The Asus ROG Strix line has been replenished with three monitors. Novelties feature high refresh rate and AMD FreeSync technology support, which ensures display image frequency and graphic map display video output sync, so that screening is smooth.



The master model is Asus Strix XG32V, built on the curved 31.5-inch IPS panel with WQHD (2560 x 1440) resolution. The radius of curvature equals to 1800R (1800 mm), and the refresh rate is 144 Hz. The interface set includes one HDMI 2.0, two DisplayPort 1.2 and several USB 3.0 ports.


The Strix XG27V sample is equipped with a 1920 х 1080 pixels 27″ screen. The update rate and the curvature radius are the same as with the aforementioned model. DisplayPort, HDMI and DVI-D ports represent connectivity options. The specialty is reported to be of a reasonable price, however, exact value is unknown yet.


The third monitor – Strix XG258 – obtained a 24.5-inch screen, featuring 1920 х 1080 pixels. It is remarkable due to the …

The appearance of Brix mini-PCs last spring was Gigabyte’s debut in this market segment. The first products were elaborated specifically for Intel Ivy Bridge processors. However, the company decided to update the line of ultra-compact PCs with four new models. Entitled GB-BXCE-2955, GB-BXi7-4500, GB-BXi5-4200, and GB-BXi3-4010, the products are characterized by the support of power-efficient Intel Haswell CPUs.



The most efficient model is Gigabyte GB-BXi7-4500 with the integrated Intel Core i7-4500U processor (1.8/3.0 GHz), whereas the least efficient turns to be Gigabyte GB-BXCE-2955, based on Intel Celeron 2955U (1.4 GHz). At the same time, Gigabyte GB-BXi5-4200 is equipped with Intel Core i5-4200U CPU (1.6/2.6 GHz) and Gigabyte GB-BXi3-4010 comes with Intel Corei3-4010U solution (1.7 GHz).


Except for diverse CPUs, all four Brix mini-PCs feature practically analogous specifications:

— dimensions: 114.4x107.6x29.9 mm;

— memory: two DIMM slots, support for 16 …

The Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) Co. has lately introduced a tiny LIVA Q PC, dimensionally easily comparable with an ordinary computer mouse. Its framework, measuring only 70 × 70 × 31.4 mm (WxDxH), is of 0.15 l volume capacity. Total weight equals around 9 ounces (260 g). This specialty may function as a set-top box, for instance.



LIVA Q is built on the Apollo Lake gen Intel processor. Customers have an option to choose between Celeron N3350 and Pentium N4200 modifications. The first sample mentioned has two compute cores, featuring the 1.1 GHz frequency, which can be boosted up to 2.4 GHz, as well as the Intel HD Graphics 500 graphics controller. The second silicon offers four cores with the 1.1–2.5 GHz clock and the Intel HD Graphics 505 graphics accelerator.


The LPDDR4 RAM capacity comes to 2 GB or 4 GB; the eMMC flash storage is able to hold 32 or 64 GB. There is a slot for the microSD card, too.


This compact PC is equipped with the Gigabit Ethernet …