The bottle has been broken; the IRONCLAD launches towards the battlefield. The pride of every fleet, with its steel-like vessel design; the new full-tower chassis from the In Win’s army provides users with tank-like strength yet finest user’s flexibility. Dark metallic paint gives the Ironclad not only intimidating look but also protects this vessel against humidity and corrosion. Ironclad is built to accommodate wide range of motherboards from Micro ATX to extended ATX. And as just as a true warship, the Ironclad is not impressing just with its size but also with the great features it offers:

Fractal Design is building a reputation of clean and functional cases at competitive prices, and the Swedish company has now launched a new case for a different market Fractal Design Array is a mini-ITX case designed to work as a storage server. The case measures 230x223x350 mm and based a mini-ITX motherboard there is room for 7 storage devices, six 3.5" and one 2.5".

Zotac continues to release minimalistic PC platforms and as shown at CeBIT it puts great faith in the nettop format. Zotac is apparently about to unleash no less than five new MAG models where it will mix processor from Intel and AMD. All five measures 18,8 (L) x 18,8 (B) x 4,4 (D) cm and share some functionality like the 160GB harddrive, wireless network, and ports and outputs.

Origin is one of those PC builders that target the really high-end users with unlimited resources. The company has many heavy systems to show and it was fast to adopt Intel's new hexa-core CPU, Core i7 980X. Origin Genesis can now be had with Intel's six-shooter and for those who think the stock frequency of 3.3GHz is a bit weak can get the CPU overclocked to 4.3GHz by Origin.

(Pfäffikon/Switzerland) The Swiss low noise cooling solution provider ARCTIC COOLING today announced the launch of two VGA coolers – the Accelero XTREME 5970 and Accelero XTREME 5870. These two 3-fan solutions are tailor-made for ATI Radeon HD5970 / HD5870. They follow the sophisticated design of the Accelero XTREME series, offering the best cooling for these high-end graphics cards.

Cooler Master sticks by the name and decided to show several new processor coolers during CeBIT. One of these was Project HB6 that is estimated to become a new performance model costing only $50. In other words quite affordable if the performance measures up. For the best possible cooling the cooler has seven 5mm heatpipes and one 120mm fan.

AMD will unleash no less than four different Phenom II X6 processors in April. The top model will be called Phenom II X6 1075T be clocked at 3.0GHz, but it is already planning even faster models where it in the Q3 will update the series with a new flagship product.

The details surrounding AMD's Phenom II X6 processors are starting to come together. Thanks to an update from Gigabyte we now have the complete specifications for the first four hexa-core of AMD's Thuban family. We reported on the TDPs of the various models a while back, 125W for all but the slowest, 95W, of the new hexa-core models, but not until now we have had the frequencies confirmed.

NEC's more or less the only company manufacturing USB 3.0 controllers. Its SuperSpeed USB 3.0 controller (NEC µPD720200) is said to already have sold 3 million units. With motherboard manufacturers fighting about getting the biggest supply of USB 3.0 ready motherboards and expansion card manufacturers supplying USB 3.0 cards to the users with older PCs, NEC has decided to step it up a notch by doubling the number of manufactured circuits per month to 2 million.

Intel Core i7 980X is the first retail processor sporting no less than six processor cores. It was released earlier this week, but we didn't get our sample until the day before the NDA lifted, and they sent it to the wrong address. It took some time to run all of the benchmarks and evaluate the data. Especially the memory controller results needed some extra studying. With that said we now present you with our review of this hexa-core monster that left us wanting more.

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BenQ is famous for delivering monitors of all sizes for, almost, all wallets. It has now decided to broaden the entry level segment with BenQ G2420HDB, 24" LCD with 1920x1080 pixel resolution and 5ms response time. To trim the price it had to throw out the LED backlighting found with most other new monitors.

3D was one of the themes of this year's CeBIT and component maker ASUS had its share of products to show. Not the least monitors where it announced two new models sporting 120Hz and 3D technology. ASUS VG236H and PG276H measures 23" and 27" respectively with 1920x1080px native resolution for a full HD experience with 3D technologies.

