Plenty of innovative devices were presented at the Computex 2017 exhibition. For instance, the PowerColor Company has demonstrated a new external docking station for a graphics adapter, called Gaming Box. At present only few particulars are known, however, we may suggest, that its set of functions will resemble those ascribed to the original Devil Box.



Surely, PowerColor recommends to use Gaming Box with its own series of Red Devil/Red Dragon Radeon RX 500 family cards, but we should remark, that this novelty is compatible with different graphics accelerators, including such advanced samples as the RX 400/500 series, R9 Fury/Nano series, GTX 10-series, and TITAN Xp. The Thunderbolt 3, 40 Gb/s, connection pairs the enclosure to the host system, for example to your PC or laptop. With this aim in view the manufacturer supplied its product with three USB 3.0 Type-C ports and a Gigabit Ethernet connector. The 550 W internal power supply unit has two PCIe (6+2 pin) connectors and is …

Power Supplies form factor SFX are usually positioned as solutions for office and HTPC systems, that is why its design is often monotonous. In this regard, a new block of SilverStone Strider ST45SF-G stands out from the competition with detachable cables in a nylon sheath and colored in black casing.



Despite its compact dimensions (125x100x63, 5 mm), power supply produces up to 450 watts of constant power at an efficiency of 88% to 92% in the networks of 230 V. It is noteworthy that the kit includes an adapter to install Strider ST45SF-G in the chassis type Mid-Tower (ATX).


Cooling of PSU is provided by 80-mm fan with support for automatic speed control. In addition, the unit has active PFC, single cable PCI-E Power on (6 +2) and two contacts at the 6-pin. Allowed not more than three per cent of deviation from the standard voltage of +12 V, +5 V and +3.3 V.


A detailed description of the new models is available on the manufacturer's website. SilverStone Strider ST45SF-G …

Four- and six-core models of Ryzen 5 Summit Ridge processors have already appeared on sale, and almost everything is known about the speed and overclocking potential of the eight-core models (R7). The new Ryzen series processors are actually system-on-a-chip (SOC). Integration of the memory controller, functions of which have been once performed by the north bridge, is not something surprising.


Much more interesting is the south bridge, responsible for working with the periphery. Now such processors have basic capabilities for connecting, for example, drives, and they also have several USB outputs. In other words, most of the functions of motherboards have now lost their habitual form.


The so-called «chipset» is a hub; it greatly extends the capabilities of the computer. In fact, those fixes that many users expect are in the plane of UEFI interaction with the CPU (SOC) itself and are unlikely to rest on the structural component of the board.


AMD X370 is the senior …