Alims: prices down in Cooler Master

Cooler Master celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, and gifts to customers, as with its Silent Pro including price feeds are reviewed in the decline.

Cooler Master celebrates 20 years and is all tables. The power supplies, manufacturer concedes a decrease in price on all models of its Silent Pro modular, monorail and certified 80 + Bronze. Silent Pro Gold and Hybrid blocks are not affected. What this now gives resellers of brand partners:

Silent Pro 500W = €69.90 ttc (instead of €79,90 ttc) Silent Pro 600W = €79,90 ttc (instead of €89.90 ttc) Silent Pro 700W = €94,90 ttc (instead €104,90 ttc) Silent Pro 850W = €114,90 ttc (instead €129,90 ttc) Silent Pro 1000W = €134.90 ttc (instead €149,90 ttc)

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The Ivy Bridge compiled potential prices

How many will be sold the Ivy Bridge? Officially, no one knows. But unofficially, here are the prices that should be expected...

The year 2012 will be marked by the arrival of Core third generation i, the famous Ivy Bridge engraved 22 nm at Intel. If many leaks already released most of the interesting information concerning these processors need to be tested in real conditions of use, missing us however - side rumors - the data concerning the potential price.

CPU World is responsible for compiling the price already listed by some resellers and other wholesalers that, if they are without doubt not definitive, nevertheless allow an idea of the approximate fee schedule of the Ivy Bridge. For example can be expected that the Core i7-3770K displaces the Core i7-2600K on a roughly similar price...

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Acer and Archos: war of prices on the shelves

Acer and Archos formalize the time their new tablet on the way to high-end segment...

On the one hand, Acer presents its Iconia Tab RM A200, 1200. We talked you at the beginning of months, and it is a "light" of the A500 version to be however the law in a migration to Android "Ice Cream Sandwich" as early as next month. Basically, the idea of Acer is to propose an interesting alternative to the G9 of Archos. Small recall of characteristics: a touch screen of 10.1 inches in 1280 x 800 pixels, a dual-core Tegra 2 processor from Nvidia 1 GHz, 1 GB RAM, 8 or 16 GB of expandable storage with the port for memory (up to 32 GB) microSDHC card memory, a USB Host port, a 3.5 mm jack plug, 3260 mAh batteryWiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth, and GPS.

From the A500 (tested here), it loses so the dorsal APN 5 megapixels for offering only a front-end sensor 2 megapixel camera, the micro-HDMI disappears output also, but in return the Tablet loses a few grams (720 against 765) and is thinner (12.4 mm against 13.3 mm). Now known as the sale price of RM A200, this Iconia Tab 1200, which will begin to €329 8 GB version. But given the prices charged for the A500 in some merchants, this RM A200, 1200 should very quickly be found under the bar of €300.

In the face, Archos - always well positioned on the means of range, and the entry with its Arnova - pulls its Internet Tablet 70 (b). A Tablet whose selling price is set at €199. It is a 7 "model that runs on Android Honeycomb (3.2) with a CPU running at 1.2 GHz (probably an ARM Cortex A8 single-core). Archos therefore give the taste of the day its 70 shelf date of 2010 and had been launched under Android 2.2.

The hull metal is maintained in this "b" version, the capacitive screen passes to the 1024 x 600, the RAM is 512 MB and the storage capacity to 8 GB. All with access to the Market and presence of the media player from Archos. Side connectors, there is the presence of a mini-HDMI, a micro-SD slot and a 3.5 mm Jack. Without forgetting the VGA webcam. After the passage of G9 Turbo mode at 1.5 GHz, Archos is therefore also reinforces the shelves more accessible segment. Duels of between 200 and 300 tablets prepare for 2012, leaving the top-of-range €400/500 to Tegra 3 models and other new mobile processors very efficient.

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Radeon 7000 HD: new info on prices

New rumours concerning the price of new graphics cards from AMD, the Radeon HD series 7000.

