On a recent day the Micron company has added three samples of the 250 GB, 500 GB and 2 TB capacity to its Crucial MX500 SSDs line. Besides, the 1 TB model went on sale last month.

 

The novelties are performed in the 2.5”/7 mm form factor on the base of 64-layer 3D TLC NAND microchips. They are equipped with the SATA 6 Gb/s interface.

 

Crucial MX500 drives feature the 560 MB/s sequential read speed and 510 MB/s sequential write speed. The Silicon Motion SM2258 controller acts as a logic set. Productivity while 4 KB random clusters handling reaches 95,000 IOPS at read and 90,000 IOPS at write. All solid state drives obtained the 5-year warranty from the manufacturer.

 

Micron planned to produce their Crucial MX500 series drives as Samsung 850 EVO devices’ competitors. Official retailers are already receiving these specialties at the $80, $140 and $500 recommended price for the 250 GB, 500 GB …

So now Asus is back with the new TUF Z270 Mark I: cool design, proper features and the most fan connectors ever seen. This motherboard’s design stays still familiar, dark, shielded and even more rugged, with camouflage elements. TUF Z270 is more optimized for cooling than its predecessor, its feature set is optimized for all the needs possible and its price is quite compatible, so your upgrade needs will be more budget friendly than ever before.


ASUS TUF Z270 Showcase

ASUS TUF Z270 Mark I Motherboard is designed for the 7th generation Intel processors for maximizing speed and connectivity with the Intel’s Optane Memory device. Its front USB 3.0 panel with currently rear USB 3.1 properly fast connections for both type A and C, as well as Intel Gigabit LAN connector gives almost endless possibilities. Still most, as it once again lacks its WIFI which is a real miss for most users.


The standard ATX 30.5 x 24.4 cm is followed by this model with the high-end ranges of …

PowerColor has recently launched the most powerful in AMD’s Radeon series graphics card, entitled Radeon R9 295X2. The key peculiarity of the model is the availability of two GPUs, which are accompanied by a hybrid cooling system. Such remarkable specifications make the card an ideal solution for advanced gamers and overclocking enthusiasts.



PowerColor Radeon R9 295X2 employs PCI-e 3.0 x16 interface and incorporates a pair of AMD Hawaii XT GPUs (28 nm, GCN 2.0). Each processor features 2816 CUDA cores, 64 ROPs, and 176 TMUs. They operate at the maximal 1018 MHz clock frequency. Each GPU ‘cooperates’ with 4 GB GDDR5 memory (8 GB in total) with 512-bit rails. Its nominal clock frequency makes up 1250 MHz, whereas efficient frequency might reach up 5000 MHz.


This remarkable graphics card is furnished with a hybrid cooler. Both GPUs are taken care by a liquid-cooling solution of enclosed type, power circuits are taken care by air cooling. The latter consists of a fan …