Recently I noticed that my new PC was running hot and unstable, almost all the components like CPU, motherboard and Hard disk. I always install two chassis fan so bad air circulation was not the problem. Later I realized that the power supply I was using was not of good quality and it was the culprit behind rise in temperature. I then ordered a 500W Amico power supply and I see a great difference in both performance and temperature after changing the power supply. Now all the components run at much lower temperature and very stable. My Athlon X2 now runs at 25°C! This is far better than 38°C with cheap power supply. The conclusion is, never use the power supply which comes with the cabinet as they are very poor in performance and if they have some substandard components inside then it’s like giving slow poison to your PC. I have summed up what you need to remember when building a new PC:

1. Buy a good quality power supply.
2. Install an exhaust fan.
3. Don’t forget an intake fan. Do some case modding or even change the case but intake fan is a must. Don’t ignore it.
4. Tie up all the unused wires of power supply as they can obstruct air flow or even get into CPU fan blades and cause damage.

ASUS introduced its CPU coolers ‘Triton 70’ and ‘Triton 75’, which features easy installation.

The company’s first fan-less model, it is compatible to all 12cm fans in the market allowing users to freely choose any 12cm fan to suit their requirements. With its push pins and clips which were specially designed by the company, you can fasten the cooler easier and it can also be easily installed by utilizing only 2 simple steps without removing the motherboard from the system.

It adopted pure copper heat pipes that deliver efficient heat dissipation for the latest quad-core processors. With their lightweight and compact cooler sizes, the Triton series is compatible with a wide range of motherboards and chassis.

The Triton series supports Intel Core 2 Quad / Core 2 Duo, Intel Pentium processor family, Intel Pentium 4 HT/Celeron D CPUs, as well as AMD’s Socket AM2/940/939, AthlonTM 64-FX, AthlonTM and SempronTM processors.

ASUSTek Computer launched its ROG(Republic Of Gamers) series motherboards ‘Biltz Extreme/ Blitz Formula’.

Equipped with the company’s Crosslinx technology for increased performance of dual graphic, it utilizes Fusion Block system, a 0dB fanless design cooling system with a chipset waterblock that adds onto a power user’s existing water-cooling circuit to help keep operations cool and quiet.

The Crosslinx eliminates the graphics data bottleneck found in other x16, x4 solutions. The result is unmatched graphics performance for smoother game play and maximum benchmark potential, the company explained. Also, the Fusion Block system is a hybrid thermal design that combines the ROG´s heat pipe design with the additional ability to connect to a water cooling system. All solid capacitor design adds to motherboard performance and life.

Features:
- Support Intel® next generation 45nm Multi-core CPU
- Socket LGA775
- Intel® Quad-core CPU Ready
- Intel® Core™2 Extreme / Core™2 Duo Ready
- Intel® P35/ICH9R
- Dual-channel DDR3 1333/1066
- Fusion Block System
- Crosslinx
- Extreme Tweaker
- SupremeFX II
- LCD Poster
- EL I/O

Price: $250 (approx)

Logitec launched its 17-inch LCD monitor ‘LCD-TP1701AD/S’ equipped with 2nmm thick protective filter of hardened glass, which protects the monitor from dust, humidity etc. I must say this LCD monitor will be best for Indian condition and especially for office use where still water coolers are used instead of air conditioner. This protective glass also offers good contrast. It supports 700:1 contrast ratio, 1280×1024 SXGA resolution and 5ms response time.

At AMD HD multimedia day’ event, Gaondigital&Inc. introduced ‘ATI Radeon HD 2000 Series in Korea. This family of GPUs delivers The Ultimate Visual Experience™ through immersive HD gaming with DirectX® 10 and HD media playback. The series boasts many firsts for the graphics industry features like a powerful second-generation Unified Shader Architecture (USA), a 512-bit memory bus designed for full performance high dynamic range (HDR) rendering and a new Unified Video Decoder (UVD) technology for high-fidelity HD media playback.

You must have read many times and thru their Accelerate magazine AMD was also trying to explain that their servers are energy efficient and now this has been proved by efficiency test performed by Neal Nelson and Associates. AMD Opteron servers proved up to 15.2 percent more energy-efficient than those running Intel Xeon in a server-power-efficiency test performed by Neal Nelson and Associates, InfoWorld reports. That translates to annual electricity savings between $20.29 per server and $36.04 per server, depending on the workload, the study concluded. The benchmark tests were conducted on similarly configured 3GHz systems running Novell SUSE Linux, Apache2, and MySQL. AMD must be pleased with the results and having a party!