The Taiwan SilverStone manufacturer has announced the forthcoming release of the Argon AR11 CPU cooler, constructed for space effective systems.

 

This low profile product is Intel Socket LGA1150/1151/1155/1156 compatible and can be utilized with processors of up to 95 W capacity or more (a framework with the high air flow level is needed in such cases).

 

The heatsink is built with an array of aluminium fins and four 6 mm copper heat pipes. The heat-pipe direct contact (HDC) tech is applied. Chilling is ensured by the low noise (44.5 dBA at most) 92 mm PWM fan, the declared error-free running time of which reaches 70,000 hours. The fan rotary velocity lies in the range of 1,200–3,000 rpm, while providing up to 55.7 CFM air flow.

 

The specialty’s dimensions are 97 mm (W) x 47 mm (H) x 94 mm (D), including fan, and its weight equals 290 g. SilverStone Argon AR11 will hit the …

ASRock is going to officially introduce its two budgetary motherboards (compatible with Intel Haswell processors) in early June. Codenamed ASRock Z87 Extreme 4 and ASRock Z87 Pro 3, these products will cost around $170 and $100 correspondingly. Such attractive price makes them one of the most affordable solutions involving high-efficient CPUs of the next generation.



The more costly motherboard, Z87 Extreme 4, is known to feature only high-quality layout components, including PCB with dual copper layers, chokes with ferrite hub, and durable solid-state capacitors. This model supports DDR3 memory modules of up to 2600 MHz frequency and up to 32 GB capacity. Expansion slots consist of two PCI connectors, two PCI Express 3.0 x1 connectors, and three PCI Express 3.0 x16 connectors.


The connection of internal drives becomes possible due to the availability of eight SATA III sockets. Audio subsystem is realized with the help of 8.1-channel Creative Sound Blaster codec. External …

Along with other AMD partners, PowerColor has elaborated its own version of Radeon R9 270 adapter. The PowerColor Radeon R9 270 OC is differentiated from rival products by an improved cooling system and factory overclocked frequencies. Its release is scheduled for late November and the retail price won’t hit over $180.



To begin with, this graphics card is naturally based on AMD Curacao Pro GPU, developed under 28 nm technological process. It consists of 1280 current processors, 32 ROPs and 64 TMUs. The core runs at 930 MHz frequency and is able to gain 955 MHz frequency on overclocking. The incorporation of GDDR5 memory (2 GB) with 256-bit bus interface ensures some striking bandwidth of 180 Gb/sec; this provides for the support of gaming applications with high resolution. Memory chip operates at 1400 MHz nominal frequency but might gain the index of 5600 MHz of effective frequency on overclocking.


Cooling system, implemented within Radeon R9 270 OC, cannot be called …