Power supplies are one of the most critical components inside your computer. A junky PSU can make your computer crash and may not have enough stable power so support all your fancy hardware. OCZ has announced a new PSU under its Fatal1ty brand that is modular and has 750W of power.

The 750W PSU supports SLI multiple GPU configurations. For added bling, the PSU has red LEDs inside for a nice glow when in use and is cooled by a 135mm double ball bearing fan. The device is also 80-Plus Bronze certified with up to 85% efficiency.

The coolest feature of the new PSU is that it uses modular cabling. The only connectors that are hard wired into the PSU design are the ones for the motherboard and CPU power common to different computers. The other cables are modular and only have to be used if you need them. OCZ includes four 6+2 pin PCI-E cables, six peripheral cables, two floppy cables, and six SATA cables.

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How can you be expected to not buy things for your computer, when the internals are starting to look as good as OCZ’s brand new SSD, the Enyo? When OCZ talked about this solid state drive back at CES this year, we were waiting in utter anticipation to get our eyes on one. And, sure enough, here we are, looking at the OCZ Enyo.

The name alone just sounds fancy, doesn’t it? This sleek external SSD has made it to the real world, finally, and OCZ was even nice enough to give us not only a name, but also a shipping date. The only thing better would have been the price, but we don’t imagine that’s going to get in the way of too many people out there when they get a good look. It comes in three different variations: a 64GB, 128GB, and 256GB model, all of which come encased in aluminum.

If you happen to drop your hard earned cash for this, you should expect speeds of upwards 260MB/sec (read) and 200MB/sec (write), according to the company. Now, for that shipping date. According to OCZ, that’s today, even if there isn’t a price anywhere to be seen. So, anyone out there pining for one of these already?

[via Hot Hardware]

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PC Power & Cooling was one of the biggest names in power supplies for computers for a long time before OCZ snapped the company up. Power supplies from PC Power & Cooling have great reputations for performance and stability in the enthusiast market, and they still do. OCZ has announced a new addition to the PSU line from the company.

The new addition is the PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk II PSU. The PSU has been redesigned for a smaller form factor and now has the 80-Plus certification for efficiency. The product uses a server-class topology and uses a single +12V rail for power efficiency and distribution.

The PSU uses a double ball bearing 135mm fan to flow air at levels that are nearly silent. The PSU is offered in several models including 650W, 750W, and 950W unit. A 500W unit with 80+ Bronze certification is also offered.

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When OCZ announced that it was vacating some of the categories that it was working in a while back to pursue core categories like SSDs and RAM, the company was serious. Since then we have seen several new SSDs for the company and today OCZ has pulled the wraps off two new SSDs.

OCZ has unveiled the new Vertex 2 and Agility 2 SSDs. Both of the SSDs are 2.5″ form factor drives and use a new controller that promise better performance across the board. The Vertex 2 is the high-end SSD of the pair and offers improved transfer rates with 4KB random writes at up to 50,000 IOPS.

OCZ promises transfer speeds for the drive of up to 285MB/s read and 275MB/s write. The Agility 2 SSD provides the same read and write speeds with 4KB random writes at up to 10,000 IOPS. Both SSDs connect to 3Gb/s SATA ports and will be offered in 50GB, 100GB, 200GB, and 400GB capacities.

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OCZ offers numerous SSDs that hit different performance and price categories. The most reasonably priced of its offerings is the Onyx series that debuted in March for under $100. OCZ has announced new line of SSDs that skip the standard SATA interface in favor of using the PCI Express slot on the mainboard to bypass any potential bottlenecks in performance.

The new line of SSDs is called the Z-Drive R2 family. There are three drives in the family that all use MLC NAND flash. The family of SSDs are bootable, have eight PCI-E lanes each, and can be configured for 8-way RAID 0.

Storage capacity for the line ranges form 256GB to 2TB. The drives are all aimed at business and enterprise use and OCZ will customize firmware for the client to get the performance they need from the drives. The line includes the Z-Drive R2 p88, p84, and m84 drives. The p88 has eight SATA controllers while the other two drives offer four SATA controllers. Pricing is unknown at this time.

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A few years back memory and storage maker OCZ purchased boutique gaming PC and notebook firm Hypersonic. I reviewed one of Hypersonic small ultraportable notebooks a few years back and really liked the machine.

With the poor global economy meaning computer sales were down things haven’t been looking good for many PC makers, Hypersonic included. Reports are coming in that OCZ has now opted to close the doors at Hypersonic.

The Hypersonic website now states that no new orders are being taken and that the firm is still honoring warranties and will continue to support customers who have already purchased machines from them. OCZ says that the move is to allow it to focus on core offerings like SSDs, PSUs, and RAM. The firm’s peripheral line is also said to be falling by the wayside along with OCZ cooling products.

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OCZ is a company that many of us are familiar with and the firm made its name in the enthusiast computer industry with some nice RAM. The company also offers a full line of other flash products like flash drives and SSDs such as the limited edition Vertex drive I talked about a few weeks back. OCZ has revealed one of the cheapest SSDs on the market with the first offering in its Onyx SSD series.

The first Onyx SSD has 32GB of MLC NAND for storage. That’s not enough space for most of us to use the SSD only, but the thing will make for a nice boot drive for an enthusiast machine. The best thing about the 32GB Onyx SSD is the price. The little SSD sells for under $100.

For that much money you get read performance of up to 125MB/s and write performance of up to 70MB/s. The SSD has 64MB of onboard cache and is rated for 1.5 million hours MTBF. The drive works for both desktop and notebook machines.

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OCZ has been in the SSD market for a while now with some nice SSDs that have proven to be popular with computer enthusiasts. OCZ has several SSDs in its Vertex series, including the Turbo series that was released last summer. OCZ has added a new member to the Vertex line called the Vertex Limited Edition SSD.

The Limited version has higher performance than other SSDs in the Vertex family. The drive has a read speed of up to 270MB/s and a write speed of up to 250MB/s. OCZ also claims that the drive reaches 15,000 IOPS equating to 4K random write.

The LE SSD uses the latest memory controller technology and connects to the SATA 3Gb/s interface inside most computers today. OCZ uses MLC NAND flash inside the drive and will be offered for a limited time. Storage capacities available include 100GB and 200GB.

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