Kolink has announced the Observatory chassis, aimed at assembling desktop systems with rather strict, though eye-catching outer appearance.

 

The novelty, performed in black, possesses the front and one side panels out of smoked tempered glass 4 mm thick. The case encloses four 120 mm fans, supplied with the multi-coloured RGB-backlighting, three of which are located on the front, and one – at the rear. Users may also add two 120 mm coolers in the top part.

 

This framework presupposes the utilizing of E-ATX (up to 279 mm wide), ATX, Micro-ATX and Mini-ITX motherboards. There also are mounting seats for seven expansion cards. The length of discrete graphics accelerators should not overcome 390 mm. Besides, the Observatory chassis is able to house two drives of the 3.5” or 2.5” form factor. In the case of liquid cooling system applying one may install 240 mm heatsinks at the front and atop, while the CPU cooler is …

PC hardware of average price category is traditionally in demand with a wide range of customers. Graphics cards are not exception, especially if the manufacturers offer truly outstanding facilities for comparatively medium price. The launch of GeForce GTX 650 Ti adapter raised an army of graphics solutions based on it; still, each company tries to deviate in some terms from the reference model. Thus, MSI introduced N650 Ti Power Edition 1GD5/OC model which takes GTX 650 Ti adapter as the basis, but employs fundamentally original printed circuit board and cooling system.



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Graphics card MSI N650 Ti PE 1GD5/OC features all attributes ascribed to Power Edition series. Printed circuit board has been elongated to 230 mm, as compared to the 154 mm in reference GeForce GTX 650 models. Along with the PCB elongation, MSI implemented a reinforced 5-phase VRM scheme (4+1) that is intended at operational intensification on heightened frequencies. The connection of additional …

Gigabyte has replenished its line of mini-ITX motherboards with a new remarkable model: the GA-E2100N. The product is targeting the segment of small-sized desktops or home media systems. It is based on AMD Kabini platform for Socket AM1 and equipped with AMD E1-2100 SoC with passive cooling solution. Featuring 170x170 mm, the board offers the whole range of facilities any modern full-sized model avails.



The integrated into Gigabyte GA-E2100N chip comes with an in-built Radeon HD 8210 graphics core with the support for DirectX 11.1 standard and with 1 MB of L2 cache. The chip operates at 1 GHz frequency, consuming not more than 9 W power. SoC is accompanied by two slots for the installation of up to 32 GB DDR3 memory modules with the maximal frequency of 1333 MHz.


The PCB is designed according to Gigabyte Ultra Durable 4 Plus template. It presumes the employment of high-quality components serving to protect the system from humidity, electrostatic discharge, voltage …