Delivering the World’s First Truly Affordable High-Performance SSD for Consumers at Price Points Less than 50% of Comparable High Performance SSDs

Sunnyvale, CA-July 1, 2008-OCZ Technology Group, Inc., a worldwide leader in innovative, ultra-high performance and high reliability memory and computer components, today unveiled the OCZ Core Series SATA II 2.5″ Solid State Drives (SSDs). OCZ has gained momentum in this pioneering technology, which uses NAND flash instead of rotating platters as the storage medium, and is a high-performance, highly reliable and energy-efficient alternative to conventional hard disc drives.

“SSDs offer higher performance, reliability, and energy efficiency than conventional HDDs but the cost variance has limited adoption of vastly superior SSD technology, until now,” said Ryan Petersen, CEO of OCZ Technology. “It is our mission to deliver the highest performance products to consumers at reasonable prices, and with the release of the Core Series SSDs we have done exactly that.”

Core series SSD drives are available in capacities of 32GB, 64GB, and 128GB and deliver incredible 120-143MBs/ 80-93MBs read/write speeds and seek times of less than 0.35ms, making the Core series up to 10x as fast on a seek-time basis and up to 40% faster on a R/W basis that the best performing 2.5″ HDDs on the market, all while consuming 50% less power. MSRPs at time of launch are USD $169, $259 and $479 for 32GB, 64GB and 128GB models respectively.
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Last year Xigmatek stormed the performance cooling market with their patented HDT (Heat-Pipe Direct Touch) design. This unusual variation of the traditional heatsink base allows the heatpipes of the cooler to directly contact the CPU rather then having to transfer heat through a copper or aluminum baseplate. This allows the heat to be transferred into the heatsink and into the air significantly faster than standard heatsinks. Over the past several years there have been a few breakthroughs in air cooling technology: extensive use of copper, heatpipes, and now the Heat-Pipe Direct Touch system which paves the way for the next generation of coolers.

I initially had the chance to review this out of the ordinary concept back in 2007 when I was heading up my own review site, Overclockers Pulse. Being the optimist, I was excited that this heatsink would perform quite well, however due to the limited number of heatpipes, and small surface area of the HDT-S1283, I was not expecting it to be a top-end cooler. Much to my surprise, the cooler itself managed to come within a few degrees celcius of my Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme, which was…amazing to say the least. On top of the extreme performance, the cooler itself had a very low price tag, being sold for about $40 USD. That was roughly $30 dollars less then the top tier coolers at that time.

Since that time last year, Xigmatek has come a long way, releasing a slew of new heatsink designs and accessories to go with them. Heeding the word of reviewers and the community itself they continue to improve on their original models in both performance and style. Today you are going to have a first hand look at their latest release in the heatsink lineup, the Achilles S1284.
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Tuniq is a sub division of a well known manufacture of modification accessories named Sunbeamtech. Tuniq considers themselves as “fashion” designers of unique computer components of the computing industry with their product selection stretching from computer cases, CPU coolers, and power supplies. Tuniq strives to provide quality components at reasonable costs to all ranges of clients. Expanding their Cooling line up, they have recently released a brand new thermal paste called TX-2. We shall briefly see if this thermal paste is noteworthy to consider in our upcoming Thermal compound review.

TX-2 is Tuniq’s brand new formula to improve on their last paste called TX-1 with hoping of being able to achieve better results than other competitors in the recent rising thermal paste market such as the ever growing popularity of MX-2 or the innovative IC diamond. With impressive specification claims by the manufacture with aggressive MSRP this product is worth a look and see if such claims and attractive price holds true.
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Scythe Co., Ltd (Tokyo, Japan) announces the upgraded version of multi-function panel with card-reader & fan controller built-in device called “Kama Panel 2! Now the direct insertion of Micro SD media card is possible as well as the internal cable connection directly to the motherboard enables the user to organize the cables. 6 fan controller is detachable unit (2 is built-in type and the other 4 is detachable) that you can exchange it with a slim media drive (not included in the package). 2-in-1 solution to save up your 5.25″ Bay, and with this device, you would not need to purchase a separate fan controller and card reader media anymore! User friendly installation manual in multi-language is also included. Try this upgraded version to organize your PC system! For further details, please refer to the details below.
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This just in from Xigmatek, they have officially announced their new chipset cooler “Porter” which is the first chipset cooler on the market to employ the HDT (Heat-pipe Direct Touch) design.

