The Swiftech company presented a new revolutionary water unit of the Apogee SKF series. It’s called Apogee SKF-TR4 and is designed for AMD Ryzen Threadripper processors.



The specialty features an innovative cooling engine (its surface area is enlarged by 30%) and customisation adjustments that are able to satisfy all users’ needs. This water unit is produced out of copper. In the place of base-processor contact the water block’s inner surface is covered with pinholes, extending the heat exchange space. Besides, in-and-out openings are located in front of active crystals in the multichip Threadripper module.


The waterblock mountings fit only system boards with the TR4 (SP3r2) CPU connectors. The novelty supports the Addressable RGB Iris tech and is provided with the Swiftech Iris-Eco controller. Two strips of RGB LEDs allow Apogee SKF comply with any colour scheme.


Apogee SKF-TR4 will hit the market at the end of October 2017. It will cost approximately $108.

Last week the VESA (Video Electronics Standards Association) organization reported that the work on the DisplayHDR standard was over. This standard defines the quality of HDR content, being rendered by a display. Today we already know the name of the first device, which has successfully passed the certification mentioned. It’s the 49-inch Samsung C49HG90 monitor, which meets all requirements for obtaining DisplayHDR 600 conformity marking.

 

To receive this certificate a display must offer the ultimate 600 cd/m² brightness, the 10-bit colour depth and cover at least 99 % of the BT.709 palette and 90 % of the DCI-P3 colour space.

 

Samsung C49HG90 features the 3840 x 1080 pixels resolution, 144 Hz refresh rate, 3000:1 static contrast, 600 cd/m² max brightness and 1 ms response time. Other specs include Quantum Dot backlighting as well as AMD FreeSync 2 support.

 

The Samsung C49HG90 estimated cost is $999.00.

Kolink has announced the Observatory chassis, aimed at assembling desktop systems with rather strict, though eye-catching outer appearance.

 

The novelty, performed in black, possesses the front and one side panels out of smoked tempered glass 4 mm thick. The case encloses four 120 mm fans, supplied with the multi-coloured RGB-backlighting, three of which are located on the front, and one – at the rear. Users may also add two 120 mm coolers in the top part.

 

This framework presupposes the utilizing of E-ATX (up to 279 mm wide), ATX, Micro-ATX and Mini-ITX motherboards. There also are mounting seats for seven expansion cards. The length of discrete graphics accelerators should not overcome 390 mm. Besides, the Observatory chassis is able to house two drives of the 3.5” or 2.5” form factor. In the case of liquid cooling system applying one may install 240 mm heatsinks at the front and atop, while the CPU cooler is …