Looking for a new mousepad? If so, make sure not to miss out on our review tonight where we test out the various sizes of the Attitude One Saiga mousepads. Attitude One products have turned out to be fairly inexpensive products with good quality. This is a great combo on todays market, the question remains though; does the same go for the Saiga mosuepads?

About Attitude One:

Read more about the company on their website, http://attitudeone.com

Specifications:

Material Durable, smooth and flexible cloth
Surface Uncoated / semi-rigid
Backside Rubber-based back for a firm grip on all types of surfaces
Compability Optical & laser
Dimension Saiga Small: 260x220mm
Saiga Medium: 320x270mm
Saiga Large: 380X300mm
Saiga XL: 460X380mm
Thickness Saiga Small: 2mm
Saiga Medium: 2mm
Saiga Large: 3mm
Saiga XL: 4mm

The Product:

We got a sample of every size available but in this test we are going to work with the “S”, “L” and also the XXL mousepad. We sent out the “M” and “XXL” to some testers to get an idea of what others think about them.

We see the mousepads packed in these orange boxes that protect them well.

This is the small version which is still a decent size. To give you something to compare it against you can compare it vs a cheap mousepad that you can buy at like Walmart or something so this still has a decent size to it.

About Phanteks:

Check Phanteks’s website at www.phanteks.com for information about the company.

Specifications & Features:

The Product:

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PH-TC12DX comes in a white cardboard box. On the frontside there is a picture of the cooler with fans attached in to it. The cooler is 126 x 107 x 157mm and should fit in most cases available out on the market.

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Inside the package is the actual heatsink accompanied with two 120mm silent fans, tube of silver paste and the necessary accessories to secure the heatsink to the motherboard. PH-TC12DX comes with two sets of accessories; one for Intel based boards and the other for AMD based boards. PH-TC12DX supports all Intel consumer sockets starting from Socket 775 and from AMD side supported are all consumer motherboard sockets from AM2 to the newest AM3+, including FM1 and FM2.

AMD – 2013-06-05 10:54

Spotlight shines on 2013 APUs for mobile and desktop, new GPUs with stunning graphics, more performance and better entertainment experiences

COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2013 – TAIPEI, Taiwan —6/5/2013

Today at COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2013, AMD (NYSE: AMD) exhibited a diverse range of sleek OEM designs and new generations of software and applications that harness the unmatched computational performance and power efficiency of the 2013 AMD APU and GPU product portfolio. In addition, AMD announced its top-performing 2013 Elite A-Series Accelerated Processing Units (APUs) for desktop PCs, and publicly demonstrated for the first time the upcoming “Kaveri” APU that will introduceHeterogeneous System Architecture to the world.

“As the computing market transforms into new and innovative form factors, AMD is proud to launch our third generation of APU technology with end-to-end coverage across the server, embedded, desktop, notebook and tablet market segments,” said Lisa Su, senior vice president and general manager, AMD Global Business Units. “AMD APUs have achieved exceptional adoption, most recently being selected as the heart of the living room in the next generation of game consoles as well as delivering powerful new user experiences in desktops, notebook and tablets. We welcome our customers, technology partners and most importantly the end users of our technology to come experience what AMD innovation delivers at COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2013.”

2013 Elite A-Series APUs for Desktops Deliver What Customers Want

AMD is delivering a new, top-to-bottom product stack for mainstream PCs and do-it-yourself (DIY) PC builders looking for leading performance, discrete-level graphics and an easy upgrade infrastructure that leverages existing platforms with the 2013 AMD Elite A-Series APUs. An announcement detailing the specifications and performance details of the latest desktop performance leaders from AMD was made today.

Also demonstrated at COMPUTEX was technology from leading cloud-gaming ISV Splashtop® that gives users access to enhanced ‘personal-cloud’ software. Users now have the ability to stream some of the most popular, best-selling game titles such as “SimCity” on other nearby mobile devices and, with AMD Elite A-Series APUs for desktops, experience ultra-responsive performance.

2013 Mobility APUs for PC Users on the Go

Following the recent launch of three new mobility APUs – including the world’s first 28nm, quad-core x86 SoC APU (formerly codenamed “Temash”) and the first and only quad-core SoC APU for entry-level and small-form factor touch notebooks (formerly codenamed “Kabini”) — AMD also showcased new OEM design wins. The new APUs are designed to effectively balance the needs of a wide range of new and traditional mobile PC users and are available beginning today from the world’s top computer manufacturers, including attractive new systems from Acer and HP, with many others expected throughout the year. In recognition of its ability to deliver a superior experience for mobile PCs, the new Elite Mobility APU was awarded “Best Choice of COMPUTEX TAIPEI.”

