Cooler Master Cosmos 2 Review and Specifications

Cooler Master has just released its most expensive case ever. This case costs around 300$ and is becoming very fast a dream for all the enthusiast. This case is being called the "scratched beast". It is one of heaviest case out there. It weights as high as 50pounds that is 22Kg. Let is bigger and larger than Corsair 800D. It has aluminum and plastic finish. Let us see some of its pictures.
The Case has a very good look to it and does look like an enthusiast one from outside and inside.

The front connectors are sparkling and the fan controller is at a very good place. The cosmos lid slides around and over it. The inside of the case is the thing that reveals out its best and the quality.

It supports almost any motherboards out there. The above fan controller can manage upto 10 fans in the case. Lets look at the features in general.

Available Color	Midnight Black
Material	Exterior: Aluminum, Mesh, Synthetics;  Interior: Steel-Alloy, Synthetics, Rubber
Dimension (W/ H / D)	344 x 704 x 664 mm / 13.5 x 27.7 x 26.1 inch
Weight	22kg / 48.5 lb
M/B Type	Micro-ATX, ATX, E-ATX, XL-ATX, SSI CEB, SSI EEB
5.25" Drive Bay	3
3.5" Drive Bay	13 (2 from X-docking with key locks, 5 HDDs in the Middle cage, 6 HDDs in the bottom cage)
I/O Panel	USB 3.0 x 2, USB 2.0 x 4, e-SATA x 1, Audio In and Out
Expansion Slots	10+1
Cooling System	Front: 200mm LED fan x 1, 700 RPM, 19 dBA(converted from 120/140mm x 1) Top: 120mm black fan x 1, 1200 RPM, 17 dBA (200mm fan x 1 / 140mm fan x 2 / 120mm fan x 3) Rear: 140mm fan x 1, 1200 RPM, 19 dBA Side: 120mm fan x 2 (optional) HDD: Mid.HDD: 120x25mm fan x 1 (optional); Bottom HDD: 120mm fan x 2, 1200 RPM, 17 dBA
Power Supply	ATX PS2 / EPS 12V (optional)
2.5"/3.5"- SATA HDD Drive Bay	11 (converted from 3.5" cages)

Here is a look at the back of the case.

So this case looks very good and would be good one to buy if your an enthusiast. It will last ages and would be very good for sound barrier. From what I have seen I will give it a 9.5 Star Rating from 10. I deducted 0.5 because there was no side panel window in it.

It will be a great case if you are water cooling. I will look forward to this. Though I will need a big table for this case :). Let us see how much popular it gets. Though it is disappointing that it doesn't not have a side panel window. I will prefer it over 800D. People like showing off their hardware through the side panel window but this one helps you generate less noise.

AMD Radeon HD 7970 Specifications

AMD GPU Specification Comparison
	AMD Radeon HD 7970	AMD Radeon HD 6970	AMD Radeon HD 6870	AMD Radeon HD 5870
Stream Processors	2048	1536	1120	1600
Texture Units	128	96	56	80
ROPs	32	32	32	32
Core Clock	925MHz	880MHz	900MHz	850MHz
Memory Clock	1.375GHz (5.5GHz effective) GDDR5	1.375GHz (5.5GHz effective) GDDR5	1.05GHz (4.2GHz effective) GDDR5	1.2GHz (4.8GHz effective) GDDR5
Memory Bus Width	384-bit	256-bit	256-bit	256-bit
Frame Buffer	3GB	2GB	1GB	1GB
FP64	1/4	1/4	N/A	1/5
Transistor Count	4.31B	2.64B	1.7B	2.15B
Manufacturing Process	TSMC 28nm	TSMC 40nm	TSMC 40nm	TSMC 40nm
Price Point	$549	$350	$160	-

Ivy Bridge Price Specifications Overview

Ivy Bridge specifications haven't been much interesting for the CPU enthusiasts. But the line ups will be a treat for the common user. The Ivy bridge shows similar specifications to the Sandy Bridge. It shows no difference in specifications except the die shrink, TDP, base clock. The 3770K seems to be a great processor with which takes max 77W at 3.5GHz, with a higher base clock it helps it to overclock more than its previous ones. Here are the Specifications of the Ivy bridge line-up:

