To the delight of all gamers the ASUS Co. introduced its latest mother card, called ASUS EX-A320M-GAMING. The novelty is built on the AMD A320 chipset (the Socket AM4 platform). It is also expected to be a perfect base for constructing cyber cafe gaming systems, as far as it has shown 144 hours of steady operation.



ASUS EX-A320M-GAMING, produced in the microATX (244 х 244 mm) format, offers four DIMM-slots for up to 64 GB of the DDR4 memory (2,666 MHz), one PCI Express 3.0 x16 slot for a graphics accelerator, the M.2 Socket 3 interface, four SATA 6 Gb/s ports for the drive subsystem, the gigabit Realtek RTL8111H LAN controller, as well as an 8-channel Realtek ALC887 audio codec. External interface solutions contain a DVI-D, an HDMI, an RJ45, two PS/2, four USB 3.1 Gen 1, a couple of USB 2.0 connectors and three audio jacks.


Among other peculiarities of the specialty customers may distinguish the exquisite stylish card design, the presence of protective …

Gelid Solutions, a Hong-Kong based renowned manufacturer of thermal solutions and other PC hardware, has lately presented its low-profile CPU cooler, codenamed Slim Silence A-Plus, for AMD platform. The new cooler is compatible with AMD AM2(+), AM3(+), as well as, FM1. According to the words of the Asian manufacturer, this model is capable to manage processors with the TDP index fluctuating in the measures of 95W.



There is one peculiar feature about Slim Silence A-Plus: its design resembles the design of coolers destined for GPU due to the foveate fan. That is why, customers can sometimes confuse this cooler's destination.


CPU cooler Slim Silence A-Plus goes in rather compact dimensions; its height does not exceed 28 mm, while its weight equals to 282 g. Such compactness provides for its unimpeded installation into chassis of different form-factor, starting from Mid-Tower, and finishing with Mini-ATX, 1U and HTPC.


The cooler's casing consists of an aluminum radiator …

Presently devoted gamers can enjoy all the benefits of an advanced ASUS Strix GD30 PC of the Republic of Gamers (ROG) brand.



The specialty weighs 17 kg and possesses the following dimensions: 230 × 550 × 540 mm. Its extra bonus is incorporated into changeable front panels, which allow to modify the exterior of the black and white chassis according to the user’s taste. A window in the side panel and the multi-coloured adjustable Aura RGB lighting let examine inner components.


Strix GD30 is operated by Windows 10 and equipped with a 4-core Kaby Lake Intel Core i5-7400 (3.0–3.5 GHz) or Core i7-7700 (3.6–4.2 GHz) processor. The DDR4-2400 memory capacity can come up to 32 GB. Customers have an opportunity to order the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050, GTX 1060, GTX 1070 or GTX 1080 discrete graphics accelerator installation. The 3 TB HD, as well as the 512 GB M.2 SSD may be utilized with this computer. At the same time, there is place for an optical drive.


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