AMD Industry-Leading Graphics Enhances Gaming Experiences

AMD also showcased the latest updates to its Unified Gaming Strategy, which is how AMD plans to drive leadership in the global gaming market across consoles, cloud platforms, tablets and PCs. AMD is effectively positioned to drive the next era of gaming as a leading provider of the most innovative graphics technologies and a key collaborator with the world’s top hardware and game developers.

The success of AMD’s Unified Gaming Strategy is immediately and clearly evident in consoles. All major next generation consoles – Sony PlayStation 4, Nintendo Wii U and Microsoft Xbox One – are powered by AMD technology.

AMD also demonstrated its two recently announced leadership graphics products: AMD Radeon™ HD 7990, the world’s fastest desktop GPU, and AMD Radeon™ HD 8970M, the world’s fastest notebook GPU. To showcase the outstanding features, performance and power of AMD Radeon™ GPUs, AMD revealed a new “Ruby™” technology demo at COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2013, designed from the ground up to demonstrate award-winning Graphics Core Next (GCN) architecture. Ten years after the release of the first “Ruby” demo, the new version illustrates the magic game developers can create today with GCN, allowing users to experience new levels of detail and features such as AMD TressFX hair and AMD Eyefinity technology. The new “Ruby” technology demo was developed in collaboration with IIIFonic, using the Crytek CryEngine3.

In cloud gaming, AMD showed how it is leading the way by working with industry leaders like CiiNow, G-Cluster, OTOY and Ubitus to deploy gaming technology across the cloud. AMD Radeon™ Sky Series graphics cards enable game developers and service providers to deliver a world-class content experience by allowing flexible streaming of visually stunning games, without restricting users to a single device.

AMD works closely with game developers to optimize PC games for AMD technology and to offer today’s most acclaimed and popular titles via the “Never Settle: Reloaded” game bundle. One of AMD’s key gaming partners is Nixxes, the developer behind “Deus Ex: Human Revolution™,” “Hitman: Absolution™” and “Tomb Raider™.” Jurjen Katsman, CEO of Nixxes, joined AMD at COMPUTEX to discuss the future direction of the long-standing gaming partnership between AMD and Nixxes.

Supporting Resources

• Check out the new 2013 Elite A-Series APUs for desktop
• Find out more information about the AMD APU Advantage
• See more information about the “Never Settle Reloaded” Bundle
• Visit the 2013 Mobility APU landing page for videos, photos and more
• Read about recent AMD APU news
• Visit our COMPUTEX landing page to get the latest on all of our show happenings
• Check out AMD APU demos
• Follow all the news from AMD on Twitter @AMD_Unprocessed
• Follow AMD on Facebook

AMD – 2013-06-05 08:19

AMD Extends Graphics and Compute Leadership with 2013 Elite A-Series Desktop APUs

AMD completes 2013 lineup with desktop APUs that deliver stunning graphics, accelerated performance and better entertainment

COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2013 – TAIPEI, TAIWAN —6/5/2013 

AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced its 2013 Elite A-Series Accelerated Processing Unit (APU) for desktops, codenamed “Richland”, which delivers a superior PC solution with increased computational performance, discrete-level graphics and an easy upgrade infrastructure. At COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2013, AMD showcased the complete breadth of its 2013 APU portfolio with the launch of the new Elite A-Series APU for desktops which power a diverse range of OEM systems and feature new generations of software and applications that harness the unrivaled compute power of the 2013 AMD APU product lineup: the fastest AMD APUs ever.

“The new AMD A-Series APU is ideal for desktop PC builders and mainstream gamers wanting outstanding performance for their money, and today AMD delivers an excellent new follow-on to the recently announced mobile lineup,” said Bernd Lienhard, corporate vice president and general manager, Client Products Division at AMD. “The combination of high-performance, third-generation desktop APUs with our existing portfolio of low-power, mobile APUs gives us our strongest-ever lineup of products for our customers and our technology partners.”

2013 Elite A-Series APUs Break the Mold to Enable Innovative PC Solutions

Since its introduction in 2011, the APU quickly became the fastest growing category of processors for AMD, powering everything from the Microsoft Xbox One and Sony PlayStation 4 to new generations ofnotebooks, tablets, desktop PCs, low-power servers and embedded devices. AMD extends its leadership in the category with the introduction of its new 2013 Elite A-Series APUs for desktop PCs. This APU provides higher performance and innovative new features to benefit users. The new AMD A-Series APUs combine AMD “Piledriver” CPU architecture with AMD Radeon™ HD 8000 Series graphics on the FM2 motherboard infrastructure. The ability to support existing A85X, A75 and A55 platforms as well as forward compatibility with FM2+ motherboards provides users the ability to buy now with the flexibility to upgrade as new platforms come to market. In addition, these APUs feature maximum clock speeds over 4 GHz for next generation compute workloads.

