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		<title>Intel confirms 4th gen &#8216;Haswell&#8217; processor to appear at Computex</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 02:22:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cory Gunther</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all knew this was coming, but today it&#8217;s now official. The folks from Intel took to their social network channels to tease a countdown to their next Intel Core processors. The 4th generation chip that&#8217;s known as &#8216;Haswell&#8217; that will be powering laptops, ultrabooks and hybrid portable devices moving forward. That countdown ends this  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/intel-confirms-4th-gen-haswell-processor-to-appear-at-computex-26279582/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We all knew this was coming, but today it&#8217;s now official. The folks from <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/tags/intel/">Intel</a> took to their social network channels to tease a countdown to their next Intel Core processors. The 4th generation chip that&#8217;s known as &#8216;Haswell&#8217; that will be powering laptops, ultrabooks and hybrid portable devices moving forward. That countdown ends this summer on June 3rd. </p>
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<p>Posting the image you see above to <a href="https://twitter.com/intel/status/327799307954708481">Twitter</a>, Intel teases that in approximately 3,337,200,000,000,000 nanoseconds Intel will reveal their hotly anticipated 4th gen Intel Core processor to the world. Basically right at the beginning of Computex 2013, where we&#8217;ll see loads of Haswell powered hybrid PCs and more. </p>
<p>Haswell hasn&#8217;t been much of a secret, and earlier this month <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/intel-begins-shipping-its-next-gen-haswell-chip-08276917/">we confirmed</a> Intel had already started shipping Haswell to an array of PC manufacturers. Haswell promises to bring a major boost in performance and more importantly battery life over Ivy-bridge for all those ultra-portables.</p>
<p>Around the same time we are also expecting to see <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/windows-blue-is-windows-8-1-insider-claims-and-expect-it-in-a-few-months-time-02276124/">Windows Blue show its face</a>, so this years Computex is looking to be a pretty exciting event. We all knew the chip was coming but now all you enthusiasts can circle a time around June 3rd on your calendar and start getting ready for the onslaught of Haswell based systems. We could even see a few Android-based systems too, so stay tuned. </p>
<p>[<a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-57581633-92/intel-confirms-haswell-chip-intro-at-computex/">via</a> CNET]</p>
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		<title>Samsung Series 9 Premium available now with Full HD 1080p display</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 22:09:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Burns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s time to boot up the highest-definition Samsung Ultrabook you&#8217;ve ever laid eyes on &#8211; unless you&#8217;ve been to IFA 2012, of course. While this beast works with a fabulous 13.3-inch Full HD display and Intel Core i7 processor under the hood, you&#8217;ll be kicking out Samsung SuperBright technology with a massive 300 nit of  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/samsung-series-9-premium-available-now-with-full-hd-1080p-display-11277556/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s time to boot up the highest-definition Samsung Ultrabook you&#8217;ve ever laid eyes on &#8211; unless you&#8217;ve been to <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/samsung-series-9-wqhd-hands-on-with-sammys-retina-retort-01245571/" target="_blank">IFA 2012</a>, of course. While this beast works with a fabulous 13.3-inch Full HD display and Intel Core i7 processor under the hood, you&#8217;ll be kicking out Samsung SuperBright technology with a massive 300 nit of eye-piercing power. This notebook is available now at a retailer near you &#8211; especially if that retailer is web-based &#8211; with features that&#8217;ll make your pocketbook explode.</p>
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<p>With the Samsung Series 9 Premium Ultrabook that&#8217;s become available today, you&#8217;ll be working with a cool 128GB SSD and a 3rd Gen (Ivy Bridge) Intel Core i7 processor busting out with Samsung&#8217;s Fast Solutions technology. With this tech onboard, you&#8217;ll be booting up in less than 10 seconds with a resume time from sleep at nearly zilch. </p>
<p><img src="http://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/samsung_series_9_wqhd_ifa_2012_2-580x320.jpg" alt="samsung_series_9_wqhd_ifa_2012_2" width="580" height="320" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-277558" /></p>
<p>The Series 9 Premium Ultrabook will be available starting this week (and today) everywhere fine Samsung devices are sold &#8211; notebooks and desktops, that is, for a cool MSRP of $1399.99 USD. This machine has also been sand-blasted for full fingerprint resistance, so you know it&#8217;s a high-quality build inside and out. From what we&#8217;ve seen of this device thus far &#8211; before this update &#8211; we&#8217;re all about it.</p>
<p>Have a peek at the looks we&#8217;ve had at the Samsung Series 9 family in the timeline below &#8211; pay special attention to the post in the &#8220;IFA 2012&#8243; hotlink in the first paragraph of this post. There you&#8217;ll find the next generation as well!</p>
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		<title>Falcon Northwest Tiki Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 20:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Burns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Falcon Northwest Tiki is a custom-built pre-constructed gaming PC that emphasizes both a radically small form factor and high performance processing power. We had the opportunity to take a peek at this system thanks to NVIDIA &#8211; inside this tiny tower is the newest most fantastic consumer-aimed graphics card on the market: the NVIDIA  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/falcon-northwest-tiki-review-02276010/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Falcon Northwest Tiki is a custom-built pre-constructed gaming PC that emphasizes both a radically small form factor and high performance processing power. We had the opportunity to take a peek at this system thanks to NVIDIA &#8211; inside this tiny tower is the newest most fantastic consumer-aimed graphics card on the market: the <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/nvidia-unveils-gtx-titan-gpu-with-supercomputer-performance-19269934/" target="_blank">NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN</a>, the consumer product riding the wave of the impact the <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/titan-supercomputer-goes-live-with-potent-cpugpu-tag-team-29254419/" target="_blank">TITAN supercomputer</a>. We&#8217;ll be continuing to explore the ins and outs of the TITAN over the coming year as products such as <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/nvidia-project-sheild-hands-on-07263730/" target="_blank">Project SHIELD</a> become available &#8211; for now, this review of the Tiki should serve as a primer for those of you considering a TITAN of your own &#8211; and/or a full Falcon Northwest build, of course.</p>
<p><img src="http://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/tiki_main-580x332.jpg" alt="tiki_main" width="580" height="332" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-276033" /></p>
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<h4>Hardware</h4>
<p>The Tiki case is one that those unfamiliar with the intricacies of custom-made computers will easily overlook. It&#8217;s certainly not the flashy rainbow LED light show that some gaming PCs opt for &#8211; it&#8217;s almost as if the Tiki dares those that look at it to ask what the big deal is. Up close and personal, you&#8217;ll find that the Tiki boasts a fabulously simple set of aesthetics, a subtly lit Falcon Northwest logo up front, and a granite base.</p>
<p><img src="http://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/granite-580x326.jpg" alt="granite" width="580" height="326" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-276022" /></p>
<p>The granite base we&#8217;ve got here is what the company calls &#8220;Absolute Black&#8221;. While you&#8217;ve got more than one color choice if you&#8217;d like to explore several shades, we&#8217;d certainly recommend the black if you&#8217;re working with the straight-up black case &#8211; together they&#8217;re quite classy. The whole unit is light enough that you&#8217;ll be able to transport it to and from LAN parties with ease (if that&#8217;s your sort of thing) and is perfectly well balanced due in a large part to the granite &#8211; it does its job well.</p>
<p><img src="http://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/open-580x320.jpg" alt="open" width="580" height="320" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-276028" /></p>
<p>Getting inside the Tiki is just about as simple as it gets without working with magnets &#8211; here you&#8217;ll be undoing two thumbscrews and pushing one side off &#8211; you&#8217;ll want to be careful doing so only because the 120MM Asetek liquid cooler (550LC) is attached to it, tubes running from the casing to the main hunk of the unit. This setup works awesome for getting down into the guts of the machine as quick as possible &#8211; the fewer screws we&#8217;ve got to deal with for customization, the better.</p>
<p><img src="http://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/asusaa-580x268.jpg" alt="asusaa" width="580" height="268" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-276188" /></p>
<p>Inside this setup you&#8217;ll find an ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe mini ITX motherboard shining out in all its bluey glory amid the massive monsters that are the high-end components that this amalgamation is made of. We&#8217;re working with a 256GB SSD SATA3 (Crucial M4 with M500 available soon from Falcon Northwest &#8211; check on that when you&#8217;re picking up your own) as well as a 3TB WD &#8220;Caviar Green&#8221; SATA3 hard drive for all the data storage you could ask for. </p>
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<p>Getting inside to remove / replace / give big kisses to your favorite components is only a few screw turns away. While there are wires here or there glued down for the trip between Falcon Northwest&#8217;s test shop and your home, they&#8217;re easily popped off and apart when you decide you want to move forward with any new components.</p>
<p><img src="http://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/glue-580x349.jpg" alt="glue" width="580" height="349" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-276021" /></p>
<p>The two big monsters inside this build are the 3rd Generation Intel Core i7 processor (overclocked to 4.5GHz), and the 6GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN graphics card. When you&#8217;re picking up the TITAN, you&#8217;re not looking for a budget setup. You&#8217;ve got a beast right out of the box. Again, this isn&#8217;t the last time we&#8217;ll be working with NVIDIA&#8217;s TITAN GPU for video game reviews and cloud gaming action &#8211; stick around our <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/tags/nvidia/" target="_Blank">NVIDIA tag portal</a> as well as our <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/tegra/" target="_Blank">NVIDIA Tegra hub</a> for the full fireworks through the future.</p>
<p><img src="http://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/2013-03-31-0351-580x363.jpg" alt="2013-03-31-0351" width="580" height="363" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-276081" /></p>
<p>Once you&#8217;re done rummaging around the insides, you&#8217;ll find more inputs and outputs than you&#8217;ll ever have a need for. The build we&#8217;ve got here works with a Sony Optiarc slot load DVD+-RW on top near a a headphone jack, microphone jack, and set of two USB 3.0 ports. You&#8217;ll also see a symmetrical set of vents that, when you peek through, you&#8217;ll be able to see the side of the TITAN: &#8220;GEFORCE GTX&#8221; in bright NVIDIA green lights just below the surface &#8211; only visible up close.</p>
<p><img src="http://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/backtop-580x401.jpg" alt="backtop" width="580" height="401" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-276018" /></p>
<p>The back of this machine has its IO panel labels set in upside-down for easy reading whilst looking down over the top &#8211; as you&#8217;re prone to do with such a desktop. That massive set of connections includes two eSATA ports, four USB 3.0 ports, and four USB 2.0 ports. You&#8217;ll also find GigE, ASUS Wifi connections (you&#8217;ll get two external antenna in your package from Falcon Northwest), and standard optical and analog audio jacks. Ethernet and processor-powered display outputs DVI, HDMI, and Display Port are also down there if you want to make use of them.</p>
<p><img src="http://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/backplugs-580x357.jpg" alt="backplugs" width="580" height="357" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-276017" /></p>
<p>Nearer the top you&#8217;ve got two DL-DVI ports as well as HDMI and DisplayPort outputs bringing the heat via your GeForce TITAN GPU. Your power supply (Silverstone ST-45B 450W) sits nearest the bottom on the back. On either side of the case you&#8217;ll more airflow action allowing this Tiki setup to remain impressively cool no matter what we throw at it. With that you&#8217;ll still be hearing next no noise &#8211; you&#8217;ll certainly not be having to dismiss a &#8220;hum&#8221; while you&#8217;re enjoying the greatness of the highest powered games on the market &#8211; those being the games you&#8217;re essentially obligated to test out and work with when you&#8217;re rolling with Tiki.</p>
<h4>Software and Performance</h4>
<p>Under the hood out of the box we&#8217;re working with 64bit Windows 8 Professional, and though it&#8217;s still a little odd working with this operating system without a touchscreen interface, it&#8217;s certainly starting to feel more natural than it did when Microsoft first pushed the system to consumers. That said, the real power here comes from the software we&#8217;re using outside the standard Microsoft experience: games, games, and more games. And with a system this size, big-time possibilities! </p>
<p><img src="http://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/bigpicturemode-580x326.jpg" alt="bigpicturemode" width="580" height="326" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-276194" /></p>
<p><em>Steam Big Picture Mode</em></p>
<p>The size of this system suggests some rather unique use-cases, even before we consider the fact that NVIDIA has some big plans for GeForce and cloud computing in the home this year. The Tiki case isn&#8217;t much larger than the average major-label gaming console today, and even compared to what&#8217;s coming out later this year (more than likely), you can be confident you&#8217;ll have a size-to-power ratio that blows any gaming console out of the water. And unless the Xbox 720 or PlayStation 4 pull some real magic out of their sleeves with regards to digital game distribution soon, Valve&#8217;s Steam will continue to be the premiere destination for the universe&#8217;s greatest downloadable games. </p>
<p><img src="http://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/geforceexperience-530x500.jpg" alt="geforceexperience" width="530" height="500" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-276195" /></p>
<p><em>NVIDIA GeForce Experience</em></p>
<p>NVIDIA has made some rather interesting strides recently in making sure the average citizen is able to have a top-notch gaming experience. Just this year the GeForce Experience was released &#8211; an NVIDIA-powered app interface where a collection of the world&#8217;s most fabulous games can have their settings optimized for your unique gaming hardware setup instantly and automatically. NVIDIA has released a new GeForce driver software update for esentially every major game delivered in the first quarter of 2013, each of them able to be accessed via this GeForce Experience with a single button click, a unique game settings interface appearing for you then if you&#8217;ve got said game on your computer.</p>
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<td class='header'>Manufacturer</td>
<td >Falcon Northwest</td>
<td class='header'>Product Type</td>
<td >Desktop</td>
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<td class='header'>Operating System</td>
<td  colspan='3'>Microsoft Windows 8 Pro (64-bit)</td>
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<td class='header'>Motherboard</td>
<td  colspan='3'>ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. P8Z77-I DELUXE</td>
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<td class='header'>Processor</td>
<td  colspan='3'>Intel Core i7-3770K</td>
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<td class='header'>Processor ID</td>
<td  colspan='3'>GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 58 Stepping 9</td>
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<td class='header'>Processor Frequency</td>
<td >3.50 GHz</td>
<td class='header'>Processors</td>
<td >1</td>
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<td class='header'>Threads</td>
<td >8</td>
<td class='header'>Cores</td>
<td >4</td>
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<td class='header'>L1 Instruction Cache</td>
<td >32.0 KB</td>
<td class='header'>L1 Data Cache</td>
<td >32.0 KB</td>
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<td class='header'>L2 Cache</td>
<td >256 KB</td>
<td class='header'>L3 Cache</td>
<td >8.00 MB</td>
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<td class='header'>Memory</td>
<td>8.00 GB DDR3 SDRAM 934MHz</td>
<td class='header'>FSB</td>
<td>100.0 MHz</td>
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<td colspan='3'>American Megatrends Inc. 0607</td>
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<p>With the automatic settings optimization feature, your games will become as excellent as they possibly can be &#8211; both aesthetically and performance-wise. With the Tiki rolling with a GeForce GTX TITAN under the hood and NVIDIA optimizing settings game-to-game, we&#8217;ve had nothing but the best gaming experiences we&#8217;ve ever seen on a gaming computer.</p>
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			<td colspan='4'>Windows x86 (64-bit) - Microsoft Windows 8 Pro (64-bit)</td>
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			<td >Integer</td>
			<td>Processor integer performance</td>
			<td >16175</td>
			<th class='score' rowspan='4'>18728</th>
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			<td>Floating Point</td>
			<td>Processor floating point performance</td>
			<td>28310</td>
			
