Corsair and DFI

These two enthusiast-focused companies shared a suite in one of the upscale Vegas hotels, meaning that we got temporarily overdosed on way-cool products and had to have a lie down afterwards.



The Corsair Xpert series RAM is incredible: not only is it stupidly fast with low-latencies, but it has an alpha-numeric display on the top that displays frequencies, voltages and much more....



...like programming it to display custom messages. We\'ll be reviewing the module in-depth very soon, but our initial impressions are that it\'s a total winner. Using custom Windows software, it reports back exact frequencies and latencies so you can tell exactly what your memory is doing.



Check this out for coolness: rather than a standard ball-bearing fan, this one from DFI uses magnetic levitation to drive itself. The levitation \'floats\' the spinning fan blade, enabling it to be a heck of a lot quieter whilst reducing the wear & tear on fan, meaning it will last longer. One of the most awesome innovations we\'ve seen in ages.



These are two new boards: the first uses the nForce 4 chipset and comes in both Ultra and SLI variations; the second is a Pentium M board.