CPU3D EXCLUSIVE Preview: Coolermaster Hyper Z600 CPU cooler 

Thanks to Coolermaster, we've just received a sample of their latest Hyper Z600 CPU cooler. Designed with passive cooling in mind, the size of the Coolermaster Hyper Z600 CPU cooler is monsterous. It weighs in at a massive 1Kg and features 6 nickel plated copper heatpipes, and a copper base with a mirror finish. There are mounting backets  included which allow the addition of 2 extra 120mm fans for increased cooling performance.

            

It'll be interesting to see how well the Coolermaster Hyper Z600 will cool our toasty Q6600. Can it compete against other coolers in its class? Watch out for our exclusive review coming soon ... in the meantime take a look at the photo gallery below.

DailyTech

VR-Zone

"Truly unbelievable ***** up by Dell. Brand, spanking new Vostro 1310, almost completely unusable due to keyboard mis-alignment. Did I get a faulty unit or are they all like this?!

Looks normal, right? Look at your own keyboard... notice anything different? Okay, maybe you don't. But try actually typing on this and it all becomes far too apparent. The whole of the bottom row of letters (Z, X, C...) is one too far to the right. The Z should be below and between A and S, not S and D. You're looking at a brand new Dell Vostro 1310, ordered the day after its released, and delivered on 30th April 2008 in the UK. They keys are all there. Shift, \|, Z, X... its just that the left shift is too big, forcing everything over too far. The Z has to be between the A and S... look on ANY other keyboard and that's where it sits. This is not a US/UK layout issue, just a general monumental flaw. UPDATE 1st May 2008 5pm: I phoned Dell for 20 minutes and they have confirmed that this affects all new Vostro 1310s in the UK. Oh dear!! They're hoping they can just replace the keyboards, though the guy on the phone said it was a 'motherboard' problem... I can't imagine that though. [... commented I should just buy a Mac. I have removed his stupid Apple fanboy remark. Seriously... why not say but an Acer, Asus, Lenovo, Samsung... and whilst we're on that, where's the delete key on a Mac? And why are " and @ in the wrong places on UK Mac keyboards? Not as bad a design flaw as this, but utterly frustrating none the less.] "

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VR-Zone

"In a nutshell,Moore's Law explains modern IT economics significantly in five ways from the consumer's point of view.

 1. Consumers who pay first for latest IT gadgets during initial craze pay more for less.
 2. Consumers who buy obsolete IT gadgets after initial craze pay less for more.
 3. Timing of purchase of new products is critical to consumers. Producers will keep holding on to features, differentiating the products and timing their release to fuel consumer's continued interest in their tech products.
 4. Product life cycles would be shortened, EOL and obsolecence predetermined by producers even before IT products hit the retail shelves.
 5. Unless they have an unlimited flow of cash, consumers must learn to buy wisely.

Enjoy the articles on Moore's Law From Intel
http://www.intel.com/pressroom/kits/...mh=dm16.31169

BBC

"Critically acclaimed video game Grand Theft Auto (GTA) IV is on course to beat the record for highest first week sales of any video game. The title sold a record 609,000 copies on its first day of release, generating an estimated £24.4m ($48.5m).

The previous record holder was GTA: San Andreas, which sold 501,000 copies in 24 hours in October 2004. But despite its success the game has been hit by reports of software problems and crashes on some consoles.

"The cut scene at the office is freezing up.. I get audio, but the video just freezes," wrote one gamer on Sony's PlayStation 3 forum. "

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Techreport

"What happens when you slap a gig of memory on a Radeon HD 3870? That's the question of the hour, since our subject is Diamond's card with just such a configuration. Could doubling up on memory allow the 3870 to distinguish itself from the GeForce 8800 GT?

... Diamond's new take on the Radeon HD 3870 doesn't depart too radically from the established formula. The card comes with a default GPU clock of 830MHz, well above the 775MHz baseline created by AMD but not quite as high as some of the cards we tested in our mid-range roundup, which ranged as high as 850MHz. Similarly, the card's 1GB of GDDR3 memory comes clocked at 870MHz, for an effective data rate of 1740MT/s, on a 256-bit bus. The 512MB versions of the 3870 generally come with GDDR4 memory and consequently feature clocks as high as 1.2GHz. Diamond's, er, ace is its larger memory size, coupled with the fact that GGDR3 memory tends to have lower latencies and thus perform better than GDDR4, clock for clock. On the flip side, GGDR4 tends to consume less power. "

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HardOCP

"One area of the enthusiast world that hasn’t changed very much over the years is air cooling. One could argue the point that the principle behind many designs works as best as can be expected. Spreading the heat created by a CPU over a large surface area to be dissipated by a fan has proven to be effective of the years. The method for transporting this heat to the array of fins has seen some advances in the last few years. Most notably through the increasing use of heat pipes that can work just as effectively in any orientation.

So while there has been some innovation in the world of air cooling there hasn’t been a radical departure from this proven method. One company is determined to change the way we cool our PCs by combining the world of water cooling and air cooling into a Frankenstein creation utilizing bubble pump technology. The company is Noise Limit and the coolers are the SilentFlux ATX and SilentFlux Media. Two coolers designed to be very different from what you have come to expect heat sinks to look like."

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Digitimes

"The high volume of Atom processor orders from PC vendors has, according to industry reports, left Intel unable to meet demand. Asustek Computer president Jerry Shen recently said he expects the shortages will persist until September this year. Intel has declined to confirm the reported shortages, adding that it is ramping its 45nm production to meet anticipated demand.

Asustek will launch an Atom-based 8.9-inch Eee PC in June which will coexist with the current Celeron M-based Eee PC 900 during the shortage, said Shen. The company may also raise its Eee PC shipments goal of five million units in July, noted Shen.

The company expects 8.9-inch Eee PC shipments to surpass those of 7-inch models by the late May. In the third quarter, the proportion of 7-inch models to overall Eee PC shipments will drop below 30%. However, although the 8.9-inch model contributes a better gross margin, overall gross margins have slid slightly.

Due to the Atom processor shortage, Intel is expected to give priority to major vendors first while increasing the processor's price in 1000-unit tray quantities, according to sources at PC vendors. However, since competition in June will be high, vendors will need to absorb the extra cost themselves."

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Engadget

"For all of Microsoft's denial, the Xbox 360 Blu-ray console rumors just will not die. In fact, they are getting more and more specific.

The Chinese language Economic Daily News is reporting that Pegatron, an OEM subsidiary of ASUS, has won the order from Microsoft to assemble the Xbox 360 with Blu-ray Disc ROM drive -- shipments are expected to being in Q3 of this year. Now come on Microsoft, just come clean on the matter, we won't tell anyone."

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