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			<td>10590</td>
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			<td>10411</td>
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<p>Right this minute we&#8217;ve done just our standard fare as far as benchmarks go, Geekbench showing this build to be amongst the most powerful gaming PCs we&#8217;ve reviewed. Also be sure to check out similar results on much larger machines, too: <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/avadirect-quiet-gaming-pc-custom-system-z77-core-i7-ivy-bridge-review-20239551/" target="_blank">AVADirect Quiet Gaming PC</a> and <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/needletail-sx-gaming-pc-review-14242625/" target="_blank">NEEDLETAIL SX</a> &#8211; and have a peek at a couple relatively small machines so you know what the Tiki is up against physical size-wise: <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/maingear-potenza-review-18252447/" target="_blank">MainGear Potenza</a> and <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/ibuypower-revolt-review-13268856/" target="_blank">iBuyPower Revolt</a>.</p>
<p><img src="http://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/BatmanAC-2013-03-28-16-45-06-18-580x326.jpg" alt="BatmanAC 2013-03-28 16-45-06-18" width="580" height="326" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-276019" /></p>
<p>Whilst playing <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/batman-arkham-city-pc-review-25197873/" target="_blank">Batman: Arkham City</a>, we&#8217;ve experienced a been a bit of a re-birth of interest with the much higher-definition display than we used when originally reviewing the game, not to mention a system that&#8217;s on a whole different level than the Alienware notebook (pre 3rd-gen Intel Core processors and so-forth). While it&#8217;s not that working with a beast like the MX-17 from a couple years ago is a bad thing (it&#8217;s actually still quite amazing), there&#8217;s just no comparing to the smoothness and detail we&#8217;re getting here.</p>

<a href='http://www.slashgear.com/falcon-northwest-tiki-review-02276010/hawkengame-win32-shipping-2013-03-28-16-42-11-27/' title='HawkenGame-Win32-Shipping 2013-03-28 16-42-11-27'><img width="150" height="100" src="http://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/HawkenGame-Win32-Shipping-2013-03-28-16-42-11-27-150x100.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="HawkenGame-Win32-Shipping 2013-03-28 16-42-11-27" /></a>
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<a href='http://www.slashgear.com/falcon-northwest-tiki-review-02276010/hawkengame-win32-shipping-2013-03-28-16-36-04-95/' title='HawkenGame-Win32-Shipping 2013-03-28 16-36-04-95'><img width="150" height="100" src="http://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/HawkenGame-Win32-Shipping-2013-03-28-16-36-04-95-150x100.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="HawkenGame-Win32-Shipping 2013-03-28 16-36-04-95" /></a>

<p>In <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/presenting-hawken-free-multiplayer-mech-combat-in-beta-mode-14260915/" target="_blank">Hawken</a> the only thing that stops one from having the miraculous non-stop smoothness we&#8217;re seeing in Arkham City is the fact that part of our experience is based online. If we&#8217;d be working with the connections our friends in Japan have with wires so thick you could drive a truck through them, we&#8217;d be golden &#8211; here we&#8217;ll have to settle for just &#8220;destroys all gaming experiences we&#8217;ve had before this year.&#8221; Have a peek at our first look at Hawken while you&#8217;re at it.</p>

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<p>Even <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/star-wars-the-old-republic-rise-of-the-hutt-cartel-expansion-announced-18261495/" target="_blank">Star Wars: The Old Republic</a> looks great. As it&#8217;s included in NVIDIA&#8217;s GeForce Experience list of games that can be optimized for greatness automatically, we certainly had to give it a go. As it turns out, the difference between what you get in this game on a basic level and what NVIDIA can give you is immense. While the gameplay remains the same &#8211; you&#8217;re still firing blasters at your opponents and rolling in the Force like mad &#8211; you can take part in the deepest visual details the developers intended you to see. Just look at that water ripple!</p>
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<p>We&#8217;ll be continuing to benchmark the build we&#8217;ve got here through the future, so be sure to ask if you&#8217;ve got any tests you&#8217;d like us to run. We&#8217;ll be putting this setup through the punches in any and all ways you desire!</p>
<h4>Wrap-Up</h4>
<p>The Falcon Northwest Tiki is not a machine made for penny-pinchers. If you&#8217;re planning on working with any gaming PC packing an NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN GPU, you&#8217;re going to be paying quite a chunk of change &#8211; this isn&#8217;t the sort of situation where you&#8217;re paying just a little bit of cash for a just-good-enough helping of performance. Instead you&#8217;re going to want to save up for a couple months &#8211; the build we&#8217;ve gotten from Falcon Northwest here will cost you more than $3k. </p>
<p><img src="http://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/logohawk-580x326.jpg" alt="logohawk" width="580" height="326" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-276027" /></p>
<p>You can make your Tiki cost quite a bit less if you don&#8217;t want to pack it full of the top-of-the-line components we&#8217;ve got here &#8211; and you&#8217;ll still have an amazing build &#8211; but that&#8217;s not what NVIDIA&#8217;s TITAN brand is about. With the Falcon Northwest Tiki packing NVIDIA&#8217;s TITAN, you&#8217;ve got a gaming masterpiece, plain and simple. </p>

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		<title>Lenovo IdeaCentre A520 shrinks a winner and adds Windows 8</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week the folks at Lenovo have revealed an all-in-one computer by the name of IdeaCentre A520 &#8211; a smaller version of the A720 we reviewed quite recently &#8211; with Windows 8 and 10-point multi-touch greatness. This machine is still able to adjust its display from -5 to 90 degrees flat, works with Ivy Bridge  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/lenovo-ideacentre-a520-shrinks-a-winner-and-adds-windows-8-31245269/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This week the folks at Lenovo have revealed an all-in-one computer by the name of IdeaCentre A520 &#8211; a smaller version of <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/lenovo-ideacentre-a720-review-13242683/" target="_Blank">the A720 we reviewed quite recently</a> &#8211; with Windows 8 and 10-point multi-touch greatness. This machine is still able to adjust its display from -5 to 90 degrees flat, works with Ivy Bridge &#8211; 3rd Gen Intel Core processors of all kinds (i3 up to i7) and comes with Windows 8 (64 bit) right out of the box. You&#8217;ll be working with unique touch-optimized applications and user interface updates with your basic build and will have the same great casing aesthetics as the A720 too.</p>
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<p>In other words, we&#8217;ve got no reason to believe that this unit wont be a winner. The original was (and is) massive beyond comprehension, this one has been made for people that like the design of the A720 but want to keep it a bit smaller for more realistic human-sized rooms. You&#8217;ve got a 23-inch full HD (1920 x 1080 pixel resolution) IPS LCD display working with Intel® HD Graphics 4000 / optional NVIDIA GeForce 615 2G/1G &#8211; and there&#8217;s two parts to this equation.</p>
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<p>First you&#8217;ve got the monitor which measured in at 561&#215;345.9&#215;21.5 mm (22.08&#215;13.61&#215;0.84 inches). Then you&#8217;ve got the base which is 337x32x210.8 mm (13.26&#215;1.25 x8.29 inches). The whole thing is still going to be relatively heavy at 9.8 kg (21.60lb), but the size is what matters here the most &#8211; instead of the massive A720&#8242;s beastly proportions you&#8217;ve got, again, a human sized monster on your hands.</p>
<p>The Lenovo IdeaCentre A520 will be popping up in October 2012 starting at $999 USD &#8211; also a very human-sized price. Have a peek at the rest of our Lenovo coverage of IFA 2012 and stick around for future reviews as well!</p>
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		<title>MAINGEAR Solo 21 custom all-in-one PC gets sleek styling</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2012 13:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The folks at Maingear have revealed their next generation all-in-one PC design with the MAINGEAR Solo 21, a beast that truly appears to be ready to take on the most beautifully designed exterior casing designs on the market. While the innards of a Maingear custom-built PC are certainly bound to be well put together, it&#8217;s  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/maingear-solo-21-custom-all-in-one-pc-gets-sleek-styling-28244118/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The folks at <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/tags/maingear/" target="_blank">Maingear</a> have revealed their next generation all-in-one PC design with the MAINGEAR Solo 21, a beast that truly appears to be ready to take on the most beautifully designed exterior casing designs on the market. While the innards of a Maingear custom-built PC are certainly bound to be well put together, it&#8217;s their exterior look that sets them aside from the competition &#8211; when you buy a Maingear computer, you buy an amazing looking machine just as much as you buy a powerful machine.</p>
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<p>Here with the MAINGEAR Solo 21, you&#8217;ve got an all-in-one machine that comes with the components you want inside, is able to be upgraded, and brings on the power of a full-size desktop computer with next to nothing in the way of ugly masses of cords and space-stealing components. You&#8217;ll be able to build this beast with Intel’s 3rd Generation Core technology (that&#8217;s Ivy Bridge), and the whole thing is able to either sit on the mount it comes with OR work with a standard VESA mount up against your wall.</p>
<p>You&#8217;ve got the choice of Intel Core i3 2125 3.3GHz or upgradeable to Intel Core i7 3770S inside. You&#8217;ve got Intel DH61AG motherboard supporting USB 3.0, SATA 6G, 32nm and 22nm processors as well as optional Intel DQ77KB motherboard support with USB 3.0, SATA 6G, Intel SRT and vPro. Right out of the box this machine has a 500 GB HDD and the ability to upgrade to 1TB SATA HDD. You&#8217;ll get a DVD burner built-in with the option to upgrade to a Blu-ray drive, the standard build has 4GB DDR3-1333 and upgradeable to 16GB DDR3-1600 memory, and you&#8217;ve got the Intel 802.11n as well as a Bluetooth wireless adapter.</p>
<p>This machine comes with Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit and has up to four USB 3.0 ports so you can move forward with top speed. This machine is able to work with enterprise users with an optional Intel Q77 chipset &#8211; with said architecture you&#8217;ll have he latest AMT 8.0 as well as Intel Identity Protection Technology and Intel Anti-Theft Technology to keep you safe. </p>
<p>The MAINGEAR Solo 21 will be popping up immediately if not soon direct from the company&#8217;s online shop. The standard build will cost you just $899, and you&#8217;ll be able to rack up one whole heck of a lot more of a bill depending on what you want to add on or change out. This machine take the <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/maingear-solo-custom-all-in-one-revealed-14218265/" target="_blank">previous all-in-one model from Maingear</a> and amps up the build to a whole new level.</p>
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		<title>Samsung Series 7 AIO PCs sport 10-point touch Windows 8</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2012 07:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two brand new all-in-one PCs have been revealed by Samsung for the masses of users looking to get in on Windows 8 with all-in-one power and 10-point multi-touch display action. There are two new models, the first of which has a 23.6-inch display, the other having a massive 27-inch display. Both devices have the same  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/samsung-series-7-aio-pcs-sport-10-point-touch-windows-8-28244126/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Two brand new all-in-one PCs have been revealed by Samsung for the masses of users looking to get in on <a href="http://slashgear.com/tags/windows-8/" target="_blank">Windows 8</a> with all-in-one power and 10-point multi-touch display action. There are two new models, the first of which has a 23.6-inch display, the other having a massive 27-inch display. Both devices have the same amount of pixels in their touchscreen display, Windows 8, and 10-point touch, but the architecture that backs them up is custom-fit to make sure each machine is its own beast.</p>
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<p>The Samsung Series 7 all-in-one 23-inch PC brings Genuine Windows 8 64-bit software with it right out of the box. It&#8217;s also got a 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution display and a lovely Ivy Bridge processor under the hood. The 23-inch model&#8217;s processor is an Intel Core i5 &#8211; 3470T and is paired with 6GB DDR3 system memory at 1600MHz. The hard disk drive on this model is 1TB large, and the machine will be popping up on 10/26/2012 for MSRP $1099 USD.</p>
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<p>Another model, the Samsung Series 7 all-in-one 27-inch PC will be popping up on the same date for $1699 USD (MSRP). This machine will have 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution as well, and it&#8217;ll be sporting Genuine Windows 8 64-bit too. Under the hood you&#8217;ll be getting a high-powered Ivy Bridge processor to keep you strong as well &#8211; this time it&#8217;s the Intel Core i7 &#8211; 3770T and is paired with a larger 8GB DDR3 bit of system memory at 1600MHz. You also get a 1TB hard disk drive here, and both models look rather fashionable, too &#8211; have a peek above and below to see the 27-inch machine in all its glory.</p>
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<p>Both of these machines also work with five simple hand gesture recognition features. Working with each of the devices&#8217; 1.3 megapixel front-facing cameras you can be up to three feet away from the machine and make gestures with your wrist (in a variety of ways) that flip a page, start a video, and generally allow you to move around your media with ease. Rotate your palm clockwise or counter-clockwise to change the volume on a video, close your hand to click, or wave your hands to stop a movie altogether. Both machines also come with a wireless keyboard, a wireless mouse, and a lovely remote control.</p>
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<p>We&#8217;ll be bringing you all kinds of Samsung action as well as Windows 8 touchscreen-loving devices all through the week as we continue to cover <a href="http://slashgear.com/tags/ifa-2012/" target="_blank">IFA 2012</a>. Head to our IFA 2012 tag to see all of our on-site and event-related content, and stay close to the <a href="http://slashgear.com/tags/samsung/" target="_blank">Samsung tag</a> for everything from the manufacturer that&#8217;s tying it all together with their own Samsung-branded set of apps galore (think Galaxy devices) &#8211; more on that later this week!</p>
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		<title>Lenovo IdeaCentre A720 Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2012 23:32:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Burns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s time to get serious about touch-screen computers here in the summer before Window 8 is formally released &#8211; and Lenovo&#8217;s got your back with a massive all-in-one called the IdeaCentre A720. This 27-inch display-toting AIO works with 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution, an all-glass &#8220;frame-less&#8221; front, and an Intel Quad-core Core i7 CPU (Ivy  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/lenovo-ideacentre-a720-review-13242683/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s time to get serious about touch-screen computers here in the summer before Window 8 is formally released &#8211; and Lenovo&#8217;s got your back with a massive all-in-one called the IdeaCentre A720. This 27-inch display-toting AIO works with 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution, an all-glass &#8220;frame-less&#8221; front, and an Intel Quad-core Core i7 CPU (Ivy Bridge) under the hood. And it folds flat so you can play touchscreen table hockey &#8211; what more could you want?</p>
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<h4>Hardware</h4>
<p>Any review you see of this device &#8211; if you don&#8217;t run out and buy it right now, that is &#8211; will tell you that it&#8217;s quite gorgeous. Without appearing too similar to what the market has dubbed &#8220;Apple-esque&#8221;, this Lenovo machine carves out a new space for the manufacturer, prepping us for a future that&#8217;s very bright for sleek-looking and sleek-feeling computers. The display is, again, massive, you&#8217;ll be working with just the touchscreen on it&#8217;s own if you wish or with a Bluetooth mouse and keyboard (included), and you only need to pop the power cord in to get started.</p>
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<p>Hit the power button on the lower right of the display (behind the display, rather, as the outer rim angles inward) and the machine lights up with loveliness. You&#8217;ve got a 10-point touch-screen experience ahead of you with several light-up touch-sensitive buttons under the rim near the bottom of the screen as well. There you can brighten up or dim down your display, change sound levels, and adjust what&#8217;s on your screen with a touch in several other ways.</p>
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<p>The bottom left of the machine has two HDMI ports, one in, one out. There you can connect with your smartphone &#8211; as most smartphones now have such a connection in one way or another, or you can push content out to a much more major-league HD display. In other words, you can make this computer the biggest wired remote control of all time!</p>
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<p>You also have one USB 3.0 port on that side and three USB 2.0 ports on the back. Also on the back is your power port and Ethernet port as well. Then there&#8217;s your ability to adjust the display. The whole computer is massively heavy &#8211; ringing in at 11.6kg or 25.6 pounds. You&#8217;ll be able to view the display anywhere between 90 degrees straight up and down and 0 degrees (flat). Moving the display (as demonstrated in our hands-on video below) is extremely easy yet keeps the machine tight in place wherever you want to leave it.</p>
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<p>The speaker grilles you&#8217;ve got up front of the base are part of this machine&#8217;s Dolby Home Theater v4 setup, and they sound rather nice. This machine presents one of those situations where you wont be needing additional side-speakers all around just to hear it across the room &#8211; you&#8217;re set! Along the right side of the base of the machine you&#8217;ve got a Blu-ray Disc slot where you&#8217;ll be able to read and burn Blu-ray disks as well as CDs and DVDs.</p>
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<p>Also included in the review pack we&#8217;ve received is the optional TV tuner so we can pick up some sweet channels and make this an even more inclusive device. This package also includes an IR Windows Media Center remote control which has worked like a charm with the included receiver which you simply plug in to the machine and click away.</p>
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<p>Up top on the front of the screen you&#8217;ve got a 720p HD webcam so you&#8217;ll be able to Skype the whole night through &#8211; and also make use of some brand new interactive Kinect-like games as well (you&#8217;ll see more of this in our hands-on video below as well.) Have a peek at some additional features inside this device in the following readout:</p>
<div id='benchmark_table'> <span class='head'>System - LENOVO Lenovo A720</span>
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<td class='header'>Manufacturer</td>
<td >Lenovo</td>
<td class='header'>Product Type</td>
<td >Desktop</td>
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<tr>
<td class='header'>Operating System</td>
<td  colspan='3'>Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)</td>
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<tr>
<td class='header'>Motherboard</td>
<td  colspan='3'>LENOVO ChiefRiver</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class='header'>Processor</td>
<td  colspan='3'>Intel Core i7-3610QM</td>
<tr>
<td class='header'>Processor ID</td>
<td  colspan='3'>GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 58 Stepping 9</td>
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<tr>
<td class='header'>Processor Frequency</td>
<td >2.29 GHz</td>
<td class='header'>Processors</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class='header'>Threads</td>
<td >8</td>
<td class='header'>Cores</td>
<td >4</td>
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<tr>
<td class='header'>L1 Instruction Cache</td>
<td >32.0 KB</td>
<td class='header'>L1 Data Cache</td>
<td >32.0 KB</td>
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<tr>
<td class='header'>L2 Cache</td>
<td >256 KB</td>
<td class='header'>L3 Cache</td>
<td >6.00 MB</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class='header'>Memory</td>
<td>8.00 GB DDR3 SDRAM 799MHz</td>
<td class='header'>FSB</td>
<td>99.8 MHz</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class='header'>BIOS</td>
<td colspan='3'>LENOVO E5KT20AUS</td>
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<h4>Software</h4>
<p>For graphics you&#8217;ve got a lovely NVIDIA GeForce GT630M 2GB discrete graphics which you&#8217;ll certainly need to love as there aren&#8217;t any options for switching when you pick up this machine. That said, we&#8217;ve had no problem working with any game that&#8217;s been thrown at the machine with Batman: Arkham City flowing like a charm and Diablo III having no graphics issues to speak of. Playing Batman with a wireless game pad and this massive display was an extra treat as the hardware lends itself to a pushed-back appearance. In other words, there&#8217;s nothing to distract from the fun.</p>
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<p>Because this is a touchscreen-centric device, Lenovo has included a hub where you can play a set of games that work entirely with touch. You&#8217;ve got 10-finger touch sensitivity, which makes things rather interesting for the updated Pong they&#8217;ve got ready for you, and you can play the keyboard as well &#8211; the musical keyboard, that is. This system is demonstrated in the hands-on video we&#8217;ve got prepared for you right here, as it were.</p>
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<p>You&#8217;ll see that not only does this computer make use of its touchscreen surface to make music and to play games, it&#8217;s ready to make use of the camera as well to play some interesting video games. The camera-centric games aren&#8217;t nearly as fine-tuned as the touchscreen games, which is why you won&#8217;t see them advertised as a feature on this system. They are there though, and they&#8217;re fun to work with. Windows 7 is here as well, and it&#8217;s clear that though this system is working with a perfectly legitimate set of extras (like a pull-out onscreen keyboard) to make your experience nice in the meantime, Lenovo has prepared this system for Windows 8 &#8211; that&#8217;s not an official statement from them, but it seems pretty clear when you&#8217;re working with the machine.</p>
<p><img src="http://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/IMG_6226-580x338.jpg" alt="" title="IMG_6226" width="580" height="338" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-242713" /></p>
<p>As for performance, you&#8217;ll find this machine working perfectly well for an all-in-one system, and with the quad-core i7 under the hood, you&#8217;re good to go for processing video and playing hardcore games at your leisure. Of course it&#8217;s no beastly custom-made gaming computer, but it&#8217;s really not meant to be. What you&#8217;ve got here is more an entertainment machine than a workhorse.</p>
<div id='benchmark_table'><span class='head'>Benchmark Score - LENOVO Lenovo A720</span>
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		<tr>
			<th >Section</th>
			<th >Description</th>
			<th >Score</th>
			<th >Total Score</th>
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			<td colspan='4'>Windows x86 (64-bit) - Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)</td>
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			<td >Integer</td>
			<td>Processor integer performance</td>
			<td >10910</td>
			<th class='score' rowspan='4'>13347</th>
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			<td>Floating Point</td>
			<td>Processor floating point performance</td>
			<td>20119</td>
			
