Some two-three years ago solid-state drives were supposed to be a luxury rather than a necessity. Not every enthusiast showed predisposition to spend a few hundreds dollars to enhance his PC performance. Nonetheless, time passed and SSD technologies rapidly erupted into corporate and home fields, serving as a mighty storage means to replace traditional HDDs. They are currently the most wanted piece of hardware that offers better reliability, faster speeds, as well as larger volumes. Besides, their today’s price falls within average customer’s possibilities. Intel keeps the wave in this industry too, delivering high-end products for various audiences. Intel 330 Series 180GB SSD, one of its latest releases, is a direct image of quality and volume combined with a reasonable price.



General Peculiarities


Intel 330 Series 180GB is predestined for advanced users with modding/overclocking activities in mind and owners of powerful laptops. It is characterized by 1.200.000 hours …

Unveiled at CeBIT 2013, Wind Top AG2712 all-in-one PC is soon going to be released by MSI officially. This model proudly joined MSI Gaming series product line and boasts a massy set of components targeting gamers. It operates under Windows 8 OS and is delivered with an external PSU of 180W power. Overall PC dimensions equal to 672.23x482.96x66 mm.



Wind Top AG2712 features 27-inch display with LED backlit and Full HD resolution (1920x1080). This all-in-one solution is based on four-core Intel Core i7-3630QM processor, running at 2.4 GHz in regular mode and at 3.4 GHz in Turbo mode, and employs Intel HM77 Express chipset. Graphics facilities are introduced by Nvidia GeForce GTX 670M adapter (3 GB/DDR5). Memory subsystem allows the incorporation of up to 16 GB SO-DIMM RAM of DDR3-1333 MHz type; however, the user will have to acquire RAM modules separately from the product.


This model is notable by the ability to respond up to ten simultaneous touches. Its connectivity …

Company Thecus decided to introduce a new naming scheme for its drives, so that users can easily understand its product line. New names will have all future models.



In the name with length of five to seven characters will be encoded some information about the device. The first letter indicates the type of device: N — NAS running Linux, D — DAS, W — NAS running Windows, V — NVR. This is followed by a two-digit number indicating the number of disks (compartments for storage) in the system. If this amount is less than 10, the first zero is omitted. Fourth and fifth digit is coded by the hardware platform used. For example, 21 — Cavium Econa, 31 — Marvell Armada, 51 — Intel Atom Cedarview, 52 — Intel EvanSport, 53 — Intel Atom third-generation, 81 — Sandy Bridge, 82 — Ivy Bridge, 83 — Other Platforms future generations. On the sixth position, which is reserved for future needs, zero is registered. If the system is performed in rack format, the model name is …