport Essential SE and My Book Essential. The specs are below:




Western Digital External USB 3.0 Drive Comparison



Drive

Internal Drive

Interface

Capacities

Pricing



My Passport Essential

2.5"

USB 3.0

500GB

$99.99



My Passport Essential SE

2.5"

USB 3.0

750GB, 1TB

$129.99, $169.99



My Book Essential

3.5"

USB 3.0

1TB - 3TB

$129.99 - $249.99




The 3TB My Book Essential is priced identically to Seagate’s 3TB GoFlex Desk, however the Seagate drive having been out in the market for longer is now available at lower prices. The bigger question is whether or not the My Book Essential chassis can keep WD’s 3TB drive running cooler than the GoFlex Desk.

Internally the 3TB My Book Essential uses a WD Caviar Green drive. We'll see a standalone drive available "shortly" according to WD. I'm guessing as a green drive it probably spins at 5400RPM, which should help tremendously with heat. We’ve asked Western Digital for a review sample and we’ll post our findings as soon as we can get our hands on one.

You can check out pics of all three new USB 3.0 drives in our gallery here.
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SSD Does 130MB/s Write on Single Channel

MOSAID's HLNAND-based SSD achieves high performance using a single channel.data storage storage nas storage network attached

Cut To The Chase: What Do You Want Your IP SAN To Do?

What are your needs, expectations, and reservations about your IP SAN solution? In short, what do you want your IP SAN to do? As experts, we at DNF Corp. try our hardest to understand what your needs are.� But when it comes down to it we need to hear it from the source ?you. Please [...]data storage storage nas storage network attached

Verbatim Titan XS 320GB Portable Hard Drive Review

Portable hard drives have come a long way in the last few years. Increases in efficiency and design advancements have allowed them to be viable alternatives to USB flash drives. Verbatim has several portable hard drives on the market. Today, ASE Labs has the Verbatim Titan XS 320GB up for review. Read more Related posts:Verbatim [...]


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Toshiba Reveals Self-Wipe HDDs, Hide Your Vids!

Toshiba is adding Wipe Technology to its Self-Encrypting Drive HDDs.data storage storage nas storage network attached

NVIDIA GTC 2010 Wrapup

Today we’re wrapping up our coverage of last month’s NVIDIA GPU Technology Conference, including the show’s exhibit hall.  We came to GTC to get a better grasp on just where things are for NVIDIA's still-fledging GPU compute efforts along with the wider industry as a whole, and we didn’t leave disappointed. Besides seeing some interesting demos – including the closest thing you’ll see to a holodeck in 2010 – we had a chance to talk to Adobe, Microsoft, Cyberlink, and others about where they see GPU computing going in the next couple of years. The GPU-centric future as NVIDIA envisioned it may be taking a bit longer than we hoped, but it looks like we may finally be turning the corner on when GPU computing breaks in to more than just the High Performance Computing space.


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Apple Mac Pro (Mid 2010) Review

 



It’s the fastest Mac you can buy and it's a desktop. These days, the Mac Pro is basically the un-Mac. But it's fast and nothing beats the flexibility of a desktop. If you need a lot of cores, it's actually Apple's most price competitive system on the market. We take a look at the Westmere update to the Mac Pro, read on.
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ASUS ENGTX460 DirectCU TOP/2DI/1GD5

Benchmark Reviews was stunned to see NVIDIA’s mid-range GeForce GTX 460 graphics solution dominate the price point and threaten high-performance products. Our tests have concluded that both the 768MB and 1GB version can offer great gaming performance, and outstanding overclock headroom. Combined into a SLI set, two stock GeForce GTX 460′s compete with the Radeon [...]


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WD Reveals New Home DLNA Network Drive

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Seagate: New HDD Tech To Enable 100 TB HDDs

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Super Talent Also Releasing Dual Interface SSD

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Samsung Spinpoint F4 320Gb Hard Drive

So we?re going for another Samsung review today, this one though is of one of their newest hard drives called the F4. I?ve put it up against many other drives from other manufactures and even against the Samsung F1 and an SSD as well. The F4 is fast, it?s faster than all of the other [...]