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			<td>Memory</td>
			<td>Memory performance</td>
			<td>8240</td>
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			<td >Stream</td>
			<td>Memory bandwidth performance</td>
			<td>8392</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table></div>
<p>It would be nice to have a more vast collection of touch-friendly applications out there in the world of Windows 7 right this minute, but alas, someone has to go first with the hardware. You&#8217;ll find Angry Birds and Fruit Ninja &#8211; as well as the awesome two-finger version of space hockey &#8211; to be more than enough to play with until the new wave of touchscreen apps comes on later this year.</p>
<h4>Wrap-Up</h4>
<p>The Lenovo IdeaCentre A720 is a home run for Lenovo. You won&#8217;t find a better touchscreen PC for this price, not until Windows 8 makes touchscreen PCs a commodity. For now they&#8217;re still somewhat of a rarity &#8211; and this machine is one of the good ones. This machine is well worth the cash and ready to be your school or home-friendly all-in-one computer right this minute. You&#8217;ll find this all-in-one monster available online right now for right around $1849 straight from Lenovo.</p>

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		<title>AVADirect Quiet Gaming PC Custom System (Z77, Core i7 Ivy Bridge) Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2012 17:57:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Burns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today SlashGear has a real treat for those of you looking for no less than a top of the line gaming tower. This is the AVADirect Quiet Gaming PC build we&#8217;ve got here is a lovely combination of white plastic, metal, massive amounts of power, and processing so quiet it&#8217;s scary. This is without a  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/avadirect-quiet-gaming-pc-custom-system-z77-core-i7-ivy-bridge-review-20239551/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today SlashGear has a real treat for those of you looking for no less than a top of the line gaming tower. This is the <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/tags/avadirect/" target="_blank">AVADirect</a> Quiet Gaming PC build we&#8217;ve got here is a lovely combination of white plastic, metal, massive amounts of power, and processing so quiet it&#8217;s scary. This is without a doubt the most impressive PC I personally have reviewed for SlashGear, and with the custom build we&#8217;ve got waiting for you in this hands-on look, I fully expect you&#8217;re going to be scrambling to break your piggy bank to count up to $2019.16 USD to buy your own. Check it out!</p>
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<h4>Case</h4>
<p>This case is massive, gigantic, and certainly not made for hauling around to LAN parties &#8211; there&#8217;s no handles here, folks. Instead this machine is made to remain stationary, made with so many fans and air ducts that it&#8217;ll never, ever get hot (it might, but we&#8217;ve not seen it yet), and it&#8217;s clean. This machine looks fabulous, with a classy white combination of plastic and metal parts and safety bumpers all around so there&#8217;s no clunks or clanks when you&#8217;re opening or shutting doors.</p>
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<p>The front of the machine has a flat aluminum shape to it with a couple of peek-holes you&#8217;ll be able to see in the hands-on look at the machine in the video above. This front panel is a door which reveals your DVD drive, memory card ports, and whatever else you want to attach in the racks on racks on racks available throughout the front of the machine. This machine comes with room for so much customizability right out of the box it&#8217;s absurd. </p>
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<p>The back of this AVADirect tower has a massive collection of ports which you&#8217;ll read about below and will be able to see in the hands-on video above. It&#8217;s all very neatly arranged, and up on top of the tower you&#8217;ve got a few more for good measure. The bottom of this case has that unique boost not just for your visual pleasure, but so air can move through the machine top to bottom. The bottom is open so air can travel through the case downward, upward, out the back, and out the front as well &#8211; there are fans behind that door up front and there&#8217;s a dust catch you can remove and clean underneath as well!</p>
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<p>You&#8217;ve also got two distinctive sides to this machine, with the right side having a small area for cords to rest in, keeping them clear of the other side which is the deep home for all of your massive bits of next-level gear. For those of you that love lights, you&#8217;ll find a few well-placed green LEDs sitting down deep in the guts, blinking like it&#8217;s no big deal, while a couple of white lights shine up front through those crevices mentioned above so you know the machine has been turned on. Again &#8211; if you didn&#8217;t have a monitor plugged in to show you that the beast was turning on, you might never know it for how silent it is &#8211; that&#8217;s what the lights are for. </p>
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<h4>Sound Levels</h4>
<p>With this build you&#8217;ll find a total of seven fans, eight if you count the one attached to the 3rd Gen Intel Core i7 hardware. With that many fans you might expect quite a bit of rustling to be going on inside this box, but no. You have to get up within a foot of this device to hear it make a sound &#8211; it&#8217;s that quiet. This device has SPCR Certification for quietness. This means that it must run under 20dBA at idle as well as under 27dBA under maximum load. Check out more about <a href="http://www.silentpcreview.com/article698-page1.html" target="_Blank">SPCR Certified PCs</a> to get an in-depth idea of what this means for your own gaming room. Don&#8217;t expect to be lulled asleep by the hum of this machine &#8211; there really isn&#8217;t any.</p>

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<h4>Custom Build</h4>
<p>This monster has a set of specifications that I do not hesitate to say are a dream for our modern age of gaming. In addition to the massive amount of ports you get on the top and back of this machine, prepping you for any and all display, 3rd party connection, and memory card situations, you&#8217;ve got processing and graphics power that&#8217;ll blow your socks off. You&#8217;ll notice at this point that I&#8217;m having trouble finding much that I do not like about this system, and for that I apologize &#8211; I&#8217;m a sucker for fantastically constructed machines.</p>
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<blockquote><p><strong>QUIET GAMING PC, Core™ i5 / i7 Z77 Low-Noise Custom Gaming System</strong><br />
• NZXT H2 Classic Silent White Mid-Tower Case, ATX, No PSU, Steel/Plastic<br />
• ANTEC TruePower New TP-750 Power Supply, 80 PLUS®, 750W, 24-pin ATX12V EPS12V, One 6-pin + Two 8-pin PCIe, SLI Certified<br />
• ASUS P8Z77-V LX, LGA1155, Intel® Z77, DDR3-2400 (O.C) 32GB /4, PCIe x16, SATA 3Gb/s RAID 5 /4, 6Gb/s /2, HDMI + DVI + VGA, USB 3.0 /4, HDA, GbLAN, ATX, Retail<br />
• Intel Core™ i7-3770K Quad-Core 3.5 &#8211; 3.9GHz TB, HD Graphics 4000, LGA1155, 8MB L3 Cache, 22nm, 77W, EM64T EIST HT VT-x XD, Retail<br />
• PROLIMATECH Megahalems Rev. B CPU Heatsink w/ Dual 120mm NB-Blacknoise SilentPro PL-1 Ultra Quiet Fan, Socket 1155/1156/1366/775, Nickel Plated Copper, Retail<br />
• Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound, Polysynthetic Silver, Electrically Non-Conductive<br />
• CRUCIAL, 16GB (4 x 4GB) Ballistix Tactical Tracer w/ LEDs PC3-14900 DDR3 1866MHz CL9 (9-9-9-27) 1.5V SDRAM DIMM, Non-ECC</p></blockquote>
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<blockquote><p>• NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 670 950MHz, 2GB GDDR5 5000MHz, PCIe x16 SLI, 2x DVI + HDMI + DP, OEM<br />
• OCZ, 120GB Vertex 3 SSD, MLC SandForce SF-2281, 550/500 MB/s, 2.5-Inch, SATA 6 Gb/s, Retail<br />
• Western Digital 1.5TB WD Caviar® Green™ (WD15EARX), SATA 6 Gb/s, IntelliPower™, 64MB Cache<br />
• SONY AD-7280S Black 24x DVD±R/RW Dual-Layer Burner, SATA, OEM<br />
• SABRENT CRW-UINB Black 65-in-1 Card Reader/Writer Drive, 3.5&#8243; Bay, Internal USB<br />
• CUSTOM WIRING, Standard Wiring with Precision Cable Routing and Tie-Down<br />
• Smart Drive NEO Standard Silent Hard Disk Drive Enclosure, 5.25&#8243;<br />
• Lamptron Deluxe Black Shakeproof PSU Gasket Silencer<br />
• Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Edition w/ SP1, OEM<br />
• Silver Warranty Package (3 Year Limited Parts, 3 Year Labor Warranty)</p></blockquote>
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<p>This build will cost you, again, a total of $2,019.16 in all, and if you&#8217;re wondering how much it cost to ship from the AVADirect facilities in Twinsberg, Ohio to where this review is taking place in Saint Paul, Minnesota here it is: $58.23. Not so devastating a shipping cost at all. Especially considering how well it was packaged &#8211; they even stuffed the inside of the unit with padding to assure nothing wiggled loose!</p>
<h4>Benchmark Results and Performance</h4>
<p>Have a peek at our standard test results here picked up by GeekBench. You&#8217;ll find that nowhere in our history of <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/tags/desktop-reviews/" target="_Blank">Desktop Reviews</a> will you find a more powerful system, and of course the <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/tags/laptop-reviews/" target="_Blank">Laptop Reviews</a> don&#8217;t stand a chance either.</p>
<div id='benchmark_table'><span class='head'>Benchmark Score - System manufacturer System Product Name</span>
   <table id='benchmark_content' cellspacing='0'>
	<thead>
		<tr>
			<th >Section</th>
			<th >Description</th>
			<th >Score</th>
			<th >Total Score</th>
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			<td colspan='4'>Windows x86 (64-bit) - Microsoft Windows 7 Professional (64-bit)</td>
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			<td >Integer</td>
			<td>Processor integer performance</td>
			<td >15912</td>
			<th class='score' rowspan='4'>19077</th>
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		<tr>
			<td>Floating Point</td>
			<td>Processor floating point performance</td>
			<td>29323</td>
			
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Memory</td>
			<td>Memory performance</td>
			<td>10950</td>
		</tr>
		<tr class='last-child'>
			<td >Stream</td>
			<td>Memory bandwidth performance</td>
			<td>10551</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table></div>
<p>We tested out Batman: Arkham City and we tested out Portal 2, Skyrim and Crysis 2, we played some HD videos and we rocked out a couple monitors at a time &#8211; and there&#8217;s nothing, no waiting time, everything is swift &#8211; it&#8217;s like this machine was made for the future. Have a peek at some more of the inner bits of the machine here as well:</p>
<div id='benchmark_table'> <span class='head'>System - System manufacturer System Product Name</span>
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<tbody>
<tr>
<td class='header'>Manufacturer</td>
<td >AVADirect</td>
<td class='header'>Product Type</td>
<td >Desktop</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class='header'>Operating System</td>
<td  colspan='3'>Microsoft Windows 7 Professional (64-bit)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class='header'>Motherboard</td>
<td  colspan='3'>ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. P8Z77-V LX</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class='header'>Processor</td>
<td  colspan='3'>Intel Core i7-3770K</td>
<tr>
<td class='header'>Processor ID</td>
<td  colspan='3'>GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 58 Stepping 9</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class='header'>Processor Frequency</td>
<td >3.50 GHz</td>
<td class='header'>Processors</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class='header'>Threads</td>
<td >8</td>
<td class='header'>Cores</td>
<td >4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class='header'>L1 Instruction Cache</td>
<td >32.0 KB</td>
<td class='header'>L1 Data Cache</td>
<td >32.0 KB</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class='header'>L2 Cache</td>
<td >256 KB</td>
<td class='header'>L3 Cache</td>
<td >8.00 MB</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class='header'>Memory</td>
<td>16.0 GB DDR3 SDRAM 934MHz</td>
<td class='header'>FSB</td>
<td>100 MHz</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class='header'>BIOS</td>
<td colspan='3'>American Megatrends Inc. 0610</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<h4>The Bottom Line</h4>
<p>This machine is well worth the cash you&#8217;re going to pay for it. For the couple thousand dollars you&#8217;re going to drop on this exact build you still couldn&#8217;t get the least expensive Mac Pro, and I dare you to find a more well put together PC for this kind of cash. This custom-made conglomeration of top-tier gamer-friendly parts makes me want to forget about factory built machines entirely. There&#8217;s just no going back after this.</p>
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<p>If you&#8217;re not all about having the best of the best or have no use for processing and graphics power that&#8217;s going to blow you away with even the most heavy games on the market, this build is not worth the cash. You can pick up the standard build of this machine &#8211; with the silence, the case, and slightly lower power than what we&#8217;ve got here for $1107.51 from AVADirect too &#8211; that&#8217;s probably going to be good enough for most gamers out there on its own.</p>
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<p>If however you want the most powerful, silent, and aesthetically pleasing gaming PC on the market, this is it. You can grab it from AVADirect&#8217;s online store today &#8211; and don&#8217;t forget to customize!</p>

