Foreword

For half a year everyone who wishes to acquire a system based on Intel Core 8-th generation processors needs to focus exclusively on models with the top-end Intel Z370. Most recently, Intel has expanded the range of Coffee Lake chips and finally offered manufacturers more affordable PCH. Intel B360 has a special role here. Today we have the first model based on Intel B360 - ASUS ROG STRIX B360-F GAMING.

 

The importance of new PCHs for manufacturers in general and Intel B360 in particular is the only evidenced by the fact that on one chipset ASUS offers more than fifteen motherboards in the PRIME, TUF GAMING and ROG STRIX series. In turn, ROG STRIX B360-F GAMING is the top model based on Intel B360.

 

Packaging

The board includes a user's manual, a driver and software CD, four SATA interface cables, a set of screws for mounting M.2 drives, and an additional body kit printed on a 3D printer.

 

In addition, the package includes a set of …

Jonsbo, the Chinese PC cases and cooling systems vendor, is going to delight customers with its new product soon. What is meant here is a tower-type CPU cooler under the CR-601 RGB code name.



As the name tells us, the novelty has the 256-color RGB LED-backlighting. Its construction features an aluminum base, an array of aluminum fins, four 6 mm thick copper heat tubes, ensuring direct contact with the CPU cover, and a 120 mm fan.


The fan, supporting the PWM function, rotates in the range of 800–1,500 RPM, producing noise of around 17.5–31.2 dBA. The specialty can endure thermal loads of up to 130 W.


Jonsbo CR-601 RGB, weighing 650 g, is 122 mm long, 75 mm wide and 158 mm high. It’s compatible with Intel LGA775, LGA115x, AMD AM2(+), AM3(+), AM4, FM1 and FM2(+) processor platforms. The manufacturer didn't speak a word about pricing.

MS-CH01FV2 is a new mini PC from the Mouse Computer Company, which outwardly resembles a breloque, relies on Windows 10 Home OS and costs around 180 USD.



The device operates at the Intel Cherry Trail platform, represented by an energy-effective Atom x5-Z8350 processing unit. This 14 nm chipset possesses 4 compute cores and the Intel HD Graphics 400 accelerator card. The assigned clock rate is 1.44 GHz, the boosted value equals 1.92 GHz. The active cooling system with a small fan disseminates heat.


The specialty offers 2 GB of RAM and the 32 GB flash module (eMMC) for storage. Optionally one can utilize a microSD card. MS-CH01FV2 ensures IEEE 802.11ac Wi-Fi wireless connection and features an HDMI interface, an embedded Bluetooth 4.1 + LE controller, alongside with USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 ports.


The fob computer weighs about 60 g only and is of 113 × 39 × 13 mm dimensions.