Archive for September, 2011

I’ve just bought an external HDD last week and it was Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 1TB. The transfer rate from my computer to the drive or vice versa was really fast because it uses USB 3.0 technology and I was really satisfied with the money I have spent. Recently they have launched their latest External Hard Drivethe Seagate 4TB GoFlex Desk, featuring USB 3.0 connection in a 3.5-inch form factor which is also backward compatible with USB 2.0. Like other members of the GoFlex Family, the GoFlex Desk allows users to change adapters to work with a range of interfaces (USB, FireWire, eSATA. It comes pre-loaded with the backup software that provides automatic, continuous data backup with encryption for all your files. The company’s GoFlex Desk for Mac hard drive offers similar features but comes pre-formatted in the HFS+ format.

You have seen lots of gaming laptop being launched this year and one of those is the MSI GT683DXR 15.6-inch laptop. It has Intel Corei7-2630QM, which I think is a 2^nd generation Corei7 with Sandy bridge architecture; it has 16 Gigs of DDR3 RAM, and powered with GTX 570M 1.5GB discrete graphics card. The MSI GT683DXR 15.6-inch gaming laptop is a full HD with 1920 x 1080 display. It also features 1TB of HDD, 720p HD webcam,  Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity. Hardware wise it has two USB 3.0 ports, Gigabit Ethernet, VGA and HDMI, SD/MM card reader, Blu-ray burner, and uses 9-cell battery. The MSI GT683DXR has a preinstalled Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit OS and will costs around $1,749.99.

Cooling system is very in demand these days because of the many OCs (overclockers) that tends to maximize the full potential of their processors especially the Core i7 2600k processor from Intel. Phanteks PH-TC14PE High-End CPU Cooler is just one of the many CPU cooler you can use. It uses Cold Plasma Spraying Coating (C.P.S.C.) and Physical Antioxidant Thermal Shield (P.A.T.S.) technologies to increase cooling performance and to enhance thermal conductivity. The Phantek cooler has been designed to have an extreme conduction with 5 double ended 8mm copper heatpipes departing the copper base for a dual tower aluminium fin array. Not only that, it also uses two of their high quality PH-F140TS Maelstrom Vortex Booster 140mm fans that work at 900 to 1200 RPM to ensure great airflow to the system unit. The Phanteks PH-TC14PE High-End CPU Cooler is available in red, blue, orange and white (standard) will available for purchase from late September for 79.90 Euro / $113 (standard model) or 84.90 Euro / $120 (colored models).

For the past few weeks, I’ve been busy on my job that’s why I can’t update my blog regularly and during my free time I visit some hardware review sites to choose what computer parts I will buy to build my future Ultimate Gaming Desktop PC. At the moment, I’m planning to build a Core i7 gaming pc and try to find out what’s the best cooling system and being ended up with  Corsair H100 which I will surely buy next month together with other parts. I did found a lot of good reviews with this liquid cooling system. It is much more efficient in terms of cooling rather the previous H80 model. The Hydro series includes pre-assembled, closed-loop CPU water-cooling kits that are relatively inexpensive compared to full-fledged custom-made loops. The good thing with this cooling system is maintenance-free and very easy to install. The only cons with this is that you can only install it on system case with dual 120mm fan support on top, because that’s the place where you will install this system because its radiator is twice the size of the radiator of the H80.

Want to become a famous spy like Johnny English? Nah! Just kidding. I just want to review this Spy gadget called Spy20 which is waterproof HD spy camera watch that features High Definition recording at 720p HD video at 30fps and can capture still images up to 1600 x 1200 pixels. Yes! You can do that with this little gadget. The Spy20 has 4GB of storage capacity which is really awesome, a built-in mic, an AV out and USB port. Its battery capacity is 200mAh and is said to lasts up to 70 minutes while taking photos or capturing videos. It has an AV out as well if you like to view in on a different monitor, I think it’s too small for the this watch to have a HDMI port. If you don’t have the money to buy such luxury watches that you have been dreaming of like Tag Heuer watches, this is a good choice for you, it has an elegant design plus cool features. Get one now for only $40.84.