A new sample – Scythe Mugen 5 (SCMG-5000) – has come into line with the famous Scythe Mugen series. Its asymmetric Tower construction enhances compatibility with long RAM modules. The dimensions of the unit are 154.5 х 130 х 110 mm, and the weight equals to 890 g, which widens the range of chassis able to hold it.



Scythe Mugen 5 possesses a nickel-plated copper base frame, six nickel-plated copper heat pipes, an aluminum heatsink and a 120 mm Scythe Kaze Flex 120 PWM axial flow fan. It is constructed with refined hydrodynamic bearings (Sealed Precision FDB) with the specified life span of 120,000 hours. The rotary speed of 300–1,200 rpm is able to create an airflow in the volume of 16.6–51.17 CFM (28.2–86.93 m3/hr). The static pressure is estimated to be 0.076–1.05 mm H2O, and the noise level lies in the range of 4–24.9 dBA. One can optionally install another analogous fan on the other side.


The brand Hyper Precision Mounting System II makes it possible to …

I-O Data, a well-known Japanese developer of top-tier peripheral and interface products, is going to introduce its new SSD series, codenamed SSDN-3V. The newbies will become available in the home market already at the end of the current month. The series involves three models of 60 GB (SSDN-3V60), 120 GB(SSDN-3V120), and 240 GB (SSDN-3V240) capacities. All the models are thought to support SATA 6 Gb/sec interface.



Solid-state drives from I-O Data are based on SandForce/LSI SF-2281 controller and employ NAND flash-memory, designed under 24 nm technological process. SSDs feature 7 mm case depth, but the availability of a dedicated adapter promotes for their installation into a standard 9.5 mm drive bay.


In regard to performance, SSDN-V3 drives offer up to 306 MB/sec speed on consecutive reading operations and up to 186 MB/sec on consecutive writing operations.


Moreover, the manufacturer will deliver the products in a package with a special adapter for the connection …

In May, while surfing the Internet, one could encounter info, supposing that Intel and AMD have signed an agreement regarding AMD technologies licensing. However, the Intel Co. representative disproved this.



At present, there is indirect evidence of such Intel CPU existence. The SiSoftware Sandra database incorporates an Intel processor engineering prototype with the integrated HD Graphics Gen9 GPU, possessing the 694C:C0 ID, which corresponds to one of AMD solutions ID.


Moreover, specifications indicate the 1,000 MHz frequency and 1,720 SP rates, which imply that we are facing Intel with AMD GPU. Even if we are talking about the Polaris generation architecture, this video card’s productivity advances the product to Radeon RX 470. The desk-type card has higher frequencies and more streaming processors, but for the integrated sample it would be incredible. After all it may be a case of the Vega gen. We should also note that this CPU model is of the Kaby Lake line, not any …