About a month ago SilverStone announced the release of a new PC chassis codenamed Redline RL04. Today we can already find this product from a Taiwanese manufacturer in a retail trade at $52. The case has been designed in mid-tower form-factor and housed in a steel black casing with some plastic inclusions. Its overall dimensions equal to 523x220x480 mm.



The case is estimated for the installation of mini-ITX, ATX and micro-ATX motherboards, along with CPU coolers of up to 169 mm in height, power supply unit of ATX standard, and graphics cards up to 292 mm in length. The implemented PSU is located under the motherboard. The internal layout readily accommodates seven expansion cards, four drives of 5.25-inch format, and five HDD/SSD drives of 2.5/3.5-inch format. Moreover, SilverStone offers special attachments for screwless fixture of hard drives.


One of the advantageous facilities provided by the manufacturer is the availability of dedicated holes in the motherboard tray; …

Asus has recently presented workstations and graphics servers of the second generation ESC series. The new series includes ESC4000 G2, ESC1000 G2 and ESC2000 G2 models which serve the function of high-end platforms for GPGPU applications in such fields as medical research, financial modeling, computer-aided design, animation and 3D-rendering. The systems can boast a wide spectrum of options and outstanding integration; they are able to support high-end Intel processors and four graphics cards, and are equipped with the efficient PSU and expansion slots PCI Express 3.0x16.



All three models of ESC series are furnished with high-quality PSU which correspond to the 80Plus standard. Thereby, each of the models boasts energy-saving facilities: ESC1000 G2 and ESC2000 G2 go with a single PSU of 80Plus Gold standard in 1350 W capacity; ESC4000 G2 goes with two PSU of 80 Plus Platinum standard in 1620 W capacity (one of them is an emergency unit in case of troubles with the other unit). … …

Mustek, an established supplier of consumer electronics and hardware, announces the release of its new product line – UPS series PowerMust 1000/1400/2000 USB P. The series is basically targeted at home-based users, as well as, small and middle-size business structures. The major task of the new model line is to provide efficient uninterrupted operation of PCs, desktops and other devices that are used to work in non-favorable environment (continual voltage interruptions).



Mustek PowerMust is delivered in three variants with 1000, 1400 and 2000 VA. The models are able to provide all vital facilities for the secure PC and network equipment running. PowerMust is called to fulfill several functions simultaneously and cannot be applied only on conditions of voltage absence or fluctuations. This device will protect all equipment from voltage decrease to 160V and from the necessity to switch to the battery power supply. Thus, UPS units are furnished with standard Euro socket, USB …