CES 2013: Corsair Voyager Air Offers Wireless Mobile Storage and Home NAS Support

Subject: General Tech, Networking, Storage, Mobile | January 8, 2013 - 09:00 AM | Morry Teitelman
Tagged: wi-fi, Voyager Air, NAS, mobile, corsair, CES

The newest member member of the Corsair Voyager family of devices, the Voyager Air, drives Corsair's entry into the home networking arena with their all-in-one mobile drive and home NAS (network attached storage) solution.

Courtesy of Corsair

The Voyager Air is as versatile as it is sleek, with support for the following hiding beneath its stylish hood:

• Up to 1TB capacity drive
• Rechargeable battery
• Wi-Fi (802.11n/b/g), GigE Ethernet, and USB 3.0 support built-in
• Wireless hub support for shared internet support via passthrough technology

Courtesy of Corsair

The Voyager Air comes in a variety of colors as well, more than enough to match anyone's sense of style. According to Corsair, the Voyager Air units should be accessible at an electronics retailer near you in a 500GB model for $179.99 MRSP and a 1TB model for $219.99 MSRP.

Press release after the break.

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CES 2013: Corsair Next-Gen Vengeance Series Gaming Keyboards, Mice, Mouse Mats, and Headset Drivers

Subject: General Tech | January 8, 2013 - 09:00 AM | Morry Teitelman
Tagged: vengeance, mouse, MM600, M95, M65, keyboard, K95, gaming mat, gaming headset, corsair, CES

Corsair upgraded their Vengeance line of products with the Vengeance K95 Gaming Keyboard, Vengeance M95 and M65 mice, Vengeance MM600 Gaming Mat, and driver enhancements for the Vengeance 200 Wireless Gaming Headset.

Vengeance K95 Gaming Keyboard

Courtesy of Corsair

The Vengeance K95 Gaming Keyboard is an evolutionary step in the growth of Corsair's award-winning keyboard line. Corsair used the K90 keyboard as a foundation, and added a brushed-aluminum chassis and Cherry MX key mechanical switches on all keys. Additionally, the K95 keyboard features 18 programmable macro keys and a 1ms reporting rate.

Courtesy of Corsair

Corsair further enhanced the original K90's design by added individually back-lit keys with adjustable light intensity. The keyboard back-lighting can be macro-controlled and is adjustable to four pre-set levels.

The Vengeance K95 Gaming Keyboard will be available at a retailer near you in January at an MSRP of $149.99.

The Vengeance Gaming Mouse - Enhanced

Building on a successful design, Corsair pushed the envelope with the Vengeance M95 and M65 Gaming Mice. Both are encased in stylishly designed uni-body aluminum chassis and feature the Avago Technologies ADNS-9800 LaserStream™ gaming sensor. With this sensor, both mice boast a maximum tracking resolution of 8200 DPI more than enough to defeat any electronic foe.

Vengeance M95 Gaming Mouse

Courtesy of Corsair

The Vengeance M95 Gaming Mouse has been fully optimized for MMO (Massively Multiplayer Online) gamers with 15 intuitively placed, programmable buttons. Further, the M95's on-board memory can store up to six macro profiles.

Courtesy of Corsair

The M95 Gaming Mouse also includes a fully back-lit mouse-wheel house area and back-lit buttons. The Vengeance M95 is available in both Gunmetal Black and Arctic White colors.

The Vengeance M95 Gaming Mouse will be available at a retailer near you in January at an MSRP of $79.99.

Vengeance M65 Gaming Mouse

Courtesy of Corsair

The Vengeance M65 Gaming Mouse was designed with FPS (First Person Shooter) gamers in mind with a programmable Sniper button, instantly adjustable DPI, and adjustable center of gravity. The Sniper button is the red thumb button on the left side of the mouse, placed for easy access for instant toggle action.

Courtesy of Corsair

Courtesy of Corsair

Similar to the M95, the M65 Gaming Mouse includes a fully back-lit mouse-wheel house area and back-lit buttons. The Vengeance M65 is available in Gunmetal Black, Military Green, and Arctic White colors.

The Vengeance M65 Gaming Mouse will be available at a retailer near you in January at an MSRP of $69.99.

