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The Corsair Force Series 3 Notebook Upgrade Kit SSDs, or NUK, comes with a software CD that is also a bootable disk that loads a Linux based version of the Apricorn Easy GIG IV software. Users that desire to perform their upgrade in a Linux environment can simply boot off the CD and they can perform the update on a system that has no existing operating system if needed. Users can also create a bootable USB flash drive which will allow the user to load the Linux utility, and run the update from that drive which is a very useful feature for systems with no CD drives such as netbooks.

The spectacle of the London Olympic Games may be over, but in Germany at least, the games are set to continue... And there isn't a javelin or a pair of tight Lycra running shorts in sight. That's because this week Germany's fourth largest city, Cologne, plays host to gamescom 2012, Europe's biggest trade fair for interactive games and entertainment. And Corsair will be there in force!

Hello everyone. My name is Jonny Gerow, but a lot of people know me by my alias "jonnyGURU". I started up a little website humbly called jonnyGURU.com, where we primarily review computer power supply units. I'm very happy to say that I am now working at Corsair as a technical marketing specialist for power supplies and I'm excited to be given the opportunity to play with Corsair's newest unit: the AX1200i Digital ATX Power Supply.

Last week, I cracked one open and showed everyone what it looks like on the inside and how it works. Today I get to put the AX1200i through the paces on some of this test equipment I happen to have sitting here.

Today we're going to take our newest flagship power supply, the 1200 watt AX Series™ AX1200i digital ATX fully-modular PSU, and find out what makes it different — or dare I say, superior to every other PC power supply currently on the market.  Anyone can promise 80 PLUS® Platinum efficiency, superior voltage regulation, and minimal ripple and noise, but today we're going to crack one open and show you how we go well beyond that mark.

The Force Series™ 3 Notebook Upgrade Kit, or NUK, comes with a CD for use with both Mac OS® and Microsoft® Windows®.The CD provides a tutorial on how to use the Mac disk utility built in to the Mac OS. The included written instructions are very good and here we have augmented them with screen shots.

For those readers that are interested, our Windows How-To guide can be found here.

The NUK has been designed to be what I previously defined as chimple — so simple a chimp can do it. Using this kit with a Mac is in fact chimple as evidenced by the fact that I completed it easily.

We recently released a new lineup of Air Series case fans, which come in both AirFlow (AF) and Static Pressure (SP) versions. In this blog I will define the terms that are traditionally used to describe the characteristics of fans, and talk about the difference between "airflow" and "static pressure." I will also show you how we test the fans and how we were able to accurately determine the specifications for each fan. Let’s start with a quick explanation of the terminology which is used when describing the characteristics of fans:

In late 2011 I received an email from Caleb Tote, one of the primary organizers of the SWVA (Southwest Virginia) LAN event. According to their Facebook page, "SWVA is A 100% non-profit organization, offering gaming events to local programmers, gamers, and all types of computer enthusiasts." Caleb told me who he was, explained the history and scope of their LAN event, and asked about how to apply for a LAN sponsorship package from Corsair for their April 12-13, 2012 LAN event.

Recently we announced quite a few new products, and updates to current product lines. Some of the most exciting are the new Dominator Platinum DDR3 memory with LED lighting, and the new Graphite Series 600T Silver mid-tower case. What better time to do a system build than when we have two new products that compliment each other so beautifully! We will also be using our brand new Force Series GS SSD with its fast toggle NAND technology, and our recently updated GS800 PSU. While we are at it, I am going to swap out all the stock fans from the 600T with our new Air Series AF120 Quiet Edition fans, and we will be using our SP120 Quiet Edition fans in place of the stock Hydro Series H100 fans. The silver and blue theme turned out great! If you have never built a system before, or you are not familiar with some of our new products from then check out the video below!

Connoisseurs of SSDs know current NAND flash for SSDs comes in 3 varieties — fast, faster, and fastest. These can also be called asynchronous, synchronous, and toggle NAND respectively.

Those users that want the ultimate in SSD performance seek out the fastest SSD controllers paired with the fastest NAND flash. This is why we have paired the SandForce SF-2200 SSD Processor with toggle flash to create the Force Series™ GS line of SSDs.

As you may have heardm we launched our new Dominator Platinum line of DDR3 memory at Computex in early June 2012. Dominator Platinum adds a brand new look, and an LED light pipe to our existing Dominator technology such as DHX cooling and AirFlow Pro support. Let's take a look at how the 4GB 3000MHz kit performs when combined with the latest Intel® Ivy Bridge processors.