La société LSI Corporation a annoncé la vente d'un disque SSD ultra-performant utilisant un connecteur PCI-Express

Pour cette nouvelle partie sur la vie de PC INpact, nous allons ici répondre à certaines de vos questions. Mieux encore, un peu plus bas, Jeff (Jacques), notre nouveau stagiaire, vous raconte ses premiers jours dans notre équipe de malades.

Deuxième test pour le Scythe Yasya, tout juste annoncé en Europe, au tarif de 39.90€. Un radiateur au look innovant, qui introduit une nouvelle structure pour les ailettes, qui sera déclinée sur leur prochain modèle en topflow. Nouveau ventilateur aussi, qui dispose du PWM et d'une équerre PCI avec potentiomètre, afin de régler la plage de vitesse.

As a full time systems administrator, I can tell you without equivocation that IT is hard. There are lots of little problems that occur. Operating systems are fragile. Automation is great, but requires constant vigilance. So I approach things like the ClearBOX with much skepticism. An all-in-one IT solution sounds too good to be true, and it very likely is. I’m sure it offers some great features, and in the right environment it can be a good purchase. But there is no holy grail to unified IT services, because every environment is different, and the only constant is change.

The hardware specs on the ClearBOX look adequate enough for most small businesses with simple IT needs:

• System Restore (In Development)
• Bypass 2 LED Indicator
• Bypass 1 LED Indicator
• G2 Bypass Segment 1 with 2 1Gb Ethernet Ports
• G2 Bypass Segment 2 with 2 1Gb Ethernet Ports
• 2 1Gb Ethernet Ports
• Dual USB 2.0 Ports
• RJ45 System Console connector
• Hard Drive Active LED
• Power LED
• Reset Button
• 128×32 Graphic LCD Module
• 4 button LCD Module Control
• 200W Full-range ATX
• On/Off Switch
• Intelligent Cooling System
• VGA Port – Intel 82G41 Chipset
• One PCI-E x8 Expansion Slot Rear

The ClearBOX comes with ClearOS, “a powerful network and server gateway designed for small organizations and distributed environments.” It’s open source, so I’m guessing it’s a Linux distribution of some sort, but it’s not clear to me whether they’ve rolled their own distro from the ground up, or if they’re springboarding off an existing distribution.

The ClearBOX and ClearOS look like a neat offering, but I’ve seen way too many of these all-in-one “IT in a box” systems come and go through the years to have any expectations that this one will last.

TopAchat --- Micro --- Carte graphique PCI-Express --- Carte graphique Radeon HD 5830, 1 Go, Asus

La petite Zotac H55ITX-A s'affiche de nouveau sur la toile, et prouve qu'une carte Mini-ITX peut faire presque aussi bien qu'un modèle en µATX, voire ATX si on ne cherche pas du haut-de-gamme. Support i3/i5 avec GPU intégré, connectique complète, WiFi N, six SATA, et un port PCI-E 16x. C'est appétissant.

Zotac launches another teeny motherboard - the H55ITX-A-E includes 802.11n WiFi and a full 16x PCI-E slot. We take it for a spin with a Core i5-750 and Core i5-661 to see what this little tiger can do (clue: a lot).

Le californien LSI vient de dévoiler son premier disque flash au format PCI Express...

Tipped off by Mother Nature about the upcoming summertime, Scythe has come up with a brand new cooler for your multi-core processor, the first to make use of the T.M.L.F. (Trident Multi Layer Fin) structure. Named Yasya, Scythe's latest creation measures 130 x 108,5 x 159 mm, weights 848 grams and features a nickel-plated copper base, six heatpipes, and a Slip Stream 120 mm fan that works from 470 to 1900 RPM and boasts a maximum sound output of 37 dBA.

Yasya is compatible with Intel LGA 775/1156/1366 and AMD Socket 754/939/940/AM2(+)/AM3 processors, is bundled with a PCI fan speed controller and has a recommended price tag of $57 / 35.90 Euro (without VAT).

Il y a seulement quelques jours, Valve annonçait que Steam, ainsi que certains de ses jeux, seraient bientôt disponibles sous MacOS X, grâce à un portage OpenGL.