We got a nice little surprise here at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) 2010 when Intel pulled out their upcoming LGA1155 6-series chipset Sandy Bridge motherboard! This Intel P67 board is called 'Burrage' internally, but you'll know if by the retail part number of DP67BG. The Intel DP67BG is the very first Intel LGA1155 motherboard that we have seen in person and while we don't know the specifics on the board we were able to snap some pictures of the board.
Along the bottom edge we can make out three internal USB 2.0 headers in black and a single Firewire 1394a header in blue. If we are counting right it looks like this board will have 14 USB 2.0 and 2 USB 3.0 headers. Six USB 2.0 headers are internal USB 2.0 and eight are external. The pair of Super Speed USB 3.0 headers are external. We can make out three PCIe x1 slots, two PCIe x16 slots and two PCI slots on the board. It looks like NVIDIA SLI and AMD CrossFire multi-GPU setups will be supported on the board if licensing agreements are agreed to between the companies.
The Intel DP67BG 'Burrage' motherboard has a very clean look to it and looks like it will be an enthusiast mainboard as it is black, has power and reset buttons and an LED post indicator on the board.
Intel has stuck with the skull that lights up on the bottom corner of the motherboard, which is a nice touch. Intel allows you to turn off and on the lights for the skull in the BIOS, so no worries if that isn't your thing. The DP67BG motherboard has six internal SATA headers and we are guessing the four black ones are SATA II 3.0Gbps and the two blue headers are for SATA III 6.0Gbps devices.
Here is a closer look at the LGA1155 socket and the two sets of dual-channel DDR3 memory slots. You can also make out the 24-pin ATX power connector and 8-pin +12V power connector just above the CPU socket. Nothing too special here and you can see the board uses all solid-state capacitors.
The rear input/output (IO) panel looks pretty normal, but one thing missing with this Sandy Bridge motherboard is a display connector. It looks like this will be a higher-end motherboard and they won't be offering In this shot you can see that this upcoming Intel LGA1155 motherboard for Sandy Bridge does have two Super Speed USB 3.0 headers, but if you look close you can see the NEC USB 3.0 controller chip just below the first PCI Express x16 slot. This puts to rest all the rumors that Intel will have integrated USB 3.0 support in their chipset.
If you have ever used Super Speed USB3.0 you already know how conveniently fast it is. Although, to date there has been a single drawback. That drawback is Super Speed USB3 has only been found on the rear I/O panel of newer motherboards. There are a few cases out there, like the ThermalTake Armor A60, that have a cable that will plug into the rear I/O panel USB3 ports to bring USB3 ports to the front of the case. Unfortunately, cases that feature this are not as common as one might hope, and the cases that do have this feature may not be a style that everyone likes. Insteps is a comparatively small company with what I believe is a groundbreaking new feature and the first to make it to market. ASRock has now released four new motherboards that will supply you with an additional two Super Speed USB3 ports on the front of your machine.
When it comes to Motherboards based on Intel's X58 chipset your choices are plentiful. Price to performance and features tend to weigh heavily on most consumer's minds these days, and prices on Intel X58 motherboards range from as little as $164.99 all the way up to $599.99. Today we get to look at the ASUS Sabertooth X58 Heavy Duty Motherboard.
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Specifically which standards? I am currently awaiting a response from ASUS on that. If it's on the web it must be true, right? Does it really matter, though? Like I stated above the ASUS Sabertooth X58 motherboard is backed by a five year warranty which is above and beyond the warranty on most ASUS motherboards. This means they have enough confidence in this particular product to extend the typical warranty 66%. Makes one wonder, where is that confidence from ASUS in other ASUS motherboards? Well, that's a whole different can of worms, isn't it?
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Well it seems that I stuck my foot in my mouth once again. In my rush to play with the ASUS Sabertooth X58 it seems that I had set the Certificate of Reliability off to the side. The Certificate of reliability includes all of the standards that the components of the ASUS Sabertooth X58 meets.