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Apple Mac Pro (Mid 2010) Review

 



It’s the fastest Mac you can buy and it's a desktop. These days, the Mac Pro is basically the un-Mac. But it's fast and nothing beats the flexibility of a desktop. If you need a lot of cores, it's actually Apple's most price competitive system on the market. We take a look at the Westmere update to the Mac Pro, read on.
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New Super Talent Flash Drives Use 32 MB Cache

Super Talent release four new USB 3.0 flash drives, two of which utilizes a 32 MB cache buffer for a nice speed boost.data storage storage nas storage network attached

Acer Launches Fall Desktops

Acer is revving up their fall lineup, with the launch of several new desktop computers aimed at three very distinct markets. At the affordable end is the Acer AspireRevo AR3700 nettop computer featuring an Intel Atom D525 dual-core processor and NVIDIA’s ION graphics to provide it with genuine HD media performance. New to the midrange is a pair of all-in-one computers. The Acer Aspire AZ3100 has a 21.5” HD display, while the AZ5700 features a multi-touch capable 23” display, along with a TV tuner. Finally, Acer has also launched two new gaming machines. The Acer Predator AG5900 is a mainstream model with an Intel Core i7 and AMD Radeon HD 5850 graphics. Meanwhile, the AG7750 aims at the enthusiast with an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 and the option for SLI down the road.

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Seagate: New HDD Tech To Enable 100 TB HDDs

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SilverStone Fortress FT02 Computer Case

Some years ago, Intel tried to move beyond the ATX “Advanced Texchnology Extended” motherboard standard with a new design layout called BTX, for “Balanced Technology Extended”. One of the main reasons for doing this was to improve the cooling of motherboard components. The new design called for new cases as well, and although a few [...]


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The Apple TV (2010) Review

The new Apple TV is a lot like the old Apple TV, at least functionally. You get the same limitations and the same plays-well-with-others* behavior (if by others you mean Apple products and iTunes). Technically, the new Apple TV is a significant improvement over the original - it doesn’t get stupidly hot, it’s very compact and it’s a lot cheaper.

But Apple has to compete with more than itself in this field. The Boxee Box and Google TV are both due to arrive later this year. Not to mention the many other devices that already do much of what Apple promises with the new ATV.

Read on for our full review of the Apple TV.
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NVIDIA Launches Quadro 2000 & Quadro 600

This morning NVIDIA is announcing the rest of its Fermi-based Quadro family: the Quadro 2000 and the Quadro 600. Based on the GF106 and GF108 GPUs respectively, the 2000 and the 600 flesh out NVIDIA’s Quadro line for the mid-range and entry markets, focusing on Quadro’s traditional strengths in the professional graphics & CAD markets, and more recently on CUDA-accelerated professional applications. For these applications the new Fermi based Quadros should provide significantly more compute and geometry capabilities than the FX-series Quadros they replace.


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The Apple TV (2010): Dissected

 



Honestly, Roku's price drop and yesterday's announcement of Hulu Plus coming to the platform probably stole much if any remaining thunder from the imminent arrival of the new Apple TV. While we'll still give the Apple TV a thorough treatment, it's still clearly a very niche product from Apple (until it gets jailbroken, then all bets are off). It's one of the easiest devices to test simply because it doesn't work with the vast majority of downloadable video content. We can't even run our media streamer test suite on the device since it doesn't  support streaming anything outside of iTunes.

To tide you over until our review is done however we've got a full gallery of the new Apple TV dissected. There aren't many surprises installed. The thing is tiny, there are no fans and the entire chassis is used as a heatsink. Apple makes liberal use of thermal conductive pads within the device. 

The new ATV does use the A4, but the markings on the chip in my unit are very faint so I couldn't tell how much memory was integrated onto the package. There don't seem to be many other surprises inside, the new Apple TV is a $99 iPod Touch without the display and speaker/mic. The real potential for this platform (much like its predecessor) is realized if/when it's hacked. Until then it'll be a tough sell for many. Update: Looks like it has already been jailbroken (thanks crimson117), it's just a matter of time for folks to put the freedom to good use.

Check out the gallery!
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Toshiba A665-3DV: 3D or Not 3D?

Last month we had our first look at AMD's latest Danube platform with a quad-core P920 processor in the Toshiba A660D. After we posted that review, Toshiba asked us if we'd be interested in reviewing their Intel version of the notebook, with the upgrade to NVIDIA's 3D Vision coming along for the ride. Never one to turn down a review opportunity, particularly for a technological curiosity like mobile 3D Vision, we readily agreed. So today, we have a faster, significantly more expensive version of the A66x chassis, with 3D Blu-ray support and a 120Hz LCD.

