Gigabyte has thoroughly prepared for the official launch of hybrid Kaveri APUs from AMD by designing a series of compatible motherboards, including a new micro-ATX GA-F2A78M-D3H model. The board is characterized by the availability of multiple interfaces and expansion slots, despite its modest dimensions (244x244 mm). It is based on AMD A78 chipset, supporting AMD A and Athlon II APUs (of Kaveri generation) for socket FM2+.



The motherboard offers four DIMM slots for the installation of DDR3-2400 MHz modules of up to 64 GB capacity (two-channel mode). It is able to house both, the modules supporting AMD Memory Profile and Intel Memory Profile profiles. Audio subsystem operates under the facilities of an integrated Realtek ALC887 codec; it ensures the production of 7.1-channel HD Audio sounding. Network powers are backed by gigabit Realtek RTL8111E controller.


To continue, the GA-F2A78M-D3H is equipped with four expansion slots, including PCI, PCIe 2.0 x16, PCIe 2.0 x1, and …

The MSI vendor’s video cards model line-up is widened by another high-end specialty – MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Air Boost 8G OC.

 

The device is built on GPU AMD Vega 10 XT, supporting 4,096 streaming processors. Its reference frequency equals 1,272 MHz, and dynamic frequency reaches 1,575 MHz. We should remind, though, that the benchmark formula suggests a bit lower speed rates: 1,247 and 1,546 MHz in respect. In its turn, the 8 GB HBM2 memory operates at the 1,890 MHz reference effective velocity and due to the 2048-bit bus ensures the bandwidth capacity of 484 Gb/s.

 

MSI Radeon RX Vega 64 Air Boost 8G OC hardware components conform with the Military Class 4 company concept. Chilling is provided by a two-slot cooler, possessing one radial-type fan, which draws air outside the chassis. The video adapter has one HDMI and three DisplayPort ports, and it requires linking of two 8-pin PCIe connectors for stable work.

 

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After the release of REX8 series, Sharkoon decided to replenish its line of chassis with a new entry-level series. The series has been entitled REX3 and is currently represented by Value and Economy models. Both models are designed in Midi-Tower form factor and are ready to accept the motherboards of micro-ATX/ATX dimensional type. The other distinctive feature of the upcoming models is their price, which is targeted to attract the customers with modest and medium financial possibilities.



Chassis REX3 Value and REX3 Economy differ from their predecessors, REX8 models, by the availability of three instead of four bays for 5.25-inch drives which have the output to the frontal panel. The fourth bay is predestined for 3.5-inch drive; at the same time, the number of internal 3.5-inch bays remained the same and equals to four items. The length and capacity of casing is about to accommodate seven expansion slots of up to 29 cm in length; the height of casing allows for the …