The Phanteks Co. releases the Enthoo Evolv ITX Tempered Glass Edition chassis with the 395 × 375 × 230 mm dimensions. This compact product, performed out of steel and tempered glass (the side panel), is intended for mini-ITX cards based computers. Due to its construction, inner components are easily examined.



Enthoo Evolv ITX Tempered Glass Edition can hold two 3.5-inch drives, one 2.5-inch storage device, alongside with two expansion cards, whilst the discrete graphics accelerator’s length can come to 330 mm.


In case of utilizing air-cooling system, it is possible to install up to five 120 or 140 mm fans. On top of that, liquid cooling is also supported. The CPU cooler height is not to be more than 200 mm.


In its front part, the case has two USB 3.0 ports, as well as headphones and mic jacks. The specialty is available in three colour versions – black, black with red interior and white with black interior. Its value starts at 80 USD.

Biwin America, Inc., a global manufacturer of solid-state drive solutions for client and corporate needs, has officially announced the release of 2.5-inch SSDs with slim-profile casings. It should be mentioned that decrease in casing dimensions touched upon all 2.5-inch products and series manufactured by the company, including Smart, Pro and Elite Series with SATA 3 and SATA 2 interfaces, as well as Drive NX and NuvoDrive PX Series with SATA 3 interfaces.



Previously all SSDs were developed in 9.5 mm-thin casings, but the current modifications allowed Biwin to decrease the dimensions to 7 mm. This is twenty-six percent less than with preceding models. Hence, slim-profile SSDs are applicable in more compact devices; they are destined to be installed in 1U and 2U server stands. This is called to increase the deployment capacity of the server without sufficient investments. Biwin 7 mm SSDs casings are made of black anodized aluminum to ensure fail-proof characteristics of the …

Nvidia proves to be successful not only in the development of visual solutions for home and corporate users but also for professionals. Its Quadro series of graphics cards is highly appreciated among designers, engineers and research circles, mainly due to unprecedented visual facilities. Therefore, the company has recently replenished the series with 5 new models – K420, K620, K2200, K4200, and K5200 – which are targeting hard-core PCs, servers and workstations.



Nvidia Quadro K420 and K620 are equipped with 2 GB of DDR3 memory, whereas K2200, K4200 and K5200 come with 4/8 GB of GDDR5 memory. All models have been developed hand-in-hand with the leading customers in various areas; this allowed the company to adjust performance characteristics to the specific needs of each customer. The list of facilities offered by new Quadro series involves the possibility:

— to work with data arrays and applications of huge volumes;

— to accelerate the operation of over 100 …