There's plenty to look at, but before we get to the review and benchmarks let's make it clear: Toshiba is billing this as a 3D multimedia laptop as opposed to a 3D gaming laptop. We'll see exactly why later in the review, but it's probably no surprise to state right now that the GTS 350M GPU driving the graphics isn't intended to do the heavy lifting involved in 3D Vision. It's still plenty fast for regular gaming, however, and with the marketing push behind 3D—3D movies, 3D HDTVs, 3D cameras, and 3D laptops—we're certainly interested to see how compelling the A665-3DV is when it comes to providing visual depth. Is this the next frontier or another gimmick? Let's find out.
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The Apple TV (2010): Dissected

 



Honestly, Roku's price drop and yesterday's announcement of Hulu Plus coming to the platform probably stole much if any remaining thunder from the imminent arrival of the new Apple TV. While we'll still give the Apple TV a thorough treatment, it's still clearly a very niche product from Apple (until it gets jailbroken, then all bets are off). It's one of the easiest devices to test simply because it doesn't work with the vast majority of downloadable video content. We can't even run our media streamer test suite on the device since it doesn't  support streaming anything outside of iTunes.

To tide you over until our review is done however we've got a full gallery of the new Apple TV dissected. There aren't many surprises installed. The thing is tiny, there are no fans and the entire chassis is used as a heatsink. Apple makes liberal use of thermal conductive pads within the device. 

The new ATV does use the A4, but the markings on the chip in my unit are very faint so I couldn't tell how much memory was integrated onto the package. There don't seem to be many other surprises inside, the new Apple TV is a $99 iPod Touch without the display and speaker/mic. The real potential for this platform (much like its predecessor) is realized if/when it's hacked. Until then it'll be a tough sell for many. Update: Looks like it has already been jailbroken (thanks crimson117), it's just a matter of time for folks to put the freedom to good use.

Check out the gallery!
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Apple 27-inch LED Cinema Display Review

I've wanted a higher density, more compact alternative to the 30-inch 2560 x 1600 panels that I've seen for the past 6 years. Apple was the first to intrigue me with the 27-inch iMac, however I didn't need another computer, I just wanted a monitor. Earlier this year we reviewed Dell's U2711, a 27-inch CCFL backlit LCD display with a 2560 x 1440 resolution and loved it. 

Recently Apple presented us with an alternative. An LED backlit, 27-inch Cinema Display similar to what's used in the new iMac but without the Mac part. Priced at $999 it's actually $100 cheaper than the Dell, but lacks the input flexibility of the U2711. What Apple does give you is an integrated MagSafe power adapter useful for charging your MacBook Pro in a very sleek package. But how well does it do as a monitor? Read on for our full review.
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Toshiba A665-3DV: 3D or Not 3D?

Last month we had our first look at AMD's latest Danube platform with a quad-core P920 processor in the Toshiba A660D. After we posted that review, Toshiba asked us if we'd be interested in reviewing their Intel version of the notebook, with the upgrade to NVIDIA's 3D Vision coming along for the ride. Never one to turn down a review opportunity, particularly for a technological curiosity like mobile 3D Vision, we readily agreed. So today, we have a faster, significantly more expensive version of the A66x chassis, with 3D Blu-ray support and a 120Hz LCD.

There's plenty to look at, but before we get to the review and benchmarks let's make it clear: Toshiba is billing this as a 3D multimedia laptop as opposed to a 3D gaming laptop. We'll see exactly why later in the review, but it's probably no surprise to state right now that the GTS 350M GPU driving the graphics isn't intended to do the heavy lifting involved in 3D Vision. It's still plenty fast for regular gaming, however, and with the marketing push behind 3D—3D movies, 3D HDTVs, 3D cameras, and 3D laptops—we're certainly interested to see how compelling the A665-3DV is when it comes to providing visual depth. Is this the next frontier or another gimmick? Let's find out.
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WD Announces New 3 TB External HDD

Following Seagate's lead, Western Digital reveals a 3 TB external hard drive.data storage storage nas storage network attached

ASUS ENGTX460 DirectCU TOP/2DI/1GD5

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A Favor, Share your AnandTech Stories

I've been out in California for the past week for IDF, followed by some extra meetings with the usual suspects: AMD, Intel and NVIDIA. The information I gained from these meetings will show up in articles over the next few weeks, months and even years. I really enjoyed covering the show this year not only because of the information we had access to but also because of the new team members I was able to cover it with. This was the first IDF for both Brian and Vivek. AMD even made this IDF an awesome experience by giving us great access to Zacate after our initial encounter. I have to say that for the first time in a while I'm actually looking forward to the next tradeshow. 

