Lian Li, a Taiwanese vendor of unique PC cases, is about to release a new mini-ITX case in the Western European market. Entitled PC-Q35, the model features 514x261x356 mm dimensions and weighs 4.3 kg. It is peculiar by a classical brand Lian Li’s design with minimum decorations and great functional. Nonetheless, its main peculiarity is the implementation of a lock on the frontal door. The new-comer is already available for pre-order for a price of 129 EUR.



Lian Li PC-Q35 will come in two color solutions, black and silver. The chassis takes benefit of anti-dust filters and metallic feet with rubber soles; the latter are called to efficiently damp the vibrations. Internal layout supports for the installation of mini-ITX and mini-DTX motherboards, a pair of PCI Express expansion cards of up to 300 mm in length, ATX-compatible power supply unit up to 200 mm in length, and CPU air cooling system of up to 95 mm in height.


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Supermicro announced the C9X299-PGF and C9X299-RPGF system cards, designed for construction of powerful desktops, based on the Intel architecture. Both products belong to the ATX class and have the following dimensions: 305 × 244 mm.



The novelties’ specifications are nearly the same. Both of them are built on the Intel X299 system logic set. Intel Core X-Series LGA2066 processing units can be installed. Customers may utilize up to 128 GB of the DDR4-2666 RAM, presented in the shape of 8 modules.


These boards have four PCI-Express 3.0 x16 slots for discrete graphics accelerators and one PCI-Express 3.0 x1 interface for an expansion card. Drives are to be linked to six standard Serial ATA 3.0 ports and М.2 connectors (for SSD modules).


The Supermicro specialties also feature 5 Gigabit Ethernet (Aquantia AQC108), Gigabit Ethernet (Intel I210-AT) network controllers, as well as two jacks for network cables, one USB 3.1 Type-C, two USB 3.0, three USB 3.1 Type-A ports …

Let's view over the AMD top processor model – Ryzen 7 1800X shipped in the original packaging, with the appearance of which the designers worked quite hard. In general, with the release of Ryzen, the degree of pathos in novelties is simply off-scale from a box to software; all the seriousness of the approach to the release of Zen solutions could be felt.


But for the CPU itself, the user will find in the box a sticker with the Ryzen logo for the case, as well as the installation instructions. The lack of a cooling system is not surprising as the Ryzen 7 1800X/1700X processors are still available only without it.


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Externally, the body of the new products has not changed at all since the release of K8, it has the same large heat distribution top completely covers the CPU’s substrate, but unlike the old solutions, the name of the series is now engraved in large letters and it is unlikely that it will be confused with Bulldozer and derivatives.


But the …