Asus is about to launch a new high-performance motherboard as a part of Republic of Gamers series. The Crossblade Ranger model is developed in ATX form-factor, featuring traditional black-and-red design. It is based on A88X chipset that targets all FM2+ APUs from AMD. According to the manufacturer, the new-comer is able to satisfy the basic needs of inveterate gamers who have at least $150 at their disposal.



The Crossblade Ranger is equipped with 8-phase VRM system, four RAM slots for DDR3 modules, a pair of PCI Express 3.0 x16 slots and a single PCI express 2.0 x16 slot. If there is a need to expand the motherboard’s facilities, a user is able to employ two more PCI Express x1 slots and the same amount of PCI slots. Therefore, it is feasible to organize SLI and CrossFire graphical configurations.


Storage subsystem is represented by eight SATA III 6 Gb/sec ports which support for the creation of varied RAID arrays. Audio subsystem boasts the integration of SupremeFX …

Raijintek has reported the availability of CPU Orcus 240 and Orcus 240 Core liquid cooling systems. As one may see from the names, both coolers are equipped with the 240 mm heat sinks and a LED-illuminated water unit. The main difference lies in the supply set. Orcus 240 Core sample has no fans, so it costs less.

 

One of the key specs of these novelties is an exterior pump, located near the heatsink. It operates at the 5,000 rpm speed and 25 dBA (max) noise level, pumping through 66 l of liquid per hour.

 

The base of the CPU water block is performed out of copper and supplied with the 0.1 mm microchannels array on the inside. The water unit propeller acts as a visual indicator of the liquid flow. Besides, it possesses RGB LED backlighting an end cap for the heat carrier reloading. The aluminium radiator is 27 mm thick, and tubes are 35 cm long.

 

Raijintek Orcus 240 features two 120 mm Raijintek Iris fans, built on the …

Introduction

Since 1997, the Taiwanese company Team Group Inc. is engaged in the producing of computer memory, in its arsenal — solid-state, industrial modules and memory cards, as well as flash drives.

The vast experience of production and development in this sphere allows producing interesting variants of operative memory, which are characterized by stability and reliability.



Packaging and Design

The memory kit is supplied in a plastic blister with a transparent front cover, which in turn is put in a colored cardboard cover with a handle for display layout. The cover design is made in dark colors with stripes of backlight flashes. In addition to the series name, there is a backlight on the front of the package. There is some more information written on the back cover.


Upon black PCBs, Team uses developed metal heat spreaders, which is shaped evenly from side to side, but the left has five angled grooves, and the right has a unique shape fitting the Delta R …