Lexar Media Announces Crucial® TAA Compliant Memory
Fremont, CA , Wednesday, July 01, 2009 – Lexar Media, a leading
global provider of memory products for digital media, today
announced the availability of a full line of Crucial memory products
that are compliant with the country of origin requirements of the
Trade Agreements Act (TAA) of 1979. The new TAA compliant memory
offering includes DDR, DDR2, and DDR3 premium quality memory modules
for servers, desktops, and notebooks.
Read about it here.
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Microsoft
Outlines Windows 7 Upgrade Program & Prices
REDMOND, Wash. — June 25, 2009 —
Microsoft Corp. today announced the start of the
Windows 7 Upgrade Option program enabling consumers and small
businesses to receive Windows 7 when they purchase a qualifying
Windows Vista personal computer starting June 26, 2009. Under the
program, designated PCs pre-installed with premium versions of
Windows Vista will qualify for licenses of the equivalent Windows 7
product.
The estimated retail prices for upgrade packaged retail
product of Windows 7 in the U.S. are:
- Windows 7 Home Premium (Upgrade): $119.99
- Windows 7 Professional (Upgrade): $199.99
- Windows 7 Ultimate (Upgrade): $219.99
For those who will be purchasing Windows 7
without the upgrade program, the prices are as
follows:
- Windows 7 Home Premium (Full): $199.99
Windows 7 Professional (Full): $299.99
Windows 7 Ultimate (Full): $319.99
For more information about the
Windows 7 upgrade program, visit the
upgrade website here.
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Seagate
Introduces New Additions To Its BlackArmor Family
SCOTTS
VALLEY, Calif. - June 22, 2009 - Strengthening its external storage
portfolio for small business Seagate (NASDAQ: STX) today announced
three additional BlackArmor ® product offerings: the BlackArmor ®
NAS 220 storage server, the BlackArmor ® WS 110 external drive
workstation and the BlackArmor ® PS 110 portable drive. Joining the
existing network attached storage line up – the BlackArmor ® NAS 440
and BlackArmor ® NAS 420 storage servers – these new solutions share
the same suite of robust backup applications for business
professionals and home office use.
“In challenging economic conditions, small
businesses are demanding that high-quality, integrated, reliable IT
solutions be delivered in economical packages,” said Ben Woo, vice
president, Enterprise Storage Systems Research, IDC. “Providing the
flexibility to choose from an array of solutions that support
current needs and provide a strategic growth path with minimal
additional investment will be very appealing to this market
segment.”
Read more about it here.
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Sapphire HD4890 1GB
Atomic PCI-e
Video Card
Last week, we had a nice close look at Sapphire's overclocked
HD4890, known as the Toxic Edition. This week, we are taking
it a step further with the Sapphire Atomic Edition. For those
not familiar with the Atomic Editions, this is the cream of the crop
for Sapphire cards. The Atomic editions have the highest
clocks, the best cooling and the best bundles. They also tend
to be very limited production runs with a price that represents that
scarcity. The
4870X2 Atomic edition we reviewed last December was an absolute
treat of a GPU, and a product that was both rare and impressive.
Will the HD4890 Atomic Edition live up to this rare pedigree?
Find out,
right here at Club Overclocker!
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Over the years we've seen NAS devices slowly take
the place of file servers. We've seen quite a few NAS devices in
recent years, but most of them have been single or dual hard drive units designed for
home use or very small businesses. The Seagate BlackArmor NAS we have
before us today takes the NAS to the next level. The BlackArmor is
a complete, stand alone, 4-bay RAID NAS, designed for small
businesses with up to 50 workstations. Tired of that file server
taking up an entire desk? The BlackArmor is only about 8 inches
tall and is completely self contained. I'm all about clearing out clutter and the Black
Armor may be the perfect replacement for my bulky and very loud,
full tower file server.
Let's have a look at the Seagate Black Armor
NAS 440 and see what it's all about.
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AMD announces support for GlOBALFOUNDRIES $4.2 billion Semiconductor
Manufacturing Facility in Upstate New York
SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- June 9, 2009 --AMD (NYSE: AMD) today expressed
support for the formal commitment by GLOBALFOUNDRIES to the State of
New York for the construction of the Fab 2 project at the Luther
Forest Technology Campus (LFTC). Once completed, the project is
expected to create more than 6,400 direct and indirect jobs in the
region. The project represents the largest public-private sector
industrial investment in New York State history and upon completion
will be the most advanced semiconductor manufacturing facility in
the world.
“AMD decided in 2006 to bring a
state-of-the-art semiconductor manufacturing facility to upstate New
York because we knew that the region is an ideal location to produce
the most advanced semiconductor products,” said Dirk Meyer,
president and CEO, AMD. “Today’s formal commitment by our joint
venture GLOBALFOUNDRIES fulfills AMD’s vision. We look forward to
the creation of thousands of new jobs in the United States as a
result of the culmination of a vision that we have shared with the
people of New York.”
GLOBALFOUNDRIES is a semiconductor
manufacturing company by a joint venture between AMD and the
Advanced Technology Investment Company (ATIC) on March 2, 2009.
For more information on the project and
AMD’s involvement please see:
http://globalfoundries.com/about_us/locations/saratoga_county/timeline_fab_2
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Sapphire HD4890 1GB Toxic
PCI-e Video Card
The last few months have been very exciting here at the Club,
especially in the world of graphics cards. Since the beginning
of April, we have had the pleasure of not only looking at the
performance of the brand new RV790 based HD4890s, which have since
taken the world by storm. Of course, it was only a matter of
time before the non-reference OC editions of the 4890 started making
their way into the market; and as usual Sapphire is at the forefront
with a wide selection of different cards to choose from.
In fact, Sapphire has unleashed three new 4890 editions:
- The Vapor-X edition, clocked at 870MHz and
priced at $229
- The Toxic edition, clocked at 960MHz, and
priced at $259
- The Atomic edition, clocked at 1GHz, and
priced at $299
Fortunately for us, Sapphire has enough kindness
in their hearts to send us both the Toxic and Atomic editions to
take a look; today we will be taking an in-depth look at the Toxic
edition. Read
about it, right here at ClubOC!
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While most of the high end graphics cards tend to get the big press,
a growing segment of specialized mid-market cards have been quietly
battling for your hard earned dollar. Recently PowerColor has
introduced the latest in a line of successful SCS3 passively cooled
cards, the HD4650 SCS3 edition. Targeted at the HTPC crowd the
SCS3 features an oversize passive cooling solution designed to offer
top notch performance with zero noise.
There is no doubt the SCS3 HD 4650 will perform silently thanks to
the passive cooling but with the tagline "Mesmerizing 3D Graphics
for True Gamers" right on the box, we will see if their HD4650 has
what it takes to please the gamers as well. With a street
price under $70, this may just be the budget HD card you have been
looking for.
Check it
out, right here at Club Overclocker!
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NZXT Sentry LX Review
NZXT is a name we usually associate with fancy case designs but
that's not all they have to offer. Today we will be looking at
the latest in their line of fan controllers, the Sentry LX.
The Sentry LX is a full featured fan controller designed to take up
two slots in any standard case design. What really sets the LX
model apart is the attractive oversize display. Is the Sentry
LX the controller for you?
Let's take a closer look.
It has been more than five years since we first looked at the NZXT
Guardian case. Back then NZXT was a fresh new face with an
innovative take on chassis design. Today NZXT is a global
powerhouse with multiple award winning chassis designs to choose
from. The Guardian 921 chassis is the latest incarnation of
the now classic design. We found the original Guardian case
both innovative and a good buy over all.
Lets see if the
current generation Guardian stacks up!
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