Asus’ lineup of bezel-less monitors has been replenished with a new refined model – the Designo MX27AQ. This 27-inch prime-quality model features a super-thin body-frame (14.5 mm only) and a stylish stand that adds to the overall lightsome display design. It is offered in three color variations (golden, solver, gray) to satisfy the needs of different customer groups.



Asus Designo MX27AQ is based on AH-IPS panel, equipped with a power-saving LED backlight. This combination promotes for the widest viewing angles (178 degrees in both aspects), Quad HD resolution (2560x1440), standard contrast ratio (1000:1), the utmost brightness (300 cd/m2), and a super-fast response time (5 ms). The I/O panel is introduced by a single DisplayPort 1.2 and a hybrid HDMI 1.4 with MHL 2.0 port.


This monitor support Asus SonicMaster technology. It is called to ensure the highest sound quality of an inbuilt acoustic system. For these purposes, the display has been equipped with two speakers …

A few months after the last release of water-cooling systems, Zalman introduces a new series of products with a title attribute LQ3xx. The series consists of three models, LQ320, LQ315 and LQ310, which differentiate themselves primarily by dimensions. The senior cooler (LQ320) features 32 mm water block and 52 mm heatsink, the medium LQ315 cooler features 38 mm heatsink and analogous in dimensions water block; the junior cooler (LQ310) is the tiniest one and features 28 mm heatsink and water block. Zalman LQ315 greatly resembles its predecessor, CNPS20LQ, in design, however, is ready to offer some improved options, if compared with the previous cooler generations.



Design and Framework


Like any other water-cooling system, Zalman LQ315 consists of a water block combined with a pump and joined with a heatsink by means of flexible tubes. The water block is notable by the availability of 'Z' logo on its surface that is lighted blue during operation. Its round base, made of …

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, …