 

For those of you who don't know, I don't employ any sales people at AnandTech. The company is strictly editorial. We have an exclusive advertising partner who handles all sales/marketing for the site. We own no share in them, and they own no share in us. While out here I met with our advertising agency who came to me with a request. They have a potential advertiser that wanted to know if we had any success stories from our readers to share with them. They are looking for stories about how reading something on AnandTech impacted you, particularly with regards to enterprise hardware/software decisions. While the request was for enterprise stories, I'm interested to hear them all if you've got one. Again what I'm looking for is a story about how something you read here impacted you or your hardware/software decisions in any way.

 

The stories will be shared with the potential advertiser so be sure to leave out any information that you don't want public. They are simply looking for more anecdotal evidence of the impact of AnandTech. I don't like asking for favors, but if you do have a story to share I'd appreciate it. 

 

I'm back in the office next week, have a great weekend!
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Thermaltake Armor A90 Mid-Tower

Looking for a mid-tower chassis that offers a big bang for a small buck? Thermaltake hopes to win us over on those claims with its Armor A90, a chassis built from the ground up with military-like design cues in mind, and also one that includes numerous convenience features, superb airflow, and a modest $90 pricetag. [...]


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Apple 27-inch LED Cinema Display Review

I've wanted a higher density, more compact alternative to the 30-inch 2560 x 1600 panels that I've seen for the past 6 years. Apple was the first to intrigue me with the 27-inch iMac, however I didn't need another computer, I just wanted a monitor. Earlier this year we reviewed Dell's U2711, a 27-inch CCFL backlit LCD display with a 2560 x 1440 resolution and loved it. 

Recently Apple presented us with an alternative. An LED backlit, 27-inch Cinema Display similar to what's used in the new iMac but without the Mac part. Priced at $999 it's actually $100 cheaper than the Dell, but lacks the input flexibility of the U2711. What Apple does give you is an integrated MagSafe power adapter useful for charging your MacBook Pro in a very sleek package. But how well does it do as a monitor? Read on for our full review.
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New Onyx 2 SSDs from OCZ Spell Affordability

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Sony Announces New, Higher Capacity PS3 Slims

Sony today unveiled two new models of PS3 to replace the current 250GB and 120GB models. data storage storage nas storage network attached

United Utilities & End Users Towards Greater Energy Efficiency

Stonefly is teaming up with the Green Data Center Alliance (GDCA) to present a webinar on Wednesday, August 4th, 2010 at 10am PDT. This webinar is aimed to address the best practices, techniques and solutions to optimizing your data center by going green. With experts in the green data center and storage industries, we will [...]data storage storage nas storage network attached

Samsung Spinpoint F4 320Gb Hard Drive

So we?re going for another Samsung review today, this one though is of one of their newest hard drives called the F4. I?ve put it up against many other drives from other manufactures and even against the Samsung F1 and an SSD as well. The F4 is fast, it?s faster than all of the other [...]


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Intel's Sandy Bridge Info, SSD Roadmap Leaked

The next-generation Intel Core...core.data storage storage nas storage network attached

The Apple TV (2010): Dissected

 



Honestly, Roku's price drop and yesterday's announcement of Hulu Plus coming to the platform probably stole much if any remaining thunder from the imminent arrival of the new Apple TV. While we'll still give the Apple TV a thorough treatment, it's still clearly a very niche product from Apple (until it gets jailbroken, then all bets are off). It's one of the easiest devices to test simply because it doesn't work with the vast majority of downloadable video content. We can't even run our media streamer test suite on the device since it doesn't  support streaming anything outside of iTunes.

To tide you over until our review is done however we've got a full gallery of the new Apple TV dissected. There aren't many surprises installed. The thing is tiny, there are no fans and the entire chassis is used as a heatsink. Apple makes liberal use of thermal conductive pads within the device. 

