The choice of NAS for home use is frequently accompanied by the dilemma: the necessity to acquire a high-end device with multifunctional facilities at reasonable price. As usual, quality and good performance cost pretty penny, especially when it comes about innovative technologies; however, there are some NAS designers which provide their products at moderate cost but do not save on quality. Thus, QNAP company has released its new NAS solution TS-219P II designated as for home so for small business use. This model isn’t notable for outstanding design or ergonomics but offers efficient solution of any dedicated home assignments due to wide functional capabilities and good performance.



Integration


1. External design. QNAP TS-219P II goes in standard design with typical casing peculiarities. All internal components are fixed on a solid metallic framework, while the external casing is made of dull plastic. The faceplate is equipped with a plastic wafer which contains five …

Introduction



Aqua Computer began its work in 2001. It was a small Germаn company with a good reputation and great ambitions, which helped them to achieve more than lots of their competitors. Today we will take a look at one of their coolers — cuplex kryos Next. The first version of this water cooler launched in 2010. The new block is based on its old version but there is a number of differences, which I’m going to talk about at the moment.


Those who have ever worked with this device surely admired its plain urban design and high quality. It is not the most fashionable model, nor the cheapest one, but for this price you get the quality of the experience and workmanship, which will not disappoint you in some years. Let’s start our review from the very beginning – the box and its content.


Packaging and contents


You get your cuplex kyos NEXT in a compact box with the minimum information on it. There is a big image of the block together with the logo and …

The rising competition between the two giants in the manufacture of processing units, Intel and AMD, makes each of the two invent ever newer technologies and implement them in their products. The attempts to dominate in the market and win as many consumers usually develop into brand new approaches and brand new advanced facilities.



In this light, Intel is going to upgrade its Ivy Bridge processors to make them more power-efficient. But power-efficiency does not imply that processing units will show less performance; quite the contrary, the manufacturer is willing to combine an utmost performance with the maximal power efficiency level.


Currently, the most power-saving processors of Ivy Bridge generation can be found in mobile devices on Windows platform and in Apple MacBook Air devices. Their TDP level is recorded at 17W. As appears from the above mentioned, the TDP level in upgraded Ivy Bridge processors will be lower than 17W, though the developers do not voice the margin …