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Intel Desktop Board DX79SR,Updated DX79SI

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Expected Price $300

Intel initially revealed the X79 chipset it was said to feature additional SAS ports which over time were meant to be additional SATA ports, but in the end the chipset arrived with no extra storage interfaces at all. Even though Intel was expected to remedy this with a later chipset revision, this doesn’t appear to be the case anymore, but Intel has decided to issue a revised version of its DX79SI motherboard with additional connectivity in a couple of areas.

Early pictures of the DX79SI from last year showed the board with a total of 10 SATA ports, but in the end the board only arrived with six, to many potential buys disappointment. The DX79SR has at least in part remedied this by sporting an extra Marvell SE9128 SATA controller which adds two more SATA 6Gbps ports.

The rear I/O has also been changed slightly with the addition of two more USB 3.0 ports courtesy of a four port host controller, although we’re not sure who the manufacturer is. Again, this was a feature missing on the DX79SI which it had space for. Intel has also done some minor changes to the PCB layout, there are no longer any lane switches between the first and second PCI Express x16 slots and many of the capacitors appear to have been changed.

The DX79SR will ship with an internal Wi-Fi/Bluetooth 2.1 module that attaches to one of the USB 2.0 headers. Sadly it’s limited to 150Mbps Wi-Fi and if you have a chassis with no plastic parts or large enough holes to the outside world so to speak, it’ll be hard to get any kind of signal with this module. Intel also includes a mouse pad and a thermal probe with the board. The DX79SR is set to replace the DX79SI entirely and it should end up costing around US$300 (S$375) at launch which should be later this month.

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Eurocom Started Shipping NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M Kepler Graphics Solution

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Eurocom Corporation, a developer of long lifespan, fully upgradable notebooks, Mobile Img Loading.....Workstations and Mobile Servers is shipping the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M in its line of Mobile Workstations and High Performance Notebooks.

The addition of the NVIDIA GeFore GTX 660M, currently the highest performing Kepler mobile solution from NVIDIA, gives Eurocom customers a more complete choice of video processor options to configure into their new Eurocom system or upgrade into their existing system. The addition of the NVIDIA GeForce 660M GPUs in single and SLI offers users another choice of video processor options to Eurocom customers to choose nearly any preference or performance level.
“NVIDIA’s Geforce GTX 660M will offer extreme professional capability, gaming and CUDA development performance for our customers. With 384 CUDA cores the GeForce 660M is ideal for Gamers, Professionals and CUDA development which enables the GPU to solve complex computational problems in business and technical applications for utilization within the Eurocom notebook line,” explains Mark Bialic, President of Eurocom.

Eurocom has been furiously testing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M in its EUROCOM Racer 2.0 platform. Results can be found here.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M Specs:
GPU Engine Specs:

  • 384 CUDA Cores
  • 835 MHz Graphics Clock (MHz)
  • 30.4Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec)

Memory Specs:

  • 2000 MHz Memory Clock
  • GDDR5 Memory Interface
  • 128bit Memory Interface Width
  • 64.0 Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec)

Feature Support:

  • OpenGL 4.1
  • Supported Technologies: 3D Vision, CUDA, DirectX 11, PhysX, Optimus, OpenCL, DirectCompute
  • SLI Options 2-way

Display Support:

  • Maximum Digital Resolution: 3840 x 2160
  • Maximum VGA Resolution: Up to 2048×1536
  • HDCP
  • HDMI

Outstanding/Pending Alienware M14x, M17x, and M18x Sandy Bridge Orders Upgraded to Ivy Bridge

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Alienware announced that outstanding (pending) orders of M14x, M17x, and M18x gaming Image is Loading....notebooks, which were placed before last month’s refresh to the Core “Ivy Bridge” processor platform, will be upgraded for free, to Ivy Bridge. Such customers with pending orders are being notified by email that their selected models with previous-generation Core “Sandy Bridge” processors will be upgraded to their “Ivy Bridge” equivalents, at no additional charge, and with no delay in their delivery dates. This offer applies only to the Alienware line, and not other Dell notebooks.

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Leetgion El’Druin Gaming Mouse Detailes

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Here are some of the first images of Leetgion’s second gaming mouse, the El’Druin. While its first mouse, the Hellion, is optimized for StarCraft II, the El’Durin is designed for Diablo III. Still in its CGI form, the El’Durin is an ambidextrous-looking mouse that has twelve programmable hotkeys including a 5-directional thumb S-pad (for quick actions). Its main two buttons are backed by Japanese Omron switches.

Under the hood is an Avago 9500 laser sensor with a tracking resolution of 5,000 DPI. This sensor is backed by Leetgion’s patented DPI micro-tuner that allows users to adjust the tracking resolution at extremely fine steps. The mouse includes four custom profile sets including a default profile. For ergonomics there are four removable palm plates. The El’Durin measures 126 x 80 x 44 mm (LxWxH).

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