Recently the Gigabyte presented its newest external box, equipped with the discrete 3D GeForce GTX 1070 graphics card. This is a fully ready product, called Aorus GTX 1080 Gaming Box.



The latest Gigabyte solution is performed in a modest-sized framework (212 × 96 × 162 mm only) and weighs 2.4 kg. Inside the Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 graphics accelerator, featuring 8 GB of the GDDR5X memory, is installed. The chipset core base clock reaches 1,632 MHz in the OC Mode and 1,607 MHz in the Gaming Mode. The turbo boost is therefore 1,771 MHz and 1,733 MHz. Memory operates at the 10,010 MHz frequency.


Aorus GTX 1080 Gaming Box can be linked up to the computer via the Thunderbolt 3 interface with the USB Type-C connector, ensuring the 40 Gbps rate of transmission. There are also four USB 3.0 ports, one of which supports the Quick Charge 3.0 technology. The graphics card as such has HDMI and DVI-D connectors, as well as three DisplayPort interfaces.


The specialty is fitted …

Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) presents its novelty – a compact computer, named LIVA Z Plus(Ver ZE). This device of a small form factor is put into the 117 × 128 × 51 mm framework.



The specialty by ECS is built on the Intel Kaby Lake architecture and operated by Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Windows 10 operating systems. Depending on the modification, Core i5-7300U, Core i5-7200U, Core i3-7100U or Celeron 3965U processors are applied. The DDRR4 internal memory of up to 32 GB (in the form of two SO-DIMM modules) capacity can be installed.


The nettop may be equipped with a solid-state module of the М.2 (2242) format. Direct graphics interface specification includes HDMI 1.4 and DisplayPort. There are three USB 3.0 Type-A connectors and there is one USB Type-C port. Two sequential ports are present, too. Wireless connectivity is ensured by Wi-Fi 802.11ac and Bluetooth 4.0 controllers. The device is supplied with the dual port Gigabit LAN network adapter and interfaces, …

Up-to-date facilities provided by graphics cards manufacturers allow customers to create various graphic configurations, including the activation of several monitors within a single card. Indeed, contemporary technical approaches transform traditional video adapters into video gurus. The latest development of Sapphire, a flagship model Toxic HD 7970 GHz Edition, offers up to 6 GB of GDDR5 memory and promotes for the activation of six monitors in Eyefinity. Such options exceed those integrated into a reference model, AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition, and are able to ensure a dramatic increase in performance.



Technical Peculiarities


Sapphire decided to base its flagship model on GPU AMD Tahiti with an integrated delimiter which lowers the clock frequency on the overshoot of thermal threshold. Its standard frequency equals to 1050 MHz, nominal frequency – 1100 MHz; sill, this GPU features Lethal Boost options that increase the frequencies up to 1200 MHz. This graphics card is …