Raijintek has reported the availability of CPU Orcus 240 and Orcus 240 Core liquid cooling systems. As one may see from the names, both coolers are equipped with the 240 mm heat sinks and a LED-illuminated water unit. The main difference lies in the supply set. Orcus 240 Core sample has no fans, so it costs less.

 

One of the key specs of these novelties is an exterior pump, located near the heatsink. It operates at the 5,000 rpm speed and 25 dBA (max) noise level, pumping through 66 l of liquid per hour.

 

The base of the CPU water block is performed out of copper and supplied with the 0.1 mm microchannels array on the inside. The water unit propeller acts as a visual indicator of the liquid flow. Besides, it possesses RGB LED backlighting an end cap for the heat carrier reloading. The aluminium radiator is 27 mm thick, and tubes are 35 cm long.

 

Raijintek Orcus 240 features two 120 mm Raijintek Iris fans, built on the …

Asus is about to release another gaming monitor from Republic of Gamers lineup of products. Entitled Asus ROG Swift PG248Q, the new-comer employs 24-inch TN panel with Full HD resolution (16:9 aspect ratio). One of the most striking features ascribed to the model is superfast response time – 1 ms. The display is also characterized by the incorporation of an unusual stand base with the insertion of red-painted circle around the foot.



Asus ROG Swift PG248Q boasts the maximal possible refresh rate – 180 Hz (dynamically tuned from the nominal 144 Hz). The included panel offers 350 cd/m2 of maximal screen brightness, 16.7 m of displayed colors and wide viewing angles (170/160 degrees H/V).


The model comes fitted with two video ports (HDMI & DisplayPort), a pair of USB 3.0 ports & a single 3.5-mm audio port. The display is equipped with VESA bracket for wall mounting and allows for multiple stand adjustments (height, swivel, pivot). The monitor is thought to consume 65 W of …

The appearance of Brix mini-PCs last spring was Gigabyte’s debut in this market segment. The first products were elaborated specifically for Intel Ivy Bridge processors. However, the company decided to update the line of ultra-compact PCs with four new models. Entitled GB-BXCE-2955, GB-BXi7-4500, GB-BXi5-4200, and GB-BXi3-4010, the products are characterized by the support of power-efficient Intel Haswell CPUs.



The most efficient model is Gigabyte GB-BXi7-4500 with the integrated Intel Core i7-4500U processor (1.8/3.0 GHz), whereas the least efficient turns to be Gigabyte GB-BXCE-2955, based on Intel Celeron 2955U (1.4 GHz). At the same time, Gigabyte GB-BXi5-4200 is equipped with Intel Core i5-4200U CPU (1.6/2.6 GHz) and Gigabyte GB-BXi3-4010 comes with Intel Corei3-4010U solution (1.7 GHz).


Except for diverse CPUs, all four Brix mini-PCs feature practically analogous specifications:

— dimensions: 114.4x107.6x29.9 mm;

— memory: two DIMM slots, support for 16 …