Buffalo Technology has invigorated its devotees by launching a new series of external HDDs, entitled Mini Station HD-PLFU3. The series embraces three models of 500 GB, 1 TB and 2 TB capacity to satisfy the needs of varied customer groups. All the devices are available in two color variations, black and white, offering a sleek and stylish design. Along with outstanding functional, the manufacturer offers a rather alluring pricing for the devices; hence, the 500 GB comes at the price tag of $98, the 1 TB model costs $140, and the 2 TB model — $208.



Buffalo Mini Station HD-PLFU3 are based on 2.5-inch drives and does not require additional power supply. All the drives employ a high-speed USB 3.0 interface that ensures truly marvelous data transfer speed characteristics. The maximal Read/Write speed on sequential operations is supposed to achieve 100-120 Mb/sec; this provides for trouble-free transfer of various types of data.


It should be noted that all the drives support …

The well-known PSU manufacturer FSP has voiced the launch of retailing of its latest modular Dagger line power units, being announced during the Computex event. The specialties are of 500 and 600 W nominal capacity, made in the SFX form-factor and are 80 Plus Gold certified (88% efficiency at 230 V). These are good-quality solutions, which do not take much room. Producers claim, they are perfect for micro-ATX or mini-ITX gaming systems.



The FSP SDA500 and SDA600 Dagger products give out 100% of power at 12V circuit, which means 41.6 А and 50 А respectively. The devices are overvoltage, overheat, overpower and short circuit protected, equipped with a power factor active correction mechanism and support SFX12V V3.3 and ATX12V V2.4 standards. Proper cooling is ensured by a low-noise 80 mm double ball bearing fan.


Presently the FSP Dagger SDA500 and SDA600 power supplies are officially on sale at the recommended price of $99 and $109. The company-issued warranty is 5 years.

Introduction

 

You can hardly surprise anyone by Ultra-compact PCs - the category has firmly taken its place in the market. In this case, most such devices are created according to the tested scenario: a tiny motherboard, a laptop (or a weak desktop) processor with a minimum heat dissipation, a RAM and a of a compact size. Some more ports should be added - as installing an expansion card in such a computer is impossible in principle. But what if there is another way to add new features to the mini PC? Yes there is. Today we have the review of the compact desktop computer HP Elite Slice. Let’s come closer.

 

Design

 

By itself HP Elite Slice is a desktop PC for business or non-addicting home users with an outstanding design and modest (165x165x35 mm) size. But on the bottom panel there is a port that allows you to connect additional slice modules that extend the capabilities of the computer. Yes, a similar idea has already been implemented once - …