Thermaltake hit the market with an exceptional CPU cooler, entitled Riing Silent 12 Pro. The model is available in two color palettes: blue & red. There the differentiation dropped. Both greenhorns support the majority of modern PC platforms, including Intel Socket LGA2011-3/775/115x/1366/2011 & AMD Socket FM1/FM2/AM2/AM2+/AM3/AM3+.



Thermaltake Riing Silent 12 Pro coolers are able to cool down CPUs with the maximal TDP of 170 W. Their framework consists of 6 nickel-plated copper heatpipes, a voluminous heatsink with aluminum fins as well as a single 120-mm fan. The latter is based on hydraulic bearing, estimated for 40.000 hours of foolproof operation.


The included fan might rotate within the range from 500 to 1400 RPM. Its blades are sure to provide for up to 53 CFM airflow at up to 19 dB noise. The connection of a fan is realized via a 4-pin connector. Furthermore, the user is free to employ an additional LNC adapter which reduces fan rotational range (300-700 RPM) and …

The Advoli Co. has presented an extraordinary video card, called TA6 Graphics Card. Its peculiarity is in the fact, that it has no video connectors, while being intended for purposes other than mining. The product got six Ethernet ports and the HDBaseT support instead. The manufacturer claims the novelty to be the world first graphics accelerator with the PCIe x16 interface and the HDBaseT certification.

 

The HDBaseT technology lets transfer (up to 100 m) audio, video and control signals, power (up to 100 W) via the simple Cat5/6 cable. It also ensures linking to the network.

 

TA6 Graphics Card is based on the Embedded Radeon E9550 accelerator, aimed at embedded systems and utilizing Polaris 10 GPU with 2,304 streaming processors. Thus, it’s an analogue of the Radeon RX 480 3D card. One should note, that TA6 Graphics Card uses an ordinary version of Embedded Radeon E9550, performed as an MXM card, which means in future it can be replaced by some novelty.
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Zotac always keeps a wary eye on the PC hardware progress. This time the company was one of the first manufacturers to integrate the latest Intel Core 8th Gen mobile processors (Intel Kaby Lake-R) into its line of mini-PCs. This is in reference to Zotac Mi640 nano and Zotac Mi660 nano models, codenamed ZBOX-MI640NANO & ZBOX-MI660NANO respectively.

 

Zotac Mi640 item is based on a 4-core Intel Core i5-8250U CPU, running at 1.6-3.4 GHz frequency. Meanwhile, the second item, Zotac Mi660, comes equipped with a more efficient CPU: Intel Core i7-8550U, operating at 1.8-4.0 GHz frequency. Both new-comers support CPUs with a customizable TDP level (10-25 W), though coming with a standard 15 W marker.

 

Mini-PCs employ iGPU Intel UHD Graphics 620 graphics core, a couple of SO-DIMM slots for up to 32 GB DDR4-2400 MHz modules. Storage subsystem includes a single 2.5-inch SATA HDD/SSD slot; additionally, there is a multimedia card-reader slot (SD/SDXC/SDHC). Network …