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· Enermax Expands Modu87+ PSU Series With 800W, 900W Models · Sharkoon Silent Eagle 140mm Fan Is 12.4dBA Quiet · Microsoft Announces Pricing for Kinect, New Xbox 360 4GB Console · Scythe Releases Chouriki 2 80 PLUS Silver PSU Series · NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 Graphics Card: DX11 for the Masses · Sharp Develops and Will Introduce New LCD Controller for Mobile Devices
Enermax Expands Modu87+ PSU Series With 800W, 900W Models Enermax added the 800W model, and will add the 900W model next week, to its Modu87+ series of 80 PLUS Gold power supply units. Encased into powder-coated bodies, the modular models feature four 12V rails, Dynamic Hybrid Transformer Topology and 13.9cm Twister Bearing fans.  Features in brief:
Source: Enermax Sharkoon Silent Eagle 140mm Fan Is 12.4dBA Quiet Sharkoon expanded its Silent Eagle series with a new 140mm fan, Sharkoon Silent Eagle 800, that has golf-ball-textured blades. The company claims that it helps combine high performance with low noise level.  At 800rpm the fan moves 93.85 m³ of air per hour, making just 12.4dBA noise. The rated voltage is 12V, the consumption current is 0.1A, the weight is 162g. The fan comes with a 3/4-pin power adapter as well as four screws and rubber bolts. Sharkoon Silent Eagle 800 is already available for EUR 13. Source: Sharkoon Microsoft Announces Pricing for Kinect, New Xbox 360 4GB Console Microsoft announced that the all-new Xbox 360 4GB console, the Kinect sensor and Kinect Adventures packaged together will cost $299.99 (U.S. ERP).  With Kinect Adventures players will make their way through 20 adventures, navigating roaring rapids and ducking and dodging through mountain-top obstacle courses and other exotic locations -- no controller, wand or balance board required. In addition, existing Xbox 360 console owners can purchase the Kinect sensor with Kinect Adventures for $149.99 (U.S. ERP). The sensor, which should work with any Xbox 360 console, is able to track your full body movements and respond to your voice. In addition, the new Xbox 360 4GB console, which begins shipping on August 3 in the U.S., will be available for $199.99 (U.S. ERP). It has Wi-Fi N capabilities, 4GB of flash memory, touch-sensitive buttons and a black matte finish. More than 15 games should be available at launch, including Kinectimals, Kinect Sports, Kinect Joy Ride and MTV Games' and Harmonix's Dance Central. These games will retail for $49.99 (U.S. ERP). In addition to games, Kinect will take care of your movies, TV programs, music and live sports from ESPN. You will be able to begin watching a movie by simply saying, "Xbox, play." You'll also be able to browse music playlists by waving your hand. Starting today, select retailers are taking pre-orders for the Xbox 360 Kinect Console Bundle at $299.99 (U.S. ERP) and Kinect for Xbox 360 at $149.99 (U.S. ERP). Those who pre-order Kinect or the Xbox 360 Kinect Console Bundle today should receive a token to download three exclusive game levels for Kinect Adventures at launch. Source: Microsoft Scythe Releases Chouriki 2 80 PLUS Silver PSU Series Japanese Scythe started selling the new Chouriki 2 Power Supply series. These PSUs are 80 PLUS Silver certified and have efficiency over 90%. The series includes 650W, 750W, 850W and 1000W models. You can choose between modular and standard variants.  Made of quality Japanese parts, the new PSUs have a lot of protection circuitry, including OCP (Overcurrent Protection), OVP (Overvoltage Protection), OPP (Overpower/Overload Protection, SCP (Short Circuit Protection), UVP (Undervoltage Protection) and OTP (Overtemperature Protection). Each PSU has a 135mm fan of the Scythe Kama Flex series. In turn, the fan has S-FDB (Sony Fluid Dynamic Bearing) that should provide up to 120,000 hours MTBF, as well as low noise. Fan speed is automatically adjusted to PSU load and temperature. Scythe backs all Chouriki 2 PSUs with a 5-year warranty.  The Scythe Chouriki PSU series is now available. The suggested retail prices (excl. VAT) are below:
Specifications:
Source: Scythe
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 Graphics Card: DX11 for the Masses NVIDIA introduced its new graphics card based on a Fermi GPU. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 is company's first mainstream solution with DirectX 11 support and its MSRP is $199 (there's a little catch in it, see below). Quite naturally, NVIDIA underlines that the novelty's key feature is tesselation power. And according to the press release, GeForce GTX 460 outperforms "competing GPUs" by four times in terms of tesselation. Oh, and the novelty also supports NVIDIA 3D Vision.  The GPU has 336 CUDA cores and 56 TMUs. Note that there are two GeForce GTX 460 variants. One has 768MB memory and 192-bit bus and the other has 1GB memory and 256-bit bus. Of course, it's the first one that costs $199. The MSRP of the second is $229. Anyway, both variants have the same clock rates: 675/1350/1800 MHz GPU/Shaders/memory. The peak power consumption is 160W. As for interfaces, there are 2 x Dual-Link DVI and 1 x HDMI mini output. The 768MB ($199) variant is already available from a number of companies, including ASUS, EVGA, Gigabyte, MSI, Sparkle, Zotac. The GeForce GTX 460 1GB variant is expected for sale after July 26. Some examples include MSI N460GTX Cyclone 1GD5/OC and N460GTX Cyclone 1GD5, PNY XLR8 GeForce GTX 460 1024MB GDDR5 ($249), Sparkle SXX4601024D5SNM, ZOTAC GeForce GTX 460 1GB. By the way, Sparkle will also introduce a 2GB variant SXX4602048D5NM. It should have the 256-bit bus and standard clock rates. Anyway, judging by pricing and first performance tests, the novelty will compete with ATI Radeon HD 5830 released this February.Source: NVIDIA
Sharp Develops and Will Introduce New LCD Controller for Mobile Devices Sharp has developed and will introduce the new LR388G9 LCD controller for mobile devices that enables simultaneous display on two different screens at half-XGA (480x1024) resolution, an industry first.  This chip features 32 Mbits of built-in video memory, an increase from the 16 Mbits of its predecessor. Combined with faster image processing speeds, it offers dual display capability to enable two different contents to be displayed at the same time on two separate LCD screens at the half-XGA resolution. In addition, it enables full-HD video to be output to an externally connected LCD TV, video projector, or other similar device. Further, it features a high-speed serial interface (MDDI 1.2/MIPI) and a range of other interfaces such as those for cameras, SD memory cards, and IrSimple. Specifications:
Source: Sharp Corporation
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