[NEWS] ACBEL R88 PSU HITS THE MARKET

fig.1. The R88 series, 500, 600, 700, 900, and 1100watt units.

AcBel latest offering, the R88 series has already hit the market.

Available from a 500watt unit upto the kill-a-watt unit.

Each R88 unit is 80plus certified at SILVER level.

So, this means that each unit can achieve at least 85% efficiency

factor.

fig.2. The kill-a-watt unit, really takes a lot of space, 19cm long.

fig.3. The 500watt unit, comes with dual PCIE power.

[NEWS] AMD 45nm OPTERON HITS THE MARKET

fig.1. OPTERON 2380 for socket F server platform.

AMD latest 45nm quad-core OPTERON has already hit the market.

With its new improvement on its FPU, this processor also comes

with larger capacity of L3 cache memory.

fig.2. Comes without fansink? Have to search for an aftermarket ones.

[NEWS] MSI MOA: INDONESIA @ THE TOP

Master Overclocking Arena (MOA), is the first international

overclocking contest organized by MSI. Was held at Huashan

Cultural-Creative park Taipei Taiwan.

The day of the competition, November 9th 2008. At early morning,

all contestant gathered for a final briefing about rules etc. There are

13 OC teams from 11 different countries.

 

fig.1. There are thirteen OC teams participated.

(hardwarezone.com)

Enough explation, let's talk about the overclocking time.

These components are given to the contestants:

- Intel Core 2 Duo E8600

- MSI P45D3 Platinum MOA Special Edition

- OCZ DDR3 PC3-16000 Platinum Edition

- MSI N9800GTX+ MOA Special Edition

- CHIMEI 22GH LCD monitor

- Western Digital VelociRaptor 300GB

- Genius keyboard

- MSI gaming mouse

- Enermax MODU82+ 625W SLI

fig.2. France OC team preparing some mobo modifications.

(hardwarezone.com)

fig.3. Each team uses the provided LN for cooling the processor.

(hardwarezone.com)

Differ from the previous regional OC contest, this is pure

overclocking contest, only benchmarking is needed here,

SuperPI MOD 1.5 8M and 3DMark01 SE.

The first round, SuperPI MOD 1.5 8M benchmarking.

50 minutes time limit are given for achieve the best result.

final result: 1st Indonesia - 2nd China - 3rd Greece

fig.4. Alva & Rekky at the top of the 1st round, result: 7.5s.

(hardwarezone.com)

2nd round, 3DMark 2001 benchmarking.

50 minutes time limit are given. But at the middle of this

session, the judge decided to give another 50 minutes.

final result: 1st Greece - 2nd South Africa - 3rd Taiwan

fig.5. Greece OC team at the top with 101711 points.

FINAL RESULT

Thanks to the great result at the 1st round, Indonesia team leads

and placed at the 1st place, Greece at 2nd place, and Taiwan at 3rd

place.

fig.6. Indonesia OC Team at the first place, congrats.

(hardwarezone.com)

fig.7. Greece OC team at 2nd place.

fig.8. 3rd place, Taiwan OC team also achieve a good result.

That's all folks, see you next year for another MSI OC contest.

If we're lucky enough, we'll meet again.

fig.9. All contestant, win or lose, don't give up, cheers.

(hardwarezone.com)

[PREVIEW] RANAISSANCE, FOXCONN X58 MOBO

RENAISSANCE, it's the latest FOXCONN mobo solution for intel CORE-i7 processor.

DIGITAL LIFE, it's the theme of this mobo.

Focusing on digital multi-media enjoyment for end-user.

fig.1. FOXCONN RENAISSANCE retail box.

Digital multi-media, include gaming needs, but why only providing single LAN interface?

fig.2. RENAISSANCE I/O side panel, nothing special here.

This mobo provides three PCIE 2.0 16x expansion slots.

Two of them capable of running at real 16x mode, while the third only works at 8x mode.

[PREVIEW] intel CORE-i7 RETAIL VERSION

Intel new processor finally hits the ratail market.

For now, only intel X58 series mobo has supported this processor.

fig.1. Core i7-920 RETAIL BOX

fig.2. Wow, first batch, made in Costa Rica

fig.3. BX8060920 = BOX CODE for i7-920

For initial release, there are three SKU released:

[1] the cheapest one starting at U$350-U$375

CORE i7-920 - 2.66GHz QUAD CORE, 8 thread, 8MB shared L3-cache

[2] the middle one, starting at U$700-U$725

CORE i7-940 - 2.93GHz QUAD CORE, 8 thread, 8MB shared L3-cache

[3] the flagship, starting at U$1200-U$1250

CORE i7 Extreme 965 - 3.20GHz QUAD CORE, 8 thread, 8MB shared L3-cache

[PREVIEW] Again, another intel X58

Intel X58 original board, it's intel version board.

fig.1. Intel X58 board, pretty unusual layout.

This mobo only provide 4 DIMM slots.

The three blue DIMM slots provided for triple-channel mode.

Its CPU PWM circuit just like the old ones, not so efficient compared to others.

fig.2. Foxconn intel X58, it's really Foxconn.

The X58 chip cooled by a strange heatsink.

Its just like a speaker driver unit.

[PREVIEW] Another intel X58 motherboards

Another intel X58 based motherboards

fig.1. ASUS RAMPAGE II EXTREME

This mobo provide a unique "onboard" OC feature

Take a look at the panel below DIMM slot.

Low level OC, can it replace "clockgen" function?

fig.2. OC panel for extremist.

Other features are mostly the same as the previous RAMPAGE.