Transcend today announces its new 160GB StoreJet 2.5 SATA external hard drive. With a stylishly designed, polished aluminum case which houses a modern 2.5-inch SATA hard drive. To ensure performance, the StoreJet 2.5 makes use of its Hi-Speed USB 2.0 interface, which provides data transfer rates up to 480Mbits per second while maintaining full compatibility with older computers that only support USB 1.1. Inside the StoreJet’s streamlined shell is a new-generation, high-capacity 160GB HDD that supports transfer rates of up to 1.5Gb/s via “point to point” data connections. Not only is this new drive is noticeably faster, but at the same time it saves power with its low operating voltage. Due to its faster throughput and efficient operation, SATA is quickly becoming the mainstream interface standard for modern hard drives.
Intel’s latest chipset family, the P3x-series, can certainly be qualified as a hit thus far. While Intel P3x-series chipsets, like the mid-range P35 series and the budget-targeted P31 series, don’t sport any truly exciting new features in comparison to their previous generation counterparts, they’re showing themselves to be extremely reliable and very flexible thus far. While high-end (performance minded) buyers will most likely opt for Intel’s coming upcoming X38 and X48 chipsets, the P35 and P31 Express chipsets will no doubt become the base for the vast majority of Intel platforms over the next several years.
The latest series to enter the Biostar E Gate family of graphics cards is of course the 8600s from NVIDIA. Their cards have recently become more interesting thanks to the implementation of V-Ranger which is what Biostar name their smart voltage and dynamic clock software.