One of the popular chassis series Aerocool — XPredator – is relevant again, thanks to the emergence of two new design options the Evil Blue and Devil Red. Apart from a small «cosmetic repairs» newcomers got two ports USB 3.0.



Full-Tower hulls of XPredator Evil Blue and Devil Red (respectively, black and blue and black and red) are made from cold rolled galvanized steel with a thickness of 0.8 and 1.0 mm. Their weight is about 13.4 kg, dimensions — 600 (H) x 234 (W) x 555 (D).


Inside, can be placed the motherboard form factor XL-ATX, E-ATX, ATX, microATX and Mini-ITX, ten PCI Express expansion cards up to 330mm, CPU cooler up to 185mm, ATX-compatible power supply, six 3 5-inch hard drives and the same amount of devices size 5.25 ". Kit includes two 230-mm fans: Front with lighting and rear without lighting.


Ease of assembly is guaranteed by the availability for screwless installation of drives and video cards, holes with rubber «curtains» for cables and …

Foreword

Now it's hard to imagine, but in 2000, hard drives with a capacity of 10 GB were considered normal. But even then the words "Seagate" and "BarraCuda" were well known and symbolized quality and reliability. Seagate retained its reputation to this day, when due to high-speed Internet access, the lack of hard disk space became a problem affecting almost all of us.

 

For those who remember ten-gigabyte times, the output of the new Barracuda hard drive is a thousand times more impressive - 10 terabytes. It's still the same usual size - all this incredible amount of information can be saved in a standard 3.5-inch desktop computer slot. It’s real magic!


Main Features

Interface - SATA 6Gbps

DRAM Cache - 256MB

Platter Rotation - 7,200 RPM
Sequential Performance - 220 MB/s
Load Cycles - 300,000

Workload Rate Limit (TB/year) - 300

Part Number - ST10000DM0004

Warranty - 5-Years

 

Closer View

The Seagate …

Till recent past routers supporting 802.11n standards have been supposed as the most up-dated and powerful ones. However, nowadays this segment is outliving certain upgrade and a few manufacturers start integrating a new, more advanced standard – 802.11ac. One may wonder why developing one more standard if 802.11n is able to manage current video at high speeds. Still, the design of a more progressive item signifies more promising features. Asus RT-AC66U belongs to a new generation of routers exactly due to the support of 802.11ac.



Design


Asus RT-AC66U is housed in a black dull casing made of plastic. It is equipped with three external antennas which are intended to provide for a perfect sensitivity and high signal level. The manufacturer has taken care of router's comprehensive utilization, enabling both, vertical and horizontal, way of placement; there is also possibility to fix the item on the wall.


One of the characteristics pertained to this model is its …