ASUS has sent over some pictures of their upcoming Intel P67 Express chipset powered motherboards and today we are going to show them to you and give you an idea on what you can expect on the next generation of motherboards. These motherboards are for the upcoming Intel 'Sandy Bridge' processors that use a new CPU socket called LGA 1155. The upcoming LGA 1155 socket is rumored to be launching during CES 2011 and has been designed as a replacement for the LGA 1156 socket that came out back in 2009. Intel is said to be working on a number of chipsets for this platform and the ones that we have heard about are the P65 and P67 along with the H65 and H67 and the Q67 and Q65. The P series chipsets don't support video output while the H and Q series does. Now that we know the very basics of what is coming out here in the next couple of months we feel comfortable showing you some Intel P67 chipset powered boards by ASUS.We have been told that ASUS will have 17 motherboards for this socket at the time of launch. Ten of the boards will be based on the P67 chipset, six on the H67 chipset and one on the Q67.
The first board that we have to show you is the ASUS P8P67 Pro, which is a full size ATX solution. This board sports a black and blue color scheme and as you can see is totally passively cooled without the use of any heat pipes connecting the three blue heatsinks. The entire ASUS LGA1155 motherboard lineup uses a new VRM system that ASUS calls Digi+ VRM. This means that ASUS is now using digital VRMs on the boards and that ASUS' EPU microcontroller handles how many power phases are in use at any given time by monitoring the temperature and power draw on the board. We were told by ASUS That Digi+ VRM is able go down to just one power phase or go all the way up to 16 power phases on some of their boards. The ASUS P8P67 Pro has a 12+2 power phase design, so it would only be able to go up to 12 on this specific board. Users of these boards will be able to adjust the load-lone-calibration and even VRM frequency in 10MHz steps, which is a nice touch for advanced users. This is an important new feature for this series of boards and as you can see the retail box of the ASUS P8P67 Pro shows this new feature off on the upper
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Looking straight down at the P8P67 Pro you can see that the board has four dual-channel DDR3 memory slots, so while we are sure the board will offer full support of higher frequency memory there is no triple channel memory coming to the mainstream Intel platforms. This board features three PCI x16 slots. From what we understand the primary slot runs at x16 if one video card is used, but if two cards are used it becomes x8 along with the second slot. The third PCIe x16 slot (the black one on the fair left) is presumably x4 and ideal for use with sound cards or maybe a RAID card. Notice that the board has 'BT GO!' written on the PCB just above the CPU socket. ASUS says that all of their ATX motherboards of this series will have Bluetooth onboard as a standard feature. One of the reasons for this is that ASUS has designed some new software called BT GO! that will allow you to overclock your system with a Smartphone. Who would have thought a few years ago that we'd be able to overclock our computers at the BIOS level with a Smartphone?
"In regards to BTGO! Your comments in the article correct in that it will offer oc functionality but on the mainstream series that is a very minor add on. The overall focus will be a quick and convenient interface that will be part of AiSuiteII. This interface will allow you to quickly search and connect to you BT enabled phone/device and then transfer/backup files, photos, music, videos etc. There will also be a special contact manager function allowing exporting of contact information from your phone to the OS quickly. This along with a number of special functions will round out the BTGO! software package." - ASUS PR
In this shot you can also see 'Dual Intelligent Processors II' written on the PCB. This is the companies second generation Dual Intelligent Processors design on their motherboards. The first time around the company claimed that the ASUS TurboV Processing Unit (TPU) added up to 37% more performance while the proprietary ASUS Energy Processing Unit (EPU) cut the power drain by up to 80%. It will be interesting to see what changes have been made in their second attempt.
You can't really tell from the picture above, but the ASUS P8P67 Pro supports two SuperSpeed USB 3.0 headers thanks to an NEC controller, but that might change down the road when better controller designs come out. We have also seen online rumors that these boards will support a new EFI BIOS. This could be one of the biggest changes in more than a decade as an introduction of a more user friendly BIOS interface with mouse support and faster boot times would be nice to have.
The ASUS P8P67 Pro motherboards rear I/O panel doesn't feature any video outputs because all P67 chipset based boards require discrete graphics. There are a pair of PS/2 ports for a keyboard and mouse, optical S/PDIF out, the Bluetooth transmitter, six USB 2.0 ports, two USB 3.0 ports, IEEE 1394a port, two e-SATA ports, gigabit Ethernet and finally the eight channel audio connectors
Standar controller drive terbaru, SATA menyediakan tingkat yang lebih tinggi kinerja akses penyimpanan dan, tidak seperti IDE standar yang lebih tua, tidak memaksakan pembatasan terbatas pada jumlah perangkat yang dapat melekat pada disk controller tunggal. Selain itu, SATA dirancang untuk memungkinkan disk drive yang akan ditambahkan dan dihapus tanpa menggerakkan sistem. Kontroler disk SATA dapat dikonfigurasi untuk berjalan dalam modus kompatibilitas IDE untuk memungkinkan akses dari sistem operasi tamu kurang Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) dukungan. VirtualBox memungkinkan hingga 30 port SATA ke dikonfigurasi per mesin virtual. Empat pertama dari port SATA dikonfigurasi secara default untuk beroperasi dalam mode kompatibilitas IDE. SATA controller dinonaktifkan secara default untuk mesin VirtualBox virtual baru. Untuk mengaktifkan SATA controller, pilih mesin virtual yang diperlukan, klik Pengaturan pada toolbar, pilih Hard Disk dari daftar kategori dan mengatur kotak cek Enable SATA Controller. Terakhir, klik OK untuk melakukan perubahan.
