The Thermaltake Co. has prepared the Core P90 Tempered Glass chassis for release. This open-frame type novelty, being built on the base in the form of a triangular prism, allows assembling a system with extraordinary outer appearance. It also has two remote-mount panels made of the 5 mm tempered glass. For convenience of use the manufacturer has provided its product with three positioning variants: vertical, horizontal and wall-mounted.

 

One can install the Mini ITX, Micro ATX and ATX form factor motherboards, up to 8 expansion cards, as well as up to 7 storage devices (four 3.5” or 2.5” and three 2.5” only). The length of discrete graphics accelerators should not overcome 320 mm. The CPU cooler may be 180 mm high, and the power supply unit may be 220 mm long.

 

In case of liquid cooling system utilizing, the maximum possible length of the heatsink is 480 mm. Connectivity options include jacks for headphones and a mic, two USB 3.0 and a pair of …

Deepcool has been producing high-efficiency cooling solutions for many years in a row. Nonetheless, the company decided to expand its production line with PC cases. Deepcool Pangu is the first company’s elaboration in this segment. It is developed in a mid-tower form-factor and comes in two color variations – black and white. Upon the whole, the case features an unpretentious design, but is ready to amaze every user by internal layout.



Therefore, Pangu is predestined for ATX and micro-ATX motherboards, as well as for ATX-compatible PSUs. It accommodates seven PCI Express expansion slots, three mounting seats for 5.25-inch drives, and a couple of removable baskets for the installation of up to six drives (either 3.5-inch or 2.5-inch standard). Mounting process does not require the involvement of any special tools.


Deepcool Pangu boasts the availability of multiple bays for fans fixture. There are two mounting seats for 120 mm fans in the frontal part of the chassis. If …

Toshiba is about to release a 2.5-inch SSD, entitled A100. The entry-level model is based on TLC NAND flash memory chips (15 nm) with the cooperation of SLC cache memory. Traditionally, the drive employs SATA 6 Gb/sec interface and takes Toshiba TC58NC1010 chip as a controller.



The greenhorn is available in two versions: 120 GB and 140 GB (dimensions: 100x69.85x7 mm). The couple is an optimal choice for home & office PCs, thanks to the incorporation of power-efficient, high-performance and shock-proof technologies. The drives’ maximal data transfer speed on sequential operations makes up 550 MB/sec & 480 MB/sec (read/write). The maximal data transfer speed on random operations (4K) achieves 87.000 IOPS & 82.000 IOPS correspondingly.


Toshiba A100 solid-state drives are known to support NCQ, TRIM and S.M.A.R.T. technologies. An estimated MTBF index equals to 1.5 million hours. The 120 GB item might endure 30 TB of written information, while the 240 GB item allows for 60 TB …