The beginning of the week was pretty hectic with the Radeon HD 7000, between the first rumours on the prices of these new graphics cards equipped with GPU engraved in 28 nm and the integration of some mobile versions in the listings of manufacturers of portable computers. Today, via our favourite Turkish leaker (DonanimHaber), we are back on the prices of these graphics cards in the series "Southern Islands" incorporating the new GPU "Thaiti" on the top-of-range (the Radeon HD 7900), not to mention the fleas "Pitcairn" for HD 7800, as well as "Thames" and "Lombok" for the rest of the range.

According to the information, the Radeon HD 7970 should be equal or exceed the GeForce GTX 580 for a label that would be set at $ 499. The Radeon HD 7950 should be equal or exceed the GeForce GTX 570 for a label to $ 399. These two cards would have 3 GB base memory.

Things are not unattractive on "Pitcairn", the GPU that will replace the good old "Barts". It concerns the Radeon HD 7870 and HD 7850, which compete GeForce GTX 560 Ti and GTX 560 for respective prices pointing to $ 299 and $ 199. The Radeon HD 7670 Announces particularly expensive because talking about $ 179, followed by the HD $ 7650 to 119.

It recalled that all these names are provisional and that until AMD has not officially presented its range, it would hold up the tweezers with which should usually handle these rumours...

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Hard drives: prices drop some as of December

The retention of hard drives by wholesalers could soften and forces of supply and demand calls for lower prices. Bodes well ...

The floods in Thailand have completely changed the hard drive market, the country accounting for 25% of world production record companies and major parts suppliers (such as Nidec, which manufactures the engines rotation) will be unable to turn their factories.

Result, the shortage threat and return to normal production soon ... While the prices of hard drives have exploded, which is not without repercussions on the rest of the industry, among integrators who see their stock market decline and inevitably affected component.

Currently, it is expected therefore primarily new leading manufacturer with plants located in Thailand, like Western Digital, 60% of production is carried out in the country. News that did not really reassuring, since we previously spoke of a shortage is expected to reach its highest level in the first quarter of 2012 ...

Fortunately, the news is better. Indeed, if we are to believe the DigiTimes, wholesalers who jumped on the stocks, nourishing the general panic and contributing to skyrocketing prices, already begin to replenish so reassuring. So that we learn that they should start doing the sorting in their inventories in the coming weeks, so make concessions in scaling back their prices today. At all good for the consumer, according to the Asian site, is expected to affect the return to lower prices in the month of December.

The forces of supply and demand plays in favor of lower prices. Sources from the circuit vendors of hard disks believe that the expectations have been more alarmist than is actually the situation, and that the return to normal was planned for mid-2012 could ultimately place in January or February 2012. One of the plants Nidec was able to resume full production and other suppliers of hard disk manufacturers are now solutions to improve their returns on the lines that work. It only remains to hope that prices come down as fast as they are mounted, which is never easy ...

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The Strata and Nocti of OCZ mSATA SSD prices

While they have not yet been formalized by OCZ, SSD Strata and Nocti of the Builder are already displayed in preorder among some resellers. It is therefore an opportunity to discover these different mSATA SSD prices.

Based on an Indilinx Barefoot ECO controller, the Strata is available in version (STR-MSATA-30 G) 30 GB and 60 GB (STR-MSATA-60 G). It uses MLC flash memory chips and has an interface SATA 3 Gbps. side performance, the model 30 GB reaches 125 MB/s read and 40 MB/s sequential write, respectively against 130 MB / s and 85 MB / s for the 60 GB version. In 4 K random reads, the Strata 60 GB reached 12,000 IOPS (only 11 000 IOPS for the 30 GB), and 1500 IOPS in 4 K entries (half the 30 GB model). These two SSD are currently displayed at respectively 45,51 euros and 81 euros.

For its part, the Nocti uses MLC flash memory chips and controller SandForce 2141/2181. Available in 30 GB, 60 GB and 120 GB capacities, this SSD is more swift as the Strata since it reached 280 MB/s read and 260 MB/s sequential write (255 MB/s "only" for the Nocti 30 GB). Reading 4 K, we get to 11500 IOPS (6000 IOPS for the 30 GB model) and 12 500 IOPS to 32 000 IOPS in 4 K random writes.

