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On Friday past week, NVIDIA Corporation released their new GPU line. The GPU named GTX 480 and GTX 470, based on Fermi Architecture.
Lets see how it look like,
Looks ferocious huh?
The GTX 480 GPU is powered by 480 CUDA Cores, more than twice of GT200 has, while GTX 470 using 448 CUDA Cores. There is a total of 1536MB of GDDR5 memory running through a 384-bit bus that combine to deliver higher memory bandwidth. GTX 480 is priced at $499 USD, and GTX 470 at $349 USD. Continue Reading
Dimension: 120(W) x 159(H) x 50(D) mm
Heat Sink Material: Aluminum Alloy
Heat-pipe: Φ8 x 3
Fan
Dimension: 120(W) x 120(H) x 25(D) mm
Speed: 800~1500 R.P.M.
Noise Level: 16~24 dBA
Weight: 600g (w/fan)
Thermal Resistance: 0.16 ℃/W
Supported Sockets: LGA 775/AMD Socket AM3/AM2/754/939/940
The Xigmatek HDT-S1283, an old CPU/Processor Cooler but its still has the crown for price performance for CPU cooling along with Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus.
I just bought Xigmatek HDT-S1283 about a month ago to replace my AMD Phenom !! X2 550’s stock cooler which has a very small heatsink and cannot did a good job to take the “Callisto” cool. After I unlock my Phenom II X2 550 BE to X4 B50 “Deneb”, Its going worse.
From the design, this cooler uses a huge heatsink with three 8 mm heatpipes and one 12 cm fan. The fan is very quiet, and it will increase and decrease the speed automatically according to the CPU temperature.
At X2 550 stock speed, with AMD Stock cooler, I can get 40°C at idle, and 63°C at full load, seems pretty high.
With Xigmatek HDT-S1283, at stock speed, I get 35°C at idle, and 54°C at full load.
When I Unlock extra 2 cores to X4 B50, with AMD stock cooler, I get 59°C at idle, and hmmmm… 72°C at full load. My CPU is gonna burned.
Hmm, time to Xigmatek HDT-S1283. At stock speed, the Xigmatek HDT-S1283 can handle Phenom II B50 very well at 40°C. When I use prime95, at full load the temperature reach 56°C, very good indeed.
Final thought, the Xigmatek HDT-S1283 is a great product, priced at about $33 this cooler along with Coolermaster Hyper 212 is unbeatable at those cheap price. For decent overclocking, this cooler is considered as the best choice. Continue Reading
Are you want to do some tweaks on your Windows 7? If so, You’re on the right way, as the unofficial Windows 7 Forums provides 19 ways to make Windows 7 Operating System run faster. The helpful list includes a few obvious tips like boosting your RAM to 3 or 4 GB, switch to solid state drives, and keep the system drivers updated.
Should you use Windows 7 32-bit or 64-bit? One of the tips found on the list is to install the correct version of Windows 7. Consumers with a high-end PC with over 3 GB of RAM crammed inside should be using the 64-bit version “in most cases,” as the 32-bit version won’t take advantage of memory just over the 3 GB limit. There’s also a thorough explanation found here that offers a more detailed reason as to why you should use the 32-bit or 64-bit version.
The list also provides other obvious ways to speed up the OS, however we’ve known about these since the days of Windows 95/98/98SE/XP: defrag the hard drive(s), disable those pesky, unwanted startup applications (Real Player and QuickTime as usual suspects), and disable unwanted services. You should also uninstall unnecessary software, clean up old files, and run periodic anti-spyware scans, clean up unused registry entries and many more. Continue Reading
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