Vengeance MM600 Dual-sided Gaming Mat

Corsair designed the MM600 Dual-side Gaming Mat to appeal to many types of gamers. One side of the mat has a more textured design for superior mouse control, while the other side is a smooth texture for high-speed gliding. The MM600 is designed with a 3mm piece of aircraft-grade aluminum at its heart to provide a rigid surface and is encased in a specially designed polymer for superior performance and longevity. Additionally, Corsair includes non-slip rubber corners on the mat so that the surface stays in place during those critical fragging moments.

The Vengeance MM600 Dual-sided Gaming Mat will be available at a retailer near you in January at an MSRP of $39.99.

Vengeance 2000 Wireless Gaming Headset Driver Update

To further enhance you audio gaming experience, Corsair will be releasing driver support for the Dolby 2.0 Headphone spec on the Vengeance 2000 Wireless Gaming Headset series. With this updated support, the Vengeance 2000 series will fully support audio delivery in full 7.1-channel surround sound. Corsair expects to release this update sometime in February.

Press release after the break.

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CES 2013: Corsair Raptor Yields Apter Adapters

Subject: General Tech, Cases and Cooling, Shows and Expos | January 8, 2013 - 09:00 AM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: raptor gaming, corsair, ces 2013, CES

Corsair purchased German peripheral company, Raptor Gaming, in the middle of last August. Today Corsair announced the availability of a whole line of Raptor products to complement their well-known Vengeance series. Now Corsair has two whole product lines to populate with goodies.

The Raptor line currently consists of PC gaming keyboards, mice, and headsets. The line should be available immediately in both the United States as well as Raptor’s home country of Germany.

The main advantage of the Raptor product line is that they contain “more conventional materials”, as per Corsair’s description, to broaden their price spectrum. As an example, while the Vengeance line of keyboards is mechanical, the Raptor should be based on membrane-dome technology found in the common keyboard.

If you are not in the US or Germany, other regions should be added within the next 6 months.

Press release after the break.

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Hey Would You Look at That We Are Not Dead. Also, Prizes!

Subject: General Tech | December 21, 2012 - 11:53 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: corsair

So now that we have all made it through the end of the Mayan calendar distinctly not dead, Corsair would like to celebrate by giving away free stuff. Naturally only now that they realize that their possessions still hold value is when they will part with them.

Trollolololol.

All joking aside, Corsair is giving away a really epic custom-built PC. As much as we make fun of obscene wattage power supplies, the Corsair 300R case is backed by a 1200W USB-monitored power supply. While you might not be arc-welding the parts together, with two Asus GeForce GTX 680s and an Intel 3770K CPU it makes good sense to have a whole lot of amperage at your disposal.

In order to join the contest you will need to like the page on Facebook. You will have until the 11th of January at 11:59 PM Pacific time to enter. While we are reporting on the contest, it is in no way affiliated with PC Perspective.

Two low cost, high value cases with numbers in their names

Subject: Cases and Cooling | November 29, 2012 - 03:35 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: corsair, Carbide Series 200R, antec, Three Hundred Two

Generally this contest would be a little more balanced but thanks to the $20 MIR at NewEgg the Corsair Carbide 200R is a mere $30 while Antec's Three Hundred Two will run you $70.  Both cases have a similar look, with the Corsair case being slightly shorter and thinner but longer than the Antec offering.  Both can handle heatsinks up to 7" (17.7mm) with the Corsair case able to handle GPUs of up to 16.5", which is 4" more than the Antec case.  Then again only the Antec case is set up to handle mini-ITX motherboards, which makes planning your system ahead of the purchase of one of these cases a very good idea.  The Tech Report compares these two cases in their latest review, see which case walked away with the award.

"We've compared the successor to Antec's famous Three Hundred enclosure to a new, similarly priced entrant, the Carbide Series 200R—Corsair's cheapest enclosure ever. The results may surprise you."