BenQ has made a substantial update to its range of monitors with the launch of no fewer than 12 models in its W-series. With sizes ranging from 18.5" to 24", they're all built with a slim design and low power consumption in mind. The key to achieve this is a LED-based backlight which, in addition to the thin profile, also gives an impressive dynamic contrast ratio of 10 million to 1.

AMD is well aware of the situation. Its total dominance in the retail segment over the last six months or so will soon come to an end when NVIDIA finally releases the GeForce GTX 400 series. AMD has been preparing for this day all this time, and one of the many things that the company will roll out to stay on top is new drivers bringing significant performance optimizations.

The launch of the GeForce GTX 400 series is just weeks away and we finally got our samples. We can't share any more specific details on the card or architecture, but we will try to make up for it at launch day. During the day we received some information from a big Swedish distributor that could confirm the pricing of the GeForce GTX 400 family.

PowerColor has launched a Radeon HD 5770 card for those who really want to expand their desktop. HD5770 Eyefinit5 Edition is just what it sounds like, a card that supports five separate monitors, one less than the flagship Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity6 Edition. PowerColor has chosen to the Juniper graphics card to keep production costs down, but with 800 stream processors and 1GB GDDR5 RAM the card should still be enough for the casual gamer.

The name Open-PC comes from the fact that this  Intel Atom 330 nettop uses nothing but  open-source software. The Linux operating system sporting KDE and all applications inside are all completely free of charge. The list of programs include applications like Firefox and OpenOffice. The only thing they charge you for in Open-PC is the hardware that is based on the first generation dual-core Atom 330 CPU.

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Kingston looks like the first memory manufacturer to deliver a 2400MHz memory kit with Intel's XMP profiles. This makes Kingston's dual-channel KHX2400C9D3T1K2/4GX the fastest DDR3 kit on the planet, which is crowned by a certification from Intel. The 2GB memory modules will operate at 2400MHz with 9-11-9-27-2 timings, at 1.65V operating voltage.

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Samsung has announced a new line of green memory modules, both literally and figuratively. The company has presented the first production samples of its 4Gb DDR3 DRAM chips. They are made with a new 40 nanometer process that the company claims to be "ultra green" where a single 16GB DDR3 memory module can save up to 35% power compared to yesterday's technology.

Creative Technology Ltd. today announced the PCI-E Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium HD and USB Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi HD, setting the gold standard for PC audio with the first discrete audio card and USB digital audio system to include THX TruStudio PC audio technology.

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EVGA Classified SR-2 became the final name of one of the more extreme motherboards we've ever seen. The motherboard has Intel's server-grade chipset 5520 support for no less than two LGA 1366 processors and even if Intel's Core i7 980X Extreme Edition isn't supported in a dual setup we can see support for the all new Xeon 5600 family, the server equivalent to Gulftown, which adds up to 12 cores and 24 threads.

Zotac has managed to create a name in the niche for small yet powerful motherboards. By small we mean even smaller than micro-ATX, mainly mini-ITX, which has grown (pardon the pun) very popular lately. Zotac had several of these to show at CeBIT, but they mainly focused on NVIDIA's new generation of Ion. It showed both dedicated Ion 2 graphics cards and a new nettop using NVIDIA's latest technology.

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Acer has big update of its notebooks coming and two of the new models will be something of a netbook/tablet hybrid. Acer Aspire 1825PTZ and 1825PT both ship with 11.6" screen sporting capacitive touch technology that can be rotated 360 degrees for tablet functionality. Under the hood we find Intel's CULV platform for optimal performance and power consumption.

The title world's fastest retail processor is without a doubt held by Intel's Core i7 980X CPU. While most dream about having this $1000 monster in their desktop computer, Eurocom took it to the next level. It allows customers to install Core i7 980X in the "laptop" D900F Panther. Eurocom Panther is indeed an extreme laptop and can fit four 2.5" harddrive and up to 12GB DDR3 RAM.

MSI’s X-Slim X360, with the Intel Arrandale ULV processor, comes equipped with the Intel Core i5 processor with Intel’s Turbo Boost and Hyper-Threading technology for excellent processing performance and up to 9 hours of battery life. Graced with MSI's exclusive stylish rhombic pattern, the X360 is the apex in slim computer technology.

