Biostar, Taiwanese PC hardware guru, has recently launched a new mini-ITX motherboard entitled J1800NH2. The greenhorn is targeting mini-desktop entry-level systems, as well as field-specific platforms, such as information boards, point-of-sale terminals, slim clients, etc. It is compatible with Windows 7/8/8.1 OS and boasts the availability of capacitors with solid-state electrolyte. The recommended retail price makes up $76.



Biostar J1800NH2 is based on Bay Trail-D platform and comes with an integrated 4-core Intel Celeron J1800 processor, featuring 2 MB cache (L2). The CPU operates at 2.41 GHz clock frequency but might be overclocked up to 2.58 GHz margin. The model also boasts an integrated Intel HD Graphics chip that runs at 668 MHz (nominal)/792 MHz (overclocked) frequency. It is cooled by a small-sized aluminum heatsink, sustaining the specified 10 W TDP level.


To continue, this motherboard is equipped with two SO-DIMM slots for the installation of DDR3-1333 MHz …

Elsa, a well-known Japanese manufacturer of graphics solutions for PC systems, is going to release its own non-reference model of Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 adapter. Codenamed Elsa GeForce GTX 760 S.A.C., the card is based on an original PCB with PCI-e 3.0 x16 interface. The heart of the model is GK104-225 chip (an estimated performance equals to 2.3 GFLOPS), designed under 28 nm Kepler microarchitecture. It features 1152 CUDA cores, 32 ROPs, 96 TMUs, and runs at the nominal 980 MHz frequency (1033 MHz on overclocking).



Graphics card GTX 760 S.A.C. carries 2GB memory of GDDR5 type that is equipped with 256-bit bus and operates at 6008 MHz clock frequency (effective index). Power supply process is realized via two 6-pin sockets. It should be noted that this model is known to consume not more than 170 W power. The reverse side of PCB contains video interface panel with four outputs: DisplayPort, HDMI, Dual Link DVI-D, Dual Link DVI-I.


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The Western Digital Co. announced the replenishment of its Gold HDDs family. What is meant here is a flagship sample under the WD121KRYZ model name, which is able to store 12 TB of data.



Enterprise-class Gold line drives are constructed for really severe workload, overcoming desktop drives’ rates by ten times. From the very beginning Gold solutions have been designed with reference to capacity, reliability, productivity and energy efficiency factors. For instance, the novelty offers 2.5 million hours of MTBF, which is one of the highest figures among analogous WD products.


The manufacturer applied its 4th gen HelioSeal technology, when drives are sealed with helium for extra service security. The refined RAFF feature presupposes the usage of complex electronics, ensuring drive operation control, as well as linear and angular vibration alignment in the real time mode, and, thus, increasing overall efficiency. The time-bounded error recovery function precludes cases of idle …