Reviews are popping up: Hardwareheaven, KitGuru, Overclock3D, Fudzilla

Kind of interesting, although the fact that many of the Gigabyte boards still require a video card is strange. I suppose if they're going to kill off their other motherboard lines and just sell z68 boards then it might make sense, but it's an odd choice for the initial release. It's a shame, one of...

m0002a wrote:Anyone heard about the new Seagate Green drives with 6 Gb Sata 3.0 interface? They run at 5900 RPM (a little faster than the 5400 RPM WD) but are supposedly just as quiet.

Reviewed by SPCR

It seems as if Lucid Virtu will be included with many of the upcoming Z68 Sandy Bridge motherboards, at least those from most of the major motherboard manufacturers. Perhaps more interesting is that Nvidia has decided to do a desktop version of their Optimus technology, though they are going to call...

There was a comparison of 1 vs 2 Nexus fans in the Scythe Mugen 2 review, more specifically on page 6.

There's now a bigger model with 5 buttons.

Go to Scythe's global site.

I meant drives sold by Amazon, but I just saw that they now also sell the smaller drives as K5.

Amazon sells both B5 and K5 of the 300GB and 600GB drives, the smaller drives are only available as B5. The difference between the 300GB/600GB B5 and K5, as listed in the product details at Amazon, is that the former has more accessories included in the box; Also includes a notebook install kit: USB...

In between the brackets like this: [size=50] AMD Athlon II x3 425 ASUS M4a78 Pro, IGP: Geforce 8300 2x2 GB Kingston HyperX PC2-6400 WD Green 5000AACS (500GB) (audible) Cooler Master Sileo 500 AC Freezer Xtreme rev. 2 (audible) Scythe SlipStream 120 mm 1200 rpm ~4-5 V (back) corsair CX400 w. Slipstre...

There are random write results for the Intel 510 250GB but not the 510 120GB. I have to assume based on the test results that the 510 120GB random write would be slower than the samsung 470 128GB random write which is slower than the random write on the 120GB x-25M which is slower than the random w...

FWIW, the inside of the Fan Mate 1 can be seen here.

The last two numbers/letters in the product code represent the packaging; K5=Reseller Box, B5=Retail Box, 10=Brown Box.

dhanson865 wrote:There is no official specs released on the 320 Series. In case I missed it please do post a URL showing official specs for these drives.

No official specifications yet, closest thing are sequential read/write numbers published by a Taiwanese retailer as reported here.

Where I live prices have recently started to appear among retailers - price/capacity is pretty much the same as X25-M drives.

Another review here.

dhanson865 wrote:The big unknown is how much cheaper per GB will the Intel 320 be than the X25-M? See http://vr-zone.com/articles/intel-solid ... z1FduMSROI

The estimated pricing and a new release date are now posted at VR-Zone.

The two readings that goes above 100C, isn't those the RAM and VRM temps?

THG has posted a preview: Can Lucidlogix Right Sandy Bridge’s Wrongs?

Yet another Anandtech preview, same drive as in the link above but this time it is the consumer version. There is also a review of it over at StorageReview.

Topic update: "LucidLogix Begins to Ship Virtual GPU Switching Tech to Manufacturers."

All it says it that the technology will be improved on the Chief River platform. The technology is already here, it's not something new that will be introduced with Ivy Bridge: Intel Wireless Display.

Ozkar wrote:Which material can I use to transfer heat to the enclosure, without transferring vibration?

Coolpacks/cold packs/gel packs or whatever you'd like to call them has been used by other forum members. Coolpacks for a cool and quiet drive!

User Control Panel -> Board preferences -> Edit display options -> Display post order direction.

fumino wrote:it looks like that fan mount would be adjustable for 140/120/92mm fans.

I don't know about 92mm fans but 120mm fans will fit. On the product page it says that up to two 140mm fans or four 120mm fans can be mounted on the PCI bracket/mounting rail.

Dumb question: Under what conditions, and for what purpose do you use these devices to measure what components for what kind of temperatures? As an example, let me quote you from another thread: I can grope all over the board and not find anything hot except for this little transformer-like copper ...

Since atoms are crap, what would be the most powerful cpu and what motherboard with undervolting and what heatpipe cooler would you use for passive 100% all-fanless, and what case that facilitate this like the G4 ? Silverstone built a fanless system in their FT03 case with a Phenom II X4 920(125W T...

Fan control options can be found under the tab labeled "Monitor" if I'm not mistaken.