Utilizing the latest AMD Radeon HD 8000 Series graphics, the Elite A-Series combines the CPU and up to 384 Radeon parallel processing cores to offer up to 15 percent increased graphics performance over its predecessor¹, the AMD Second Generation APU (formerly codenamed Trinity,) and winner of the2012 Best Choice of COMPUTEX TAIPEI award. The Elite A-Series APU for desktops supports newAMD Radeon™ Memory Gamer Series at 2133 MHz. When paired with an A-Series APU, the DDR3-2133 MHz Radeon Memory Gamer Series will give up to a 13 percent performance increase over DDR3-1866 MHz memory².

AMD Elite A-Series Desktop APUs 

When you game your wrists tend to get tired after awhile, we know there are arm rests for keyboards in general but are there also useful ones for gaming? There is at least one from Attitude One, they have released the Kamaz wrist rest that is aimed towards the gamers; we are going to test this tonight so keep on reading.

About Attitude One:

Read more about Attitude one on their website, http://attitudeone.com/?page_id=385

Specifications:

Available colors Black
Item no AA9201
UPC 794504516241
Weight 180g
Box dimension Height: 28mm
Width: 462mm
Depth:85mm
Qty per box (under update)
MSRP EUR (under update)
Warranty 1 years

The Product:

Like the other Attitude One products this one also comes packed in an orange package.

The Kamaz is made out of some type of silicone with a cloth cover and a non slip base to prevent it from moving during your gaming sessions.

Today we take a look at something brand new, I have never tested anything from Attitude one but today is the day! We are going to review several of their products but the first thing we are going to test is their Tunguska 2.0 gaming headset. This headset seems to be fairly lightweight and have some cool colors and also a braided cable….lets get on with the review.

About Attitude One:

Find out more about them on their website, http://attitudeone.com/

Specifications:

Frequency range 20-20kHz
Impedance 32 O
Sensitivity 111dB±3dB
Driver diameter Ø40.0mm
Driver magnets NdFeB
Driver membrane PET+PEN
Microphone frequency range: 50Hz – 5KHz
Microphone Sensitivity -54dB±3dB
Microphone directivity Omnidirectional
Connection 2 x 3.5mm
Cable length 2.2 m braided cable
System requirements N/A

Read full features/specs on their website, http://attitudeone.com/?page_id=274

The Product:

Orange is their color and so is this orange headset, you can actually open up the box and see how the headset looks like before buying it.

If you don’t like orange it is also available in white and this bright green color. I really like that they aren’t afraid to bring out some new and interesting colors onto the headset market.

Today we take a look at a gaming mouse, we are taking a look at Mionix latest creation that they named Naos 8200. It seems to be a fairly light weight mouse with a good size and plenty of buttons to play around with.

Lets take a closer look and get this review going.

About Mionix:

Read more about Mionix on their website, http://mionix.net/about-us/corporate-info/

Specfications:

32bit ARM processor 72mhz
Right handed truly ergonomic design, full palm grip
Grip friendly rubber coating
7 fully programmable buttons
3 steps in-game DPI adjustment
6 integrated LEDs in 4 colour zones
Up to 16.8 Million LED colour options
Lighting effects Colour shift, Solid, Blinking, Pulsating and Breathing
128 kb built-in memory
Large PTFE mouse feet
Gold Plated, Full speed USB 2.0 connection with Plug and Play
Cable 2m long braided cable

Find all specifications on their website, http://mionix.net/products/naos-8200/

The Product:

This mouse comes packed in this small black box, on top of it they have printed a big image of the mouse.

The right shape is well shaped for your ringfinger and your pinky finger, it feels comfortable to use  the mouse due to the shape of it.

I have seen alot of mousepads in the past,  especially between 2000-2002 when companies experimented with various materials such as glass, cloth, plastic, rubber etc. Mionix has released an aluminum alloy based mousepad named Ensis 320 Luna I’m curious how well this will perform, especially since most manufacturers use a rubber/plastic mix these days. Can they compete with high quality mousepads from companies like Qpad or Steelseries?