Sering disingkat sebagai SATA, Serial ATA merupakan evolusi dari interface penyimpanan fisik Paralel ATA. Serial ATA link serial - kabel tunggal dengan minimal empat kabel menciptakan koneksi point-to-point antara perangkat. Tingkat Transfer untuk Serial ATA dimulai pada 150MB / s.
The mechanism that reads and writes data on a hard disk. Hard disk drives (HDDs) for PCs generally have seek times of about 12 milliseconds or less. Many disk drives improve their performance through a technique called caching.
There are several interface standards for passing data between a hard disk and a computer. The most common are IDE and SCSI.
Hard disk drives are sometimes called Winchester drives, Winchester being the name of one of the first popular hard disk drive technologies developed by IBM in 1973.
Once known as the Winchester drive, the hard disk or hard drive is an essential hardware that every computer desktop and server contain. And its functionality, is to store vast amount of digital data in a non-volatile form, so that data can be retained when the computer is powered off. Data is again accessed when the power is on.
How Does A Hard Disk Work?
If you are to dismantle the hard disk drive by opening the top casing (after removing all the necessary screws), the first thing you'll see is a spindle holding one or a number of mirror-like hard rotating platters (commonly called data platter). The platters could be made to spin at an extremely high speed, technically between 5,400 to 10,000 revolutions per minute (RPM). An extremely thin magnetic coating is layered onto the surface of the platter that is polished to mirror-type smoothness. The platter is usually made of glass or ceramic (modern platter may use titanium). Unlike a floppy disk, the platter cannot be bent or flipped and hence we coin it as "hard disk" or "hard drive".
Commonly a hard disk contains 1 to 10 identical platters that are stacked in parallel to form a cylinder. There is usually one Read Write (RW) head designated per platter face, and each head is attached to a single actuator shaft which moves all heads in unison and performs a uniform synchronous motion during reading or writing of data. Data on a hard disk is stored in microscopic areas called magnetic domains on the magnetic material. Each domain stores either a 1 or 0 value. Similar to a floppy disk, a hard disk records its data in concentric circles or tracks, which are numbered from the outermost edge to the innermost edge of the platter. These tracks are further subdivided into smaller units called sectors which typically store 512 bytes of data each. Zoning may be needed to further optimise the data storage as the outer circumference would normally pack more sector units than the inner circumference.
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kinds of hard drive
Hard disks can be found in a variety of devices: desktops, notebooks, servers, Microdrive CompactFlash slot is plugged in, embedded in an MP3 player. Although the cage of different ways of working and construction of hard disk everywhere are basically the same. However not all devices are easily dismantled to know more about your hard disk in it. Microdrive and hard disk in MP3 too small, rare servers, and notebooks are relatively difficult touched. Meaning your hard disk is a disk or hard disk. As their name the hard disk consists of a collection plate (different from the floppy disk that had only one disc) with a surface coated with a thin film magnetic material. The term film in the world usually means a layer of material engineering. His relationship with moving images? Ordinary movie is stored in a thin layer of celluloid. Thin film magnetic material is spread on top of another material called a substrate. Formerly common metals such as aluminum is used as substrate, but the hard disk is currently using advanced composite glass or glass / ceramic. The advantages of using glass is a dish that is more thinner and lighter. It also means the motor only requires minimal power to rotate the dish. Depending on its design-makers could use a second hard disk or the disk surface is just one. This thin film storing all digital information in the form of magnetic patterns. All of the information. Read. and the. written. using a component called the head. Functions the same as the head on a tape recorder, that is to vary the polar magnetic spots on thin-film hard disk. Discs that contain a thin film is collected and turned by the shaft which in English