The Akasa vendor presented the Vegas R7 chassis fan, constructed primarily for gaming desktop computers.



This 120 mm cooling device is able to produce an air flow of 1 m3 per minute at the rotary velocity of 1,500 rpm. The noise factor specified doesn’t overcome 23.8 dBA. The fan is built on the FDB bearing and has special rubber damping pads, diminishing vibration. The lifespan reported equals 40,000 hours.


Vegas R7 is supplied with transparent blades and multicoloured LED RGB-backlighting. Being compatible with the ASUS Aura Sync, MSI Mystic Light Sync and Gigabyte RGB Fusion control technologies, it can be easily integrated into eye-catching desktop systems featuring the consistent operation scheme of components backlighting.


This 120 × 120 × 25 mm fan is linked via the 3-pin (power) and 4-pin (illumination) connectors.

Unfortunately, we are not armed with info concerning the Akasa Vegas R7 approximate price and retail starting date.

Patriot Memory, a leading American supplier of solid-state drives and memory modules, introduces a new external wireless HDD. Codenamed Gauntlet 320, the drive features 139x86x24 mm dimensions and offers 320 GB capacity. The possibility of connection to this HDD up to eight devices is supposed to be the basic privilege of this model. Besides, the data might be streamed to five devices simultaneously. This is an outstanding showing comparing to analogous solutions.



Gauntlet 320 is furnished with an onboard lithium-ion charger that is able to work in autonomous mode up to five and a half hours in succession. Network opportunities are introduced by an integrated Wi-Fi adapter of 802.11 b/g/n standard; this adapter is able to support WEP, WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK security systems. High data transfer speed is ensured by the implementation of two USB 3.0 ports which are backwards compatible with USB 2.0 interface. It provides for unimpeded music, video and image streaming facilities with …

Kingston Digital, a global designer of data storage and memory solutions, announces the release of a cost-effective SSD to extend V300 series. Codenamed Kingston SSDNow V300, the drives are intended specifically for cost-conscious consumers looking to upgrade their desktop or mobile systems. Under the claimed data, the new drives are ten times faster than standard HDDs and feature outstanding speed characteristics, where the spindle achieves 7200 rpm.



Kingston SSDNow V300 is based on SandForce SF-2281 controller and employs SATA 3 interface. The manufacturer offers its new products in three variations of 60GB, 120GB and 240GB capacity. Due to the implementation of an updated NAND flash-memory, developed under 19 nm technological process, SSDNow can boast 450 Mb/sec of consecutive Read/Write speed. At the same time, the showings ascribed to the random Read (4KB) operations demonstrate 85000 IOPS for all available models; however, when it goes about random Write operations, the …