About Mionix:

Read more about the Swedish company Mionix, http://mionix.net/about-us/corporate-info/

Specifications:

Material: Aluminium alloy
S.Q.A.T value: 9
Surface: Hairline brushed / rigid
Dimensions: 320mm x 260mm
Thickness: 2mm
Back: Rubber based backside for a steady grip
Compatibilty: LED-optical & laser

The Product:

The mousepad comes well packed in this nice box, and is covered with 2 layers of plastic that you will need to peel off.

As I mentioned this mousepad is made out of aluminum alloy and it was hard to take a picture of the glossy finish.

Today we are taking a look at a case from Aerocool which happens to be the new Xpredator gaming case. I have not had the chance to review Aerocool products in the past so I’m really looking forward to this review, the case seems filled with cool features.

About Aerocool:

Read more about them on their website, http://www.aerocool.com.tw/company.html

Specifications:

Case Type Full Tower
Material SECC 0.8/1.0mm
Motherboards Flex ATX / ATX / Micro ATX / E-ATX / XL-ATX
Chassis Dimensions 600(H) x 234(W) x 555(D)
Drive Bays 6 x 5.25″ (External) / 6 x HDDs (internal) / 1 x 3.5″ (External)
Expansion Slots 10 Slots
Max length space available for PCI slots 330mm
I/O Ports 1 x USB 3.0 / 3 x USB 2.0 / e-SATA / Mic & headphone (AC97 & HD audio)
Fan Controller Controls 6 fans simultaneously with max combined wattage of 20W
Height limit for CPU coolers ( Without side fan ) 185mm

The Product:

This case comes packed in this very visually appealing box, inside the case is packed in foam to prevent movement and dents.

The version we got has a window on the side panel and they have also made it possible to mount four fans on the side panel if you want some more air circulation.

To remove the sideopanel all you need to do is remove the two thumb screws and it will almost falls off.

Today we will have the pleasure of taking a look at the newest case from Antec. Our test subject is called GX700 which is a military themed mid-tower sized case. Let’s see what it has to offer and what kind of interesting features it has.

About Antec:

Check their webpages at www.antec.com for information about the company.

Specifications:

Model GX700
Case Type Mid-Tower
Color(s) Black and military green
Cooling System – Includes 2 x 140 mm top fans
Capable of mounting 240 mm radiator for water cooling
- Includes 1 x 120 mm rear fan
- Optional 2 x 120 mm front intake fans
- Optional 120 mm side fan mount to cool graphic cards
Maximum CPU cooler height up to 172 mm
Water cooling support Rear water cooling grommets
Drive Bays – 3 + 1 x 5.25″ tool-less drive bays
Click-on 5.25″ drive bay clasps
Top bay designed for controls
-5 x 3.5″ tool-less HDD tray each with 2.5″ SSD/HDD mount
Front Ports – 2 x USB 3.0
- 2 x USB 2.0
- Audio In/Out
- Fan controller
Expansion Slots / video card size – 7 x PCI-E with thumbscrew access / up to 293 mm (11.5″)
PSU None
Motherboard Support Standard ATX, microATX, Mini-ITX
CPU Cutout Enlarged CPU Cutout
Cable Management – 13 mm of cable routing space behind motherboard tray
- Cable routing holes
Side panel features – Side Panel Window (Right side)
- Two 120 mm fan mounts (Right side – Optional)
- One 120 mm fan mount behind motherboard (Left side – Optional)
Dimensions
- 19.7″ (H) x 7.9 ” (W) x 17.7″(D) /
- 500 mm (H) x200 mm (W) x 450 mm (D)
Weight – Net Weight: 13.8 lb / 6.26 kg
- Gross Weight: 17.2 lb / 7.82 kg

The Product:

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Antec GX700 is a military themed case and as the theme might suggest, it is colored in black and military green. It has four 5.25 slots mounted in the front section. In general I like how the case looks and admittedly it is something I haven’t seen before. Let’s move on!

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The side panel of the GX700 shows us nothing interesting or new. There’s a slot for a single 120mm fan, but other than that, it’s just a steel panel plain and simple.

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The back section of the case has slots for external water cooling, which is typical in nowdays cases. Also, as you can see, the PSU is located in the lower section of the case and extension cards are secured using a stress free toolless system.

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We see here the power button along with the reset switch and HDD / Power leds are located in the mid section of the front panel. The red color of the power button gives it a “panic button” feeling which can easily be seen from the case even in a dark room.

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As we saw before, the extension cards are secured using toolless mechanism. One simply releases the plastic holder and unscrews the required thumbscrews. Next install the card, secure the card with thumbscrew and put the plastic holder back on place.