Transcend Information, a leading designer of storage solutions, announces the launch of its new super high-speed SSD, codenamed ESD200. The drive employs the latest USB 3.0 interface of SuperSpeed generation and is distinguished by truly compact dimensions, providing for the most convenient utilization. The casing is void of movable parts and operates with minimum noise level. Besides, it's based on a set of flash chips and owns anti-heat, shockproof and anti-vibratory properties. The series will be introduced by models of 128GB and 256GB volume capacity.



The implementation of SuperSpeed USB 3.0 interface ensures ten times faster data transfer speed, if compared with the previous USB 2.0 generation. On such conditions, Transcend ESD200 is capable to develop Read speed up to 260 Mb/sec and Write speed up to 225 Mb/sec. This implies that 4.7GB DVD drive full of different content will be copied for fifteen seconds only. However, a new SSD is backwards compatible with USB 2.0; so, …

PC hardware of average price category is traditionally in demand with a wide range of customers. Graphics cards are not exception, especially if the manufacturers offer truly outstanding facilities for comparatively medium price. The launch of GeForce GTX 650 Ti adapter raised an army of graphics solutions based on it; still, each company tries to deviate in some terms from the reference model. Thus, MSI introduced N650 Ti Power Edition 1GD5/OC model which takes GTX 650 Ti adapter as the basis, but employs fundamentally original printed circuit board and cooling system.



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Graphics card MSI N650 Ti PE 1GD5/OC features all attributes ascribed to Power Edition series. Printed circuit board has been elongated to 230 mm, as compared to the 154 mm in reference GeForce GTX 650 models. Along with the PCB elongation, MSI implemented a reinforced 5-phase VRM scheme (4+1) that is intended at operational intensification on heightened frequencies. The connection of additional …

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Nowadays Asus has the widest range of consumer electronics. In the catalog of its products you can find motherboards and video cards, as well as smartphones, laptops and smart watches. In the group of traditional desktops, it presents several series of solutions of various formats, the same as monoblocks. The most powerful products focused on the game segment are ROG (Republic Of Gamers), which features both: a classic-format and compact devices.


VivoPC and VivoMini series solutions are available for home-office applications. Moreover, the first ones are in the format of the tower and mini-tower, as well as compact form factors, such as the recently considered VivoPC VM60.


The representatives of VivoMini series boast of features such as Intel Core i7 processors, DDR4 memory, vPro technology, 802.11ac wireless controller, and up to four 2.5" storage drives. In this review, we will get acquainted with the VivoMini VC65R.

The manufacturer names the key …