Power supply units with 80Plus Bronze standard were rarity in earlier times and distinguished themselves by rather high cost. Nevertheless, nowadays customers are able to acquire PSU models with this standard for quite a moderate price. This is explained by the surplus congestion of products in the market and the need to supply different consumer groups with high-end, but at the same time, cheap PSU solutions. FSP Raider RA550 is characterized exactly by moderate price and high efficiency index. This allowed the very model of PSU to receive 80Plus Bronze marker.



Design and Framework


First of all, it should be mentioned that FSP Raider series is presented by several models which include RA 450W, 550W, 650W and 750W. PSU model under consideration, RA550 cannot boast a refined design template. Quite the contrary, it is developed in a classical design, with the provision of specifications on the side and rear plates. The casing is made of thin hard steel which is covered by a …

The BenQ company launches the production of superordinary BH281 monitors, intended mostly for promotional purposes, however it can be utilized otherwise as well.



This elongated 28″ bar-type display got the 1920 × 360 pixels resolution and the 1,000 cd/m2 brightness. It can be easily located in both – portrait and landscape – modes, which provides additional convenience and makes it a great solution for interactive signs. The device has an embedded content demonstration system, downloadable to the BH281 memory with the help of the USB port. The supply set offers the X-Sign Designer software, making it possible.


The screen is able to “talk” due to pair of inbuilt 2W speakers. Besides, there’s a separate audio input for an external audio source linking. Connection to the PC is ensured by two HDMI ports or an analogous D-Sub.


BenQ endowed its specialty with the following dimensions: 729.1 × 170.8 × 4.1 mm and the 4 kg weight. The BH281 display is attached …

AMD has filled up its professional line of graphics cards with a new model: the AMD FirePro W8100. According to the manufacturer, the greenhorn is an optimal choice for computer-aided design, video editing, compositing, visualization, color grading, and computing tasks. The release is arranged for July, adding the variety of different versions from AMD partners, like Sapphire and others.



AMD FirePro W8100 is based on AMD GCN 2.0 graphics core with 2560 stream processors and 40 cluster units. Memory subsystem comes up with 8 GB of GDDR5 chips, featuring 512-bit interface. Its data transfer bandwidth equals to 320 Gb/sec. Upon the whole, the peak efficiency of single-precision computations achieves 4.2 TFLOPS, whereas the peak efficiency of dual-precision computations makes up 2.1 TFLOPS.


One of the major distinctive features attributed to the graphics card is the integration of four DisplayPort 1.2 ports. They allow for the connection of up to 4 monitors simultaneously; …