MSI comes out to the market with a new all-in-one solution – the AP16 Flex – targeted enterprise, scientific and commercial environments. The new-comer joined MSI Professional line of products and boasts an elegant but strict design. Featuring 381.6x264.1x25 mm dimensions, this model might be employed as a desktop PC (thanks to a multifunction stand that takes three positions), so as a wall display (due to the support of 100x100 VESA bracket).



The heart of MSI AP16 Flex is 4-core Intel Celeron J1900 CPU (2-2.41 GHz clock frequency) with an integrated Intel HD Graphics. The device consumes only 10 W power, thus it employs a noiseless passive cooling system. The 15.6-inch LCD display is equipped with two 2 W speakers, a top-tier web-cam as well as LED and Multi-touch technologies; the latter supports 10 multi-touch options.


The availability of 2 SO-DIMM slots allows for the installation of 8 GB DDR3 memory modules. Storage subsystem might consist of 32/64 GB eMMC drive …

Chieftec power supplies are one of the most popular brands on the domestic market, and it's not surprising, since the manufacturer has been on it for about 20 years. During this time, the decisions of the German brand have acquired both an army of admirers and opponents. The first like these blocks for the optimal price/quality ratio, while others are not satisfied with their consumer properties. It’s primarily because of a higher noise level than some competitors or more expensive products have. But with a limited budget, Chieftec becomes one of the main candidates for purchase, especially when building powerful systems, where the difference between the costs of blocks produced by different manufacturers can reach 50-150 dollars or even more.


In this review, we will consider a 1000-watt Chieftec device belonging to the A-135 series, the hallmark of which is a 135-mm fan and a modular cable connection for the periphery. Also representatives of this line meet the requirements …

Join us for checking out the new Kabby Lake Core i5 7600K processor from Intel which has just appeared on sale. Based on the 14nm Node the new processors of the Core i5 series are meant for being used by mainstream consumers and are quite budget friendly as opposite to the other Intel products. So let’s look at the processor’s performance in a wide variety of situations and different benchmarks.



Core i7 7700K as well as Kaby Lake Core i5 7600K processors have been developed for the desktop platform and are a mere respin of the previous Skylake which means that both previously mentioned processors are Socket 1151, though possessed as a brand new chipset.


So this means that your Z170 or H170 motherboard will be absolutely compatible with any of the two Kaby Lake processors after a BIOS upgrade. In addition to being quite powerful for such a moderate price, both of the newly released processors are energy efficient enough to compete with their more expensive brethren. …