Archive for February, 2008

Samsung to Mass Produce High Speed SSDs

Samsung announced earlier this week that they will begin mass producing their high speed 64GB 1.8″ solid state drives. These drives are a step above the common drives currently launching as they are capable for 100 MB/s reads and 80 MB/s writes which is a considerable jump from the average 40MB/s reads and 25MB/s writes. [...]

Review: Rosewill RX81-MP Hard Drive Enclosure

Even extreme hardware benchers need effective data storage and Rosewill has managed to pull a winner with the RX81-MP. In a market saturated with products it is very hard to standout but this particular enclosure does well by adopting what I’d consider to be a classy exterior with a performance interior. The enclosure itself is [...]

Wal-Mart Goes Blu

In an expected move, Wal-Mart has declared it will migrate exclusively to Blu-ray in the coming months. Wal-Mart, America’s largest retailer, will shift it’s 4,000 combined Wal-Marts and Sam’s Clubs from a mixed format to Blu-Ray exclusive over claims that they are responding to their customer desires and best interests at hand. Given the sheer [...]

Electronic Arts Admits Error When Handling Developers

It is a known fact that whenever EA swallows a company, rather than assist the developers to create a masterpiece, EA manages them into the ground resulting in lackluster titles. One of my favorite studios, Westwood Studios, was absorbed by EA and the resulting Command and Conquer games were so pathetic I chose to transport [...]

Atlanta Overclockers Club/Meet/Thing

So this is sort of what I’ve been working on lately. Inspired by some of the great overclocking legends of the past and present, I’ve decided to attempt to professionalize this hobby of mine. Living in Atlanta, I figured with a few million people within a day’s drive there must be a few people interested [...]

Review: Sapphire HD3850 512MB RV670

On the bench today I have a set of Sapphire HD3850 512MB video cards. These cards are the 55nm versions of the hot and heavy HD2900XT. Considering how the 80nm 2900XT was such a power hungry card, moving to 55nm cut down on power consumption tremendously and enabled AMD to spec these cards with a [...]