Since the SATA III technology that offers data transfer rates of 6 Gigabit-per-second was introduced, making the popularity of SSD rising. Because the chip-based data storage system is more superior than disc-based hard drive.

Among the manufacturers of SSD, OCZ SSD's become one of the providers arealready quite well known to consumers. With the Vertex series products are constantly being developed up to these SATA III model. There were 3 Vertexseries is available in a choice of 120 GB, 240 GB and 480 GB.

As SSD performance category, Vertex 3 uses a fast-performance SandForcecontroller handle 16 Micron NAND flash each with a capacity of 16 GB (for a capacity of 240 GB SSD). Compared to previous models, Vertex 3 althoughsomewhat lighter underneath the cover using aluminum materials. Apparently the material was intentionally used to heat more quickly from the inside of the waste.No wonder for benchmarking, we found out the SSD temperature remains cooler than the previous model.

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The results of performance test Vertex 3 in the motherboard Southbridge chipsetAMD850 were very high. At least, much faster than the SSD is still based SATA II.Unfortunately there are some drawbacks ranging from power consumption is quitehigh, SATA II performance in systems that are less optimal, and the price is still expensive. In addition, sometimes OCZ provides a new firmware to fix problems orimprove performance. Please check on the OCZ site (SSD Updates section)about available updates. After all, you need read-write process more hurried in notebooks and desktops can replace the conventional hard drive with a product like this.

The test results Crystaldiskmark 3.0.1 (1GB Data)

	Read (MB/s	Write (MB/s)
Sequential	319,3	142,9
Random 512K	311,4	129,0
Random 4K	17,57	11,98

Specification OCZ VERTEX 3 (VTX3-25SAT3-240G) 

Interface	SATA III
Kapacity	240 GB
Optimal Performance	Baca: hingga 550 MB/detik Tulis: hingga 520 MB/detik
MTBF	2 juta jam
Weight (g)	86
Warranty	3 years
Vendor Site	www.ocztechnology.com
Price*	US$654

*May 2011

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Opera Ready to Show TV Innovations at CES 2012

As has been shown on Up North Web 2011 conference in Oslo, November ago, a team of Opera does have a focus to developing its ecosystem of browsers ontelevision sets. At that time, Christen Krogh (Opera CTO) demonstrating a number of applications, including those based on HTML5, which can be run on the TV screen during the connection to the internet.

"We changed the TV viewing experience by bringing HTML5 applications into TV sets, Blu-Ray devices, and set-top boxes worldwide. And that's only part of ourshow, "said Tatsuki Tomita (Senior Vice President, Opera Software) in his press statement.

In addition to providing enjoyment for consumers, the existence of the application on the TV screen is also a "gift" for operators and OEM. The reason, they are now able to provide unique added value for their multimedia product line. 

Besides TV applications, O also improves Opera Devices SDK for developers.One of its features are the Streaming Media Option with adaptive streamingsolutions.

This feature is useful to ensure the streaming video content can be adapted to thebandwidth and local resources available so as to provide an optimal viewing experience. This streaming media options supporting Apple HLS, Microsoft SmoothStreaming, and MPEG DASH.

Opera Devices SDK also supports DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance), platformsharing across multimedia devices in the home. At the Opera SDK with DLNAoption, you can find a DLNA-certified devices and stream them.

To watch a video demonstration and innovations developed by Opera for TV,including Opera TV Store, please visit http://www.opera.com/tv/.

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Review HP Compaq 8200 Elite MT

HP Compaq 8200 Elite series was produced in several variants for businessmen who  prioritize  the security of hardware. 8200 Elite MT Series produced in desktop platforms. MT series uses Mini Tower casing size.

Use the motherboard with the Intel Q67 chipset makes it suitable for businesses. Intel Q67 Chipset prioritize data security and high performance that are important to businesspeople. This chipset is an Intel presented to businesses so that are less suitable for the casual user.

This is confirmed by the Intel Q67 features the Intel vPro technology. This technology comes on growing business computing activities that rely on video,internet phone, social networking, and other heavy applications (which often run simultaneously and thus require high-performance PC).

This technology also provides PC security and management capabilities for ITdepartments. Security features provided include encryption solutions for blockingdata thoroughly.

The device is also equipped with protection against stealing by the name of IntelAnti-Theft version 2.0. This technology prevents data theft by locking access to acomputer. You can also use the remote control feature using the keyboard videomouse (KVM) for the management of remote PC in resolving problems.

HP Compaq 8200 Elite MT processor is armed Intel Sandy Bridge i5-2400 3.2 GHz with DDR3 memory support PC3-10700 2 GB (which can be increased up to8 GB capacity). Q67 uses an onboard Intel graphics chip with Intel HD 3000.Because businesses do not require a digital display, the output ports of thisproduct is only represented by a D-Sub 15-pin. Flexibility will be represented by the old device LPT ports are commonly used in printers, and also the serial COMport.

In the package also included an LED type LCD monitor HP Compaq LE2002xmeasuring 20 inches. This monitor has a maximum resolution up to 1600x900 dpiwith a response time of 5 ms. Connections are available namely D-Sub andDVI-D.

The performance offered by this product is good enough for any processor-basedactivities. Given the business applications rarely (or not) rely on the graphics chip,the onboard graphics card is deemed competent enough. However, if it is less, is still available PCI Express x16 slot in case we want to upgrade at a later date.

TEST	HP Compaq 8200 Elite MT	ASUS Desktop CM6630-ID2AB
Sysmark 2007 V.1.0.6 Rating	222	218
PCMark Vantage V.1.0.2 Total Score	7660	8689
3DMark Vantage V.1.0.2	P936	P4764
Cinebench R11.5	5,10 pts	4,80 pts
Sisoft Sandra 2010 SP3 Dhrystone	78,60 GIPS	76,55 GIPS
Sisoft Sandra 2010 Whetstone	45,88 GFLOPS	43,0 GFLOPS
Encoding Audio	1 min 6 sec	1 min 14 sec
Encoding Video	4 min 39 sec	4 min 48 sec

Specification of HP Compaq 8200 Elite MT

Processor	Intel Core i5-2400 (6 M Cache, 3,2 GHz)
RAM	2 GB DDR3 PC3-10700 (667 MHz)
Motherboard	Intel Q67
graphic card	Intel HD Graphics 3000
sound card	Realtek ALC662
Hard disk	500 GB 7200 RPM SATA-II ST3500413AS
Optical drive	DVD +/- RW (HP DVD DH16ABLH)
Wireless	Tidak ada
others	Panel depan: headphone, microphone, 4x USB2.0
OS	DOS
Monitor	HP Compaq LE2002x, 20” 1600x900
weight	11,2 kg (without monitor)
warranty	1 year
Situs Web	http://www.hp.com
Harga kisaran*	-

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