Arctic Cooling New CPU amp; GPU Coolers

Swiss cooler manufacturer ARCTIC COOLING launches new series of Graphic cardcoolers named Accelero (X1 for NVDIA 6800/ 7800 Series and X2 for ATI X1800/X1900 Series). Vibrations caused by the rotating fan are absorbed by a patentedvibration muffler. Complex airflow simulations were conducted during developmentof the fan, the results were incredible cooling performance at extremely lownoise levels as a result of to 6 heatpipes. ARCTIC COOLING offers for thisseries a 6 year limited warranty. Both models will be available by end ofFebruary 2006. The MSRP is each only USD 33.

ATI Partners Unveiling 1GHz Radeon HD 4890 Cards

It seems that more ATI AIB partners are jumping onto the fastest card bandwagon by bringing outtheir 1GHz+ clocked HD 4890 to the market with their own special designed cooler and PCB.

Recently, Sapphire announced their ATOMIC Edition using Vapor-X Vapor Chamber Cooling technology that allows their card to clock at 1GHz core and 1050MHz for the memories.Sapphire mentioned that they will bereleasing more models for HD 4890 in the coming weeks.

Today, TUL just announced the PowerColor PCS++ HD4890 card that is clocked at 1010MHz core and 1100MHz memory which is slightly higher than the Sapphire's solution. Am i seeing a MHz race here?It is using the same ZEROtherm cooling system like the previous PCS HD4890 series.

Any lastly, soon to be announced Cyclone R4890 card from MSI that will be clocked above 1GHz too.

I am sure more AIB partner will be unveiling their 1GHz+ HD4890 cards soon.

Asus M4A79T Deluxe Now in Japan

Asus's M4A79T Deluxe is now available in various shops of Akiba Japan. Coupled by AMD 790FX + SB750 chipset, this board is a ATX board that supports AM3 socket.

Akiba Kakaku mentioned that overclocking is also said to be strong point of the SB750 chipset and powerful circuitry to enable a stable power supply circuit using 8 +2 phase.

In addition, the cooling mechanism, and between the copper heat pipe chipset to + VRM and heat sink structure contributes to the enhancement of cooling capacity.





A short breakdown of the specifications -

Chipsets: AMD 790FX + SB750

CPU: Phenom II X4, X3 / Athlon X2 (AM3 Only)

FSB: Up to 5200MT/s

Expansion slots: PCI Express x16 × 4 (dual x16, triple x16/x16/x8, quad x8 link), PCI × 2,

Onboard Components: Gigabit LAN, 8ch sound, SATA × 5 (RAID support), eSATA, IDE, IEEE1394, USB 2.0

Memory: DDR3 1600 (OC) / 1333/1066 slots with 4 slots (up to 16GB)

Retail price is at 22,980 yen (price varies slightly at some shops) (~$370)

Apple releases OS X 10.6.3 update

Apple has released its third point-update, 10.6.3 for the Snow Leopard operating system, which has been touted to fix a huge variety of issues with the OS that early-adopters have had to deal with since the OS's release.

Most of the problems that are supposedly patched in the 10.6.3 release are system related, like compatibility issues, better Airport reliability, fixes for the Mail application and Time Machine improvements.

However, looking through the entire list of fixes reveals something rather interesting: the update does not seem to provide any security patches for the operating system, is which a little puzzling considering that the Pwn2Own hacking competition had just ended and companies like Microsoft are pushing out unscheduled security fixes.

The Combo Update which is downloadable from Apple's website here comes in an impressive package of 784mb, but those who use OS X's built-in Software Update might not have to deal with such a large file download as the combo update also bundles in previous updates as well.