Introduction



If you remember, we’ve already worked with the Bykski brand in the review of the FOUR series CPU water block. And I decided not to leave new Bykski FOUR Founders GTX 1080 withоut attention. Worth mentiоning that the FOUR sеries is cоlor-cооrdinated mаtch of fіttіngs, CPU wаter blоcks, and GPU water blоcks. Those, who have ever sееn Bykski prоducts, will no doubt recоgnize new wаter block. The sаme as the FOUR CPU blоck, it has a colоred mеtal top cоver оver an аcrylic top. Today, as you’ve already understood, we are going to speak about Bykski FOUR Founders GTX 1080. And as a usual, the first point of our review is packaging and contents.


Packaging and Contents


The Bykski FOUR Founders GTX 1080 is already bought and must be delivered soon. When it is finally here, we can see a plain black cardboard box with an identifying sticker on the back. But the box is not so important, when inside of it you get something really stunning. …

In late September — early October, Intel plans to update the lineup of Core i7 processors on the cores generation Ivy Bridge (22 nm). It is expected that within a few months users will witness the announcement of the CPU for laptops Core i7-3740QM, 3840QM and 3940XM, which will replace released in April 3720QM, 3820QM and 3920XM, respectively.



According to the information from web resources, the trio will receive an increase of 100 MHz from the predecessors, retaining the previous TDP and probably the recommended price. A common feature of the new processors is four x86-cores that handle data in 8 threads (Hyper-Threading).


Core i7-3940XM operates at a nominal frequency of 3 GHz, equipped with 8 MB cache of the third level, two-channel controllers DDR3-1333/1600, graphics subsystem Intel HD 4000. There is support for dynamic overclocking Turbo Boost, Virtualization VT-x and VT-d, new commands AES and instructions AVX. TDP 3940XM is 55 watts.


Core i7-3840QM has almost …

The case be quiet! Silent Base 600 is offered in three colors: black, orange and silver, which differ only in color of inserts on the front panel. Additionally, each modification is supplied in two versions: with and without a window. This is a typical «middle tower» designed to set motherboards of ATX form-factor, Micro-ATX and Mini-ITX.





Packaging and Equipment

be quiet! Silent Base 600 is supplied in a medium-sized box, which is slightly wider than the standard packaging of Mid Tower class models. It has a schematic picture of the case and the list of its specifications. The box is equipped with recesses at the ends which makes transportation process much easier. Its weight is a little more than 9.5 kg.


The case inside is wrapped in a white non-woven fabric bag, and then sandwiched between two foam retainers. The content of delivery is packed in a small corrugated cardboard box. All the necessary screws, slides to install hard drives, four plastic ties for …