You will notice that if you go for long lifespan a long-lived card that overclocking the old fashioned way will not disappoint. A good GHz on the GPU (default = 800 MHz) is certainly something you can achieve. However voltage tweaking will bring you towards another level alright, roughly 1150 MHz.

Read our article right here.

Today we released an updated Beta revision of Afterburner, this application successfully secured the leading position on graphics card utilities. We're happy to see MSI Afterburner is leading the overclock applications. MSI Afterburner 2.2.0 Beta 12 is ready

Changes list includes:

• Memory clock limit has been extended to 180% on AMD RADEON 79x0 graphics cards in unofficial overclocking mode
• Added low-level clock frequencies monitoring for AMD RADEON 79x0 graphics cards
• Added PowerTune adjustment slider for AMD HD 6xxx and 7xxx series graphics cards
• Improved overclocking profiles format provides compatibility with future graphics cards. Please take a note that existing overclocking profiles (startup overclocking profile and profile slots) will be ignored and must be recreated in new version
• MSI On-Screen Display server has been upgraded to v4.3.2. New version gives the following improvements:
• Added gamma corrected video capture support
• Framerate limit ratio for video capture in no longer controlled via the server's profiles. Now it can be adjusted directly into MSI Afterburner's video capture properties
• Added Direct3D9Ex support (DOTA 2 and Darkness 2 demo)
• Improved desktop windows notification mechanism eliminates unwanted beeps occurring on some systems during the server startup / shutdown
• Output video dimensions are now cropped to be multiple of 16 to improve compatibility with some third party MJPG decoders
• Improved OpenGL On-Screen Display coordinates calculation for framebuffer coordinate space mode
• Now "Enable compatibility with modified Direct3D runtime libraries" option is compatible with Direct3D9 game engines using double FPU precision (MassEffect series)

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HIS Radeon HD 7950 review

It is time for the second product based of the series 7900 though, the Radeon HD 7950 launches today. AMD took the Tahiti XT GPU sliced away some shader units, clocked it a notch slower and planted it onto a new PCB lined up with a new cooler. Overall the R7950 will not disappoint, good performance, impressive power consumption and great heat and noise levels. But will a 400 EUR pricetag however justify this product ?

Direct URL:
http://www.guru3d.com/article/his-radeon-hd-7950-review/

PowerColor Radeon HD 7950 PCS+ review

PowerColor is the first in our line-up of R7950 reviews with a customized model. It is the PCS version that clocks in at a cool 880 MHz on the graphics core with it's memory clocked default at an effective data rate of 5000 MHZ. Armed witha custom cooler it is silent, and even cooler compared to the reference model.

Direct URL:
http://www.guru3d.com/article/powercolor-radeon-hd-7950-pcs-review/

Radeon HD 7950 Crossfire review 2 and 3-way

We have three Radeon HD 7950 cards in house -- anyone smells Crossfire ? We'll setup these three cards up in multi-GPU mode (two and three-way) clock them standard and test multi-GPU performance -- taking it to the next level, multi-GPU gaming. As if you figured just one card would be interesting, you have no idea what's coming at you with two and three cards. Have a peek at the offering, and then march onward into the review, hihoo Tahiti PRO

Direct URL:
http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon-hd-7950-crossfire-review-2-and-3way/

If we were to take a look under those PWM heatsinks, we would notice that MSI’s creation uses a 9-phase VRM design in order to feed power to the CPU, which should be more than enough for even the fastest Ivy Bridge processors.

The board’s expansion features include three PCI Express x16 slots, four PCIe x1 slots, as well as eight SATA ports. Four of these support SATA 6Gbps transfer speeds, two driven by the Intel Z77 chipset, while the other two are controlled by a third-party chip.

As far as the PCIe x16 slots are concerned, only the first of these can work at full x16 speeds as the second one has only eight PCIe lanes routed to it. These are however compatible with both CrossFireX and SLI setups.

Moving to the back, the connectivity options available include everything that we expect to see from a high-end Z77 motherboard, such as three video outputs (DVI, VGA, and HDMI) and an eSATA port.

MSI has also added two USB 3.0 ports that are driven by the Intel PCH, while two more such high-speed connectors can be routed to the front of the case by connecting them to the provide on-board header.

No details regarding pricing are available at this time, but the MSI Z77A-GD65 is expected to arrive in April 2012, together with Intel’s new Ivy Bridge processors. Photo credits go to TPU.

As a part of Cooler Master’s continued effort to thank its various stakeholders for 20 years of loyalty, a flagship chassis will receive a special pricing for a limited time that is available through all of our U.S. and Canadian channel partners. Effective immediately, the CM Storm Trooper will now be available for $149.99 MSRP, making it a top tier case with unmatched value.

“Our team has been searching for several ways to show our customers that we’ve gotten this far by the bond that we’ve forged with them and our partners over the years. It is through this, and other, gestures that we hope to convey that gratitude.”, said Bryant Nguyen, Senior Product & Marketing Manager for Cooler Master USA, Inc.

Check our review here.

You can see two new System On Chip architectures, code named Kabini and Temash. Interesting is seeing AMD's next generation Sea Islands GPU architecture.

In AMD's x86 arsenal, the Trinity APU (aka the 2nd gen A Series) is made on 32 nm process technology, and features DirectX 11 graphics, two/four Piledriver cores (Piledrive is said to deliver 25% better performance than the Stars cores found in Llano APUs), and a TDP that can go as low as 17 W on mobile parts.

No information was given beyond the Sea Islands code name, expected debut is in 2013. Check out the slide:

There is no info onn the card's clocks frequencies yet but they should be higher than on stock models, as well as the price.

