The German be quiet! vendor has lately reported its Straight Power 11 series power supplies marketing launch. These products are already being delivered to retailers at the 105–209 EUR recommended price.

 

be quiet! novelties, available in 450–1000 W versions, are claimed to be highly effective and operate at a low noise level. They utilize modular cabling and comply with the 80 Plus Gold certificate (the performance factor at 230 V reaches 93 %).

 

The manufacturer indicates a completely refined PC-board as one of these power supplies’ strong points. Other Straight Power 11 specs include hyperthermal (105 °C) capacitors, produced in Japan, enhanced steadiness and voltage control, alongside with decreased fluctuation. The devices feature four 12 V lines of the total 37.5–83.3 A current load.

 

The 135 mm Silent Wings 3 fan with the automatic rotary speed control cools inner components. The system is …

Zotac International, a well-known Hong Kong manufacturer continues to widen its ZBox series of mini PCs and introduces two samples of the different price spectrum – namely ZBox MI553 and ZBox PI225.



Possessing the 185 х 185 х 72 mm dimensions, the ZBox MI553 nettop is equipped with highly productive components like Intel Core i5 (Core i7) processing units built on the Kaby Lake architecture. Thus, one of the ZBox MI553 modifications will obtain a quad-core Intel Core i5-7300HQ (2.5/3.5 GHz) silicon with the Intel HD Graphics 630 embedded. The motherboard has two slots for the SO-DIMM DDR4 RAM of the ultimate 32 GB capacity.

The disk subsystem includes a 2.5” drive with the SATA 6 Gbps interface and a pair of M.2 connectors supporting Intel Optane Memory devices. Among other options one can find a Thunderbolt 3, an HDMI, a DisplayPort and four USB 3.1 Gen2 ports. Networking is enabled by the RJ45 wired interface, as well as by the wireless Wi-Fi 802.11ac and Bluetooth …

No doubt, many gamers are taken with the idea of purchasing a high-end gaming monitor, however, far from everyone may afford the luxury of buying functional models from the ASUS ROG line. Thus, the Taiwan IT giant has introduced another reasonable alternative variant – ASUS VP228QG.

 

The novelty got a 21.5-inch TN panel with the Full HD (1920 x 1080) resolution, the ultimate 250 cd/m2 brightness, 1000:1 static contrast and 170°/160° viewing angles. The major peculiarity of this display is the high matrix response rate (1 ms) and the AMD FreeSync technology support, allowing synchronizing refresh rate with the image rendering speed of compatible AMD graphics cards in the range of 48–75 Hz. Besides, gamers will be pleased to try out benefits of GamePlus modes.

 

Additionally, ASUS VP228QG obtained a couple of integrated speakers of the total 3 W capacity, a fine set of external interfaces (HDMI, D-Sub, …