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		<title>HP ENVY Spectre XT hands-on</title>
		<link>http://www.slashgear.com/hp-envy-spectre-xt-hands-on-08227040/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 04:49:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Burns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week HP has revealed the next generation in their Spectre line with the HP ENVY Spectre XP, a notebook with style and power to spare. This notebook works with Beats Audio, has a backlit keyboard, and has a lovely slim-bezel 13.3-inch display. The whole unit measures in at 14.5mm thin and weighs just 3.07  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/hp-envy-spectre-xt-hands-on-08227040/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This week HP has revealed the next generation in their Spectre line with the HP ENVY Spectre XP,  a notebook with style and power to spare. This notebook works with Beats Audio, has a backlit keyboard, and has a lovely slim-bezel 13.3-inch display. The whole unit measures in at 14.5mm thin and weighs just 3.07 pounds, yet contains no less than the 3rd Generation Intel Core line of processors as well as a 128GB SSD.</p>
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<p>This notebook line has what HP quotes as up to 7 hours of battery life, has a 1-year contract with Absolute Data Protect right out of the box as well as 2 years of NIS, and works with HP CoolSense to keep you off the hot side. This notebook has a TrueVision HP Webcam for next-level quality in video chat and photography and comes with Adobe Photoshop Elements as well as Premiere Elements installed. It&#8217;s also quote the looker with an aluminum exterior and interior and a lovely slim black bezel around its ultra bright display.</p>
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<p>This notebook will be available in the USA starting on the 3rd of June and will be starting at $999.99 online and in stores. Have a look back at our <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/hp-envy-14-spectre-review-13218224/" target="_Blank">HP Envy 14 Spectre Review</a> to get a good idea of where the last step for this machine sat, and get ready for the heat this summer! Also check out our <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/tags/hp/" target="_Blank">HP portal</a> for all the HP action you can handle this whole explosive HP-filled week!</p>

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		<title>Samsung Series 7 Gamer busts out Ivy Bridge</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 15:47:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Burns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today Samsung Electronics have come forth with a gaming laptop that may well be the envy of the masses soon &#8211; the Samsung Series 7 Gamer is popping up this summer with Ivy Bridge. This 3rd Generation Intel Core i7 processor-toting beast also works with NVIDIA Geforce graphics and Dolby Home Theater sound. Sound like  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/samsung-series-7-gamer-busts-out-ivy-bridge-01225472/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today Samsung Electronics have come forth with a gaming laptop that may well be the envy of the masses soon &#8211; the Samsung Series 7 Gamer is popping up this summer with Ivy Bridge. This 3rd Generation Intel Core i7 processor-toting beast also works with NVIDIA Geforce graphics and Dolby Home Theater sound. Sound like the masterpiece you&#8217;re looking for? How about with a 17.3-inch full HD LCD display? Welcome to Samsung&#8217;s next generation gaming machine.</p>
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<p>Here with the Series 7 Gamer you&#8217;ll be getting a mode-changing dial that&#8217;ll allow you to move back and forth through gaming and less intense modes so you&#8217;ll have the ability to use it for whatever you like whenever you&#8217;re ready to do so. The Series 7 Gamer has Gaming Mode, General Mode, Quiet Mode, and Power Saver Mode, each of these a powerful addition to the one single mode many modern laptops have today. Have a look a what these modes entail here:</p>
<blockquote><p>1. Gaming Mode – When in gaming mode, a distinctive graphic appears on the screen identifying the active mode. The main gaming keys are highlighted on the keyboard in red, and a light is turned on around the speakers, which pulsates to match the game’s sounds. The Windows® key and touchpad are disabled when a game is inserted, eliminating the possibility of accidentally hitting the wrong part of the keyboard while playing. The keyboard also features ergonomic u-shaped key caps, a 2.7mm keystroke and separated arrow keys, enabling you to engage in rapid play with minimal errors.</p>
<p>2. General Mode – In this mode, the laptop is optimized for regular computing tasks, such as web surfing, Microsoft® Office computing and photo viewing.</p>
<p>3. Quiet Mode – In quiet mode, sounds are disabled and the fan is turned off to result in a quieter experience.</p>
<p>4. Power Saver Mode – To save battery life, only the most critical parts of the processor are running when the laptop is in this mode.</p></blockquote>
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<p>This notebook&#8217;s 17.3-inch display comes in at 1920&#215;1080 pixel resolution, works with Samsung&#8217;s SuperBright technology, and is capable of 400-nit brightness &#8211; massive! You&#8217;ll find NVIDIA® Geforce® GTX675M graphics inside as well, so the brightness will be fully utilized. You&#8217;ve got 16GB of memory and a 1.5 terabyte 7200RPM hard drive, Windows 7 HP right out of the box, and a Quick Boot mode for starting up from cold in 19 seconds. </p>
<p>This beast is available today for $1,899.99 MSRP from all your favorite outlets. Sound like the monster you&#8217;ve been waiting for?</p>
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		<title>ASUS brings Ivy Bridge all-in-one with ET27</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:15:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Burns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s like there&#8217;s a never-ending stream of Ivy Bridge this morning with no less than several hands full of computers with the next-generation Intel &#8211; ASUS being one with several solutions in the mix. Another offering from the four-lettered manufacturer is the ASUS All-in-One-PC ET27. This is a computer that&#8217;s been fully released internationally already,  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/asus-brings-ivy-bridge-all-in-one-with-et27-23224266/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s like there&#8217;s a never-ending stream of <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/tags/ivy-bridge/" target="_Blank">Ivy Bridge</a> this morning with no less than several hands full of computers with the next-generation <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/tags/intel/" target="_Blank">Intel</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/tags/asus/" target="_Blank">ASUS</a> being one with several solutions in the mix. Another offering from the four-lettered manufacturer is the <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/asus-touchscreen-aio-teased-with-imac-besting-style-promise-24153868/" target="_blank">ASUS All-in-One-PC ET27</a>. This is a computer that&#8217;s been fully released internationally already, but will soon be coming with the option of several different flavors of Intel next-gen chips. </p>
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<p>This computer is one with a 27-inch multi-touch touchscreen, AOI, and 10 points of contact for playing the keyboard if you do so wish. This device will certainly be able to replace your home&#8217;s living room television (if you&#8217;ve got a relatively small room) and will connect and run fabulously with your new Intel processor built in. Pricing on the new version with Ivy Brige built-in has not yet been revealed.</p>
<p>Have a peek at a hands-on video with this beast from all the way back at CEBIT 2011 thanks to <a href="http://notebookitalia.it/asus-all-in-one-et2700-con-nuovo-design-10789" target="_Blank">NotebookItalia</a> below. Also make sure to check out the rest of our Ivy Bridge updates in the mix the whole day long. Intel&#8217;s next-generation architecture is about to make a gigantic splash on the computing world &#8211; just you wait!</p>
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		<title>Acer Aspire S3 (Core i7) Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:42:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Burns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Ultrabook world is continuing its rise to glory as the Acer Aspire S3 (here with the Core i7 processer inside) runs the thin show at .68 inches at its thickest point. This is by no means the thinnest notebook on earth, nor is it the Ultrabook with the most impressive set of specifications, but  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/acer-aspire-s3-core-i7-review-09212737/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Ultrabook world is continuing its rise to glory as the Acer Aspire S3 (here with the Core i7 processer inside) runs the thin show at .68 inches at its thickest point. This is by no means the thinnest notebook on earth, nor is it the Ultrabook with the most impressive set of specifications, but this relatively basic (if any Ultrabook is basic) model has a stack of features and a full package that will satisfy any general use owner. This notebook has a 13.3-inch Active Matrix TFT display at 1366 x 768 pixel resolution, CineCrystal (glossy) and clear as day coupled with Intel HD Graphics 3000 and Dolby Home Theater v4 audio enhancement on built-in stereo speakers &#8211; that means good entertainment.</p>
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<h4>Hardware</h4>
<p>For those of you wondering, this device goes by the code S3-951-6432. You&#8217;ll find that the display has a perfectly bright and sharp widescreen view for your gaming, processing, and video viewing needs, but beware the glossiness of the display if you&#8217;re planning on using this laptop outdoors. Of course you&#8217;re not the type of person to go galavanting around the park with a laptop, so you&#8217;ll only be worried about your ability to have a great experience on the run. This notebook is made for your ability to both carry it around all day and provide you the power you need to use it for all of your daily activities be you a student, a journalist, or a graphic designer, all the same.</p>
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<p>The keyboard is one made for typing rather than gaming, and you&#8217;ll find that using the return key and the arrow keys will be a bit of a learning activity at first as they&#8217;re connected in space and not separated by the surrounding base of the notebook. On the back of the device you&#8217;ll find two USB 2.0 ports, a full-sized HDMI port, and your power port. On the right you&#8217;ll find a full-sized SD card port (that also has the ability to read MultiMediaCard (MMC) units) and on the left you&#8217;ll find a headphone jack. On the bottom left and right near the front of the laptop are speakers, each of them part of the Dolby-optimized speaker system which together create a surprisingly nice sounding experience for movie-watching especially.</p>
<p><img src="http://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/image00061-580x356.png" alt="" title="image0006" width="580" height="356" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-212825" /></p>
<p>On the other hand, don&#8217;t expect to watch a movie with a group of too many folks to you left or two your right as the viewing angles aren&#8217;t too fantastically great here. Watch the hands-on video to see a basic view of how far you&#8217;ll be able to see, but note that it&#8217;s certainly not more than 60 degrees in any direction from straight on. Straight on though, and inside everywhere 60 degrees looks just as bright and sharp as a Core i7 processor under the hood would suggest. I&#8217;ve heard reviewers speaking on how the color accuracy isn&#8217;t perfect, and I agree, but the difference between this display and a perfectly tuned display for graphic designers and photography majors is so small that I doubt anyone in the field will have a big issue. Those of you in the photography business should take note though &#8211; perfection is needed! </p>
<div id='benchmark_table'> <span class='head'>System - Acer Aspire S3</span>
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<td class='header'>Manufacturer</td>
<td >Acer</td>
<td class='header'>Product Type</td>
<td >Notebook</td>
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<td class='header'>Operating System</td>
<td  colspan='3'>Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)</td>
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<td class='header'>Motherboard</td>
<td  colspan='3'>Acer Aspire S3</td>
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<td class='header'>Processor</td>
<td  colspan='3'>       Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2637M CPU @ 1.70GHz</td>
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<td class='header'>Processor ID</td>
<td  colspan='3'>GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7</td>
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<td class='header'>Processor Frequency</td>
<td >1.70 GHz</td>
<td class='header'>Processors</td>
<td >1</td>
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<td class='header'>Threads</td>
<td >4</td>
<td class='header'>Cores</td>
<td >2</td>
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<td class='header'>L1 Instruction Cache</td>
<td >32.0 KB</td>
<td class='header'>L1 Data Cache</td>
<td >32.0 KB</td>
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<td class='header'>L2 Cache</td>
<td >256 KB</td>
<td class='header'>L3 Cache</td>
<td >4.00 MB</td>
</tr>
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<td class='header'>Memory</td>
<td>3.86 GB DDR3 SDRAM 666MHz</td>
<td class='header'>FSB</td>
<td>99.8 MHz</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class='header'>BIOS</td>
<td colspan='3'>INSYDE 1.15</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
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<p>Inside you&#8217;ve got Bluetooth 4.0, the multi-gesture touchpad is precise and makes for an easy to control experience all around, and the webcam is alright &#8211; good enough for video chat certainly. You&#8217;ve got 3.86 GB DDR3 SDRAM at 666MHz controlled by your HD 3000 graphics control unit, and a partridge in a pear tree. And that&#8217;s just the hardware. The whole thing looks rather nice too, if you don&#8217;t mind the similarities to the rest of the ultra-thin super-powered notebook competition out there. Take a peek at this tower of laptops to see the difference between the units your humble narrator has been using lately &#8211; up top you&#8217;ve got an <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/macbook-air-11-6-review-22109859/" target="_blank">11-inch MacBook Air</a>, next the Acer Aspire S3, a <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/macbook-pro-15-inch-review-early-2011-01136829/" target="_blank">MacBook Pro 15-inch</a>, and a gigantic mother of an Alienware gaming notebook M17xR3 complete with lots o&#8217; lights &#8211; each of these units has a different purpose, and the size shows their power here, as it were &#8211; note that the MacBook air is from a few years ago so isn&#8217;t as pumped up as the line is today, and you can check the Alienware machine in action back at <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/batman-arkham-city-pc-review-25197873/" target="_blank">Arkham City.</a></p>
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<h4>Software</h4>
<p>You&#8217;ve got Windows 7 Home Premium right out of the box and Clear.fi for all your personal cloud needs. This machine is set to bring you a personal experience for, again, the student or the everyday average user &#8211; with the i7 under the hood you&#8217;ve got the ability to play some higher powered software if you wish, but for what the machine comes with &#8211; not one whole heck of a lot &#8211; you&#8217;ll be more than prepared to run the heck out of all of it. Take a peek at this hands-on with the machine and get a glimpse of how quick the machine starts up from being off completely, how the display looks, and the basic software set you&#8217;ll get with Windows 7 Home Premium.</p>
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<h4>Performance</h4>
<div id='benchmark_table'><span class='head'>Benchmark Score - Acer Aspire S3</span>
   <table id='benchmark_content' cellspacing='0'>
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		<tr>
			<th >Section</th>
			<th >Description</th>
			<th >Score</th>
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			<td colspan='4'>Windows x86 (64-bit) - Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)</td>
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			<td >Integer</td>
			<td>Processor integer performance</td>
			<td >5309</td>
			<th class='score' rowspan='4'>6657</th>
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			<td>Floating Point</td>
			<td>Processor floating point performance</td>
			<td>9672</td>
			
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			<td>Memory</td>
			<td>Memory performance</td>
			<td>5059</td>
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			<td >Stream</td>
			<td>Memory bandwidth performance</td>
			<td>4023</td>
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<p>You&#8217;re certainly going to see the S3 knocking out the benchmarks as any i7-toting machine should, and as far as the instant-on feature goes: it really truly does make the machine seem much higher class than previous models with a much slower wake-up time. This machine is speedy, hasn&#8217;t had a real rough time working with any of the built-in apps or functions it&#8217;s got out of the box, and is OK for some random gaming here and there. Again, this machine is by no means built for hardcore gamers, but if you&#8217;re just looking to play a racing game here and there, you&#8217;ll be set.</p>
<p><img src="http://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/image00081-580x361.png" alt="" title="image0008" width="580" height="361" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-212821" /></p>
<h4>Battery</h4>
<p>One of the most awesome bits in this machine&#8217;s bag of tricks is the Instant-On technology Acer is employing, this allowing you to pop your machine open and have it up and running in 2 seconds. The real magic here is when you close the notebook though, as once you&#8217;ve closed the machine it goes to one level of sleep, then after 8 hours it goes into a much deeper sleep which will preserve the battery for a total of 50 days &#8212; we&#8217;ve not had the machine for quite that long, so I&#8217;ll report in on that once the battery dies. Thus far we&#8217;ve seen this machine play video for 4 hours straight before dying, and with basic functions like typing and web browsing we&#8217;re seeing closer to 6.</p>
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<h4>Wrap-up</h4>
<p>This machine is a great example of what the Ultrabook line is meant to be: relatively light, thin, and powerful enough to knock the netbook name out of the realm of reality. With the price on this particular setup being a bit more than the standard build, you&#8217;ll need to think about what you&#8217;re planning on using the machine for &#8211; if it&#8217;s home use for the internet and simple games exclusively, you&#8217;ll want the more basic Core i5 build. If you&#8217;re attempting to run some more impressive games and maybe a bit of the ol&#8217; video processing, this i7 build is the one you want. Toss it in your backpack and be surprised at how little it ads to your daily weight, break it out at the coffee shop and impress the denizens of the generally Apple-heavy world of public browsing. Acer has come through with a winner here, folks, make no mistake about it.</p>