The default question to any netbook manufacturer is if it is planning any 10.1" models sporting High Definition displays. The answer is usually no and this was very much the case at CeBIT last week. In the days that followed the event we have learned that ASUS will presented the Eee PC 1005PR based on the Intel Atom N450 Pine Trail platform, which beside a 1.66GHz Atom CPU also will have 10.1" display 1366x768px resolution.

Google is for the software market what Apple is for the computer hardware market. More or less everything it touches is turned into gold and now when Google is working on its very first operating system, there's a lot of high expectations. But Google Chrome OS might get a rough start as analysts has examined the search engine giants hardware demands. Even if the operating system itself is free and based on open source code, building a Chrome OS compatible computer is an entirely different matter when it comes to costs.

AMD has shown once and again what the Phenom II architecture is capable of under extreme cooling. We witnessed how the limited edition Phenom II 42 TWKR was capable of 7GHz under liquid helium and since the introduction of the C3 stepping the regular models are closing in on 7GHz and even break it using the more conventional cooling method liquid nitrogen.

Taiwanese overclocker nickshih has published pictures of some of the most astonishing overclockings rigs we've seen over the last couple of years. After Intel officially unveiled the new hexa-core Core i7 980X processor nickshih has published results with frequencies around 6.5GHz and together with no less than four MSI Lightning 5870 cards for some wicked 3DMark results.

We are always hunting for interesting benchmark happenings and as CeBIT is now ever we have found a local one to calm our needs. After a long journey from Hannover via Danmark, broken exhaust and clogged fuel filter, Svenljunga and Stockholm we finally ended up in Timrå, where Patric "Partisan" Bergström arranged an overclocking weekend with more or less unlimited supply of liquid nitrogen. During the event overclockers like Henry "ME4ME" de Kruijf and Jon "elmor" Sandström participated and hardware was plenty.

Greek overclocker Hipro5 is famous for his many groundbreaking records, but also his fantastic modding skills. Lately he's been taking it easy on the hardware, there were rumours he had even retired. Hipro5 is still going at it though and overclocking is very much his thing, which he displayed with the utmost clarity when taking on MSI R5870 Lightning.

Razer DeathAdder is one of the most popular tools for gamers and it has now been relaunched to fill a great void. Razer has namely mirrored the mouse to create a left-handed version of DeathAdder, and the 3500 DPI optical sensor and five programmable Hyperesponse buttons are all there. The mouse sports 1000Hz Ultrapolling technology for best possible response time but also supports on-the-fly DPI switching.

Arctic Cooling had a lot of cooling products to show at CeBIT 2010, but per request from our readers we also took a closer look at its new video game console. Arctic GC Pro is a Wii-like video game console that costs around $50, making it very affordable with a whole range of motion sensitive controllers.

Memory maker GeIL has been in the rough lately, the competition has been hard. During CeBIT 2010 the company decided to unveil its latest venture, power supplies. To our great surprise this wasn't just a new rebranding franchise where OEM power supplies have new stickers slapped on them, but all new and in-house designed power supplies, branded Thortech.

Gothenburg, Sweden - Fractal Design, an innovative manufacturer of high end computer casing, power supplies and cooling fans, today announces the new PSU generation of Tesla, completing the appraised Newton PSU series. Following up the outstanding quality and finish of Newton R2 series, Fractal Design is proud to introduce the Tesla PSU series, coming in three flavours; 450W, 550W and 650W.

Thermaltake, leading brand manufacturer of power supplies, cases and cooling solutions, today announced their latest additon to the Litepower series of entry-level power supplies. The Thermaltake Litepower 350W, 450W and 550W are specifically targeting energy efficient PC systems with lower overall power consumption in application fields such as HTPCs, office and entertainment computers. While out-of-this-world high-end PC configurations freuquently require a nuclear power plant of your own in the living room, small form factor setups simply don't. In fact for HTPC-like computers it is important to have shorter and fewer cables to easier keep order within the case and maintain as much open space as possible for an optimized air flow. The Thermaltake Litepower series now offers you all these characteristics.

