Sony has proven with the PSP-2006, PSP 3006 and certain TA motherboards on the PSP models that they are indeed capable of making hackproof devices (While YES the 3000 has been hacked but the hack gets undone once the device is turned off) it doesn’t take a genius to figure out that the reason behind the revised SKU is none other than the heated litigation going on between Sony and GeoHot.

CVG says that the release of the SKU can vary and this is still a rumor, although considering current events I am fairly certain that this news will definitely get the official stamp any time soon.

Source: CVG

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New MacBook Pros to Bring below Specs:

• no more white MacBook (Apple goes back to two lines of 13? inchers)
• 16 GB SSD mSATA drives on all models to store the system
• Core i3 and third USB port on the 13? model
• Matte screen option on the higher-end 13?
• Option to replace the SuperDrive with a SSD on the 15 and 17? models
• HD screens on all models : 1440×900 on the 13?, 1680×1050 on the 15?
• 200 to 300 grams lighter : 1.8 kg for the 13?, 2.3 kg for the 15?, 2.65 kg for the 17?
• Better battery life : 12 hours on the 13?, 10 hours on the 15?
• 8 GB of RAM on the 17?

The use of Core i3 Processor and SSD are a good thing to see in the new notebook, Also notice that the SSD will be used to store the primary OS or system drive resulting in better loading and boot times of the device. The site behind the leak also mentioned “Light Peak” technology over again, what they have said:

Finally, we spoke of “new technology” that would make his first steps in these new MacBook Pro: Integrating Light Peak in the third USB port? New battery technology? New materials explaining the drop weight? Impossible to know for now, but the wait will last only until Thursday.

Source

New Macbook Pro Specs Leaked. is a post from: Wccftech.com

Demo of Bioware’s upcoming “Dragon Age II” which is the sequel to the 2009 critically acclaimed RPG has been released. You’ll be forced to fight for your survival in a completely different story and in an ever-changing world where you have to work your way to gain fortune, allies and make place in History.

The new game features DirectX 11 Graphics, More info on this can be read here. You can download the Demo directly from steam here and can also Pre-Purchase it for 59.99$ on Steam which will get you Two Special In-Game Items to add in your inventory.

The Demo is of 1.8GB, A bit big but will let you experience a glimpse of one of the best RPG’s of this era.

Dreagon Age 2 Demo now Available. is a post from: Wccftech.com

When the world’s largest computer trade show CeBIT 2011 in Hanover, Germany will open its doors again from March 1 through March 5, Thermaltake will showcase a variety of their latest and greatest power supplies, cooling solutions and PC chassis such as the flagship full tower Level 10 GT, which will be show cased for the first time on Europe’s biggest trade show. The daringly futuristic and visionary design concept of the Level 10 Extreme Gaming Station has won all major global design awards (red dot, Taiwan Excellence, iF, G-Mark, IDEA), making it the first PC chassis receiving such worldwide recognition. At the CeBIT 2011 Thermaltake is continuing this tradition by introducing the Level 10 GT and thereby extending the highly acclaimed iconic design concept into the main stream segment.

Furthermore the latest addition to the popular and award winning Toughpower Grand line of high-end PC power supply units, the Toughpower Grand in 850W, 1050W and 1200W versions will be shown in Europe for the first time. With this expansion into higher wattage segments, Thermaltake’s flagship power supplies are now also catering to power-users and demanding eSports athletes whose gaming rigs are typically equipped with multiple graphics cards and multi-core CPUs.

As for the CPU cooling solutions, Thermaltake’s brand new overclocking air cooler, the Frio OCK will be on display some two weeks before its full market availability. With a heat dissipation capacity of more than 240W the Frio OCK is clearly leading the pack and sets new standards within the industry

[Press Release] Thermaltake’s Sneek Peek Of What’s To Be Seen at CeBIT 2011! is a post from: Wccftech.com

All of these rams come with their famous Power Chip Rev. D 128 * 8 chips that help these high speed modules achieve such high targets!

Landau, 21st February 2011: Exceleram – the Highend MemoryBlacksmith in Landau / Germany announces the availability of 3 new parts of the EP-Series, and expanded its product range.