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		<title>Asus B23E 12.5-inch high-end ultraportable revealed</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:26:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Burns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to notebooks being released inside 2012, Asus isn&#8217;t holding back with its Ultrabook line, but it&#8217;s also got a high-end ultraportable ready to go for business users as well. This device is known as the B23E and will be available with Intel Core i3, Core i5, or Core i7 processors under the  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/asus-b23e-12-5-inch-high-end-ultraportable-revealed-20210256/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When it comes to notebooks being released inside 2012, Asus isn&#8217;t holding back with its Ultrabook line, but it&#8217;s also got a high-end ultraportable ready to go for business users as well. This device is known as the B23E and will be available with Intel Core i3, Core i5, or Core i7 processors under the hood, complete with a 12.5-inch 1366 x 768 pixel LED backlit anti-glare display. It&#8217;s ultra-simple profile and black hood look the part for your everyday computing action in the office or in the home.</p>
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<p>This laptop has up to 750GB of hard drive space, support for up to 8GB of DDR3 RAM, and will connect along 802.11n WiFi, Bluetooth, and gigabit Ethernet. Of course there&#8217;s also a single USB 3.0 port, one USB 2.0 port, and a USB/eSATA combo port. Inside you&#8217;ll find such business oriented gems as LoJack, BIOS password protection, and a fingerprint reader. The whole package comes with a magnesium alloy case and the contents are protected with an anti-shock hard drive.</p>
<p>So what we&#8217;ve got here is a 12-inch by 8.1-inch laptop that&#8217;s just 1.1-inch thick and made for your everyday consumer. It&#8217;s not flashy, and will certainly get the job done for masses of users across the nation and the world, and will be running Windows 7 Home, Professional, or Ultimate operating systems, your choice. The version with Windows 7 Home Premium and an Intel Core i7 processor will cost you between $922 and $999 USD, and you&#8217;ll be able to buy one starting immediately wherever fine computers are sold!</p>
<p>[<a href="http://www.eeepc.it/asus-b23-ultraportatile-business/" target="_Blank">via</a> eeeepc.it]</p>
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		<title>Shuttle XPC H7 5820S launched with ability to work with 16 displays at once</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 22:45:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Burns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve been following along with Shuttle&#8217;s ever-increasing library of mini PCs, you know that they all look rather similarly simple and sleek on the outside &#8211; today there&#8217;s one with a feature on the inside that&#8217;ll have your sense of smallness blown out of the water. What the Shuttle XPC H7 5820S has is  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/shuttle-xpc-h7-5820s-launched-with-ability-to-work-with-16-displays-at-once-31192155/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you&#8217;ve been following along with Shuttle&#8217;s <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/tags/shuttle/" target="_blank">ever-increasing library of mini PCs</a>, you know that they all look rather similarly simple and sleek on the outside &#8211; today there&#8217;s one with a feature on the inside that&#8217;ll have your sense of smallness blown out of the water. What the Shuttle XPC H7 5820S has is a new feature by the name of Matrox M-series multi-display graphics, this allowing you to work with up to 16 displays at once. You&#8217;ll also find a set of other fantastic specifications inside, but it&#8217;s the displays that will have you mesmerized.</p>
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<p>Of course a multi-monitor setup is nothing without the computing power inside to back it up. Inside you&#8217;ll find an Intel Core i7 processor and up to 16GB of RAM. This computer has the ability to be configured with quad- and hex-core processors, two 1TB hard disks, and comes stock with a Blu-ray burner and Windows 7 right out of the box. All of this fits inside a tiny 7.5-inch tall black box that I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ll not mind popping right out there on your home office desk.</p>
<p>Of course why on earth would you use this setup for office work, (complete with your 16 monitors, whichever you choose them to be,) when you could play GAMES with it. You&#8217;ve also got internal 6Gbit/s SATA connections to 8-channel HD audio, several high-speed USB 3.0 ports, and Shuttle&#8217;s improved air intake system as well as their proprietary &#8220;Heatpipe&#8221; liquid cooling system. How gigantic will you make it get?</p>
<p><img src="http://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/H7_5820S-580x483.jpg" alt="" title="H7_5820S" width="580" height="483" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-192156" /></p>
<p>When you do start to consider how big you&#8217;ll get here, consider this: you can go for any one of the many different Matrox M-series multi-monitor display boards. You could choose one or two M9128 dual-monitor, M9138 triple-monitor, M9140/M9148 quad-monitor, or M9188 octal boards. If you choose the M-Series PCI Express (PCIe) x16 boards, you&#8217;ll get up to 2560 by 1600 resolution on as many as eight monitors at the same time. Use two of these boards at once and you&#8217;ll have the full 16 monitors at once.</p>
<p>Pick a setup up today at <a href="http://sys.eu.shuttle.com/productListing.jsf;jsessionid=74E9E82AF2A5EF5FB21F08133B26B8B4" target="_blank">Shuttle.eu</a> or at any one of several online retailers inside Europe (or outside, if you&#8217;re feeling rich.) The base build costs 1446 EURO which rings in at 2013 USD. Grab it now!</p>
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		<title>Intel Sandy Bridge-Equipped HP Pavilion dv6 Shows Up Overseas</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Dec 2010 19:10:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evan Selleck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While the official unveiling of Intel&#8217;s Sandy Bridge at CES is coming up, Intel is already sending out the chips to manufacturers for a quick turn around after the announcement. However, it looks like HP is ready to start selling some laptops with the new hardware under the hood. As seen in an electronics store  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/intel-sandy-bridge-equipped-hp-pavilion-dv6-shows-up-overseas-27121381/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While the official unveiling of Intel&#8217;s Sandy Bridge at <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/intel-sandy-bridge-processors-confirmed-for-january-debut-17114697/">CES is coming up</a>, Intel is already sending out the chips to manufacturers for a quick turn around after the announcement. However, it looks like HP is ready to start selling some laptops with the new hardware under the hood. As seen in an electronics store in Singapore, <em>VR-Zone</em> managed to steal some time away and get their hands on the new laptop, which features the same aesthetics as the previous iterations in the Pavilion dv6 line-up. But there&#8217;s one main difference: Intel&#8217;s Sandy Bridge inside.</p>
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<p>As <em>VR-Zone</em> points out, there&#8217;s no way to differentiate between this new dv6 and previous models. It looks exactly the same on the outside, save for one thing: the Intel sticker right below the keyboard is different. The new logo is Intel&#8217;s new design. As far as details ago regarding the Pavilion dv6 in question, it features a 15.6-inch LED-backlit display. Under the hood, there&#8217;s  2GHz Intel Core i7-2630QM CPU that features Turbo Boost technology, which can reach speeds of 2.8GHz.</p>
<p>They were also able to find out that there&#8217;s AMD&#8217;s Radeon HD 6570M graphics card. As far as pricing goes, because the laptop was indeed on sale in this electronics store, it was listed as being $1,900 Singapore dollars, or about $1,399.</p>
<p>[<a href="http://vr-zone.com/articles/intel-sandy-bridge-laptop-goes-on-sale-hp-pavilion-dv6-4103tx/10535.html">via</a> VR-Zone]</p>

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		<title>Scooterputer Features a Thermaltake Element V Case on a Scooter [Video]</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 19:51:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evan Selleck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having a customized PC case, whether for just showing off to people or for your favorite gaming rig, usually means that it&#8217;s stuck in the room you put it in, without much of an option to actually carry it places. But, thanks to a scooterputer, that&#8217;s not really an issue, considering the PC is actually  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/scooterputer-features-a-thermaltake-element-v-case-on-a-scooter-video-16119911/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Having a customized PC case, whether for just showing off to people or for your favorite gaming rig, usually means that it&#8217;s stuck in the room you put it in, without much of an option to actually carry it places. But, thanks to a scooterputer, that&#8217;s not really an issue, considering the PC is actually part of the scooter. That gives you the ability to tuck away plenty of power for your gaming needs, but also have that portability you might have desired so much.</p>
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<p>This particular set-up consists of a Thermaltake Element V case, surrounding plenty of options. The scooter is a 24v rechargeable electric one, which has been extended by 11-inches to make more room for the PC that&#8217;s sitting on it. As for the features of the PC itself, the owner set it up to feature an Intel Core i7 processor, GTS 250 graphics, 4GB of RAM, a USB 3.0 port, three RAIDed hard drives, and a dual-layer DVD burner. The power supply is a Thermaltake TR2 1200 Watt version. The rig is even water-cooled, with Thermaltake&#8217;s Big Water 850I kit.</p>
<p>The scooter&#8217;s handlebars, seat, and fender were all brought together from different scooters. The scooterputer also features a working brake light, a front light that&#8217;s halogen, and a horn. If that&#8217;s not enough, there are even working LED ground effects, and functioning parking lights. Check it out on video below.</p>
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<p>[<a href="http://www.newlaunches.com/archives/take_your_gaming_experience_with_you_in_a_scooterputer_pc_casemod_.php">via</a> NewLaunches]</p>
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		<title>Origin EON 17 Gaming Notebook Unveiled, Ships in October</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 17:23:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evan Selleck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Origin have launched their brand new gaming notebook, the EON 17, sticking to the old adage, &#8220;You get what you pay for.&#8221; Offering the customization options that PC/notebook gamers expect, plus throwing the kitchen sink into the deal as well, the EON 17&#8242;s price tag will ecstatically showcase how much time and effort you&#8217;re willing  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/origin-eon-17-gaming-notebook-unveiled-ships-in-october-27104500/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Origin have launched their brand new gaming notebook, the EON 17, sticking to the old adage, &#8220;You get what you pay for.&#8221; Offering the customization options that PC/notebook gamers expect, plus throwing the kitchen sink into the deal as well, the EON 17&#8242;s price tag will ecstatically showcase how much time and effort you&#8217;re willing to put into designing your monster of a gaming notebook. With a price tag that starts at $2,499, you can expect that climbing the options ladder only sees significant increases to that price.</p>
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<p>The Origin EON 17 keeps up with the company&#8217;s focus on mobile gaming. But, while there mid-range options, or even the basic versions may be more than enough for some, it&#8217;s the &#8220;ultimate package&#8221; that will get all the attention. If you have the cash to throw down, then you can get your hands on the 17.3-inch, full 1080p HD display. Inside, you&#8217;ll find a six-core Intel i7 980X processor, as well as 2GB GDDR5 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M graphics.</p>
<p>But, that&#8217;s not all. You&#8217;ll also get your hands on 24GB of triple-channel DDR3 memory, three 512GB Kingston V+ series Solid State Drives (SSD) &#8212; with an option to have up to 2TB of storage, if you&#8217;d prefer HDD. There&#8217;s also a 6x BD-R Blu-ray burner, featuring Power DVD 10 Ultra. There&#8217;s also Bluetooth 2.1 connectivity, and Intel&#8217;s Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 Wireless dual-band module. Two USB 3.0 ports and three USB 2.0 ports. An HDMI 1.4 in and out, and a 9-in-1 card reader.</p>
<p>To (almost) exhaust the feature set, you&#8217;ll find an HDTV tuner, a fingerprint reader on deck, and a 3MP webcam. That full rig will cost you a whopping $13,086. Origin says that you can start building and ordering your brand new gaming notebook monstrosities, but that they won&#8217;t be shipping until October. You can <a href="http://originpc.com/shop/pc/N17config-step1.asp">head on over to Origin&#8217;s site</a> and start building right now, if you&#8217;re interested enough.</p>
<p>[<a href="http://www.techdigest.tv/2010/09/origin_launch_e.html">via</a> TechDigest]</p>

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		<title>Toshiba Qosmio X500 Launching in September, Brings High Price Tag</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 17:22:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evan Selleck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Toshiba has officially unveiled the refreshed X500 gaming machine. Featuring plenty under the hood to get any PC gamer excited, the laptop features a rich black and red casing to attract the eye of any passer-by. But, as with everything that we enjoy, with high-end specifications, come the high-end price tag, and Toshiba has certainly  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/toshiba-qosmio-x500-launching-in-september-brings-high-price-tag-22103780/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Toshiba has officially unveiled the refreshed X500 gaming machine. Featuring plenty under the hood to get any PC gamer excited, the laptop features a rich black and red casing to attract the eye of any passer-by. But, as with everything that we enjoy, with high-end specifications, come the high-end price tag, and Toshiba has certainly followed that rule with the Qosmio X500.</p>
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<p>Specifications wise, the Qosmio X500 doesn&#8217;t slouch. Featuring NVIDIA&#8217;s high-end GTX 460M discrete graphics, DirectX 11, Optimus technology, and 3D support, the X500 covers all the bases right off the bat. The display is a monstrous 18.4-inches, and you can choose to have up to 8GB of RAM tucked away inside. Toshiba is giving you plenty of options in the SSD range, and you can choose from Intel&#8217;s Core i5 or Core i7 processors.</p>
<p>Rounding it out, you&#8217;ll get simulated 5.1 surround sound thanks to the Harmon Kardon speakers, and you&#8217;ll even get a backlit keyboard. As for that price tag, Toshiba is asking for an MSRP of $1,300. Not as bad as it could be, surely, but it&#8217;s enough to make anyone blink twice. You&#8217;ll be able to get your hands on it, once you decide to spend the cash, on September 26th.</p>

