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Asrock A-Style Wi-SD-Box: an interesting accessory
Asrock has presented an interesting accessory that will come with some of its Z87 motherboards, the Wi-SD-box.
The 2T2R is actually a 5.25-inch bay that includes several features including WiFi 802.11ac up to 867 megabits/s, no less than four USB 3.0 ports and an SD card reader.
An accessory that will surely be very convenient to use and more, looks good. Perfect for an HTPC.
PowerColor SCS3 HD7850 review
PowerColor has already released its recently announcement, the HD 7850 1GB SCS3 a passive card and therefore totally silent.
Our colleagues at HeXus.net just post their test of the beast, which is indeed ready for grilling with an operating temperature close to 100 °C, even with ventilation box! In other words, the true passive mode will hardly be possible with this beautiful beast, which rapidly locks out (throttle)…
Read the full review at hexus.net.
PowerColor HD 7850 1GB SCS3 passive is official
UPDATE: Price added
PowerColor had already tease their card on Facebook, and now come the time to formalize the first passive HD 7850 on the market: the HD 7850 SCS3.
In terms of features it is important not to expect a factory or other overclocking. We are dealing with a Pitcairn Pro GPU of 1024SP clocked at 850MHz and accompanied by 1GB of GDDR5 1200MHz over 256-bit bus. It is cooled by an imposing radiator with 6 heat pipes of 6mm in diameter, but that is not the only reason for the success of the passive HD 7850. PowerColor also relies on the use of the “Gold Power Kit”, a name that the company gave to the use of high quality components to reduce energy losses and therefore...
STEIGER DYNAMICS Leet: stand alone HTPC case
For enthusiasts DIY users, the LEET has come, the “world’s first HTPC chassis optimized for liquid cooling”. It Includes everything you need to have an experience in terms of visual quality with low noise level. It is worth mentioning that this case is handmade and also a great design, perfect for a HTPC.
Here is the press release:
STEIGER DYNAMICS Offers Stand Alone LEET™ Custom...
Colorful i-Z77EX V20: an affordable ITX motherboard
With this small Mini-ITX motherboard, the i-Z77EX V20, Colorful offers a very affordable Z77 model: 599 yuans only, less than $100. And despite its price, the board is very complete, with, hopefully, a minimum of possible overclocking.
Thus, the board welcomes a PCI-E 3.0 16x port, two slots for memory of 1600MHz (2133MHz in oc), a Mini PCI-E, two SATA 6Gbps ports and two others 3Gpbs and a SuperSpeed...
Six Z77 mini-ITX motherboards reviewed
For a long time the mini-ITX form factor has been confined to small and low-energy configurations, especially in its early stages, such as nettops and mini-servers. But the situation has gradually changed with the LGA775, and then the LGA1156, and two years latter the LGA1155. With the advent of more compact and capable hardware, motherboard manufacturers wanted to lean on to produce more interesting...
RAIDR Express, the PCI-E SSD by ASUS
Briefly introduced at CES, the ASUS RAIDR EXPRESS unfolds a little more on SweClockers. This new PCI-Express SSD takes the form of a PCI-Express card x2 Gen2 (or 1 GB/s in each direction) that integrates a PCI-Express to SATA bridge, two SandForce SF-2281 controller and a Toshiba NAND MLC 19nm.
At first, the 120 and 240 GB versions will be launched, with the performance to 765/775 MB/s...
Gigabyte GA-Z87N-WiFi: a Mini ITX motherboard for Intel Haswell CPU
At IDF, Beijing, Gigabyte has introduced one of its upcoming motherboards: the GA-Z87N WiFi. Observing its reference, some of you have already guessed that it will be compatible with future Intel Haswell processors. This model pulls out of the game being in Mini ITX and offering integrated Wi-Fi module.
During IDF Beijing, Gigabyte has exposed its GA-Z87N-WiFi motherboard which is added to those...