is called the spindle. All the discs are rotated by the motor in high speed. Motor rotation speed varies for each model of the hard disk. On the desktop computer's hard disk disk rotational speed reaches 7200 rpm and on the server even reach 15 000 rpm (rotation per minute.putaran per minute, ppm). Hitachi Microdrive has made speed 3600 rpm. The number of discs in a single hard disk can be diverse, ranging from single dish to reach 6 disc. But usually the hard disk maker to limit the number of discs used. Create a clear micro hard disk size is not desirable. But with developments in technology make possible micro hard disk size. Some of the reasons that make the dish more interesting small, even for a desktop computer are: Resilience of the dish.Smaller discs are more resistant to shock and vibration compared to large-sized disc. Hard disks contained in an MP3 player will be more robust than hard disks in desktop computers. In the small resistance problem is far more superior than the Giant. Ease of manufacture.Disc-quality hard disk should be smooth without any defects. Easier to meet this demand for micro plate. Power saving. Small discs have a lighter mass. This means that power consumption is required to play it is also lower. It definitely helps businesses save battery in handheld devices. Performance.Smaller discs to reduce the distance covered head to find the necessary data. This means faster access times and improved overall performance of your hard disk. Seeing all these reasons clear the hard drive makers will be competing to shrink their products. But the miniaturization of hard disks are not easy matters. There are several obstacles that must first be overcome.In addition to the difficulties faced in making a very small component of other important issues is how to increase the data density per unit area (area density).
Ibarat sebuah mobil yang tidak bisa berjalan jika tidak memiliki bahan bakar, maka sebuah komputer pun tidak akan bisa nyala atau berfungsi jika tidak memiliki power supply atau PSU (Power Supply Unit) ini. Power supply adalah sebuah komponen komputer yang berfungsi untuk mensuplai arus listrik ke komponen-komponen komputer lainnya seperti motherboard, hard disk, optical disk drive, dan lain sebagainya.
Power supply unit atau disingkat PSU adalah komponen komputer yang memasok listrik ke komponen lain dalam komputer. Lebih khusus, power supply unit biasanya dirancang untuk mengkonversi arus linstrik bolak-balik (AC 220-240V) menjadi arus listrik DC tegangan rendah untuk dapat dikonsumsi oleh komponen internal komputer. Beberapa pasokan listrik memiliki tombol untuk mengubah antara 230 V dan 115 V. Model lainnya memiliki sensor otomatis untuk beralih tegangan input secara otomatis, atau dapat menerima tegangan antara batas-batas tertentu.
Pasokan daya komputer yang paling umum digunakan saat ini adalah bentuk ATX (Advanced Technology Extended). Hal ini memungkinkan pasokan daya yang dapat saling berbeda bagi berbagai komponen di dalam komputer. ATX juga dirancang untuk menghidupkan dan mematikan menggunakan sinyal dari motherboard, dan memberikan dukungan untuk fungsi-fungsi modern seperti modus stand by yang tersedia di banyak komputer. Spesifikasi terbaru dari PSU ATX standar sampai pada awal 2010 adalah versi 2.xx.
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Pasokan listrik Komputer dinilai berdasarkan daya keluaran maksimum. Rentang daya yang tipikal adalah dari 300 W sampai 500 W untuk sistem komputer rumah biasa. Dengan tuntutan kebutuhan pasar maka Power supply yang digunakan oleh kebanyakan para gamer saat ini mulai dari 450 W sampai 1400 W. Sementara untuk server bisa menggunakan power supplu unit dengan daya hingga 2 kW.
Jenis-jenis power supply
Dahulu jenis power supply yang sering digunakan adalah model AT. Pada model ini, kita harus menekan tombol ON/OFF pada CPU jika ingin mematikan komputer. Tapi saat ini, jenis power supply yang banyak digunakan adalah ATX karena model ini memberikan kemudahan mematikan CPU tanpa harus menekan tombol ON/OFF pada CPU, cukup dengan mengklik Shutdown.
Sebaiknya komputer (PC) digunakan ditempat yang dingin/ber-AC dan tidak terkena sinar matahari langsung. Hal ini agar komputer kita tidak cepat panas. PSU juga membantu agar computer tidak cepat panas karena salah satu komponen pada PSU adalah kipas/fan. Nah, permasalahannya adalah seringkali PSU tidak dirawat dengan baik sehingga sering masuk debu dan kotoran lainnya. Bagaimana cara membersihkannya ya?