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<p><strong>Press Release</strong></p>
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<p>New Toshiba Qosmio X500 Series Delivers Extreme Mobile Performance for Games, Media Creation and HD Entertainment</p>
<p>Now Equipped with New NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M Graphics Processor, Qosmio X500 Delivers Blazing Fast Performance and High-Definition 3D Gaming with Full DirectX® 11 Support</p>
<p>IRVINE, Calif.&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211;Toshiba&#8217;s Digital Products Division (DPD), a division of Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., today announced its award-winning Qosmio® X500 Series laptops is getting a graphics performance boost from the new NVIDIA® GeForce™ GTX 460M graphics processor1 with 1.5GB of discrete graphics memory. The high-performance Qosmio X500 Series laptops deliver elite mobile performance and high-end features for demanding tasks – games, media creation and HD entertainment – for an affordable price, starting at $1,299.99 MSRP2.</p>
<p>&#8220;The Qosmio brand is about bringing the extreme performance gamers and HD content creators crave without the extreme price,&#8221; said Carl Pinto, vice president of product development, Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., Digital Products Division. &#8220;With the new NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M GPU, consumers can now take advantage of a sophisticated graphics engine optimized for the newest and most demanding DirectX 11 games. The Qosmio X500 delivers an enthusiast-class package equipped with everything needed to fully enjoy and create high-definition content.&#8221;</p>
<p>Qosmio X500 Series laptops feature Intel® Core™ i5 and Core i7 processor3 options with Turbo Boost technology. A stunning 18.4-inch diagonal HD TruBrite® widescreen display4 delivers plenty of screen real-estate for multi-tasking and multimedia enjoyment, while the premium sound system of harman/kardon® speakers and Dolby Home Theater® audio technology delivers rich 5.1 surround sound.</p>
<p>Additional features include LED backlit keyboard and Blu-ray Disc™ player5 options, speedy dual-configuration 7200RPM HDD and solid state drive options, DDR3 memory configurations expandable up to 8GB6, plus a host of ports, including three USB 2.0 ports, one eSATA/USB Combo port with Sleep and Charge7, ExpressCard, IEEE 1394 and a 5-in-1 media card reader.</p>
<p>The laptops also feature Toshiba&#8217;s exclusive package of convenience-driven smart applications and features, including Resolution+™ DVD upconvert technology, eco Utility™, ReelTime™, Toshiba Media Controller and Bulletin Board.</p>
<p>Pricing and Availability</p>
<p>The Qosmio X500 Series starts at $1,299.99 MSRP and will be available on Sept. 26, 2010 at Amazon.com and direct from Toshiba at ToshibaDirect.com.</p>
<p>Image Gallery: http://bit.ly/ToshibaQ42010QosmioX500</p>
<p>Connect with Toshiba on Twitter at twitter.com/ToshibaLaptops and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ToshibaLaptopsUS.</p>
<p>About Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. (TAIS)</p>
<p>Headquartered in Irvine, Calif., TAIS is comprised of four business units: Digital Products Division, Imaging Systems Division, Storage Device Division, and Telecommunication Systems Division. Together, these divisions provide mobile products and solutions, including industry leading portable computers; imaging products for the security, medical and manufacturing markets; storage products for automotive, computer and consumer electronics applications; and telephony equipment and associated applications.</p>
<p>TAIS provides sales, marketing and services for its wide range of information products in the United States and Latin America. TAIS is an independent operating company owned by Toshiba America, Inc., a subsidiary of Toshiba Corporation. Toshiba Corporation is a world leader and innovator in high technology, a diversified manufacturer and marketer of advanced electronic and electrical products. These products span from information &amp; communications systems; digital consumer products; electronic devices and components; as well as power systems including nuclear energy; industrial and social infrastructure systems; and home appliances. Toshiba was founded in 1875, and today operates a global network of more than 740 companies, with 204,000 employees worldwide and annual sales surpassing $68 billion (6.3 Trillion Yen). For more information on Toshiba visit www.toshiba.com.</p>
<p>© 2010 Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. All product, service and company names are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of their respective owners. Information including without limitation product prices, specifications, availability, content of services, and contact information is subject to change without notice. All rights reserved.</p>
<p>1 Graphics. GPU performance may vary. See Graphics Legal Footnote at www.info.toshiba.com</p>
<p>2 Price. Reseller prices may vary. MSRP means &#8220;Manufacturer&#8217;s Suggested Retail Price.&#8221;</p>
<p>3 Processor. CPU performance may vary. See Processor Legal Footnote at www.info.toshiba.com</p>
<p>4 Display. Any small bright dots that may appear on your display are an intrinsic characteristic of the thin film transistors manufacturing technology. See Display Legal Footnote at www.info.toshiba.com</p>
<p>5 Blu-ray Disc™ Player Technology. Compatibility and/or performance issues are possible. See Blu-Ray Disc Player Technology Legal Footnote at www.info.toshiba.com</p>
<p>6 Memory. Memory size may vary. See Memory Legal Footnote at www.info.toshiba.com</p>
<p>7 The &#8220;USB Sleep &amp; Charge function&#8221; may not work with certain external devices even if they are compliant with the USB specification. In those cases, turn the power of the computer ON to charge the device.</p>
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		<title>MSI CR420 Notebook Introduced, Features Intel&#8217;s Wireless Display Technology</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:50:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evan Selleck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MSI has chosen to take the time and revise a member of their Classic notebook line-up. The CR420 has been introduced with a whole suite of new features, and with its 14-inch display, we can see this one definitely piquing the interest of someone in the notebook market, searching out their next purchase. But, most  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/msi-cr420-notebook-introduced-features-intels-wireless-display-technology-10101760/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>MSI has chosen to take the time and revise a member of their Classic notebook line-up. The CR420 has been introduced with a whole suite of new features, and with its 14-inch display, we can see this one definitely piquing the interest of someone in the notebook market, searching out their next purchase. But, most noteworthy of all, is the inclusion of Intel&#8217;s Wireless Display, or WiDi.</p>
<p><img src="http://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/MSI-CR420.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="331" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-101761" /></p>
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<p>Just in case you may have forgotten, Intel&#8217;s WiDi <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/intel-widi-debuts-for-hd-over-wifi-streaming-netgear-toshiba-onboard-0768933/">is a way for you to stream content</a> (including HD content) from your computer to your HDTV, all without wires. As long as your computer features Intel&#8217;s Core i3, i5, or i7 processors, and you pick up a stand-alone adapter box that connects to your HDTV via an HDMI cable, you&#8217;ll be good to go. As long as your computer can handle it, and has the necessary software to take advantage of the wireless streaming platform. Luckily, the new CR420 is one of the few notebooks on the market that can do as much.</p>
<p>Other features include a chiclet keyboard, a weight of only 2.2kg, beveled edges and a flush trackpad. You are fully capable of creating your own machine, and the base models start with the Intel Core i5 processor, and feature upwards of 4GB of DDR3 memory. You&#8217;ll find an HDMI and VGA output, integrated 802.11 b/g/n WiFI, two USB 2.0 ports, an eSATA/USB port, and a 4-in-1 card reader. There&#8217;s a 1.3MP webcam, Bluetooth 2.1 support, and you can chose your hard drive size: 250, 320, or 500GB sizes. You&#8217;ll also find Intel&#8217;s HD integrated graphics, too.</p>
<p>The battery is of the 6-cell Li-ion variety, which should give you enough juice to not make you want to pull your hair out while you&#8217;re unplugged. Unfortunately, the press release doesn&#8217;t tell us anything about a price or official release date, but hopefully those key details get revealed soon.</p>
<p><strong>Press Release</strong></p>
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<p>MSI Classic Series CR420<br />
Optional Intel Wireless Display for Wireless Family Multimedia Entertainment<br />
MSI&#8217;s new generation Classic series CR420 is equipped with the new 2010 Intel® Core™ processor and an optional Intel Wireless Display, taking laptops to a whole new level of computing characterized by high performance and wireless family multimedia entertainment.</p>
<p>Taipei—The MSI Classic series&#8217; most recent addition, the 14-inch CR420 boasts the latest Intel® Core™ Series processors and is encased in MSI&#8217;s own cross-hatch color film print coating. Light and stylish, it&#8217;s your best partner for next-generation audiovisual enjoyment.</p>
<p>MSI Notebook Marketing Director Sam Chern points out that the CR420 is the newest member of the MSI Classic series of notebook computers and packs the all-new 2010 Intel® Core™ CPU. The cover and palm rest areas are protected with lustrous, scratch-resistant cross-hatch color film print. The CR420 also comes with a chiclet keyboard, a seamless touchpad, and beveled edge construction. Ultra-thin, the 14&#8243; CR420 tips the scales at less than 2.2kg to give you mobility without sacrificing power or performance.</p>
<p>Ultimate style and entertainment<br />
Cross-hatch color film print: The lid and palm rest areas are sheathed in MSI&#8217;s exclusive glossy, scratch-resistant cross-hatch color film print. The case is graced with 45-degree beveled construction, making the CR420 a leaner, meaner machine, weighing in at less than 2.2kg as well as the perfect portable entertainment center.</p>
<p>Chiclet keyboard: The CR420 features the latest chiclet keyboard to optimize your typing experience. Whether you’re doing word processing or instant messaging, it significantly reduces the possibility that you’ll hit other keys accidently. The smooth cross-hatch pattern on the lid and palm rest areas blends perfectly with the chiclet keyboard, so that this NB stands out from the crowd without being pretentious.</p>
<p>Classic Seamless Touchpad: The stylishly unassuming CR420 comes equipped with MSI&#8217;s own seamless touchpad with textured cross-hatch color film print for maximum comfort and enjoyment.</p>
<p>Superior processing and mulitimedia performance<br />
All new 2010 Intel® Core™ processor: The CR420 features Intel Core i5 processor and HM55 chipset. It boasts lower power consumption than previous generations and 15% longer battery life. It also packs Hyper-Threading technology which gives dual core CPUs virtual quad core computing power. Integrated graphics core performance has also been significantly improved, offering users enhanced processing and display performance.</p>
<p>16:9 theater-class backlit LED screen: The CR420 also has a 14&#8243; backlit LED display with 16:9 cinematic aspect ratio and high resolution, extending screen viewability by 14%, eliminating those annoying black bars above and below the picture, further enhancing film viewing.</p>
<p>Intel Wireless Display: The CR420 can be ordered with latest Intel Wireless Display option which currently supports up to 720p HD output. Wireless Display, a.k.a. WiDi, allows your HDTV to show high definition images or videos from your laptop computer via an external wireless transfer box. Now, it&#8217;s a cinch to enjoy high definition videos on your television set.</p>
<p>Innovative energy efficient technology<br />
ECO Engine power saving technology: The CR420 comes with MSI&#8217;s exclusive ECO Engine power saving technology which allows you to select from among five power management levels—Video Game, Film, Presentation, Word Processing, and Turbo Battery, to automatically adjust display brightness, on/off switch, sleep mode, and processor performance settings, maximizing battery flexibility and use per charge. </p>
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		<title>CyberPower Announces Fang Series Evo Enhancements for Gaming PCs</title>
		<link>http://www.slashgear.com/cyberpower-announces-fang-series-evo-enhancements-for-gaming-pcs-3099585/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:23:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evan Selleck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to hardcore PC gamers, they know that they&#8217;ve got plenty of options out there to choose from. Manufacturers make a killing off offering the latest and greatest in the market. And, not to be out-done, CyberPower has announced today that they&#8217;re introducing Fang Series Evo enhancements to their gaming PCs. Four different  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/cyberpower-announces-fang-series-evo-enhancements-for-gaming-pcs-3099585/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When it comes to hardcore PC gamers, they know that they&#8217;ve got plenty of options out there to choose from. Manufacturers make a killing off offering the latest and greatest in the market. And, not to be out-done, CyberPower has announced today that they&#8217;re introducing Fang Series Evo enhancements to their gaming PCs. Four different PCs are getting the upgrades, making them some of the most noteworthy gaming PCs out there right now.</p>
<p><img src="http://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Fang-Black-Mamba.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="427" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-99586" /></p>
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<p>Going from one model to the next, the Cobra features an over-clocked Intel Core i7 processor, clocked at 3.84GHz. It also has 6GB of DDR3 RAM, 1TB SATA II, 7,200RPM hard drive, and one NVIDIA GTX 470 graphics card. There&#8217;s a 22X DVD burner in there, too. The Viper gaming PC has an over-clocked Core i7 processor which runs at 3.37GHz. It has 6G of DDR3 RAM, and an ATI Radeon HD 5770 graphics card. It also has a 1TB hard drive and 22X DVD burner. The Rattler features an over-clocked Intel Core i7, clocked at 3.22GHz and featuring 4GB of RAM. There&#8217;s a 1GB ATI Radeon HD 5670 inside the tower as well. Again, there&#8217;s that 1TB hard drive and 22X DVD burner.</p>
<p>The Black Mamba takes the cake, though, with its Core i7-980X processor, over-clocked to reach 4.33GHz. There&#8217;s 12GB of DDR3 RAM, and NVIDIA&#8217;s GTX 480 graphics card, which are liquid cooled. There&#8217;s a pair of 64GB SSD drives, and a 2TB hard drive. Instead of the DVD burner, it has a 4x Blu-ray drive, which is paired with a DVD burner. Features for all of them equal Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit, USB 3.0 ports, and 6Gbps SATA interface. You can start configuring your models starting at $999, right now.</p>
<p>[<a href="http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/08/30/cyberpower.outs.fang.evo.series.gaming.pcs/">via</a> Electronista]</p>

<a href='http://www.slashgear.com/cyberpower-announces-fang-series-evo-enhancements-for-gaming-pcs-3099585/fang-black-mamba/' title='Fang-Black-Mamba'><img width="150" height="100" src="http://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Fang-Black-Mamba-150x100.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Fang-Black-Mamba" /></a>
<a href='http://www.slashgear.com/cyberpower-announces-fang-series-evo-enhancements-for-gaming-pcs-3099585/fang-cobra/' title='Fang Cobra'><img width="150" height="100" src="http://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Fang-Cobra-150x100.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Fang Cobra" /></a>
<a href='http://www.slashgear.com/cyberpower-announces-fang-series-evo-enhancements-for-gaming-pcs-3099585/fang-rattler/' title='Fang Rattler'><img width="150" height="100" src="http://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Fang-Rattler-150x100.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Fang Rattler" /></a>
<a href='http://www.slashgear.com/cyberpower-announces-fang-series-evo-enhancements-for-gaming-pcs-3099585/fang-viper/' title='Fang Viper'><img width="150" height="100" src="http://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Fang-Viper-150x100.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Fang Viper" /></a>

