Abee Corporation, famous for high-end and high-priced chassis, is about to release just another premium PC case. Codenamed Acubic A90, the case features 229x309x249 mm dimensions and weighs 4.9 kg. It is characterized by an austere design, where rack is made of steel and covered by 2 mm aluminum sheet. Abee offers three color variations of this model: black, silver and white. The first two cases will be delivered at about $310, while the third one might cost $10 more.


Acubic A90 is known to support motherboards of mini-ITX/micro-ATX format. Its internal framework is estimated for four PCI expansion cards, a single 5.25-inch drive, two 2.5-inch and six 3.5-inch drives. Besides, the layout allows for the installation of rather lengthy graphics adapters (up to 270 mm), rather high CPU coolers (up to 75 mm), and rather voluminous power supply units (up to 160 mm in length). The frontal panel can’t be called multi-functional. Still, it accommodates a pair of standard 2.5 mm …

HP has released four models of monitors, constituting the EliteDisplay series. All samples obtained IPS-panels with the 3840 х 2160 pixels resolution, three of them got USB-C ports.

 

The most affordable model is called EliteDisplay S270n. It costs $550 and features the 27-inch matrix, 350 cd/m2 brightness, 1300:1 contrast and the 14 ms response time. This display has no USB-C port and no USB hub embedded. The stand allows adjusting height in the range of 10 cm and tilt angle (from -5 to +23°). There are also three ports for video signal connection: DisplayPort 1.2, HDMI 1.4 and HDMI 2.0.

 

EliteDisplay Z27, Z32 (supplied with the 31.5” panel) and Z43 (42.5”) novelties possess common external, as well as the interface set, including DisplayPort 1.2, Mini DisplayPort 1.2, HDMI 2.0 and USB Type-C. Owners of Z27 and Z32 may use benefits of the three ports USB 3.0 hub, and those acquiring Z43 get a five port USB hub alongside.
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Recently the ASUS Co. has replenished its range of small-sized computers with the VivoMini UN65U sample, operated by the Windows 10 OS and based on the Intel Kaby Lake hardware platform.



The top version is equipped with the Core i7-7500U processor, the chipset has two cores with the 2.7 GHz frequency, which dynamically increases to 3.5 GHz. The Intel HD Graphics 620 accelerator is also installed. The capacity of the DDR4-2133 memory may reach 32 GB.


This minicomputer may obtain a 1 TB 2.5-inch HDD and a 512 GB М.2 SSD. Optionally one can mount the latest Intel Optane memory.


Key specifications include Bluetooth 4.1 and Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac wireless adapters, alongside with a Gigabit Ethernet network controller. On the front users can see two USB 3.0 ports, at the rear – a couple of USB 3.0 ports, as well as HDMI and DisplayPort interfaces for displays connection and a jack for the network cable.


As far as this compact specialty weighs 0.7 kg only and has the …