The Northbridge chipset controls the data transfer to the CPU, RAM, and video card. If the Northbridge chipset overheats, the system will be very unstable and may crash randomly. In order to reduce the problem of overheating on the Northbridge chipset, upgrades are necessary for the thermal solution on top of the chipset. XIGMATEK Technology recently released a new heatsink specifically made for the Northbridge chipset. The Hybrid Cooler with 1 heat-pipe as H.D.T construction of the heatsink has the best thermal efficiency on the market. With a low-noise or even passive, based on the NB Chipset your main board is using. The DIY computer enthusiasts will be able to decorate their system with this new unit and enjoy fully cooling performance with our already tested and proofed H.D.T Technology. Also combined are our patented Anti-Vibration-Rubbers, Fan is optional. Users can decide their selves. The Porter heatsink utilizes an H.D.T construction with Xigmatek’s precision technology, bonding the copper heat-pipe and the Aluminum base with H.D.T, and the fins seamlessly. The thermal efficiency is maximized as the bonds are made seamlessly through our precision soldering methods. Porter supports an 80 x 80 x 25mm (optional) silent fan with demanding your needs.

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Pending some changes that we are making to the site, I am now able to upload the original reviews from 2007 into the new database that we changed to at the beginning of this year. There will be no preview posts on the main page for these articles, however they will be listed under the specific catagory they belong in, and will be the oldest in the listing, and yes i am working on getting dates added to all of the topics. Also I hope everyone enjoys the new content submission buttons and the image exploder tool for when you click on thumbnail images in reviews. Feel free to post feedback regarding the changes in the forums, and if you know anyone that has mad skillz at theming PHPBB 3.0, contact me at admin@ocpulse.com because we are in the market.

- Spawne32

Sunnyvale, Calif.-June 24, 2008-OCZ Technology Group, a worldwide leader in innovative, ultra-high performance and high reliability memory, components, and system builds, is pleased to announce the availability of its hardware solutions through the popular online segment of Sam’s Club, a major player in the U.S. consumer variety stores.

By partnering with high-profile and reputable resellers like Sam’s Club that offer a wide range of consumer electronics and computer accessories, OCZ’s performance hardware will become more accessible to a greater breadth of customers. The Sam’s Club website will now feature a variety of OCZ memory, flash, and power supplies, initially offering a specialized segment of products for the needs of enthusiasts, gamers, and mainstream desktop users, further diversifying OCZ’s ever-growing sales channel. As the Group’s product line continues to expand into different sectors of the technology market, OCZ strives to deliver the most innovative solutions at the nation’s largest resellers for ultimate customer convenience.

“OCZ’s wide range of premium consumer memory, flash and power supply components are designed for customers that demand both high quality performance and reliability” stated Justin Shong, Senior VP of Worldwide Sales, OCZ Technology Group. “We are thrilled to partner with Sam’s Club online to make our consumer solutions more readily available to their tech-savvy customers.”

Source: OCZ

City of Industry , CA , USA -MSI, a leading manufacturer of computer products, proudly unveils its latest R4800 series graphics cards for the game enthusiast groups. MSI R4870-T2D512 and R4850-T2D512 support the DirectX® 10.1 framework of Windows® Vista^TM Service Pack 1 and both have the 800 stream processor, which achieves the unprecedented levels teraflop (1000Gflops) computing capability; it is ten times higher than any high-end CPU. MSI R4800 series graphics cards come with the superb computing capability which can be converted to high-definition gaming special effects to provide the extreme gaming experience.

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Case modding had its beginning in the 1990’s when the home desktop PC first became popular. Young overclockers alike across the globe searched for methods to add a style and unique feel that made their PC their own. At the time, aftermarket modding parts for computers wasn’t even thought of, and any case mods users would make would be done with that of the drill and saw variety. Of course years later we now find ourselves with a slew of company’s producing fabulous add-ons for customizing your computer for your own unique touch, and I am pleased to announce one of the newest company’s, Lamptron, has some of the most exciting selections for case modding supplys from a new company to date.
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Thermaltake has been making products since 1999. They have made a variety of computing products, from cases to power supplies. One of their cases, the M9, I have in front of me, ready to review. The M9 is of their mid tower sized class, so it is a little on the small side; not necessarily bad. We will waste no time, lets get started. Before we start, prepare yourself for a very detailed look of the Thermaltake M9 case. Once you have stocked up on gallons of water, please proceed.

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