Ah storage. You were never the most favorite in the PC enthusiast realm. Always vying for attention from the overclocks of your over-achiever component brethrens the processor and graphics card. But behold, salvation arrives. Solid-state drives have thrived in a market still supposedly recovering from the floods that ravaged HDD manufacturers a few years back. With the boost in competition, SSDs now enjoy a spot in upper-to-midrange systems and notebooks. Offering incredibly fast access times coupled with read/write speeds, SSDs have molded what storage speeds should be and the mechanical disk industry is intent to compete. Today we have one of the competitors in the SSD arena, the Plextor M5Pro Xtreme. [box_info]PLEXTOR is a world-leading developer of award-winning solid state drives, and other high-performance digital storage devices for professionals, consumers, and enterprises. The PLEXTOR brand of storage and multimedia pr...

ADATA™ Technology, a leading manufacturer of high-performance DRAM modules and NAND Flash application products, today announced a small but stylish addition to its DashDrive family of USB Flash drives. The new DashDrive Choice UC510 packs durability and charm into a super small and handy profile. With this new drive, ADATA has once again made the most of Chip on Board (COB) technology, and the result is a highly water-resistant, durable device that is ultra-small and easy to carry. The drive body shines with a metallic gleam, and the capless design eliminates the need for a drive cap and the related chance of cap loss. The UC510 has a USB 2.0 interface, providing the required performance for most common data storage and transfer needs. Purchasers of the UC510 can also take full advantage of ADATA’s free and proprietary value-add software, including UFDtoGO, OStoGO and the latest Norton Internet Security™ 2013 (60-day trial). The...

ENERMAX is pleased to launch their latest five fan models along with their new patented technology, APS (Adjustable Peak Speed) Control. As the name implies, the peak speed of these fans can be adjusted as you prefer, and the speed will be regulated automatically by pulse-width modulation (PWM) or by an integrated thermal sensor after selecting the particular RPM range. New Twister Advance Series with APS Control: Cluster Advance, Everest Advance, Magma Advance While the current Twister Series have been introduced into the market for more than 5 years, ENERMAX decided to refresh the series by adding the new Twister Advance series offering three different RPM modes which can be selected with a small switch at the fan hub. Users can then easily adapt the ENERMAX fans for various applications. For instance, the new Cluster Advance 12cm version fan runs within the ranges of 500 to 1200, 500 to 1500 or 500 to 1800 RPM, so that users can...

It's been over 2 years since we've seen a new chipset from AMD and with all eyes on Intel as they get ready to launch they're new Haswell line of processors (at the time of posting), AMD is certainly not getting much love right now in the enthusiast scene but regardless, they're CPU offerings still provide a more attractive option for budget conscious system builders. Even though APUs have made their home in the entry-to-midrange segment of the PC market, many AMD builders still need a more dedicated platform. The now aging 9-series chipset from AMD still packs many modern features that should soup-up any build. Today we'll take a look at the MSI 970A-G43 motherboard for AM3+ processor, supporting the latest Bulldozer and Piledriver processors from AMD's FX-series. Packing USB3.0, SATA3, and CrossfireX support, this motherboard is aimed for budget gamers and system builders who need a modern essentials system on tight budget. W...

With The International 3 fast approaching and its qualifiers on-going, we can't expect any major patches that can bring significant changes to game play. So no new heroes as of the moment and no significant nerfs, buffs or balance changes. There are, however, several performance and community updates including vsync on window mode as well as reduced memory fragmentation. DOTA 2 also now supports 6 broadcaster channels so we can expect wider coverage for different casters and different languages. [box_light] UPDATE NOTES May 16, 2013 Source: DOTA 2 Dev Forums GAMEPLAY - Elder Titan: Fixed Ancestral Spirit giving vision to Elder Titan while dead. - Elder Titan: Fixed Earth Splitter being placed slightly too far forward. - Elder Titan: Fixed Natural Order not getting upgraded on the Ancestral Spirit if it was already in the air. - Elder Titan: Fixed Natural Order sometimes not getting applied before Ancestral Spirit's damag...