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		<title>AVADirect Clevo B5100M and B7100 Available Now, Feature Optimus Technology</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:07:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evan Selleck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As far as gaming laptops go, a lot of power has to be shoved into a relatively smaller space. Not to say that most gaming laptops out there aren&#8217;t thick devices, but you get the idea. With the newly available Clevo V54100M and B7100 gaming laptops, the size shouldn&#8217;t be your focal point, as they&#8217;ve  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/clevo-b5100m-and-b7100-available-now-feature-optimus-technology-2498835/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As far as gaming laptops go, a lot of power has to be shoved into a relatively smaller space. Not to say that most gaming laptops out there aren&#8217;t thick devices, but you get the idea. With the newly available Clevo V54100M and B7100 gaming laptops, the size shouldn&#8217;t be your focal point, as they&#8217;ve got plenty of features tucked away in there to make any PC gamer want to get their hands one one.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-98836" src="http://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Clevo-Gaming-Notebooks-540x266.jpg" alt="" width="540" height="266" /></p>
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<p>Both laptops feature different screen sizes, but they share one big similarity, too. Tucked away inside is NVIDIA&#8217;s GeForce GT 330M graphics card, also featuring Optimus technology. That means that your computer will automatically optimize your graphics needs, when you need them, making sure that your game plays at its fastest frames per second, and still looks good doing it. It will also extend your battery life, should your next gaming session draw you away from that wall outlet.</p>
<p>Both laptops also feature the ability to shove an Intel Core i5 or i7 processor inside, just for good measure. You can also configure both models to feature upwards of 8GB DDR3 memory. The Clevo B5100M features a 15.4-inch HD display, while the B7100 has a 17.3-inch HD display. They&#8217;re available right now for order, so head on through the source link below to start configuring your new toy.</p>
<p>[<a href="http://www.avadirect.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1418">via</a> AVADirect]</p>
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		<title>iMac Core i7 Review (Mid 2010)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:27:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vincent Nguyen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apple&#8217;s recent refresh of the all-in-one iMac range may not have concurred with all of the preceding rumors, but the main expectation was certainly met: faster processors than ever before. Fresh to the SlashGear test bench is the 27-inch iMac, with the flagship quadcore Intel CPU. Pairing a 2.93GHz Core i7 processor with 4GB of  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/imac-core-i7-review-mid-2010-1898045/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Apple&#8217;s recent refresh of the all-in-one iMac range may not have concurred with all of the preceding rumors, but the main expectation was certainly met: faster processors than ever before.  Fresh to the SlashGear test bench is the 27-inch iMac, with the flagship quadcore Intel CPU.  Pairing a 2.93GHz Core i7 processor with 4GB of DDR3 memory and a 256GB SSD, it certainly promises high performance; it also makes for an expensive buy, $2,799 to specify the same spec as our review unit.  Check out the full SlashGear review after the cut.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-98109" title="Apple-iMac-mid-2010-1" src="http://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Apple-iMac-mid-2010-1-540x472.jpg" alt="" width="540" height="472" /></p>
<p><span id="more-98045"></span>As well as the processor, memory and solid-state storage, there&#8217;s an ATI Radeon HD 5750 GPU with 1GB of its own GDDR5 memory and an 8x SuperDrive DVD burner.  Still no Blu-ray option, of course, and no USB 3.0 ports either; instead Apple gives you four USB 2.0 ports, a FireWire 800 port, audio in/out (each combining analog and digital), gigabit ethernet and a Mini DisplayPort that, on this larger iMac, also functions as an input for hooking up your MacBook Pro.  On the side, as well as the slot-loading optical drive there&#8217;s an SDXC memory card reader (backward compatible with SD/SDHC cards, naturally) while inside there&#8217;s WiFi a/b/g/n and Bluetooth 2.1+EDR.  The latter is used with the bundled Apple Wireless Keyboard and Magic Mouse; the <a title="Magic Trackpad review" href="http://www.slashgear.com/magic-trackpad-review-2895787/" target="_blank">Magic Trackpad</a> launched alongside the new iMacs is an optional extra.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-98114" title="Apple-iMac-mid-2010-25" src="http://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Apple-iMac-mid-2010-25-540x303.jpg" alt="" width="540" height="303" /></p>
<p>While all-in-ones may not be particularly known for their upgrade potential, Apple has made great use of the 27-inch iMac&#8217;s internal space.  The SSD is an option, but so is pairing a regular hard-drive with a solid-state counterpart, each occupying its own internal bay.  The 27-inch model comes with a 1TB, 7,200rpm HDD as standard: you can upgrade that to 2TB or swap it for the 256GB SSD, or combine either HDD with the SSD.  That could be useful for digital media pros looking for the system speed an SSD brings together with the relatively cost-effective storage a traditional HDD delivers.  At this stage, you can&#8217;t combine two SSDs, however.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-98113" title="Apple-iMac-mid-2010-24" src="http://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Apple-iMac-mid-2010-24-417x500.jpg" alt="" width="417" height="500" /></p>
<p>Our wish-list for the iMac gets smaller with each iteration, and right now is pretty much limited to Blu-ray, USB 3.0 and eSATA.  Given Apple&#8217;s general antipathy toward the former, it looks unlikely that the company will include Blu ray any time soon; instead they&#8217;re betting on digital delivery through iTunes.  USB 3.0 and eSATA are trickier: Apple helped lead the way in ditching legacy connections, which might lead you to assume they&#8217;d also be at the forefront in these faster ports, but so far there&#8217;s no sign.</p>
<p>Everything is wrapped up in what&#8217;s perhaps the slickest chassis in Apple&#8217;s line-up today, a smooth unibody aluminum expanse with a simple one-legged desk stand.  Opt for the included wireless peripherals and a WiFi network connection and you can hook up the iMac with a single cable, for power, which snakes neatly out through a purposefully cut hole in the leg.  Up front, most noticeable is the 16:9 aspect 27-inch IPS LCD panel, running at 2560 x 1440 resolution with 375 cd/m2 brightness and 1000:1 contrast ratio.  Hidden behind the glass bezel is an iSight webcam, a microphone and an IR port for use with the optional Apple remote, while underneath are stereo speakers each paired with a 17W amp.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-98110" title="Apple-iMac-mid-2010-21" src="http://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Apple-iMac-mid-2010-21-540x236.jpg" alt="" width="540" height="236" /></p>
<p>The display remains a key selling point for the iMac, being bright, color-rich and having very broad viewing angles.  Think of it as the desktop&#8217;s equivalent of the iPhone 4&#8242;s Retina Display; only a few PC manufacturers offer LCD displays that can compete, and it&#8217;s rare to find one integrated into an all-in-one machine.  Obviously the iMac is at home with movie playback in Full HD, though of course with the absence of Blu-ray you&#8217;re limited to digital content downloaded or side-loaded in 1080p HD resolution.  Standalone media performs well, with the iMac&#8217;s speakers belying the absence of a dedicated subwoofer; thanks to the digital audio output it&#8217;s straightforward to add a 2.1 or 5.1 surround sound system too.</p>
<p>With its superlative specifications, though, it&#8217;s likely content creation rather than consumption that iMac buyers prioritizing this particular model would be occupying themselves with.  It&#8217;s certainly easily capable when it comes to processing video, audio and images.  At the risk of getting geekier, though, there are some good reasons why this is the best iMac to-date.</p>
<p>We ran Geekbench, a synthetic test of processor and memory performance, and the quadcore iMac scored a massive 10099 points.  In contrast, last year&#8217;s Mac Pro &#8211; with a quadcore 2.67GHz Xeon processor and 12GB of memory &#8211; scored 9600.  The current generation entry-level iMac &#8211; with a Core i3-550 dual-core running at 3.2GHz is scoring around 6700 in Geekbench; the machine positioned at the same point in Apple&#8217;s range late last year scored just 4,650.  More importantly, perhaps, is the increase in L3 cache, with the 8MB in the new iMac matching the old Mac Pro (the old iMac lacked L3 cache completely).  Put simply, the L3 cache is used as a high-speed store for data being processed: the more you have, the faster the computer can crunch through whatever it is you&#8217;re working on.  Meanwhile the FSB (Front-Side Bus) is the same 4.80GHz on the quadcore iMac as it is on the old Mac Pro: that&#8217;s the speed of the pathway between CPU and Northbridge, and a potential bottleneck if it&#8217;s not high enough.</p>
<div id='benchmark_table'><span class='head'>Benchmark Score - iMac11,3</span>
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			<td colspan='4'>Mac OS X x86 (64-bit) - Mac OS X 10.6.4 (Build 10F2056)</td>
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			<td >Integer</td>
			<td>Processor integer performance</td>
			<td >8876</td>
			<th class='score' rowspan='4'>10099</th>
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			<td>Floating Point</td>
			<td>Processor floating point performance</td>
			<td>15613</td>
			
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			<td>Memory</td>
			<td>Memory performance</td>
			<td>5240</td>
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			<td >Stream</td>
			<td>Memory bandwidth performance</td>
			<td>4807</td>
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<p>When you start factoring that performance increase in with Apple&#8217;s pricing, the new iMac&#8217;s appeal gets even greater.  First off, consider that &#8211; without the SSD &#8211; you&#8217;re getting Mac Pro (i.e. flagship) performance, plus a brilliant 27-inch display, for less than you&#8217;d pay for the current entry-level Mac Pro with a quadcore 2.8GHz Xeon ($2,199 versus $2,449).  On top of that you&#8217;d need to pair the Mac Pro with a display; the 27-inch LED Cinema Display, using the same panel as the iMac we&#8217;re testing, will be $999 when it arrives next month.</p>
<p>Now, the Mac Pro obviously has some benefits of its own: the four hard-drive bays, faster SuperDrive, speedier CPU options and greater connectivity, for a start.  For most users though, balancing high performance with price, the iMac&#8217;s combination of a slimline form-factor, huge amounts of processing power and integrated display will likely hit the sweet spot that previously only an entry-level Mac Pro would&#8217;ve filled.</p>
<p>From that perspective, the $2,799 of our review unit ($2,199 if you opt for the 1TB HDD instead of the SSD) starts to look a whole lot more reasonable.  Yes, it&#8217;s overkill for most, but that&#8217;s why the 27-inch Core i3 version (at $1,699) is on offer; that model itself delivers around 45-percent more performance (as measured by Geekbench) than its predecessor.  Factor in the quality of the display, design, construction and usability of OS X, and the iMac is not just a fitting flagship but a well-rounded alternative to traditional workstations.  For all those reasons it comes highly recommended. Feel free to drop me questions in the comment section or visit  <a title="Apple iMac" href="http://www.apple.com/imac/" target="_blank">apple.com/imac</a> for more details.</p>

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<p><strong>iMac Mid 2010 Core i7 Specification</strong></p>
<div id='benchmark_table'> <span class='head'>System - iMac11,3</span>
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<tbody>
<tr>
<td class='header'>Manufacturer</td>
<td >Apple</td>
<td class='header'>Product Type</td>
<td >Desktop</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class='header'>Operating System</td>
<td  colspan='3'>Mac OS X 10.6.4 (Build 10F2056)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class='header'>Motherboard</td>
<td  colspan='3'>Apple Inc. Mac-F2238BAE iMac11,3</td>
</tr>
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<td class='header'>Processor</td>
<td  colspan='3'>Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU         870  @ 2.93GHz</td>
<tr>
<td class='header'>Processor ID</td>
<td  colspan='3'>GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 30 Stepping 5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class='header'>Processor Frequency</td>
<td >2.93 GHz</td>
<td class='header'>Processors</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class='header'>Threads</td>
<td >8</td>
<td class='header'>Cores</td>
<td >4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class='header'>L1 Instruction Cache</td>
<td >32.0 KB</td>
<td class='header'>L1 Data Cache</td>
<td >32.0 KB</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class='header'>L2 Cache</td>
<td >256 KB</td>
<td class='header'>L3 Cache</td>
<td >8.00 MB</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class='header'>Memory</td>
<td>4.00 GB 1333 MHz DDR3</td>
<td class='header'>FSB</td>
<td>4.80 GHz</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class='header'>BIOS</td>
<td colspan='3'>Apple Inc.    IM112.88Z.0057.B00.1005031455</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
  