“The EP series includes memory(kits) based on timing latencies of (currently) 1333mhz, but with “air” up to the top, so that overclockers have their fun.” says Steffen Eisenstein, Product Manager at Exceleram. We start with 3 models: the EP3001A, a 2GB 1333MHz CL9 single module. Followed by a 4GB (2x 2GB) 1333MHz CL9 Memorykit and a 6GB (3x 2GB) 1333MHz CL9 kit, both with the known “Rippler” heatsink. The voltage is 1.5 volts and all are exclusively equipped with the famous Power Chip Rev. D 128 * 8 chips.
What speeds are available, one can read the high score list on the Web site from Exceleram (http://www.exceleram.com/html/ep-serie.html).

The currently peak is at 2214MHz.

“We have no expense or effort spared to provide the review sites and printed magazines our new EP3001A in a large quantity. The only way we can provide the performance of the selected Exceleram chips for the first memory of the EP series demonstrate “added Steffen Eisenstein.

EP-Series overview:

EP3001A          1333MHz          1x2048MB        9-9-9-24            1,50V

EP3002A          1333MHz          2x2048MB        9-9-9-24            1,50V

EP3003A          1333MHz          3x2048MB        9-9-9-24            1,50V

[Press Release] Exceleram announces availability for 3 New Parts Of EP-Series is a post from: Wccftech.com

Antec is a very solid and well known company in terms of high end PC enclosures, PSU’s and cooling accessories. However, their main stream products are dedicated to PC cases and cooling products.
Antec caters to almost all market segments with its computer enclosures (cases or chassis –take your pick). From the wacky Skeleton, to the ubiquitous and extremely customizable LanBoy Air, the company never fails to impress.
Antec, with a black interior paint, has released the Antec Six Hundred SE as another version of their mid tower segment case, the Six Hundred.
We at WCCF Tech, today would be looking at the Six Hundred SE and see how it fares among the million and one gaming computer cases vying for your attention (and money).

ANTEC SIX HUNDRED SE: FACTS

ANTEC SIX HUNDRED SE: UN-BOXING

The Six Hundred comes in a “usual” Antec sleek black box, with yellow highlights. The box has the usual pictures of the case as well as a list of its salient features listed on it.
The case comes covered in a plastic bag while large foam pads with cuttings hold and lock the case in from the front and end, preventing damage while travelling or shipping.

ANTEC SIX HUNDRED SE: EXTERIOR –GENERAL IMPRESSIONS

The impressions from the front give you a sort of a spider web look that’s covered with a mesh grill to top it off.

The top however gives it a look of something that’s designed for a high-end machine from a company that doesn’t lack on quality but gives the best of the best from it. The most prominent thing about it is the huge Antec Tri Cool 200mm Blue LED fan installed there that pretty much stands out and is covered by a hexagonal mesh wire frame.

EXTERIOR –FRONT

The front of the case as you can see has 3 plates that cover the 3.5 Bay expansion areas on the front with something notable just below it. A hotswap or what you can call, an SSD external drive bay.

This is a very useful feature in the near future to come as we progress from mechanical to Solid State Drives (SSD). The external enclosure on the inside has connectors for a SATA Power and Cable port that can be connected to the motherboard easily.

The case comes fitted also with 1 stock 120mm Antec fan on the front (There’s support for mounting two) and one Tri-Cool Blue LED fan at the back (shown later on)

The top of the panel exposes us to 3 USB 2.0 ports, 2 status lights (HDD and Power) and the usual Reset and Power buttons. This looks pretty neat and clean but I would’ve preferred the Power & Reset button on the left side as usually majority of pc enthusiasts and users place their desktops on the right side of their monitor. It would be easier a bit for the hand to reach or otherwise this is perfect. Besides that, there are two audio jacks for a speaker and microphone respectively. These both work on the AC97 audio codec.

The front fascia can be simply pulled off with a little bit of force applied and exposes the 3.5” inch bays, as well as the mounting place for the tray which hold two 120 mm fans for optimum cooling.

As far as the looks are concerned here, Antec wanted to give it a stealthy look, while keeping a web look theme. (It is a gaming case, so it’s natural)

EXTERIOR –TOP

As far as the frames go that hold the fan in place, they’re not real and fake. Neither Antec recommends that you use them as carrying handles for your system.

The front of the top has a slightly opaque acrylic panel that, with a little bit of lighting, exposes the beast that may run inside it.

