Chipset Intel Z77 can’t be called a novel product in the market, since it has already transformed into a customary platform for personal computers. The versatility of motherboards employing this chipset is countless, in fact, and each and every consumer is able to find the one to his specific needs. ECS boasts its own inventory of boards based on Intel Z77; Z77H2-A4 is an intermediate item between hi-end and entry-level models, due to its alluring price and improved functional facilities. This board attracts primarily thrifty customers who would like to get all modern commodities for a sensible price.



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Budgetary orientation of ECS Z77H2-A4 motherboard is manifested, first of all, through a diminished PCB dimensions. Nonetheless, the model accommodates a couple of PCI Express Graphics slots with the allotted twenty rails of PCI-e bus. There is no symmetric rail distribution between the slots, so the second PEG slot receives only four rails. The board’s …

Netgear, a renowned designer of high-end network and storage solutions, has recently announced the release of a new NAS family, codenamed ReadyNAS. This family consists of three desktop NAS series (home, corporate and universal) and one rack model of 1U form-factor. Depending on the model, storages are delivered either in diskless configurations or complete with disks. One of the peculiarities pertained to these products is that they operate under a new version of ReadyNAS OS 6 platform.



According to Netgear, all the models within the ReadyNAS family are characterized by the implementation of diverse data protection options. Among others, the user will be able to utilize such functions as practically unlimited number of snapshots, replication with monitoring from the cloud, solid-drawn file synchronization due to ReadyDROP, integration with Dropbox, and automatic volume expansion due to XRAID. Besides, all the storages are thought to support SATA hard drives and SSDs.


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SilverStone marketing experts decided to replenish the current RL06 cases product range with four samples, namely SST-RL06BR-G (black with a red frame and glass panel), SST-RL06BR-GP (black with a red frame, three fans possessing red backlighting and a glass panel), SST-RL06WS-G (white with a silver frame and a glass panel) and SST-RL06WS-GP (white with a silver frame, three fans possessing white backlighting and a glass panel).



The specialties have enough room inside to hold Mini-ITX, Micro-ATX or ATX motherboards, 158 mm CPU cooler, seven PCI Express expansion cards being 348 mm long and 152 mm wide, a 200 mm ATX compatible power supply, three 3.5-inch and five 2.5-inch drives.



All novelties possess an extra 120 mm fan on the rear panel. Moreover, one can mount two additional 120 mm or 140 mm fans on the top and three liquid cooling system heatsinks of 120–240 mm typical size. For ease of mounting and maintaining Redline RL06 cases are supplied with a power supply and …