CyberPower Inc., a manufacturer of custom gaming machines, notebook systems, and high performance workstations, today announced its Power Mega 1000 - an Intel Core-i7-based desktop workstation, which features NVIDIA's Quadro NVS-420 graphics solution.

CyberPower teamed with NVIDIA to deliver an advanced system that meets the needs of today's most demanding graphics environments. The NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420 x16 PCIE is a quad-display business graphics solution. It is capable of supporting up to four 30-inch digital displays at 2,560 x 1,600 resolutions via DisplayPort / dual-link DVI. The Quadro NVS 420 includes advanced display software technology, which enables features such as profiles, extended Windows taskbar, gridlines, and virtual desktops. It also features 512MB of memory, 11.2GB/sec (per GPU) of memory bandwidth and a CUDA Parallel Computing Processor.

The Power Mega 1000 offers stability, ease-of-use and has been tested for wide compatibility with the leading business, graphics and CAD applications. This advanced performance workstation is perfect for 2D and 3D professional applications, professional and home animation, matte painting, compositing, CAD/CAM, modeling, and graphics rendering.

The Power Mega 1000 is based on Intel's Core i7-920 2.66 GHz quad core CPU with HT technology that gives you eight virtual cores working simultaneously and is mounted to an Intel X58 Chipset SLI/CrossFireX mainboard, SATA RAID w/ eSATA, on-board Gigabit LAN, USB2.0, IEEE1394a, and Hi-Def on-board 7.1 Audio. Asetek's liquid CPU cooling system (Extreme Cooling Performance + Extreme Silent at 20dBA) keeps the components cool, and NZXT's Whisper series case dampens the noise.

Other standard features include 6GB (2GBx3) triple channel memory, 1-terabyte SATA-II hard drive at 3.0Gb/s with 16MB Cache; a Lite-On DH-401S 4X Blu-Ray player; LG 22X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW dual layer drive; Logitech Deluxe 250 USB keyboard and Xtremegear Optical USB 3-button mouse. Microsoft Windows XP Professional w/ Service Pack 3 is pre-loaded

The Power Mega 1000 has a MSRP of $1469. It can be customized with numerous component options including a wide range of displays to complete the system. All CyberPower computer systems come with a 3-year warranty and toll-free life-time technical support.

For the past year or so, the team over at OCZ have been releasing new products at a feverish pace. Whether its a new memory kit, heatsink, power supply, SSD, keyboard or mouse, it seems there is always something new going out the door. Today we will be taking a look at one of their latest peripherals, the OCZ Eclipse Gaming Mouse. The Eclipse, along with its bigger brother, aptly named Behemoth, were released a short time ago as a follow-up to the Dominatrix from late last year. Following typical OCZ mouse packaging, the Eclipse arrived in the retail box you see above, with a clear view of the mouse inside and features / specifications on both the front and back. OCIA

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NVIDIA's latest card on the graphics market right now is the GeForce GTX 275. Like all other GTX 2xx cards it is based on NVIDIA's GT200 GPU. While it doesn't bring anything new technology wise. It still has interesting specs: It is basically half a GTX 295 running at 633 / 1134 / 1404 MHz (core/memory/shader). You can see it as a GeForce GTX 285 with a 448-bit memory interface, or you could see it as a GTX 260 with 240 shaders and higher clocks. For their GeForce GTX 275 OC, Inno3D went with a P897 based design and simply increased the core, shader and memory clocks. techPowerUp!

Xigmatek Thor's Hammer CPU Cooler Review

At this year's CES I was walking around the upper deck looking for the entrance to the exhibit halls I glanced over to my right and I saw a good friend of mine, Olin Coles from Benchmark Reviews. He was sitting with a gentleman I did not know. So, I figured I would go over and say 'hi' to my good friend before my trip to the exhibit floor. As I greeted Olin and this gentleman I notice this sweet CPU cooler sitting on the table in front of them. The cooler was awesome and extreme at the same time. Immediately, I had to introduce myself to this gentleman so I can get my myself one of these coolers. The gentlemen was Antonio from Xigmatek. He was pretty cool, gave me a business card and begun to walk to floor before we got separated. A few months after we have that cooler here in our lab today.

The cooler was the Xigmatek Thor's Hammer. The Hammer is one of those coolers that when you first see it you could not but think how does this thing compete with the big boys like the Coolermaster V8 and Thermalright T.R.U.E. Well that is what I thought anyways. And to think about how well the HDT-S1283 has done at a budget price you would think this monster would be a Top Ten cooler killer. The Hammer is based on the Heat pipe Direct Touch, or HDT for short, technology. To explain this in a brief sentence, the heat pipes come in direct contact with the IHS of the processor for more direct cooling. We will get more into that later in the review. So, you have to read a little more to see what this cooler and HDT is all about. Pro-Clockers

Benchmark Reviews has also tested the Xigmatek Thor's Hammer S126384 CPU Cooler