Akitio Thunder Dock Now Available

Akitio, a leading manufacturer of storage solutions, announced today that the Akitio Thunder Dock is now available with an MSRP of just $269. 

New 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 mobile processor announced (for 2014′s affordable LTE smartphones)

Qualcomm has officially introduced its first mobile chipset that supports 64-bit processing – which, surprisingly, isn’t from the Snapdragon 800 series. It’s the Snapdragon 410 and, of course, it comes as an upgraded Snapdragon 400 (currently used in devices like Motorola Moto G, Nokia Lumia 625, HTC One Mini or Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini).

Team Group Unveils the Xtreem Series White DDR3 Memory Kits

Taiwan-based Team Group Inc. has this week announced the Xtreem White line of high-end DDR3 memory. This new speedy RAM comes in 8 GB and 16 GB flavors (dual channel only), makes use of tall aluminum heatspreaders, features Intel XMP 1.3 support, and is backed by a lifetime warranty.

AeroCool Rolls Out Black Variants of CoolTouch-R and CoolTouch-E

AeroCool rolled out black colored variants of its CoolTouch-R and CoolTouch-E fan-controllers (pictured in that order). The two feature thick ABS bodies with a matte black finish. 

Intel Plans Retirement of Core i7-3820QM and i7-3720QM Processors

Intel has just revealed plans to discontinue two of its quad-core Ivy Bridge mobile processors, the 2.7 GHz Core i7-3820QM and 2.6 GHz i7-3720QM. Both models are being pushed aside to leave more room for Haswell-based chips. 

Corsair Rolls Out Vengeance Airflow Memory Coolers

Corsair rolled out the Vengeance Airflow line of memory coolers that are designed to complement the recently announced Vengeance Pro memory series.

EK Releases Full Cover Water Block for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti

EK Water Blocks, Ljubljana based premium water cooling gear manufacturer, is proud to introduce world's first full-cover water cooling solution for the latest (NVA-P2083) design NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti, GTX 780 as well as GTX Titan series graphics cards.

Western Digital Debuts World's First SSD+HDD Dual Drive

WD, a Western Digital company and storage industry leader, today announced the release of the WD Black2 dual drive, a unique storage innovation that fuses a 2.5-inch 120 GB solid state drive (SSD) with a 1 TB hard disk drive (HDD) to offer a powerful dual drive solution. Perfect for consumers and service providers looking to upgrade notebooks, small form factor desktops, and single-slot and all-in-one (AIO) systems with both SSD level performance and HDD capacity, the WD Black2 dual drive connects through a single cable and fits into a conventional 9.5 mm slot. 

EK Introduces Water Block for ASUS Maximus VI Gene and –Hero Motherboards

EK Water Blocks, Ljubljana based premium water cooling gear manufacturer, is proud to introduce the EK-SB ASUS M6G - a new water block for water cooling of the Intel Z87 Express PCH (Periphery Hub Controller; also known as south bridge) on ASUS Maximus VI Gene and -Hero 4th generation Intel Core series motherboards.

Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon 805 with Adreno 420 GPU

Qualcomm has announced today a new generation Snapdragon 805 chipset with better 2.5GHz quad-core processor and 4K graphics.

MediaTek Officially Unveils Octa-Core MT6592 Chipset

After months of teasing, semiconductor company MediaTek has finally gone official with the world's first "true octa-core" processor. Dubbed the MT6592, inside are eight ARM Cortex A7 architecture (power optimized) based CPU cores, each capable of clocking as high as 2 GHz.

G.SKILL Announces DDR3L 2133 MHz 8 GB SO-DIMM Memory Kit

G.SKILL International Co. Ltd., the leading high performance memory designer and manufacturer, is expanding its Ripjaws SO-DIMM series DDR3L memory up to a staggering 2133 MHz. Meticulously designed to operate at a low voltage of 1.35V, this 4GBx2 memory kit will give your system a much needed performance boost!

1.35V DDR3L SO-DIMM memory is the required and recommended standard for most new Intel Haswell laptop systems. The G.SKILL DDR3L 2133 MHz 1.35V kit is the perfect memory solution to boost your new laptop's performance while extending battery life.

Plug and Play on compatible SO-DIMM supported systems

Besides notebook systems, G.SKILL Ripjaws high speed DDR3L SO-DIMM memory kits work perfectly with compatible SO-DIMM supported PCs. The systems will detect the rated memory speed automatically without extra BIOS tweaks. The following screen shows the G.SKILL F3-2133C11D-8GRSL kit validated with Intel NUC D53427RKE Ivy Bridge Core i5 model.

Source: Techpowerup.com

HGST Ships 6 TB Ultrastar He6 Helium-Filled Hard Drives

HGST, a Western Digital company, today announced that it is shipping the 6 TB Ultrastar He6 hard disk drive (HDD). Key OEM, cloud and research leaders working closely with HGST to qualify the drive include HP, Netflix, Huawei Unified Storage, CERN, Green Revolution Cooling and Code42, as well as some of the world's largest social media and search companies. 

G.Skill Announces AEGIS Performance System Memory

G.Skill announced the AEGIS line of high-performance, standard-height DDR3 memory modules, for gaming PC builds. 

Lamptron Announces CM615 Fan Controller

Lamptron announced the CM615 multi-channel fan-controller. Built in the 5.25-inch form-factor, it can handle up to six channels, supplying up to 30W of power, each. 

Lepa G-Series and B-Series Power Supplies Begin Rolling Out

Lepa began rolling out its first G-Series (80 Plus Gold-compliant) and B-Series (80 Plus Bronze-compliant) modular PSUs for gaming PCs, though its EcoMaster sister brand. The two were first unveiled at this year's Computex event. 

Qualcomm Snapdragon APQ8084 Leaked, Adreno 420 Inside

Qualcomm's top-dog, the Snapdragon 800 chipset, may already be the fastest mobile SoC in the market, but that is hardly ever enough for the world leader.

COUGAR Updates CMX Series of Modular Gaming PSUs

COUGAR, leading PC case and power supply brand has released new versions of the CMX power supply units. Through better designs, the version 3 CMX models offer multiple improvements along with an even more affordable price.

EK Debuts Water Block for AMD Radeon R9 290X

EK Water Blocks, Ljubljana based premium water cooling gear manufacturer, is proud to introduce world's first full-cover water cooling solution for the latest AMD Radeon R9 290X, the new flagship performance graphics card.

Xilence Expands Product Portfolio With SSD Docks

Xilence, a specialist in power supplies, cooling and noise reduction solutions for PCs and notebooks, announced that their famous internal SSD/HDD docks are back in portfolio. "We had a very good feedback in the past regarding the internal removable storage media device and decided to sale it also in new portfolio because of the customer feedback," told Michael Albes, chairman of Xilence GmbH.