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16GB RAM Stick, by Elpida

By Mathieu • Aug 6th, 2008 • Category: News

Elpida launched memory sticks with an incredible capacity of 16GB. Using the FB-DIMM format, which mean that they are exclusive to servers, thoses sticks of DDR2 667MHz or DDR2 800MHz are made up of 64 chips of DDR2, using the stacked FBGA technology to reduce their size. Samplings will be ready this month, with a […]



Water cooling…leaking!

By Mathieu • Aug 5th, 2008 • Category: Articles

First thing that I noticed was that the water level of my reservoir was much lower than usual, about 1/3 filled, compared to the usual 4/5 filled or so. That cooling liquid(water+anti-algae solution) had to be somewhere right? So I took a quick look at the bottom of my case…



Micron Unveils the fastest SSD ever - 250MB/s!

By Mathieu • Aug 5th, 2008 • Category: News

Micron’s RealSSD P200 offerings range in density from 16GBs to 128GBs and are available in a standard 2.5″ form factor. The company’s RealSSD P200 - which are based on single-level cell (SLC) flash memory - offer unprecedented read and write speeds of up to 250MB/s.
The P200 consumes about 10% the power of a typical data […]



AMD Fusion Details Leaked

By Mathieu • Aug 4th, 2008 • Category: News

The first Fusion processor is code-named Shrike, which will, if our sources are right, consist of a dual-core Phenom CPU and an ATI RV800 GPU core. While Shrike will debut as a 40 nm chip, the processor is scheduled to transition to 32 nm at the beginning of 2010 - not much later than Intel […]



An amazing gaming computer for $1000

By Mathieu • Jul 24th, 2008 • Category: Computer Systems

When I started planning what computer parts to use for this computer, I was worried. I wanted to go for a 4850’s Crossfire setup, but I thought that it would go over 1000$. I also thought that if I went with a single video card, this computer wouldn’t be worth the 250$ different over the Gaming computer for $750. So I took a look at the Ultimate Gaming Computer for $1500 and I asked myself: “Where can I cut down on costs and yet, offer the best video game performance(by using a 4850 Crossfire setup), with a $1000 budget?”