That said, OBR-Hardware claims to have tested the upcoming central processing unit on a Z68 chipset motherboard loaded with a new UEFI/BIOS that included Ivy Bridge support. The processor was an engineering sample that used the C0 stepping and was clocked at 3.5 GHz, while the Turbo Boost upper limit was 3.9 GHz.

Long story short, the tests showed a superiority of about 9% compared to the Core i7 2600K and, by extension, a likely improvement of 6-7% over the Core i7 2700K.  For those that want more specifics, the tests included both single-threaded and multi-threaded benchmarks.

It bears noting that Ivy Bridge was never about extra performance in terms of raw processing might, hence the arguably modest rise in computing scores. Instead, Intel chose to focus on making the graphics side better, while reducing the die size and power requirements. While featuring the Intel GMA HD IGP (integrated graphics processor), the TDP (thermal design power) of Ivy Bride will be 18W below that of Sandy bridge (77W instead of 95W).

Nevertheless, even if this leak shows somewhat similar results to previous reports, Intel's in-house projections are a bit more ambitious. On that note, the Ivy bridge SKUs working at 65W (low-power CPUs) will probably have much higher frequencies than their SB counterparts, which also consume 65W.

The exact results are on the adjoining table but, as stated above, don't put too much stock on them just yet. Certainty will reign only after the units launch in April, alongside Z77 motherboards.

Update - they have taken the content down "because of good relationship with Intel"

The retailer made its decision public in a post on its official blog:

“Stock supply has been a real issue and good levels of stock are not expected until late February/March.

“However we have been able to obtain some stock sooner than expected; but because of complaints of faults with the model we took the decision to thoroughly test stock before fulfilling any orders.

“We are at this time not satisfied that all units we could provide you with are working correctly, and performing to the standard we expect of the unit.

“We have therefore taken the decision until further notice stop selling the Asus Transformer Prime.”

As a result of this decision, Clove cancelled all Transformer Prime orders placed by its clients so far and won’t start selling Asus’ tablet again, until it considers that the situation has changed. Ever since the quad-core tablet started selling, Asus struggled to deliver enough units to meet demand.

Furthermore, shortly after Asus shipped the first Primes to its customers, many started to complain about the dodgy GPS performance of the tablet, so the company decided to remove GPS functionally from the TF201 specs sheet in the US. More recently, Transformer Prime owners trying to update to Android 4.0 ran into a new series of problems, which so far haven’t been resolved. These range from a “serial number not found” error, that prevents the update from installing, to a series of random freezes which affect the Primes running the latest version of Android.

The new chassis have a good four exposed 5.25-inch bays, one 2.5-inch bay, five 3.5-inch drive trays and tool-free mounting, an acrylic side window, an anti-vibration rubber stand for the PSU, two pre-drilled holes for watercooling tubes, and four fans - one 120 mm spinner with blue LEDs in front, another one on top, a LED-less 120 mm model at the back, and two 80 mm fans on the side.

Measiring in at 260 (W) x 498 (H) x 525 (D) mm, they weight 7.3 kg, and have a steel structure, a black paint job, and support for ATX and micro ATX motherboards, as well as for graphics cards up to 290 mm long.

The Zalman Z11 includes an I/O panel with four USB 2.0 ports and has a recommended price tag of 69.90 Euro, while the Z11 Plus offers two USB 2.0 and two USB 3.0 ports, and costs 79.90 Euro. Both are expected to become available in about two weeks.

Is anyone else reminded of Darth Vader somehow ? Look at the pics :)

The stack that's along the plane of the motherboard is the larger of the two, and is ventilated by a 140 mm fan. The perpendicular stack is ventilated by a smaller 120 mm fan. The 140 mm fan spins at 700 ~ 1,800 RPM, pushing 34.78 ~ 89.43 CFM of air, with a noise output of 8.3 ~ 28.8 dBA.

The heatsink measures 200 x 130 x 162 mm (WxDxH), weighing 755 g. All sockets, including LGA2011, LGA1366, LGA1155/LGA1156, AM3+/AM3/AM2+/AM2, and FM1 are supported. It is priced at 6,980 JPY (US $91.6).

Those macros make use of the nine buttons spread out across the device's surface, each rated to a claimed 8 million clicks. Wired with a 1.8 metre braided cable for reliability, the mouse even includes a gold-plated USB connection for the difference that's likely to make.

Genius has also included what it claims is an 'in-built over-clocking SCGii engine,' which allows the sensitivity across the X and Y axes to be independently adjusted from 100dpi to 5,700dpi. The heft of the mouse is also adjustable, with six 4.5g metal weights included in the package.

For the six months ended December 30, 2011, the company reported revenue of $6.0 billion, gross margin of 26.0%, net income of $703 million and diluted earnings per share of $1.61. On a non-GAAP basis, which excludes the net impact of certain items,Seagate reported net income of $727 million and diluted earnings per share of $1.67. Seagate returned $151 million to shareholders in the form of a dividend and repurchased $191 million of Seagate ordinary shares which equates to approximately 13 million ordinary shares.

For a detailed reconciliation of non-GAAP to GAAP results, see accompanying financial tables.

Acquisition of Samsung's Hard Disk Drive Assets
Seagate announced on December 19, 2011 the closing of the acquisition of the hard disk drive business of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Related to this transaction, amortization of acquisition-related intangibles of $5 million (non-cash expense) is included in the GAAP basis net income for the fiscal second quarter and six months ended December 30, 2011. For Seagate's third fiscal quarter, which ends on March 30, 2012, it is expected that amortization of acquisition-related intangibles will be approximately $35 million.