Only a couple of weeks are left till the official release of a new cooling system Brocken 2 designed by Alpenfoehn. This is a long-awaited launch, since the fist version of the system, entitled Brocken, was honored to gladden the audience long time ago. Hereby, Brocken 2 has got a wee bit modified framework, if compared with the predecessor. Its dimensions together with a fan equal to 146x100x165 mm.



The base is shaped by means of five 6 mm copper heat pipes, tightly pressed together. Aluminum plates of the heatsink seem to be ‘cut’ in the center, unlike the one-piece construction of plates implemented in Brocken.


Active cooling power is ensured by a nine-blade fan of 140 mm standard size, known as WingBoost 2. The fan supports PWM technology that allows altering its rotational speed within the boundaries of 400-1100 RPM. Its activity stimulates the airflow index of 109 CFM, while the noise level barely achieves 19.6 dB (A). WingBoost 2 features small distance between …

It has become known, that the Intel corporation is planning to produce several small-sized NUC (Next Unit of Computing) desktops during 2018 and 2019.



Future NUC series devices are reported to obtain Coffee Lake and Gemini Lake generations processors. Besides, Intel will present powerful mini PCs, based on Core i7 Kaby-Lake H chipsets.


Thus, products under the Hades Canyon and Hades Canyon VR code names are to be announced in Q2 of the following year. They will be equipped with the highly productive Core i7 line CPUs. Two Thunderbolt 3 interfaces and the latest Intel Optane memory are expected to be supported. RAM capacity will be up to 32 GB.


Q3 of 2018 will give enthusiasts the gift of the Bean Canyon mini PCs, equipped with Coffee Lake-U Core i3, Core i5 and Core i7 gen chipsets. The specialties are anticipated to have a Thunderbolt 3 port, the Intel Optane mem and 32 GB of RAM.


Other NUC offers of the June Canyon family will get a Gemini Lake processing unit …

So, let's continue reviewing the new motherbord recently released by the MSI company — Z270 Gaming M5.


UEFI Features

The MSI company UEFI appearance has not at all changed. It is called the Click BIOS 5. A mechanism M-Flash, which has already worked without any remarks, is used to update the firmware. Basic mode allows to learn in detail about the processor, memory and storage devices used in the system. Moreover, here you can customize the work of coolers, enable XMP profile, or use the services of instant acceleration realized by the company’s engineers. The selected shell items may be optionally gathered in one of the five individual sections.


Hardware Monitor component will show the four most important current values for voltages acceleration. Just six coolers can change the momentum by scripts generated on the board. An interactive version is exclusively used for CPU 1 and PUMP 1 pads. The four system fans operate initially at a fixed speed, but still you can …