XFX is the component maker that has taken big leaps on the AMD market since it decided to be more than just an exclusive NVIDIA partner almost exactly a year ago and start selling graphics cards with ATI circuits. XFX has established itself on the AMD markets with a large amount of Radeon HD 4000 and HD 5000 graphics cards. The flagships are usually named "Black Edition" and that name has now been transferred to the power supply lineup.

There are currently two supercomputers with performance peaks over 1 PetaFLOPS, Jaguar that topped the latest Top 500 list with 1.79 PetaFLOPS and runner-up IBM Roadrunner with 1.042 PetaFLOPS. The third PetaFLOPS supercomputer looks to be placed in Russia where the biggest university of the nation, Moscow State, is planning an upgrade of its 350.1 TeraFLOPS Lomonosov supercomputer.

The wireless WiFi networks of today can reach transfer rates up to 300Mbps. Unfortunately this is just a theoretic maximum that few, if anyone, can achieve at regular use. Graduate student Jarir Fadlullah and Professor Mohsen Kavehrad at Penn State University built a wireless system that can transfer data at rates up to 1Gbps. The speeds are accomplished with light and not radio waves, infrared light to be exact.

In a recent paper published in Science IBM scientists published results with the world's fastest graphene transistor. The article entitled "100-GHz Transistors from Wafer-Scale Epitaxial Graphene" was published in Science 5 February 2010: Vol. 327 records a milestone in the use of carbon in radio frequency electronics. Most importantly the graphene was grown epitaxially at wafer-scale using technology compatible with current silicon production facilities. 

ElcomSoft Co. Ltd. accelerates the recovery of Wi-Fi passwords and password-protected iPhone and iPod backups by using ATI video cards. The support of ATI Radeon 5000 series video accelerators allows ElcomSoft to perform password recovery up to 20 times faster compared to Intel top of the line quad-core CPUs, and up to two times faster compared to enterprise-level NVIDIA Tesla solutions.

Swiss security company Objectif Sécurité says that it managed to break a 14 character Windows XP password in just 5.3 seconds and that the key was Solid State Drives. By optimized the hash tables and look-up functions for the new storage technology it managed to speed up the process of cracking the password 100 fold.

During the last couple of years Microsoft has seen the number of Internet Explorer users drop more and more in favour of other browsers. With the new Internet Explorer 9, which is in full development, Microsoft hopes to change the current trend. At MIX2010 the software giant confirmed that Internet Explorer 9 will not support Windows XP in favour of GPU accelerated web browsing. Something that we're hoping to see a lot more of in the future.

For those of you that have already managed to get hold of a laptop with NVIDIA's new GPU switching technology, we can report that NVIDIA now has released an updated driver that solves some of the incompatibility issues with Intel's latest IGP driver.

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Plextor used to be a big player when it comes to optical drivers, DVD burners, Blu-ray readers and such. Over the last year or so the company has fallen back into the shadows of the competition and Plextor has been phasing over more and more to business solutions. Like so many other Plextor has given SSDs a try, with the PX-128M1S.

40GB SSD Offers Consumers Affordable Price Point for Solid-State Performance

SAN JOSE, CA—OCZ Technology Group, Inc. (OTCBB:OCZT), a worldwide leader in innovative, ultra-high performance and high reliability memory and flash-based storage as an alternative to hard disk drives (HDDs), today unveiled the OCZ Onyx SATA II 2.5” Solid State Drive (SSD) Series, an ultra-affordable MultiLevel Cell (MLC)-based solid state storage solution designed for consumers looking to take advantage of flash-based storage technology. Offering a faster and more durable alternative to traditional hard drives in a cost-efficient SSD, the Onyx delivers reliable performance without the high price normally associated with SSD drives.

Taipei, Taiwan — Mach Xtreme Technology Inc., a worldwide leader in top performance, high reliability and user friendly designed PC components, today unveiled the MX-DS Series 2.5” SSD which makes MLC (multi-level cell) NAND-based storage a must have oering for enthusiasts demanding the latest technology. Based on the best-in-class SandForce SF1222 controller, the MX-DS Series delivers an enhanced computing experience with much faster application loading, ultra-fast data access, shorter boot-ups, and longer battery life.