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		<title>ASUS ET2400 Line-Up of All-in-One-PCs Announced, Seven New Models in All</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:56:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evan Selleck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As far as product announcements go, there&#8217;s no better way for a company to make an imapact than to announce a whole bunch of new things, all at once. That&#8217;s the mind state for ASUS today, anyway, as the company has just announced that seven brand new all-in-one-PCs will be hitting the market some time  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/asus-et2400-line-up-of-all-in-one-pcs-announced-seven-new-models-in-all-1798037/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As far as product announcements go, there&#8217;s no better way for a company to make an imapact than to announce a whole bunch of new things, all at once. That&#8217;s the mind state for ASUS today, anyway, as the company has just announced that <em>seven</em> brand new all-in-one-PCs will be hitting the market some time in the near future. While they announce plenty about the PCs themselves, there&#8217;s still a couple of very important things missing from the announcement.</p>
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<p>All of the new PCs feature the same internals, for the most part. They can be switched around based on your preferences, of course. But you get the idea. At the top of the list, though, is the ET2400XVT, which features a 1.73GHz quad core Intel Core i7 CPU. It also has a 120Hz 3D panel. The processors are where the main differences lie, though. They range from dual-core Pentium and AMD Athlon II X2 systems, all the way up to Intel Core i3 and i5 CPUs. Storage capacities come in 7,200RPM 320GB, 500GB, or 1TB models, while all models share 2GB of RAM.</p>
<p>Each model also has support for Bluetooth 3.0, USB 3.0, and have dual-layer DVD drives. We&#8217;re sure plenty of folks out there would have preferred Blu-ray, especially in the ET2400XVT, so you should be happy in knowing that you can add it, as an extra option. You can also choose TV Tuners, HDMI outputs, and on the ET2400XVT you can even get NVIDIA&#8217;s 3D Vision. Unfortunately, those couple of things we said were missing? Yeah, price and release date. We wouldn&#8217;t be surprised to hear that the majority of these systems went pretty cheap, but that XVT will probably cost a couple of dollars with all of the extra thrown in.</p>
<p>[<a href="http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/08/17/asus.shows.et2400.all.in.one.pcs.with.hd.screens/">via</a> Electronista]</p>
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		<title>Eurocom Panther 2.0 Mobile Gaming Station Launching Later This Month</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[When we see laptops now-a-days, the general rule of thumb is that thinner is better. But, when you want a small bit of mobility with your gaming rig, that thinness gets dropped out the window. After all, if you want the same guts that go into a desktop, shoved into a frame like a laptop,  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/eurocom-panther-2-0-mobile-gaming-station-launching-later-this-month-1798034/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When we see laptops now-a-days, the general rule of thumb is that thinner is better. But, when you want a small bit of mobility with your gaming rig, that thinness gets dropped out the window. After all, if you want the same guts that go into a desktop, shoved into a frame like a laptop, you can&#8217;t expect every miracle to be granted. In the case of Eurocom&#8217;s Panter 2.0 mobile gaming station, just from the looks of it you&#8217;re obviously getting quite the powerhouse.</p>
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<p>The display is 17.3-inches, for the record. But, you have plenty of options to choose from here. You can go with the GTX 480M Fermi GPU, or with NVIDIA&#8217;s Quadro 5000M. You can even ratchet up the CPU speeds all the way up to 3.33GHz (or more, if you really need to), thanks to the Intel Core i7-980X CPU. And, you need RAM, right? How does upwards of 24GB sound to you? Because you can make that happen, too.</p>
<p>If that doesn&#8217;t sound good to you, and you&#8217;re more of a fan of ATI&#8217;s way of doing things, you can choose Mobility Radeon HD 5870 GPUs. The press release is ridiculously informative, so take a gander at that below for the full detail breakdown. However, there&#8217;s no word on pricing, but we&#8217;ll go ahead and assume that this is going to cost a bit more than a pretty penny.</p>
<p><strong>Press Release</strong></p>
<p>Eurocom launches Panther 2.0 – the World&#8217;s First Notebook with NVIDIA&#8217;s SLI GeForce GTX 480M Fermi and ATi CrossFireX Radeon Mobility HD5870, 6-core Intel i7 980X Extreme and Xeon Processors, 3TB of storage with RAID 0,1,5, 10 for On-the-Go Workstation, Gaming or Server use.</p>
<p>Eurocom, the world&#8217;s leading developer of highly personalized, high-performance notebook PCs and energy efficient All-in-One PCs, introduced the EUROCOM Panther 2.0 super notebook for Gaming, Workstation or Server use powered by NVIDIA SLI Fermi GPUs and Intel&#8217;s line of 6-core i7-980x and Xeon 5600 series LGA1366 processors.</p>
<p>EUROCOM Panther 2.0 provides workstation and server-calibre capabilities with up to 3TB (Terabytes!) of storage with four internal physical hard drives and RAID 0/1/5/10, super-powerful 3.33 GHz Intel Core i7 Processor Extreme Edition i7-980X; or 3.33 GHz XEON X5680 processors running at 6.4GT/sec bus speed, Gigabit Ethernet port on-board (quad port optional), HDMI in and out ports, eSATA, DVi ports, with a 17.3&#8243; Full HD 1920&#215;1080 LED backlit display and full size keyboard.</p>
<p>Featuring workstation-class or server-class Intel Core i7 Extreme or Xeon Processor and up to 24GB of DDR3-1600 memory, the EUROCOM Panther 2.0 also features the largest storage capacity on the market today – a whopping 3 TB with RAID 0/1/5/10 with four physical hard drives &#8211; making it the perfect mobile workstation or server laptop for users who demand extra-large capacity storage and reliability for a true portable server / workstation experience.</p>
<p>EUROCOM Panther 2.0 supports most of 64-bit operating systems available on the market from Microsoft Windows 7 or Server 2008 up to Red Hat; VMware or Solaris.</p>
<p>KEY SPECIFICATIONS:<br />
- 17.3-inch Full HD; 1920-by-1080 pixels; LED Backlit; Glossy Surface<br />
- Upgradeable Processor: Intel i7-980X Extreme or Xeon 5500/5600; 4 and 6-cores; LGA1366; 32nm technology; 65W-130W<br />
- Supports Intel&#8217;s XTU (eXtreme Tuning Utility) and XMP (eXtreme Memory Profile) functions<br />
- Upgradeable Graphics: MXM 3.0b; up to 100W per card; supports both single or dual GPU operation, and both CrossfireX and SLI; NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M (Fermi); Quadro FX 2800M/FX 3800M/FX 5000M; ATi Radeon Mobility HD5870<br />
- Storage: up to 4 physical drives (mechanical or SSD); RAID 0/1/5/10; over 3TB of storage<br />
- Optical Drive: Choice of DVD Burner, Blu Ray Reader for Blu Ray Burner<br />
- Card Reader: MS/MS Pro/MS Duo/SD/Mini-SD/SDHC/SDXC compatible/MMC/RSMMC<br />
- Built in TouchPad with multi-gesture and scrolling function<br />
- Five instant buttons: Volume Up/Down, Mute, WiFi On/Off, Bluetooth On/Off<br />
- Sound System: High Definition Audio, S/PDIF output; Microphone; 5 speakers; subwoofer; Dolby Home Theater<br />
- Ports: 2x USB 3.0; 3x USB 2.0; HDMI-in 1.4; HDMI-out; DVI-DL; eSata; IEEE1394b; S/PDIF; Headphone; Microphone; Audio Line-in; RJ-45; CATV-in<br />
- Power: Auto Switching 300 Watts AC Adapter 100-240V; DC 20V 15A; Smart Li-Ion Battery 88.8WH; Battery time approx 1 hour<br />
- Dimensions: WxDxH 419x286x56.5-60.7mm/16.76&#215;11.44&#215;2.26-2.43inch<br />
- Weight: 5.3kg/11.66lbs including battery and ODD</p>
<p>Driving the system is the 6-core Intel 3.33GHz Extreme Edition i7-980X processor with bus speeds of up to 6.4GT/sec and 8MB of L3 cache, which delivers exceptional multi-tasking and multi-threaded performance. It also supports the newest line of Intel Core i7 Xeon 6-cores processors X5600 series.</p>
<p>The following Processors are supported:<br />
- 2.80 GHz; i7-930 Intel Core i7 Processor; 4-Cores 8-Threads; 8MB cache; 4.8GT/s; LGA1366; 32nm; 130W<br />
- 3.20 GHz; i7-970 Intel Core i7 Processor; 6-cores 12-threads; 12MB cache; 4.8GT/s; LGA1366; 32nm; 130W<br />
- 3.20 GHz; i7-960 Intel Core i7 Processor; 4-cores 8-threads; 8MB cache; 4.8GT/s; LGA1366; 45nm; 130W<br />
- 3.33 GHz i7-980X Intel Core i7 Extreme; 6-cores; 8MB L3; 6.4GT/s; LGA1366; 32nm; 130W<br />
- 2.66 GHz Intel Xeon X5650 Processor; 6-cores; 12MB L3; 6.4GT/s; LGA1366; 32nm; 95W<br />
- 2.80 GHz Intel Xeon X5660 Processor; 6-cores; 12MB L3; 6.4GT/s; LGA1366; 32nm; 95W<br />
- 2.93 GHz Intel Xeon X5670 Processor; 6-cores; 12MB L3; 6.4GT/s; LGA1366; 32nm; 95W<br />
- 3.33 GHz Intel Xeon Processor X5680; 6-cores; 12MB L3 cache; 6.4GT/s; QPI=2; LGA1366; 32nm; 130W<br />
- 3.33 GHz Intel Xeon Processor W3680; 6-cores; 12MB L3; 6.4GT/s; QPI=1; LGA1366; 32nm; 130W</p>
<p>The EUROCOM Panther 2.0, which measures 15.8&#8243; x 11.9&#8243; x 2.05&#8243; and weights under 12lbs, also supplies tremendous SATA-300 storage (up to 3TB using four drives). Customers may also choose between RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 for the ultimate transfer rates and application load times or redundancy.</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a server or workstation-calibre computer complete with built-in Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS) in a 12 pound notebook form factor,&#8221; said Mark Bialic, President of Eurocom. &#8220;This is one extremely fast notebook that offers server or workstation calibre capabilities. It is designed to replace traditional desktop based workstations. It offers incredibly high ROI by allowing companies to be more productive and offer new &#8220;on the go&#8221; CAD/CAM services while greatly reducing overall IT management costs&#8221;.</p>
<p>EUROCOM WORKSTATION-CLASS NOTEBOOKS<br />
Mobile Workstation is a new category of workstation-class notebooks designed to replace a desktop-based workstation for a professional user. With unrivalled power, unsurpassed features and portability, the Mobile Workstation is the ultimate evolution of the Desktop Replacement notebook.</p>
<p>With the release of mobile workstations, Eurocom has taken the next step in the evolution of the desktop replacement by combining workstation like features, power and flexibility with desktop replacement technology.</p>
<p>Mobile Workstation is the most powerful notebook on the market. Featuring the most innovative computer technologies; they are engineered for the highest quality, best performance, long-term stability and serviceability. As a single computing solution, mobile workstation provides a perfect alternative to a traditional workstation class desktop computer system.</p>
<p>EUROCOM mobile workstations are designed specifically for high-end professional and graphics users demanding maximum performance and power when running professional applications such as CAD/CAM/CAE, 3D animation, 3D simulation, engineering, financial simulations, math, forensic, 3D imaging, mapping and charting, satellite image processing, GIS, or medical software, or graphics work.</p>
<p>Key Benefits of Mobile Workstations<br />
- Reduced IT Management costs (one piece of equipment to move around)<br />
- Improved Productivity (anytime, anywhere)<br />
- Increased Revenue Growth (allows introduction of new services, i.e. CAD/CAM/CAE consulting/training on-the-go)<br />
- Improved reliability of data (internal battery = built-in UPS)<br />
- Reduced equipment cost (single computer solution)<br />
- Reduced litigation costs due to intellectual properties rights (out-of-the office consulting)</p>
<p>Specific Vertical Markets:<br />
- Aerospace (CAM/CAE/CAD)<br />
- Manufacturing<br />
- Architecture<br />
- Education (Departments of Architecture, Engineering, Geography, Animation, Video Production; GIS)<br />
- Financial sector<br />
- Forensic (i.e. FBI Criminal Labs)<br />
- Governments (Department of Fisheries and Oceans; Army; Navy; Public Works/Engineering; GIS)<br />
- Military (Mapping, Charting, Imaging, Navigation)<br />
- Medical (Imaging)<br />
- Software Development (Databases, CRM, Operating)<br />
- Training</p>
<p>Mobile workstations feature the most advanced computer technology, such as:<br />
- High-performance Processors: Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition or XEON processors<br />
- 64-bit hardware and multiple operating systems support (Windows Pro 64, Vista64, Server2008, Red Hat)<br />
- 24 GB of high performance memory,<br />
- up to 3TB of storage with multiple high performance SATA-300 hard drives<br />
- RAID 0/1/5/10 for extra performance, data redundancy or automatic backups<br />
- High performance VGA graphics including NVIDIA&#8217;s SLI GTX 480M, Quadro FX 3800M and FX 5000M or ATi&#8217;s CrossfireX HD5870<br />
- Up to 4GB of video and the fastest graphics SLI<br />
- Large displays (17.3&#8243; or 18.4&#8243;) in a portable form factor<br />
- Blu Ray and DVD Burning-on the-Go<br />
- High Performance 1 Gigabit LAN on-board and support for 2nd 1Gigabit LAN interface<br />
- 102-key desktop-like full size keyboards with separate numeric keypad<br />
- Multiple I/O Ports: USB 2.0/3.0 ports, FireWire ports, HDMI in/out ports; DVI Dual Link ports for multiple external monitors, S-Video In ports for digital video cameras, media card readers, Optical digital and analog audio I/O, built-in microphone and stereo speakers<br />
- Excellent Wireless: internal up to 450Mbps WLAN 802.11a/b/g/n and Bluetooth 2.0<br />
- Internal battery allows uninterrupted operation in case of power failure.<br />
- Excellent Surround Sound System with SRS WOW technology<br />
- Optional internal TV Tuner for Digital and/or Analog Video Input</p>
<p>EUROCOM MOBILE SERVER NOTEBOOK TECHNOLOGY<br />
Mobile Server is a new category of notebooks designed with a professional user in mind. Software and/or database developers, training centers, military personnel, emergency relief organizations and service organizations who must frequently travel, yet need access to powerful computing, are the core target for Mobile Servers.</p>
<p>With unrivaled power, unsurpassed features and unmatched style, the Mobile Servers are the ultimate extension of the Eurocom Mobile Workstation notebook technology.</p>
<p>With the release of mobile servers, Eurocom has taken the next step in the evolution of the desktop replacement and workstation by combining server like features, power, reliability and flexibility with desktop replacement technology. Mobile Server is the most powerful notebook on the market. It is engineered for the highest quality, best performance, long-term stability and latest computing technology.</p>
<p>Mobile Server features the most innovative and stable computer technologies available on the market such as the fastest processors, x64 Operating Systems, the most advanced VGA technology, multiple optical drives and multiple Hard Drives offering RAID 0/1/5/10, large displays and full size 102-key keyboards Eurocom Mobile Server – key specifications Eurocom mobile servers are designed specifically for IT professionals and software developers demanding All-in-One server capabilities within maximum performance and power when running and/or testing professional applications such as databases, CRM, etc.</p>
<p>Mobile Servers feature the most advanced computer technology, such as:<br />
- High-performance upgradeable 64-bit 4-and 6-core Intel XEON processors<br />
- Fully 64-bit compliant hardware<br />
- 24 GB or more of high performance memory,<br />
- Large capacity, high performance, redundant storage with RAID 0/1/5/10, four physical hard drives and up to 3TB of storage<br />
- On-Board 1Gigabit Ethernet; 2nd NIC (Fiber, Quad) available via ExpressCard slot or Expansion Box<br />
- Internal 17.3-inch LED backlit display<br />
- Internal built-in battery; 1 hour of battery backup in case of power failure<br />
- High capacity optical Re-writable Blu Ray drive storage, perfect data backup<br />
- Long lifespan<br />
- Built-in 102-key desktop-like full size keyboard with separate numeric keypad<br />
- Multiple I/O Ports: 1Gigabit Ethernet LAN; 4 USB 2.0, FireWire, serial and parallel ports, CRT and DVI-D for 2 external displays. Optional 2nd Gigabit Ethernet is available via PC Express slot.<br />
- Wireless: Built-in WLAN 802.11a/g/n and Bluetooth 2.0</p>
<p>Full Upgradeability and Full Customization EUROCOM mobile workstations and servers are built on a customized basis so that users can select the individual configurations they require. EUROCOM systems offer stylish all-in-one design, superb performance, upgradeability and the latest computing technology. All EUROCOM mobile servers are fully upgradeable including Hard Drive(s), memory, optical drives, processors and graphics to prolong their lifespan.</p>
<p>About Eurocom<br />
Eurocom is the world&#8217;s leading developer of portable computing technology, highly customized, high-performance notebook PCs. The company was founded on the belief that it could revolutionize the PC world with Desktop Replacement Technology, its designs and advanced engineering techniques typically unseen in the computer industry.</p>
<p>The company has produced many firsts, such as manufacturing the world&#8217;s first notebook with a 3.5-inch desktop hard drive, 102-keys full-size keyboard, upgradeable notebook VGA technology, integrating RAID 0,1,5, 10 technologies into the notebook or incorporating desktop processors into a notebook designs. .</p>
<p>Eurocom continues to engineer well-balanced, state-of-the-art machines that inspire and enable individuals to reach great possibilities. For more information on Eurocom or to customize a machine, visit www.eurocom.com.</p>
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		<title>Mini Motorcycle Turned Into Computer Case</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:53:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evan Selleck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to casemods, we&#8217;ve seen plenty. And while most of them are pretty awesome in their own right, it&#8217;s tough to say that we&#8217;ve seen any really unique ones. Today marks a day when we can officially cross that little dream off of our list of dreams. Because, as you can see from  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/mini-motorcycle-turned-into-computer-case-0396372/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When it comes to casemods, we&#8217;ve seen plenty. And while most of them are pretty awesome in their own right, it&#8217;s tough to say that we&#8217;ve seen any <em>really unique</em> ones. Today marks a day when we can officially cross that little dream off of our list of dreams. Because, as you can see from the image below, that looks exactly like a motorcycle that should have been destined for something like a real-world TRON, but it&#8217;s really an amazing computer case.</p>
<p><img src="http://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Mini-Motorcycle-Case-540x378.jpg" alt="" width="540" height="378" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-96374" /></p>
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<p>What makes it better, though, is the fact that this computer case was, in fact, a real, functioning mini motorcycle. And, while it used to be able to go 70 mph, now it&#8217;s able to reach new high speeds, all in a different way. Tucked away inside this glowing piece of tech is an Intel Core i7 920 CPU planted on an ASUS PST motherboard. Other hardware includes an EVGA 9800 GTX+ graphics card, 3GB of DDR3-1333 RAM, and 1TB of storage. So after it attracts your eye with all of those beautiful colors, you&#8217;ll be happy to actually use it, too, as it will let you race around the Internet and your computer, just like it used to on the streets.</p>
<p>[<a href="http://technabob.com/blog/2010/08/02/pocketbike-i7-motorcycle-casemod/">via</a> Technabob]</p>
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		<title>CyberPower Gamer Xtreme Series Now Offers Unlocked Core i5 and i7 Processors</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 20:05:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evan Selleck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apparently, CyberPower wanted to try their hand at the limelight today, because after they just went ahead and announced a couple pieces of hardware for your 3D gaming needs, they&#8217;ve also declared that they&#8217;re going to start offering up unlocked Intel Core processors as well. Both of the new offerings put up the Intel Core  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/cyberpower-gamer-xtreme-series-now-offers-unlocked-core-i5-and-i7-processors-0488463/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Apparently, <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/tags/cyberpower/">CyberPower</a> wanted to try their hand at the limelight today, because after they just <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/cyberpower-launches-nvidia-3d-vision-gaming-machines-0488277/">went ahead and announced</a> a couple pieces of hardware for your 3D gaming needs, they&#8217;ve also declared that they&#8217;re going to start offering up unlocked Intel Core processors as well.</p>
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<p>Both of the new offerings put up the Intel Core i5 and Core i7 processors from the K Series. CyberPower is all set to start ordering the Intel Core i7-875K and Core i5-655 for their Gamer Xtreme series of desktop PCs. You also have a choice of your graphics, with the ability to go with the NVIDIA GTX or ATI 5800 cards.</p>
<p>The best news of the day, though, is the fact that CyberPower didn&#8217;t go the obvious way that many probably figured they would, and hike up the prices to make the whole thing seem ridiculous. Instead, you can pick up a base model with these features starting at just $699. That means you can take the time to build up your machine, along with the fact you can overclock them at your own leisure.</p>
<p><strong>Press Release</strong>:</p>
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<p>CyberPower Inc. has announced the new Intel &#8220;K&#8221; series processors that feature Intel&#8217;s advanced Turbo Boost technology and an unlocked CPU multiplier. CyberPower will feature these new K series processors in its Gamer Xtreme series of desktop PCs.</p>
<p>   CyberPower Gamer Xtreme with Intel Series K Unlocked CPU<br />
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</p>
<p>PR Log (Press Release) – Jun 01, 2010 – BALDWIN PARK, CA &#8211; CyberPower Inc., www.cyberpowerpc.com wants you to unlock and unleash your desktop gaming power when it today announces the new Intel &#8220;K&#8221; series processors that feature Intel&#8217;s advanced Turbo Boost technology and an unlocked CPU multiplier.  Engineered for the ultimate overclocker, the K series processors allow you to push the power above and beyond. </p>
<p>CyberPower will feature these new K series processors in its Gamer Xtreme series of desktop PCs to give gaming enthusiasts power, performance, and flexibility to their computing experience. When combined with any NVIDIA GTX Series and/or ATI 5800 Series video cards, CyberPower gives you the processing and graphics power to rip apart every single game and dominate the opposition. </p>
<p>&#8220;We are excited that CyberPower will feature the new Intel(r) Core(tm) i7-875K and Intel(r) Core(tm) i5-655 processors in its Gamer Xtreme series of desktop PCs. These new processors offer many advanced features to help PC enthusiasts get the most out of their overclocking experience,&#8221; said Eric Thompson, Director of NA Channels, Intel Corporation.   </p>
<p>The starting price for a CyberPower system based on these new CPUs will be $699. The unlocked Gamer Xtreme series can be optionally factory overclocked by CyberPower. You can also customize your unlocked gaming system with CyberPower&#8217;s Advanced Hydro Liquid Cooling with an additional number of SSD, extreme performance memory, and other peripheral components options at the company website. </p>
<p>All systems are pre-loaded with Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit Operating System to enhance your gaming and multimedia experience. All CyberPower computer systems come with a 3-year limited warranty and free lifetime phone support. </p>
<p>Additionally, to celebrate the launch of the K series processors, CyberPower has teamed up with Intel to give away brand new systems based on the new processors. For more information, please visit CyberPower&#8217;s Facebook page.</p>
<p># # #</p>
<p>About CyberPower Inc. </p>
<p>CyberPower Inc. www.cyberpowerpc.com was founded in 1998 and has emerged as one of the leading custom computer system manufacturers. Headquartered in Baldwin Park in Southern California, CyberPower manufactures and distributes a complete line of custom built Gaming Desktops, Gaming notebooks and high performance workstations to meet the unique needs of gamers, businesses, government agencies, educational institutions and other end-users. For more information contact: Sales (800) 707-0393; Email cyberpower@cyberpowerpc.com.</p>
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