Model	Cores	Threads	Frequency	Turbo Frequency	L3 cache	TDP	Price	Sandy Bridge CPU / price
Core i5-3450	4	4	3.1 GHz	3.5 GHz	6 MB	77 Watt	$184	i5-2400 / $184
Core i5-3450S	4	4	2.8 GHz	3.5 GHz	6 MB	65 Watt	$184	i5-2400S / $184
Core i5-3470T	2	4	2.9 GHz	3.6 GHz	3 MB	35 Watt	$184	i5-2390T / $184
Core i5-3550	4	4	3.3 GHz	3.7 GHz	6 MB	77 Watt	$205	i5-2500 / $205
Core i5-3550S	4	4	3 GHz	3.7 GHz	6 MB	65 Watt	$205	i5-2500S / $205
Core i5-3570K	4	4	3.4 GHz	3.8 GHz	6 MB	77 Watt	$225	i5-2500K / $216
Core i5-3570T	4	4	2.3 GHz	3.3 GHz	6 MB	45 Watt	$205	i5-2500T / $205
Core i7-3770	4	8	3.4 GHz	3.9 GHz	8 MB	77 Watt	$294	i7-2600 / $294
Core i7-3770K	4	8	3.5 GHz	3.9 GHz	8 MB	77 Watt	$332	i7-2700K / $332
Core i7-3770S	4	8	3.1 GHz	3.9 GHz	8 MB	65 Watt	$294	i7-2600S / $294
Core i7-3770T	4	8	2.5 GHz	3.7 GHz	8 MB	45 Watt	$294	N/A

The release dates for the IB series is first week of April 2012. Looking closer to the line-up you can see the i7-3770T, it is the most power efficient CPU for the output that it gives, it utilizes only 45W and also goes upto 3.7GHz at turbo mode. The 3770S goes at 3.1 GHz for 65W, which will cost around 294$, it is similar to the 2600S. Now let us see the beast 3770K, it is just a perfect CPU for the price, at 3.5GHz and 4/8 it costs at 330$. This CPU has an unlock multiplier like the 2770K and can go upto 5 GHz on air if kept stable. All i7s are quad core with 8 threads. So these are pretty good line up though we don't see a drastic change from the SB. The i5s also have a T series processor the 3570T takes upto 45W of power. The 3570K is just another type of 2500K with multiplier unlocked and could replace the 2500k as the best gaming processor. The 3470T is the only processor that takes 35 W of power. The i5 processors are quad core with 4 threads and go at 180$-220$. Though its been pretty good specifications we have to wait and look at how the benchmarks go, we can see it on release day. 

Nvidia to skip 600 series and turn to 700 series

Q1 2012 will be the battle of the graphic processors, with AMD soon to launch the much anticipated 7000 series which are going to be 60% more faster than the past 6000 series GPUs. With the domination of AMD for past couple of weeks due to the leaked specifications of 7990, 7970, 7950, Nvidia is looking forward to name its new chips as 7xx.

The new GTX 780 will be twice as fast as the current GTX 580, that is 100% more faster. The benchmarks were taken at 2560X1600 resolution with AA, AF enabled on an i7-3960X CPU with Windows 7 64 bit and 297 drivers.
Note: This article has not been confirmed yet and the image is a leaked one. It could be true or even false, but this news has been spreading on the internet like wildfire.

IT Expo 2011 Pune

The 2011 IT expo is here in Pune. Me and my team visited this expo and had a great time collecting knowledge and going through the competition that is going on in the market. There were many new products that we did not know about. It is also there on tomorrow 18th Dec. Its a must to go if you are an IT enthusiast. What does it make so special to go there? I saw more than 100 stalls of new technology over there. From the Bulldozer FX series to the GTX 580s. The exhibition starts with the top Companies like Samsung, Logitech, Dell, big retailers. They helped and guided us about their companies and gave us much information. There are many seminars happening over there. For more info visit IT Expo 2011.