CES 2007: Evolutionary not Revolutionary Products
by Gary Key on January 12, 2007 3:00 AM EST- Posted in
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Enermax: Power and Case Products
Enermax is releasing an update to their Galaxy product line that features 850W and 1000W power supplies. These power supplies feature the new 8-pin PCI Express 2.0 cable design and will allow the use of two R600 cards. The power supplies feature five dedicated 12V rails with two dedicated to CPU operation and three dedicated to GPU, systems, and storage drives with 17A on each rail. The power supplies are designed with an 80~85% power efficiency from 20% to 100% load along with 6A on the +5Vsb to fully support 2007 Intel requirements and multiple USB devices. The units are designed to operate at full power on a 24/7 basis at up to 50c. Pricing for the 1000W unit is expected to be around $350 with availability shortly.
Also due for release shortly is an update to the Infinity series that will feature 650W and 720W units with full support for current SLI or CrossFire systems along with support for the new 8-pin PCI Express 2.0 standard. Both units are designed for 24/7 operation at up to 40c with an 82~85% power efficiency rating at 20~100% load. The units also feature the CoolGuard option that enables the system fans to run for up to 10 seconds after shutdown to help cool your system down.
Enermax is also introducing their new Uber Chakra tower case that features 120mm fans on the front and rear of the case along with a 250mm fan on the side of the case that is direction adjustable. The case features an e-SATA port on the brushed aluminum front panel, tool-free design, and retractable foot stands. The case will be available in four colors that include black, red, blue, and silver.
Enermax also features a complete lineup of brushed aluminum keyboards that match their current case lineup. The keyboards are USB based and have diamond cut highlights along with blue LED indicators. We found the keyboards to be very sturdy with a good tactile feel from the keys.
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Visual - Friday, January 12, 2007 - link
If it's true that the BDC-202 drive will be only $400, this is great news. I was OK with the $1000+ starting prices of the first drives, but was expecting them to fall faster. Some models quickly fell to $700-800, but then got stuck and not changed much by now. These $400 devices sound much more like something I could afford, here's to hoping that LG's BD/HDDVD hybrid drive will also be in this price point.Visual - Friday, January 12, 2007 - link
Just realised this drive is a reader only, can hardly believe this crap.And to think how happy and enthusiastic I was for a minute in my delusion, only to be ruthlessly brought back into the cruel cold real world...
bnme - Friday, January 12, 2007 - link
Reader only, IMO, is fine... I mean, seriously, I just want to use my PC to watch Blu-ray and HDDVD, and most drives that are out (not many of them), are all writers and expensive relative a normal DVD burner.Why splurge on stuff you don't need right away. Bluray and HDDVD reader for the movies is probably what a lot of people are looking for right now.
DigitalFreak - Friday, January 12, 2007 - link
You can already get a Blu-ray burner (lite-on, I believe) at Newegg for $569.jnmunsey - Friday, January 12, 2007 - link
The English in the Sandisk article has to be some of the worst I have ever read, and "Gary Key" doesn't sound like an ESL name..Hypernova - Friday, January 12, 2007 - link
Page 2:"Both units are designed for 24/7 operation at up to 40c with an 8285% power efficiency rating at 20~100% load."
This thing generates 80 times more power then it uses?!
goinginstyle - Friday, January 12, 2007 - link
The text appears to be corrected now to 82~85%.KHysiek - Friday, January 12, 2007 - link
I don't get this. Such drive would be usable even in Win XP, as cache, pagefile placement or other caching purpose.Zoomer - Sunday, January 21, 2007 - link
I would rather use ram (ram drive) to store these useless files. The point of using nvram is to have it retain data even if powered down.DigitalFreak - Friday, January 12, 2007 - link
http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/11/pqis-64gb-ssd-w...">There is one - here