The model range of computer cases from be quiet! will soon be replenished with the Dark Base 700 sample. The manufacturer has recently published a video announcement of this product on its official Twitter page, showing that it’s performed in the widespread Mid-Tower form factor and resembles other frameworks of the German vendor, particularly Dark Base Pro 900.



At present the company doesn’t reveal many technical points, however, video gives us enough information. Dark Base 700 can hold ATX motherboards, seven PCI Express expansion cards and one two-slot graphics accelerator, which is mounted vertically with the help of a riser. The covering in the lower part of the framework protects the ATX compatible power supply unit and, presumably, drives.


At the rear be quiet! Dark Base 700 has room for a 120 mm liquid cooling system heatsink with an appropriate fan. The front section of the chassis is expected to have a seat for one 240/280 mm radiator. Other peculiarities …

Sapphire, a well-known manufacturer of top-notch graphics solutions, is glad to announce the launch of a new high-performance video card, entitled Nitro R9 Fury 4G HBM. The greenhorn is available in two modifications which differ by GPU clocks (AMD Radeon R9 Fury). The first version offers 1050 MHz frequency, while the second version runs at 1020 MHz frequency. As a reminder, the etalon Fiji Pro GPU operates at 1000 MHz.



Sapphire Nitro R9 Fury 4G HBM rests upon an improved PCB with an enforced VRM and high-quality hardware base. The card employs 4 GB of GDDR5 memory with 512-bit bandwidth. The list of integrated interfaces consists of three DisplayPort connectors, one HDMI port and one DVI-D port. Moreover, the model is shipped with a proprietary Sapphire TriXX utility that allows for fine tuning of all key parameters.


As distinct from the etalon model, the modified graphics card from Sapphire boasts Tri-X cooler. It embraces three fans on ball bearings and 10-mm …

The overclocker memory is now in the category of products for perfectionists, still the common users are pleased with usual modules DDR3-1600 or DDR3-1333 SDRAM. The issue appears related to the release of processors Ivy Bridge series, which in some aspects are similar to its predecessors, still have some distinctive features.



Ivy Bridge processors are restricted on the maximum frequency supported by the DDR3 SDRAM. This indicates the theoretical chance of these processors work with high-speed memory DDR3-3200 SDRAM. Developers of overclocker memory package perceived the change in rules with certain enthusiasm: there are DDR3-2400 modules available in stores. The gap in frequencies of «elite» and «running» versions of the memory has grown twice in size. It won’t have a noteworthy blow on the work of commonly used tasks in systems.


The memory controller in the Ivy Bridge can work both in symmetric mode, with delay, frequency and volume modules in memory channels, and …