EXTERIOR –BACK

The back of the case features the usual cut for a bottom mounted power supply and motherboard back plate.

There are two cuts for a watercooling setup on the side for its pipes but hasn’t been cut out but instead given tiny holes through it along with a grove so that one who would want to install such a setup may have to mod the case.
The expansion slots are covered with removable plates which have rather large openings to allow for more airflow.

There is also a single 120mm Tri Cool Fan at the back as well. (Mentioned earlier)

The fan speed controller for the top fan, its lighting and and rear fan is located just above the back mounted 120mm fan. Both the fans can have their speed adjusted between the settings of low, medium or high.

EXTERIOR –SIDE PANELS

The side panel facing the interior of the case has a large plexi-glass window which is exactly like the one on the 900 and 902 cases. There is a cut given on the side panel window to mount a 120mm fan.
The side panels are mounted by using a set of thumb screws. They are solidly built and are heavy. They don’t sway at all like many of the side panel of its rivals. They are relatively easy to mount and remove.

EXTERIOR –BOTTOM

The bottom of the case has 4 rubber feet and well that is it. These do provide a good firm on the place where it’s cased, while keeping the case silent and reducing vibration.

INTERIOR –GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS

The interior is all black which makes for a great show from the side panel window. The interior can be divided into two distinct zones –the motherboard tray area and the drive mount area. The interior is arounf 210mm deep and will take even the largest of air coolers fit easily inside it.

INTERIOR –MOTHERBOARD TRAY

The tray has the usual mounts for the motherboard. Since this is a mid tower, it supports Mini- ITX, Micro ATX and standard ATX boards. A cutout has been given for the cpu socket for easy installation of different high end CPU cooling solutions with ease.

But when it comes to cable management. Houston we have a problem.
As you may see, there isn’t any cut given for the PSU wires to be hidden from view to the other side of the casing. This in turn would affect the airflow inside the case.
The power supply is installed at the bottom and as for bottom fan mounted PSU’s, getting airflow would seem a slight problem and might cause overheating.
However, this case supports up to 1 foot or 12” inch long graphic cards (i.e. AMD’s 6990) without any hassle.

INTERIOR – DRIVE MOUNTS

The unit has 9 forward facing drive bays. Almost all contemporary casings have sideward facing hard drive bays for easy installation.
It is possible to install upto 6 3.5” inch hard drives in the front bay, with 3 3.5” inch bay drives, and off-course, the hot swap external 2.5” SSD drive.

The drives bays are not tool-less. They are fixed to the case using two pairs of thumb screws. This is not essentially a bad thing as this is intended to be a LAN party gaming case. Any accidental bump will probably be enough to damage a drive fitted on rails.

INTERIOR –IMPRESSIONS

Antec’s black finish with the interior doest stand out a lot. And makes it a more Gamer’s home type rig. (Suits a lot if one has those Asus Rampage Boards installed! )

CONCLUSION

The SIX HUNDRED SE, for its price does give out a lot, and is a good buy for one who wants looks and cooling at the same time, without a care of what’s the mess inside (No cable management).
Other than that, this is a very solid build case, when even though half of it is plastic, it does shine out a lot when both the fans power on with the quite attractive looking top blue 200mm LED fan and the side panel.
The two things Antec should have added in this case was options for cable management, as well as a carrying handle for easier transportation to different LAN parties and tournaments.

Regarding the price point, one can get Xigmatek cases in the same price range with more options (looks will cost you here, keep that in mind) are available in the market but what can I say? Antec is Antec. Their build quality always stands out.

Although the CM Scout has a carrying handle, but looses out on the ability to take in GPUs longer than 10”. It also doesn’t come with fan controllers. Yet, the Scout is a tool less case, but as I have mentioned, screws would always hold firmer the precious hardware than the tool-less mountings.

So in short, this case is for you if you’re not so worried about cable management and just want the hardware cooled inside without the worry of it getting covered it dust, yet still see the beauty inside it. But if you want all the goodies, then the CM 690 II with a bit of extra cash, is the one for you.

PROS

1. Attractive Design
2. 3 bundled fans of which 2 with fan controllers
3. Cut out for processor socket
4. Side panel window and fan option

CONS

1. Not tool less (again debatable)
2. Top carrying handle
3. No cable management
4. No dust filters

Antec Six Hundred SE Case Review is a post from: Wccftech.com