Plenty of innovative devices were presented at the Computex 2017 exhibition. For instance, the PowerColor Company has demonstrated a new external docking station for a graphics adapter, called Gaming Box. At present only few particulars are known, however, we may suggest, that its set of functions will resemble those ascribed to the original Devil Box.



Surely, PowerColor recommends to use Gaming Box with its own series of Red Devil/Red Dragon Radeon RX 500 family cards, but we should remark, that this novelty is compatible with different graphics accelerators, including such advanced samples as the RX 400/500 series, R9 Fury/Nano series, GTX 10-series, and TITAN Xp. The Thunderbolt 3, 40 Gb/s, connection pairs the enclosure to the host system, for example to your PC or laptop. With this aim in view the manufacturer supplied its product with three USB 3.0 Type-C ports and a Gigabit Ethernet connector. The 550 W internal power supply unit has two PCIe (6+2 pin) connectors and is …

MSI is one of the first manufacturers to introduce a motherboard for the newly launched AMD AM1 platform. The MSI AM1I features rather compact dimensions (170x170 mm) but its mini-ITX form-factor does not affect the specified functional possibilities for entry-level systems. The model supports AMD Athlon/Sempron processors for the above-mentioned socket.



The employment of Military Class 4 hardware base is supposed to be a major advantage of AM1I motherboard. It involves dark chokes, dark capacitors and other crucial components, which are backed by Military Class Essentials technology. The latter is called to protect the PCB from varied unfavorable happenings, i.e. high humidity, electrostatic discharge or high temperatures.


The PCB comes with two DIMM slots for the incorporation of one-channel DDR3 memory modules (up to 32 GB) with 1333/1600 MHz frequency. Storage is organized by means of two SATA III 6 Gb/sec ports, whereas expansion of functional is due to two PCI …

FSP, a well-known power units vendor, releases two new CPU cooling systems, namely the Windale 6 and Windale 4.



Windale 6 has 6 copper heat pipes and an array of appropriately sized aluminium fins. The Windale 4 construction includes 4 heat pipes and a diminished stack of fins. The products are of 240 and 180 W heat sink capability respectively.


Both cooling systems have one 120 mm fan with a friction bearing. Due to the PWM technology support the rotary speed can be adjusted in the range of 600–1,600 rpm. The ultimate air flow rate equals to 60 CFM (102 m³ per hour) at the 32 dBA noise level. The master model’s fan is supplied with blue LED- backlighting. The specialties from FSP are compatible with all modern platforms, including AMD AM4 and Intel LGA2011(-3).


Windale 6 weighs 823 g and features the 122 х 110 х 165 mm dimensions; and Windale 4 weighs 620 g and is of 122 х 83 х 158 mm size. These products are already available to official retailers. The …