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Enermax brings 80 Plus Gold to lower wattages by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:07 PM on June 8, 2009 COMPUTEX — We saw a handful of 80 Plus Gold-certified power supplies at the show last week (including Seasonic and OCZ models), but... Type: News story Tags: Power	20
Seasonic PSU is 90% efficient, silent below 20% load by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:03 AM on June 5, 2009 COMPUTEX — Power supply efficiency is the latest craze, and the sheer number of 80 Plus-certified PSUs at Computex is a clear testament to that.... Type: News story Tags: Power	65
Corsair adds modular 750W, 850W PSUs by Cyril Kowaliski — 3:56 PM on May 27, 2009 For the longest time, Corsair's modular power supply line has had a hole between the 620W and king-sized 1,000W models. Corsair has now bridge... Type: News story Tags: Power	13
XFX to release its first power supply soon by Cyril Kowaliski — 10:42 PM on May 24, 2009 Every so often, it seems, an enthusiast hardware firm decides to start offering power supplies out of the blue. OCZ did it a few years... Type: News story Tags: Power	39
New 910W PC Power & Cooling PSU has 88% efficiency rating by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:00 AM on April 28, 2009 Remember that beefier Silencer power supply we spotted at OCZ's CES booth in... Type: News story Tags: Power	24
OCZ preps new PSUs with up to 90% rated efficiency by Cyril Kowaliski — 10:07 AM on April 3, 2009 These days, many power supply manufacturers boast about their units offering 80% efficiency. OCZ has gone a step further, announcing a new 1kW Z1000 PSU... Type: News story Tags: Power	24
BFG launches modular 1.2kW power supply by Cyril Kowaliski — 11:12 AM on March 24, 2009 While the rest of us get by with comparatively puny 500W power supplies, BFG... Type: News story Tags: Power	36
OCZ cooks up new SSDs and a beefier Silencer by Geoff Gasior — 12:00 AM on January 12, 2009 CES — OCZ will be expanding its SSD lineup in 2009 with a focus on multi-level cell flash. Rather than rebranding units from other... Type: News story Tags: Power Storage Memory	14
Antec shrinks Skeleton for Mini-ITX by Geoff Gasior — 9:07 PM on January 11, 2009 CES — Antec shrunk its open-air Skeleton enclosure just in time for CES, unveiling a new model designed for Mini-ITX motherboards. The Mini Skeleton-65... Type: News story Tags: Cases Power	26
OCZ unleashes red-and-black Fatal1ty PSUs by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:00 AM on November 26, 2008 After graphics cards, sound cards, memory, and miscellaneous peripherals, pro-gaming celebrity Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel... Type: News story Tags: Power	41
400W Corsair PSU beckons penny-pinching enthusiasts by Cyril Kowaliski — 2:57 PM on October 14, 2008 We all love the high efficiency and noise-reduction features of top-of-the-line enthusiast power supplies,... Type: News story Tags: Power	38
Deal of the week: A cheap PSU and a GeForce 8800 GT by Cyril Kowaliski — 2:58 PM on August 29, 2008 We don't often feature power supplies in our deal posts, because PSU prices don't oscillate much, and "bargain" PSUs are typically unreliable and failure-prone. However,... Type: News story Tags: Graphics Power	28
Antec unveils pricey Signature Series power supplies by Cyril Kowaliski — 2:32 PM on June 30, 2008 If you've ever caught yourself longing for a more expensive desktop power supply, Antec's new 850W and 650W Signature Series PSUs may seduce you. Launching... Type: News story Tags: Power	21
Cooler Master touts efficient 900W power supply by Cyril Kowaliski — 1:50 PM on May 27, 2008 When it comes to... Type: News story Tags: Power	22
SPEC devises web server power benchmark by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:00 AM on May 22, 2008 When it comes to SPEC benchmarks, power has been the name of the game lately. After completing work on its SPECpower_ssj2008 benchmark and Type: News story Tags: Power Systems	8
New laptop battery design has 30% more capacity by Cyril Kowaliski — 2:52 PM on April 10, 2008 Researchers at the Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, Illinois have developed a new type of lithium-ion battery that can store up to 30% more energy... Type: News story Tags: Power Mobile computing	30
PC Power & Cooling intros mainstream PSUs by Cyril Kowaliski — 4:26 PM on April 3, 2008 PC Power & Cooling power supplies are renowned for their quality, and our tests suggest that reputation is still well-deserved even after OCZ's purchase... Type: News story Tags: Power	17
SPEC cooking up workstation power-performance test by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:59 AM on March 19, 2008 Now that it has completed work on its SPECpower_ssj2008 benchmark, the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC) is looking to quantify power-performance on different types... Type: News story Tags: CPUs Power Systems	1

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CampinCarl

I'm sorry but if there's enough market demand for 13.3" 3200x1800 screens, there's MORE than enough demand for 24" 2560x1600 screens.

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lilbuddhaman

Obligatory "what about Higher resolution desktop monitors" post. +26

Star Brood

Meanwhile on the desktop scene: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=... +19

Mourmain

Pet peeve: "would have been". +19

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