Here are some more Cases & Cooling reviews from around the web:

CASES & COOLING

• Silverstone Sugo SG09 SFF Case Review @ Hardware Canucks
• Antec ISK110 VESA M-ITX Chassis @ eTeknix
• Enermax Ostrog Giant Case Review @ Hardware Secrets
• Nanoxia Deep Silence 1 Case @ AnandTech
• Fractal Design Node 304 mITX Case Review: Paving the Way to the Future @ AnandTech
• Fractal Design NODE 304 @ techPowerUp
• Cooler Master CM Storm Stryker Computer Case Review @ Madshrimps
• BitFenix Ghost PC Chassis @ eTeknix
• Corsair Hydro Series H60 High Performance Liquid Cooler Review @ Pro-Clockers
• Corsair H80i Liquid CPU Cooler @ Kitguru
• Corsair H100i @ Guru of 3D
• Keeping it Cool: Corsair Hydro H60 Update and H55 Review @ Techgage
• NZXT Respire T20 and T40 Heatsink Video Overview @ Hi Tech Legion
• Looking for the BEST CPU Cooler? Use Frostytech's Top 5 Heatsink Charts
• Be Quiet! Shadow Rock TopFlow CPU Cooler @ eTeknix
• Xigmatek Prime SD1484 CPU Cooler @ FunkyKit
• Arctic Cooling Alpine 64 Plus Cooler @ Kitguru
• NZXT Respire T20 and T40 CPU Cooler Review: Changing the Perception of Value Priced Cooling @Hi Tech Legion
• Silverstone Heligon HE01 Heatsink Review @ Frostytech
• Noctua NH-L9i and NH-L9a Low Profile CPU Cooler Review @ Hi Tech Legion
• Rosewill AIOLOS CPU Cooler Review @ Hardware Secrets
• Sapphire Vapor-X CPU Cooler @ eTeknix

Nine Middle Weight PSUs battle it out

Subject: Cases and Cooling | November 21, 2012 - 04:18 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: PSU, modular psu, corsair, Chieftek, cooler master, zalman

The 600-700W range is very popular with enthusiasts who either have a pair of fairly powerful GPUs or a single top of the line GPU, as they don't quite need a kilowatt class PSU.  X-bit Labs put together a roundup which features 9 PSUs from Corsair, Chieftek, Cooler Master and Zalman some modular and some with permanently connected wiring.  It was the Corsair TX650 which received the Recommended Buy award though Cooler Master came close to winning as well.  Some of the other models fared poorly thanks to the lack of proper voltage regulation or in one case fan regulation.  Check out the full review here.

"We would like to talk about nine power supply units from the most popular 600-700 W wattage range, which represent six different series of devices from four manufacturers: Chieftec, Cooler Master, Corsair and Zalman."

Here are some more Cases & Cooling reviews from around the web:

CASES & COOLING

• In Win Commander III 600 W @ techPowerUp
• Corsair Professional Series AX760 and AX860 @ Kitguru
• Silverstone Zeus 1350 W @ techPowerUp
• Thermaltake Toughpower XT Platinum 1275W 80 PLUS Platinum @ Tweaktown
• Seasonic Platinum Series Fanless 520 W @ techPowerUp
• Silverstone Strider Gold ST55F-G Power Supply Review @ Hi Tech Legion
• BeQuiet Straight Power 580w @ XSReviews

Double up your Neutron for more fun; Corsair's new 480GB SSD

Subject: Storage | November 14, 2012 - 06:39 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: corsair, Neutron GTX 480GB, LAMD Amber

Apart from the extra storage space, the best thing about larger SSDs is their improved performance over smaller sized SSDs as more channels allows for faster data transfer.  Corsair's new $460 Neutron GTX 480GB is no exception with [H]ard|OCP's benchmarks demonstrating speeds surpassing other similar sized SSDs.  The LAMD Amber LM87800 controller inside this SSD does not depend on compression to increase speed which is why the performance of the drive stays at the top of the pack even when faced with uncompressible data.  Speed is not everything with SSDs, as many have found out to their regret which is why thanks to two features onboard this drive, ECC and a new feature called eBoost which acts to clean up the signals received by the drive, [H] would almost class this as an enterprise drive.  A five year warranty doesn't hurt either!

"The Corsair Neutron GTX 480GB and its LAMD Amber controller represent the next generation of high capacity SSDs. Typically large SSDs suffer performance degradation compared to smaller counterparts, and today we test the Neutron GTX with its Toshiba Toggle NAND to see if this holds true with Corsairs next generation controllers."

