Metal | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net KitGuru.net - Tech News | Hardware News | Hardware Reviews | IOS | Mobile | Gaming | Graphics Cards Tue, 10 Oct 2023 09:12:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-KITGURU-Light-Background-SQUARE2-32x32.png Metal | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net 32 32 Alphacool’s new Apex Stealth fans have metal frames in Chrome, Black, White and Gold https://www.kitguru.net/components/cooling/joao-silva/alphacools-new-apex-stealth-fans-have-metal-frames-in-chrome-black-white-and-gold/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/cooling/joao-silva/alphacools-new-apex-stealth-fans-have-metal-frames-in-chrome-black-white-and-gold/#respond Mon, 09 Oct 2023 16:36:39 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=633411 Alphacool has announced its new Apex Stealth fan. While most PC case fans ship with plastic shrouds, Alphacool has gone a step further with the Apex Stealth, offering a metal frame, along with a good assortment of colour options.  Unlike most fans on the market, the fan blades, motor, and suspension on the Apex Stealth …

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Alphacool has announced its new Apex Stealth fan. While most PC case fans ship with plastic shrouds, Alphacool has gone a step further with the Apex Stealth, offering a metal frame, along with a good assortment of colour options. 

Unlike most fans on the market, the fan blades, motor, and suspension on the Apex Stealth are totally separated from the metal frame. A sophisticated dampening system was installed between the metal frame to stop vibrations. This form of decoupling is a new technology that Alphacool is introducing to the market for the first time with the Apex fan.

The Apex Stealth fan redefines the term “all-rounder” due to its very high airflow and static pressure, making it suitable for use as a case fan or radiator/heatsink fan. The fan speed can be adjusted through the 4-pin PWM connection between 400 and 2000 rpm, with the Power variant going up to 3000 rpm. Like other Alphacool fans, these fans can also be daisy chained, and thanks to how the frame was designed, the cable can be easily hidden in the corners. Moreover, the 6-pole motor, in conjunction with the Hydro Dynamic Bearing, offers quiet operation and long-term reliability.

The Alphacool Apex Stealth metal fan is available for pre-order in matte black, chrome, white, and gold variants at 2,000 RPM or as a Power fan at 3,000 RPM. All models cost €29.98, regardless of the colour and version.

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KitGuru says: Although expensive, the metal frame could give a nice touch to a PC build that many other fans wouldn't. If it has the performance to match similar-priced fans, the Apex Stealth isn't a bad deal.

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Samsung introduces Galaxy A7 5.5 Inch smartphone https://www.kitguru.net/lifestyle/mobile/matthew-wilson/samsung-introduces-galaxy-a7-5-5-inch-smartphone/ https://www.kitguru.net/lifestyle/mobile/matthew-wilson/samsung-introduces-galaxy-a7-5-5-inch-smartphone/#comments Mon, 12 Jan 2015 16:50:56 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=230117 Samsung has officially introduced its new smartphone, the Galaxy A7, the successor to last year's Galaxy Alpha, which was recently rumored to be discontinued in favor of a new device. The Samsung Galaxy A7 is the latest device in the series, following the low end A3 and A5 smartphones. The Galaxy A7 comes with a …

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Samsung has officially introduced its new smartphone, the Galaxy A7, the successor to last year's Galaxy Alpha, which was recently rumored to be discontinued in favor of a new device. The Samsung Galaxy A7 is the latest device in the series, following the low end A3 and A5 smartphones.

The Galaxy A7 comes with a 5.5 Inch 720p screen and has an all metal body, helping give the device a more premium feel. The Galaxy A7 is not a flagship by any means but this should help Samsung expand its offerings in the mid-range to low end market before the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S6 in a few months time.

Galaxy A7

The device will run Android 4.4 KitKat rather than the latest 5.0 Lollipop offering. Specifications include 2GB of RAM, a 1.5 GHz quad-core CPU, a 13 Megapixel camera and a 2600 mAh battery. The device will be pretty thin as well, coming in at just 6.3mm thick.

A dual SIM option will be available, which have proven popular in developing countries such as China.

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KitGuru Says: Ever since the launch of the Moto G back in 2013, many smartphone makers have been buckling down on making decent devices for the low end smartphone market. We will have to wait and see if this new move pays off for Samsung. 

