Motherboards based on Intel Z77 chip have been lately given much attention, to the detriment of products featuring AMD solutions. In fact, motherboards with AMD chips are in abundance in the market, providing a competitive conditions for the manufacturers and plentiful offers for potential consumers. Asus developed a lot of boards with Intel Z77 chip, but it also boasts the products, like Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0, based on AMD 990FX chip for AM3+ socket. This model is an apt sample of performance, resources and design.



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Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 is developed in ATX form-factor and features 305x244 mm dimensions. The motherboard accommodates five sockets for the connection of fans and large heatsinks which manage heat quite efficiently; heatsinks located on the northbridge and CPU power converter are joined by a heat pipe. There is one peculiar feature pertained to the implemented heatsinks: each of them is notable by an individual fixture type. The reverse side of the …

KFA2 has announced the release of two new graphic cards which boast the indisputable performance and efficiency. Codenamed Geforce GTX 660 Ti EX OC 2GB and Geforce GTX 660 Ti EX OC 3GB, this couple supports all technologies ascribed to GTX 600 graphic adapters, including PhysX, 3D Vision, GPU Boost, Adaptive Vsync. In addition, they enable the creation of various configurations with three monitors for game-based purposes (and an additional fourth monitor for non-gaming purposes).



Both models are equipped with DisplayPort, DVI, VGA, and HDMI interfaces to provide for the multi-functional facilities. KFA2 Geforce GTX 660 Ti EX OC 2GB model accommodates an advanced cooler with two fans and four nickel-plated heatpipes based on aluminum platform. It has got 1344 CUDA cores and employs GDDR5 memory interface; the overall memory volume capacity equals to 2 GB, while its speed approximates 6 Gb/sec.


Geforce GTX 660 Ti EX OC 3GB model employs LED lighting that adds some …

LaCie, a French supplier of external HDD storages, RAID arrays and network storages, has started the sales of its new NAS storage with network connection. Codenamed 5big NAS Pro, this product is intended to fulfill a range of tasks, including a joint and remote access to files and data backup processes. The storage is estimated for five disk bays and can be best applied in corporate environment.



The new-comer features 173x220x196 mm dimensions and is delivered with a 3-year limited warranty. The users have got a chance to choose between the three variations of the NAS: just a casing without disks, a casing with five disks of 10TB capacity, and a casing with five disks of 20TB capacity. The price fluctuates correspondingly from $529 for just the casing and $2199 for 20TB capacity.


The heart of 5big NAS Pro is a two-core Intel Atom processor (64 bit). Its operational frequency approaches 2.14GHz and inventory involves 4GB of DDR3 RAM memory. It should be mentioned that this …