The AMD has just officially announced the beginning of its AMD Ryzen CPUs sale, designed for desktop PCs. The development of these processors took 4 years, and now customers can enjoy the results of the process – the up-to-date CPUs, based on the brand-new AMD Zen microarchitecture.



The first to hit the stores were three 16-thread 8-core Ryzen 7 line samples: 1700, 1700X and 1800X. The base clock of Ryzen 7 1800X is 3.6 GHz, 1700X – 3.4 GHz, 1700 – 3.0 GHz. Boost frequencies are equal to 4.0, 3.8 and 3.7 GHz respectively. 1800X and 1700X feature 95 W TDP, the 1700 model’s rate is 65 W. Ryzen 7 1800X costs $499, 1700X – $399, 1700 – $329.

In the second quarter 6- and 4-core Ryzen 5 products will be released, and later this year they will be joined by Ryzen 3 models. All these devices are intended for system boards with AM4 sockets and possess an unlocked multiplier.

The Chinese Jonsbo Co. is a pro at highlighting its cooling systems solutions design particulars with the help of extraordinary outward appearance and the backlighting embedded. The novelty, available in a black and white version, weighs 890 g, has the dimensions of 128 × 138 × 135 mm and the 135 W TDP rate.



CR-301 is built on the two-section heatsink with fins perpendicular to the base. Fans blow over а CPU connector area. The contact plate and 6 mm heat pipes are made of copper, and the radiator is manufactured out of aluminium.


Speaking about fans we should note, they are mounted on the heatsink pieces through the use of screws. The PWM adjustable rotary velocity of these 120 × 120 × 25 mm devices lies in the range of 600–1600 rpm. The noise level claimed is 18–25 dBA. On top of everything, fans are backlighted.


The Jonsbo CR-301 supply kit contains the necessary installation hardware for Intel and AMD platforms, a screw key and a portion of thermal grease. …

ASRock has stricken the general public by the development of a motherboard with an extraordinary layout. As a rule, mainboards targeting all-in-one solutions are void of expansion slots for graphics cards, due to lack of space. However, ASRock has designed a space-efficient model with an integrated PCI Express 3.0 x16 slot. Yet, it’s localized parallel to the PCB as against standard items with perpendicular slot orientation.



ASRock Z170M-PIO2 is based on Intel Z170 chipset for Socket LGA1511 platforms. It supports Intel Celeron/Pentium/Core i3/Core i5/Core i7 CPUs. The PCB features a pair of DIMM slots for the installation of DDR4 memory modules with the maximum clock frequency of 3466 MHz (up to 32 GB of capacity). Storage subsystem is introduced by 4 SATA 6 Gb/sec ports as well as a single Ultra M.2 x4 slot.


As far as expansion is concerned, the model accommodates a single PCIe 3.0 x 16 slot and one M.2 2230 slot, occupied by Wi-Fi/Bluetooth adapter. The 7.1-channel …