The German power supply units vendor – be quiet! – has revealed the fact of affordable System Power 9 ATX devices marketing launch. These power supplies are already being involved into European retail. They go for about 40–67 EUR depending on the model (the series includes 80 Plus Bronze certified products of 400, 500, 600 and 700 W capacity, equipped with nondetachable cables).

 

be quiet! System Power 9 power units fully comply with ATX12V v2.4 and EPS12V v2.92 standards and are supplied with the power factor correction mechanism and two +12V lines. 400 W and 500 W models possess two 8-pin PCI-E Power interfaces, and 600 W and 700 W samples are aimed at systems with several graphics cards as far as they have four such jacks.

 

Active inner parts chilling is performed by a 120 mm fan, featuring the automatic speed control and built on the plain bearer. Over-/undervoltage, current overload, overheat and short …

The MSI vendor has announced a compact work station under the Vortex W25 name. The novelty is equipped with the 8th gen Intel Core i7 processor, performed according to the 14 nm technology. This computer obtained a motherboard based on the Intel Z370 logic set.

 

The graphics subsystem is represented by the professional NVIDIA Quadro discrete accelerator. Top configuration presupposes the presence of Quadro P5200 adapter and 16 GB of memory. There are four slots for SO-DIMM RAM modules, while the ultimate RAM volume supported is 64 GB (DDR4-2400). The storage subsystem may contain two high-speed NVMe M.2 SSD solid-state modules and one 2.5-inch drives.

 

The work station is supplied with Wi-Fi 802.11ас and Bluetooth 5 wireless adapters. Besides, there is a Gigabit Ethernet network controller for wired connection to computer network. The interface kit includes USB Type-C/Thunderbolt 3, HDMI 2.0, USB 3.0 Type-A ports and an audio jack. The specialty by MSI …

Lian Li, a Taiwanese vendor of unique PC cases, is about to release a new mini-ITX case in the Western European market. Entitled PC-Q35, the model features 514x261x356 mm dimensions and weighs 4.3 kg. It is peculiar by a classical brand Lian Li’s design with minimum decorations and great functional. Nonetheless, its main peculiarity is the implementation of a lock on the frontal door. The new-comer is already available for pre-order for a price of 129 EUR.



Lian Li PC-Q35 will come in two color solutions, black and silver. The chassis takes benefit of anti-dust filters and metallic feet with rubber soles; the latter are called to efficiently damp the vibrations. Internal layout supports for the installation of mini-ITX and mini-DTX motherboards, a pair of PCI Express expansion cards of up to 300 mm in length, ATX-compatible power supply unit up to 200 mm in length, and CPU air cooling system of up to 95 mm in height.


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