Side tariff, count 59,24 euros for the Nocti 30 GB, 104,35 euros for the 60 GB model and a little more than 190 euros for the 120 GB version.

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Sony Tablet S and P: prices, output and first notice dates

Sony unveils details of marketing of its Android tablets. Tablet S and P arrive in October and November, positioned high range.

It is there! After having released a few details on the Sony Tablet S, the Japanese manufacturer resolves to everything say us of its Android Honeycomb shelves launch conditions. There is therefore the Sony Tablet S (model design inspired by a magazine folded) and Sony Tablet P (one to two screens and design "seashell"). The Tablet is equipped with a screen of 9.4 "(1280 x 800 pixels) and embarks a Tegra 2 1 GHz, 16 or 32 GB of memory, a Bluetooth module, a mini USB connector, a webcam front and dorsal 5 megapixel photo/video sensor. It will be sold from October 1 from €489 (16 GB WiFi), while it will take pay €589 for the 32 GB WiFi model and 599 for the model 16 GB WiFi + 3 G. This tablet will benefit from the upgrade to Android 3.2.

For its part, Tablet P is designed around two screens of 5.5 "(1024 x 480 pixels) and it has the particularity to be folded back on itself for dimensions in transport. The configuration that it do is for the other rest of the model S, except for the different versions since it exists for the time being in Wi-Fi + 3 G and with a limited to 4 GB memory (expandable via SD card). Autonomy would also review in 7 hours, 8 hours for his sister. This Tablet P arrives in shops a month later, in November, and will be sold at a price of €599. Sony said that on these two bars, it will be the PlayStation Suite offer that gives access to a catalogue (limited) games PS under Android. The same offer proposed on the Play Xperia from Sony Ericsson and who is struggling to convince.

Note finally that our brothers of Engadget, always in good shots, had the privilege to try to preview the Sony Tablet S. They lease the "different" design of this tablet, so dealing with long term use. According to them, the format of the Tablet is very pleasant in certain situations (surfing and reading), less obvious appreciation in others (including game). They are also concerned the construction of the Tablet appears to be quite sensitive to scratches and small shocks, with an Assembly that visibly does not inspire really trust. There again, it is to verify, but this may disappoint, especially given the price for the sale of these tablets which positioned on the top of range as is usually the Sony brand image. Remains to be seen last software adjustments and the quality of Assembly of the series that will emerge in the trade.

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A bundle prices for SSD Samsung 470 out

To simplify the installation of an SSD in a desktop PC, Samsung has decided to propose a kit to update with some of its SSD. Now, the Samsung series 470 SSD will be therefore delivered with: adapter 3.5 inch to 2.5 inches, fasteners, connectors (a SATA cable and a power cable), a guide to installation and software backup to quickly transfer the files to the hard drive to SSD: Norton Ghost 15.0.

For information, the 470 series SSDS are out discs last year. They are therefore not very recent since they still operate a SandForce SF-1200 controller while the competition uses SF-2200 controllers several months already.

At present, the 470 series is a case. Data rates are limited to 250 MB/s read and 220 MB/s write. And the complete bundle including a SSD and the update kit is really expensive. Indeed count €139 for the bundle version 64 GB, €229 to 128 GB and 449 not less € to 256 GB.

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NAND flash prices stabilize before an outbreak?

NAND Flash prices stabilize while those of the DDR3 continue to fall...

Last week, NAND Flash prices have tended to stabilize while those of DDR3 system memory continued to decline because of too low demand. Flash prices remained stable because of an attitude of wait of the players at the beginning of months and inSpectrum because rumours are State of the launch of the next Apple iPhone next month. This event whereas stopped the decline in prices, manufacturers can expect a rise in prices with the release of the new smartphone from the firm of Steve Jobs. For your information, last week end prices were $ 3.61 for bullets of 32 GB of MLC and $ 3.32 for the 32 GB of TLC chips.Turn the DDR3 memory continues to decline and reached price floors: 1.09 dollars for a 2 GB chip and 0.86 dollars for 2 GB chips in white mark. This is the time to buy memory therefore. And why step pass to 8 GB? If you are fan of multimedia publishing, this will not be a vain investment...

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