The new ATV does use the A4, but the markings on the chip in my unit are very faint so I couldn't tell how much memory was integrated onto the package. There don't seem to be many other surprises inside, the new Apple TV is a $99 iPod Touch without the display and speaker/mic. The real potential for this platform (much like its predecessor) is realized if/when it's hacked. Until then it'll be a tough sell for many. Update: Looks like it has already been jailbroken (thanks crimson117), it's just a matter of time for folks to put the freedom to good use.

Check out the gallery!
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New Onyx 2 SSDs from OCZ Spell Affordability

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CyberPower Gamer Xtreme 8500: How Far Can SLI 450's Go?

Prohibitively expensive gaming machines are nice to look at but such a nasty hit to the wallet that they can feel impractical. We thought the recently-reviewed iBuyPower Paladin XLC was fairly reasonable for its price, but that price was still north of two large. The Gamer Xtreme 8500 from CyberPower presents an alternative somewhat friendlier to the pocketbook, boasting a formidable overclock from the factory on the processor and two brand new GeForce GTS 450's in SLI. Is it worth your gaming dollar?


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Ocosmos OCS1: Oak Trail Gaming Tablet Impressions

We managed to catch up with Ocosmos, the people behind the OCS1 gaming tablet from Douglas Davis’ keynote this morning, and got some more information regarding the intruiging new tablet. As we noted before, it’s running Windows 7, Intel’s Oak Trail platform, two D-pads, and a screen that slides up to reveal a physical keyboard.



Read on for more about this unique device.
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Intel announces Tunnel Creek - Atom E600 System on Chip

At the end of this morning's keynote at IDF 2010 intel announced the Atom Processor E600 series. It's a Moorestown-like SoC designed for embedded applications.



It's pretty obvious what the E stands for in E600 - embedded. Read on for more info. 
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AnandTech 13-year Anniversary Giveaways Continue: ASRock 890GX Extreme3

The past few weeks have been ridiculously busy with the prep for IDF, covering the show itself, a couple of very important meetings afterwards and cranking through the backlog upon my return. I'll spare you the excuses because at long last I've got the announcement for the two winners of our Radeon HD 5770 giveaway: ALoserIsYou and tester42. You should both have an email from me, respond so I can get your prizes out to you :)

The giveaways are far from over, let's give away a motherboard shall we? And not just any motherboard, an AMD motherboard with the 890GX chipset. ASRock was kind enough to send its 890GX Extreme3 for our anniversary giveaways:



Read on for entry instructions.
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LaCie Offers USB 3.0 HDDs and a Strange Monkey

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Thermaltake Armor A90 Mid-Tower

Looking for a mid-tower chassis that offers a big bang for a small buck? Thermaltake hopes to win us over on those claims with its Armor A90, a chassis built from the ground up with military-like design cues in mind, and also one that includes numerous convenience features, superb airflow, and a modest $90 pricetag. [...]


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Super Talent Also Releasing Dual Interface SSD

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Toshiba Reveals Self-Wipe HDDs, Hide Your Vids!

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LaCie Offers USB 3.0 HDDs and a Strange Monkey

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Motorola Droid 2 Review: Rebooting the Droid

The launch of the first Motorola Droid was a watershed moment for the Android platform and Motorola alike. The original Droid’s masculine and modern industrial design showed the world that the nearly-finished handset maker hadn’t lost the ability to craft sexy hardware, and Android’s 2.0 release brought a host of new features and polish.



The original Droid has weathered its time as Verizon’s flagship Android device rather well, receiving relatively timely updates from Motorola which has brought it to 2.0.1, 2.1, and now 2.2. Though Motorola nailed the industrial design aesthetics, the hardware’s SoC is starting to feel dated, and the device itself has begun to show its age next to competition from HTC. The original Droid’s keyboard also was a subject of intense criticism, with Motorola itself silently updating the keyboard design midway through the Droid’s lifespan.

There isn’t a lot for Motorola to change, but it’s undoubtedly time for a platform update. We’ve been playing around with it for a while now, and here it is—the Droid 2. 
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New Onyx 2 SSDs from OCZ Spell Affordability

OCZ is offering new SSDs for the mainstream desktop and laptop PC.data storage storage nas storage network attached