On the threshold of the new AMD HEDT platform (holding Ryzen Threadripper CPUs and Socket TR4 motherboards) release, the Swiss Arctic Cooling company published a list of cooling systems, compatible with a new socket.



As it turned out, despite a wide range of coolers available, only three models of maintenance-free water cooling systems will get the Socket TR4 platform support. Those are Liquid Freezer 360, Liquid Freezer 240 and Liquid Freezer 120. The first two of them can draw heat away from processors with TDP not higher than 300 W, and the third sample is able to chill 250 W CPUs.


By the way, the rated AMD Ryzen Threadripper chips thermal envelope is to get close to 180 W. Thus, only three above-mentioned Arctic Cooling water cooling systems can handle such a high TDP value. One should also note that these processing units are distinguished due to a large heat transfer cover surface, which specifies new requirements for the CPU coolers baseplates.

MSI has developed 5 different modifications of the latest Nvidia’s adapter entitled GeForce GTX 1060. All the models are based on GP106-300 GPU (Pascal/16 FinFet) with 1152 CUDA cores, 72 TMUs & 48 ROPs. Moreover, they all employ PCI Express 3.0 x16 interface as well as 3 GB of GDDR5 memory (192-bit rail) that operates at 2002/8008 MHz frequency.



The most affordable graphics card – MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GT OC – runs at 1544/1759 MHz frequency (factory overclocked). The PCB boasts the implementation of top-quality Military Class 4 hardware base & a two-fan cooling system with several heatpipes. The model draws power via a single 6-pin connector.


The ARMOR series is represented by two models: GeForce GTX 1060 Armor 3G V1 and GeForce GTX 1060 Armor 3G OCV1. Both items are designed in white-and-black color gamut. The second card is shipped with a factory overclocked GPU – 1544/1759 MHz frequency. Cooling system consists of nickel-plated copper heatpipes in combination …

ASRock X299 Taichi is probably one of the best choices for those who are looking for a technologically strong and visually pleasant motherboard. It is easy in both installation and usage. With this motherboard you get not only smart and attractive design, but a safe option, which pretends your device from overheat. Lots of words can be said about ASROCK X299 Taichi, but the only way to convince you is to present you all the advantages.


Packaging and Appearance


The very second you look at the ASRock X299 Taichi box, you already know that something special is waiting for you inside. The box itself has nothing to do with usual carton sets you’ve seen before. The new design of it makes its content more protected from any kind of damages.


Unboxing this motherboard reminds me my childhood, when I had to unpack a present with a number of colorful paper. To get your new device out of the box you are to rіp оff the оutеr shеll, flіp оpеn thе tоp tо thе innеr …