Gigabyte is planning to start the sales of its newest motherboard that entered G1.Sniper series. Codenamed G1.Sniper B5, the ATX model features 30.5x22.5 mm dimensions and is based on Intel B85 Express chipset. It is equipped with socket LGA1150, supporting latest Intel Haswell (Core line) CPUs. The layout and incorporated facilities prove the motherboard’s orientation on advanced gamers’ segment.



Gigabyte G1.Sniper B5 has been elaborated in compliance with a brand Gigabyte Ultra Durable 4 Plus design concept. The latter is called to elongate the lifespan of all the components and enhance their productivity by providing the utmost security measures. Hence, key components, including high-end solid-state capacitors, are protected from high temperatures, static voltage, humidity, and voltage fluctuations. This board takes use of Nichicon capacitors, which are targeted audio devices; they promote for a more immersive sounding and audio effects while on game.


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Thermaltake has recently released the Versa H17 Chassis, shown at the CES 2018 event. The novelty is one of the most affordable Taiwan vendor’s offers, which can be used for powerful gaming systems and workstations assembling.

 

Apart from the basic Thermaltake Versa H17 (CA-1J1-00S1NN-00) version, the manufacturer also is ready to produce models with the acrylic window in the side panel, named Versa H17 Window (CA-1J1-00S1WN-00). The cases weigh 4.5 kg. The dimensions are 380 x 390 x 205 mm.

 

The chassis is mostly made of the 0.6 mm SPCC steel. The front and the upper panels possess netted inserts. The I/O panel includes jacks for a mic and headphones, alongside with the Reset and Power buttons, one USB 3.0 and two USB 2.0 ports.

 

The framework inner space is divided into two sections. The upper part is able to hold the Micro-ATX/Mini-ITX motherboard, a pair of two-slot 350 mm graphics cards, two 2.5-inch …

MSI has finally gladdened its gaming fans with a new ‘golden’ graphics card, entitled GTX 970 Gaming 4G Golden Edition. The model is based on Nvidia’s GM204-200-A1 GPU (Maxwell architecture) with 1644 CUDA cores, 104 TMUs, 64 ROPs, and 13 SMM units. Connection with visual devices might be realized via dual DVI ports, a single HDMI, and one DisplayPort.



Thanks to the support of MSI Gaming App, users are free to select one of the working modes: Silent, Gaming or OC. Each of them is differentiated by nominal and dynamic clock frequencies, Hereby, in Silent mode this adapter runs at 1051 MHz/1178 MHz (nominal/dynamic); Gaming mode provides for 1140 MHz/1279 MHz frequency, while OC allows increasing both indices up to 1165 MHz/1317 MHz correspondingly.


The integrated GPU cooperates with 4 GB of GDDR5 memory (256-bit interface, 224 Gb/sec throughput index). Its nominal clock frequency makes up 1751 MHZ, but its efficient index rises up to 7010 MHz.


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