Zalman has long been deprived of a full-tower flagship PC chassis, after it discontinued the line of GS1200. The anticipation of a new etalon was accompanied by an overall market uncertainty as for the future of desktop platforms. Luckily, laptops and tablets couldn’t fully satisfy the customers’ growing needs, so Zalman decided to fire off with a new top-tier case, entitled H1. Stylish and magnetic from outside, this model has a lot of interesting options in the bins. Let’s have a look at them.



Key Features


Zalman H1 is a full-tower case, featuring 561x238x570 mm dimensions. The chassis is made of steel, aluminum and a high-quality plastic, with exterior and interior totally painted black. Internal layout allows for the installation of motherboards with elongated PCBs, including E-ATX and XL-ATX models. The model houses three external bays for 5.25-inch drives, seven internal bays for 2.5-/3.5-inch drives as well as nine expansion slots.


The case boasts some …

NZXT has proudly announced the release of its newest PC chassis, codenamed Phantom 630 Windowed Edition. Being a modified version of Phantom 630 model, the ‘greenhorn’ is developed in ultra-tower form-factor, featuring a side-panel window. The case supports quite large motherboards (ATX, EATX, XL-ATX, and micro-ATX) and offers nine expansion slots.



Despite visual discrepancy with the original model, Windowed Edition preserved some of its basic features. Therefore, it allows for the integration of four 5.25-inch drives and eight 3.5/2.5-inch ones. The latter are installed into modular bays which can be removed if necessary. The chassis is ready to accept CPU coolers of 200 mm in height and long graphics adapters (up to 325 mm in length). In case the user decides to remove the internal drive bays, it will become possible to employ much longer adapters, up to 507 mm!


The other peculiarity of Phantom 630 Windowed Edition is the feasibility to incorporate two 2.5-inch …

Philips is about to release a new professional PC monitor, entitled 328P6VJEB. The greenhorn boasts 31.5-inch VA panel with UltraClear 4K resolution (3840x2160) & WLED backlight. The model features 16:9 aspect ratio as well as 698.1x392.85 mm display area. Its overall dimensions make up 742x657x270 mm. The recommended retail price might go up to $809.



Philips 328P6VJEB brags about high static contrast – 3000:1 and even higher dynamic contrast – 50M:1. The display offers the widest viewing angles (178/178 degrees) and an enriched color gamut which comes with UltraColor technology. The majority of monitors cover 72% NTSC color environment; yet, the 328P6VJEB covers 95%. Therefore, the screen is able to display more hues, while basic colors look rather natural. The support for 4K resolution further improves image detailing.


The monitor houses a pair of 3-watt speakers (6 W), 1x VGA port, 1x DVI port, 1x DisplayPort, and 1x HDMI with MHL port. Besides, there is a set of 4 …