Here are some more Storage reviews from around the web:

Storage

• CoreRise Comay Venus Pro 3 120GB [F/W 5.0.4] SATA3 MLC Sync SSD Review @ ModSynerg
• Budget SSD Roundup: The Best SSD for Less Than $100 @ Techspot
• Plextor M5 Pro and M5S vs. Plextor M3 Pro and M3 @ X-bit Labs
• Corsair Accelerator 30GB and 60GB SSD @ Kitguru
• KingFast 120GB F3 Series KF1310MCF mSATA3.0 Fixed TRIM [5.0.4] SSD Review @ ModSynergy
• Windows 8 SSD Performance Roundup November 2012 @ HardwareHeaven
• Corsair Neutron 240GB & Neutron GTX 240GB SSDs Review @ Hardware Canucks
• OCZ Agility 4 256GB SSD @ Bjorn3D
• OCZ Agility 4 256GB SSD Review @ Hardware Canucks
• Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB Review @ HCW
• OWC Mercury Electra MAX 3G 960GB SSD @ SSD Review
• PNY XLR8 PRO Solid State Drive @ Benchmark Reviews
• LSI Nytro WarpDrive 800GB BLP4-800 PCIe Enterprise SSD @ Tweaktown
• Best Network Drive Storage Solutions for Your Business @ TechwareLabs
• Thecus Top Tower N6850 6-Bay NAS @ Tweaktown
• Rocstor ROCPRO 900e Desktop Portable External Hard Drive @ TechwareLabs
• Toshiba DT01ABA100 & DT01ACA100 1TB SATA III HDDs Review @ NikKTech
• Kingston DataTraveler Vault Privacy 8GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive Review @ NikKTech
• Mach Xtreme MX-ES 16GB USB3.0 Flash Drive Review @ eTeknix
• Mach Xtreme MX-ES 32 GB USB 3.0 @ techPowerUp

Podcast #226 - Dual GTX 690 System from Origin, Intel's new SATA6 controller, Piledriver-based Opeterons and more!

Subject: General Tech | November 8, 2012 - 01:33 PM | Ken Addison
Tagged: ssd, sata6, podcast, piledriver, pcper, origin, opeteron, nvidia, Intel, genesis, corsair, amd, 690

PC Perspective Podcast #226 - 11/08/2012

Join us this week as we talk about a Dual GTX 690 System from Origin, Intel's new SATA6 controller, Piledriver-based Opeterons and more!

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Hosts: Ryan Shrout, Jeremy Hellstrom, Josh Walrath, and  Allyn Malventano

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Program length: 1:21:17

Podcast topics of discussion:

1. Join us for the MoH Game Stream!
2. Week in Reviews:
   1. 0:04:30 Corsair Vengeance C70 Case
   2. 0:07:30 ASUS P8Z77 WS Motherboard
   3. 0:12:20 ORIGIN Genesis Dual GTX 690 System
   4. 0:16:40 Silverstone 450 watt SFX Power Supply
3. 0:19:30 This podcast is brought to you by MSI
4. News items of interest:
   1. 0:20:25 Intel Crystal Forest Communications Platform
   2. 0:23:30 Google Nexus 10 tablet
   3. 0:27:00 Corsair Hydro H100i and H80i coolers
   4. 0:34:00 New Corsair AXi series power supplies
   5. 0:36:30 Intel DC S3700 Enterprise SSD
   6. 0:46:30 AMD Launches Piledriver based Opteron 6300 chips
   7. 0:51:10 Get Assassin's Creed III for Samsung SSD
   8. 0:52:45 Limited Linux Steam Beta starts
   9. 0:56:15 Zotac AD06 with new AMD APU
   10. 0:58:30 Mouse.. DRM!?
5. Closing:
   1. Hardware / Software Pick of the Week
      1. Ryan: Corsair Vengence MM200 and MM400 Mouse Mats
      2. Jeremy: Movember and Is this thing on or did it crash? or NewEgg
      3. Josh: Everyone needs a mouse
      4. Allyn: Shure SE315-CL and CBL-M+-K

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