Source: Samsung Tomorrow

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3D printed stone, metal and wood are here https://www.kitguru.net/channel/generaltech/brendan-morgan/3d-printed-stone-metal-and-wood-are-here/ https://www.kitguru.net/channel/generaltech/brendan-morgan/3d-printed-stone-metal-and-wood-are-here/#comments Fri, 09 Jan 2015 01:51:11 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=229688 MakerBot, the desktop 3D printing company, has revealed four new materials that you can now use to print your creations with. A little more exciting than the plastic that's been used so far, they're actually composites that contain real metal, stone and wood making this all the more impressive. These materials are mixed with MakerBot PLA Composite Filaments to …

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MakerBot, the desktop 3D printing company, has revealed four new materials that you can now use to print your creations with. A little more exciting than the plastic that's been used so far, they're actually composites that contain real metal, stone and wood making this all the more impressive. These materials are mixed with MakerBot PLA Composite Filaments to allow them to be printed correctly but they do retain some of the properties of the materials used.

At CES they have been showing off some of the new creations printed using these materials as you can see below. The names for these composites are Maplewood, Limestone, Iron and Bronze PLA composites and they can be used with any fifth-generation MakerBot Replicator 3D printers.

MakerBot PLA Composite Filaments
Probably the most interesting thing about items printed with these new materials, is that they have some of the physical properties of the materials. For example the boat in the photo above is light and floats as you would expect, but it also smells of Maplewood and can be treated and sanded like wood. The printed metals can be turned magnetic and are slightly cold to the touch, whilst being heavier than items printed with the normal plastic. The stone as well is apparently heavier and MakerBot has suggested that this might be used, to make temporary replacements for museum pieces or other fine stonework.

With many hailing 3D printing as the third industrial revolution and hundreds of post offices across the US and UK now offering in store 3D printing, we are no longer limited to just printing in plastic. Now if only the price of 3D printing would start to come down… Currently the cheapest MakerBot printer is around £1200 which is a little pricey for home use.

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KitGuru Says: Personally I think this is really quite exciting, I mean now that we can print wood, metal, plastic and stone how long until we can print most other materials? When printers start combining all of these materials together, we could even be able to print our own 3D printers! Obviously we would still need to buy some components, but I wonder how far away from this reality we are?

Source: MakerBot, Engadget

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DICE managed to get a Battlefield 4 tech demo running on iOS https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/dice-managed-to-get-a-battlefield-4-tech-demo-running-on-ios/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/dice-managed-to-get-a-battlefield-4-tech-demo-running-on-ios/#comments Fri, 07 Nov 2014 17:05:59 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=220884 DICE has managed to get parts of Battlefield 4 running on iOS thanks to Apple's new low level API, Metal. The tech demo uses the full capabilities of the Frostbite engine including dynamic lighting, large details worlds and map destruction. While it isn't specified exactly what parts of Battlefield 4 were running during the tech demo, …

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DICE has managed to get parts of Battlefield 4 running on iOS thanks to Apple's new low level API, Metal. The tech demo uses the full capabilities of the Frostbite engine including dynamic lighting, large details worlds and map destruction.

While it isn't specified exactly what parts of Battlefield 4 were running during the tech demo, Frostbite owner, Kristoffer Benjaminsson did say that he has high hopes for the Metal graphics API and believes “whatever you can do on a console should be doable on mobile as well”.

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“It has been quite a challenge. To handle dynamic features such as destruction or moving light sources, most things in the Frostbite engine happen in realtime. This puts extra demand on performance to be able to deliver large, highly detailed worlds with superb visual quality.”

“We were making great progress feature-wise, but hardware and software limitations forced us to either scale down the number of objects and their complexity to retain visual fidelity, or accept lower visual fidelity to cope with a larger number of objects.”

However, the blog post goes on to say that thanks to Apple's Metal API, all of those previous limitations are now gone, allowing DICE to make full use of the hardware available. “Metal has created possibilities previously out of reach and for the first time we can include both high visual fidelity and a large number of objects.”

DICE managed to get “select parts” of Battlefield 4 running on iOS but Benjaminsson stresses that this is purely for technical demonstration purposes. That said, apparently the results are very good so far as there is actually room to squeeze more performance out of iOS devices using the Metal API.

There is no word on what this brings for the future but it is certainly cool to see mobile technology being pushed this hard.

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KitGuru Says: Could we start seeing fully fledged titles start coming to mobile devices over the coming years? Things sure seem to be heading that way…

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