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Gelid Solutions release 1st CPU cooler.

Written Wednesday 8th October 2008

Gelid Solutions, a new company this year, have released their first CPU cooler the Silent Spirit.

With features such as heat-pipe technology, PWM control and anti-vibration mounts, it looks like it might be a challenger to the more established cooler manufacturers.

Read the press release on our forums

ATI Radeon™ HD 4550 and ATI Radeon™ HD 4350 Released.

Written Thursday 2nd October 2008

Following hot on the heals of the HD4600, ATI have announced the HD4550 and HD4350 to complete their line up.

£33 will buy you 512MB of DDR3 memory, 80 stream processors, an HDMI output and a TDP of less than 20W

With the Radeon HD 4800 cards covering the top-end, and the 4600 cards covering the mid-range, AMD has now decided to complete its plan for graphics domination with two new 55nm chips at the lower end of the scale; the Radeon HD 4550 and 4350.

See the press release on our forums

Written Thursday 2nd October 2008

Noctua release dedicated Xeon and Opteron coolers.

Written Thursday 25th September 2008

Noctua, Austrian purveuoyrs of silent cooling, have today announced the release of a couple of new coolers designed specifically for use on Intel Xeon or AMD Opteron dual processor systems. Based on the successfull NH-U12 CPU coolers the new DX (dual Xeon) and DO (Dual Opteron) coolers are available now.

ASUS N series Notebooks Released

Written Wednesday 24th September 2008

ASUS have been at it again and yesterday announced the release of a new range of notebooks, the N Series

Comprising of 4 very different machines, the range starts with the N10 with its spinky little 10.2" screen up to the N80, designed for the buisiness man on the move, the range boasts that it will boot-up in under 8 seconds.

Look for a review on A Byte Apart soon.

AMD Introduces Radeon HD 4600

Written Wednesday 10th September 2008

AMD today announced the ATI RadeonTM HD 4600 series, mainstream graphics offerings that deliver exceptional gaming and HD multimedia performance while consuming less power than a standard light bulb.2 Comprising the ATI Radeon™ HD 4670 and the ATI Radeon™ HD 4650 graphics cards, the ATI Radeon HD 4600 series leverages the leading technology found in the award-winning ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 series, including support for the latest DirectX® 10.1 games, superior HD multimedia capabilities and industry leading performance-per-watt3, all delivered at affordable prices for the mainstream graphics segment. The combined features and technologies and incredible prices makes the ATI Radeon HD 4600 series a superb all-around performer, ideal for playing the latest games or driving a high quality home theatre entertainment experience.

Please read the press release in our forums and see the specs at the AMD website.

Written Tuesday 9th September 2008

Today AMD announced the launch of three new energy efficient Phenom™ X3 triple-core processors.

Main points:

The Phenom™ X3 triple-core processors have been added to AMD’s desktop line up including their first Black Edition triple-core that features Clock Multiplier Control and tunable performance

These deliver greater choice and flexibility for consumers who want to customise PCs for energy-efficiency and performance gaming.

AMD have also launched their new Optimum Platform for Virtualisation with Microsoft. Main points:

AMD Opteron™ processors with AMD Virtualisation™ (AMD-V™) technology together with Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V to deliver significant efficiencies to enterprises large and small. The combined AMD and Microsoft product offering to help reduce cost, complexity and energy consumption.

Please read the press release on our forums

Rock produce 1st nVidia 9650M GT notebook.

Written Thursday 21st August 2008

Rock, the UK’s no.1 performance notebook manufacturer, is pleased to unveil the world’s first notebook to be powered by nVidia’s revolutionary new 9650M GT graphics, the new Pegasus 520. The new 15.4” rock notebook, with its abundance of features and breakthrough technologies is the ideal platform for taking both work and entertainment on the move.

See the press release in our forums or read more detail on the Rock website

ZEROtherm BTF90 CPU Cooler

Written Thursday 17th May 2007

Please take a look at our latest review of the ZEROtherm BTF90 CPU Cooler

If you are interested, check out the review by clicking on the picture below.

Logitech Freepulse Wireless Headphones

Written Wednesday 25th April 2007

Please take a look at our latest review of the Logitech Freepulse Wireless Headphones

If you are interested, check out the review by clicking on the picture below.