The new flagship GeForce GTX 1080 Ti pleased its users with the excellent performance results. But along with the performance of the new flagship, its heat emission increased as well. The reference versions are equipped with a turbine-type cooler, which decently deals with the nominal mode only. If one wants to get more from the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, non-reference versions with powerful cooling are needed.


So, let’s consider suchlike card in this review: ROG STRIX GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB OC offers improved PCB design and cooling with three fans which is more efficient and powerful than all the previous versions from ASUS. Such will definitely be cooler, quieter and of course more powerful than the Founders Edition.


Equipment and Outlook

ASUS is supplied in a large box with the traditional for the Strix series design. The delivery kit is minimal. In addition to the mandatory disk with software, Velcro ties for fixing cables inside the case are worth noting.


The …

Military-class motherboards elaborated by MSI have been always distinguished by the implementation of all high-end components within supply circuits, by extended overclocking facilities, and by corresponding exterior design. FM2-A85XA-G65A model corroborates such outstanding descriptions, being a worthy representative of products branded as ‘Military’. Moreover, the integration of high-quality and solid hardware elements enhances its overclocking potential that can’t but gladden PC enthusiasts.



Design and Layout


MSI FM2-A85XA-G65A is developed in ATX form-factor. It is notable by a fanciful, spacious layout, taking into account the full-fledged options integrated within a single chipset. Thus, there is no need in additional controllers. The distance between two graphics slots has been doubled to organize even the most powerful CrossFire configurations. The integrated heatsinks feature 31 mm height; one of them is located only 5 mm far from CPU socket. This implies …

Welcome the series of stylish compact mini PCs by MSI, named Cubi N 8 GL. As we may see from the name of this line, novelties hold Intel Gemini Lake processing units inside. To be exact, we are talking about Intel Celeron J4005 (2/2 x 2.0–2.7 GHz) and Intel Pentium Silver J5005 (4/4 х 1.5–2.8 GHz) with Intel UHD Graphics 600 (12 x 250–700 MHz) and Intel UHD Graphics 605 (18 х 250–800 MHz) embedded graphics adapters.

 

The RAM subsystem is represented by one SO-DIMM slot supporting maximum 8 GB of DDR4-2400, which means there’s no way to establish a dual-channel mode. The disk subsystem may include either a regular 2.5-inch HDD/SSD or a space effective M.2 2280 solid-state drive, possessing SATA 6 Gb/s or PCIe 2.0 х2.


Network options are ensured by the Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 9461 (802.11ac Wi-Fi (433 Mbps) and Bluetooth 5.0) module and a gigabit Realtek …