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Zalman CNPS10X Flex Heatsink Review
Zalman's heatsinks have carved out their own path in the CPU cooling market and turned what used to be large chucks of aluminum and copper and into stylish, modern, and functional works of art. Their CNPS10X series has been very impressive and we saw low temps when we reviewed the original CNPS10X Extreme last year. When they informed us they were adding a new member to the group called the CNPS10X Flex, we had to get one for our LGA 1156 test bench to evaluate its heat dissipation capabilities.
Podcast #95 - OCZ Vertex LE SSD, MSI Big Bang Fuzion with Lucid Hyrda, AMD Radeon HD5830 and more!
This week we talk about the OCZ Vertex LE SSD, the MSI Big Bang Fuzion Motherboard with Lucid Hydra, AMD's Radeon HD 5830, Viewer questions, Our Hardware/Software Picks of the Week and more!
AMD Radeon HD 5830 Graphics Card Review - 5870 Eyefinity Edition too!
The new AMD Radeon HD 5830 continues to add to the company's collection of DX11-ready graphics card hardware while we continue to wait and see what NVIDIA's answer will offer consumers. The HD 5830 rests between the HD 5850 and the HD 5770 in terms of price and performance, but is it a better option than either? Also, we have some extra details on the upcoming HD 5870 Eyefinity Edition with 6 DisplayPort outputs!
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Is TSMC causing your GPU prices to go up?
Subject: Graphics Cards
— February 26, 2010 | 04:15 PM — Ryan Shrout
Much has been said about the problems that TSMC, the foundry partner to both ATI and NVIDIA, has had with its transition to 40nm technology.  When the Radeon HD 5870 graphics card and the rest of AMD's Evergreen family of GPUs first hit the market back in early October there were quite a few notable periods of shortages of the the cards.  Shortages obviously feed on the demand to raise prices and as we saw for the first two months of the 5000-series availability, prices where higher than the estimated pricing originally fed from AMD'
Intel to Release Atom N470
Subject: Mobile
— February 26, 2010 | 03:38 PM — Jonathan Hung
This coming Monday, Intel is expected to introduce the Atom N470 netbook processor which bumps the frequency from the current 1.66 GHz in the N450, to 1.83 GHz.
Optimus and Dell Mini 10 with Crystal HD Now Available
Subject: Mobile
— February 26, 2010 | 03:20 PM — Jonathan Hung
Earlier this month Ryan took a very detailed look at NVIDIA's Optimus technology and discovered that the graphics switching technology worked really well and produced some significant battery conservation while providing the necessary performance when needed. For those of you who have been itching to get your hands on an Optimus enabled notebook, your time has come. NewEgg has made available the Asus N71JV-X1, a 17.3" unit sporting the Intel i3 350M and a GeForce GT 325M.
Birthday greetings to that Man in Black in the great beyond
Subject: General Tech
— February 26, 2010 | 02:35 PM — Jeremy Hellstrom
There is a bit of bad news on the PC Perspective Forums this week, as it seems that interest in the Fragging Frogs is flagging.  There is good news though, you can help revive this friendly circle of gamers if you want.
Make your portable storage as safe as Ryan's
Subject: Storage
— February 26, 2010 | 11:42 AM — Jeremy Hellstrom
If you have seen or listened to this weeks PC Perspective Podcast, you heard Ryan talk about Corsair's Padlock 2 USB thumb drive.  At $52 it is more expensive than your average 8GB thumb drive, with the extra cost coming from some rather impressive security features.  A combination of up to 10 keys can be set to protect your data, but make sure not to forget the combo because the only way the
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