Biostar has given its new motherboard A55MLV certain prominence, unveiling its main specifications on the official website. Relying on the claimed data, a new product is developed in micro-ATX form factor and is targeted primarily at compact desktops applied in home and office systems. What is more, this motherboard aims at drawing customers who struggle for utmost performance, limitless facilities, and moderate price.



Biostar A55MLV is based on AMD A55 system logics and accommodates Socket FM1 to be compatible with a number of high-end processors. It supports the following APUs from AMD which TDP level does not exceed 100W: E2, A4, A6 and A8 series. This motherboard contains two DIMM slots that support up to 16GB of DDR3 memory type (800, 1066, 1333, 1600, 1866), operating at one-channel or two-channel modes.


The model boasts the availability of four SATA II ports, a single PCI port, one PCI-e 2.0 x16 port, six USB 2.0 ports, network Ethernet LAN 10/100 (Atheros AR8152), …

AMD has proudly announced the release of the world’s first server-grade graphics accelerator. Entitled FirePro S9300 x2, this GPU is called to facilitate in solving complex computing tasks and take graphics to the next level. The card is linked to the power unit by means of two 8-pin connectors, consuming up to 300 W power at most.



The heart of AMD FirePro S9300 x2 is a bundle of two AMD Fiji GPUs (GCN architecture). They feature a pair of 4096 stream processors and run at 850 MHz frequency. Each GPU employs 4 GB of HBM memory that operates at 1000 MHz clock frequency and offers 512 Gb/sec bandwidth.


The integration of two processing aggregates allows the accelerator to achieve some amazing 13.9 TFLOPS of computing power. As a result, the model exceeds in performance its nearest competitors: Nvidia Tesla K80 with 5.6 TFLOPS as well as Nvidia Tesla M60 with 7.4 TFLOPS.


The support for AMD GPUOpen stack is supposed to be the card’s key advantage. This stack enables …

 

Introduction  
 


In this review we will speak about Crucial MX300 SSD in its biggest version: 2 TB, that will surely provide much space for everything you need- from games to applications. In general the MX300 Series is available in capacities of 275 GB, 525 GB, 750 GB, 1 TB, and 2 TB. 

 

 

Main Specifications
 

Brand - Crucial

Model - CT2050MX300SSD1

Controller - Marvell 88SS1074 BSW2

Flash Type - Micron, 16 nm TLC

MT29F3T08EUHBBM4-3R:B

Endurance - 400 TB total bytes written

Form Factor - SATA 2.5"

Thickness - 7 mm (Ultrabook compatible)

Capacity - 2050 GB (1905 GB usable)

254 GB additional overprovisioning

Interface - SATA 6 Gbps (compatible w/ 1.5 & 3 Gbps)

Firmware - M0C

TRIM supported - Yes

NCQ supported - Yes

Warranty - 3 years


Packaging


Crucial MX300 comes in a compact package with a distinctive design. General characteristics data are given.

 

A thickening frame …