Biostar is about to release a new oblectation for audiophiles – the B85Z system board. Featuring micro-ATX form-factor (224x174 mm dimensions), the model combines a full-blown spectrum of facilities each full-format board has. It is developed on Intel B85 Express chipset with Socket LGA1150 for Intel Haswell processors of Core, Pentium and Celeron families. The nominal delivery kit will allegedly comprise DVD with drivers, a pair of SATA cables, a user’s manual, and a rear panel plug.



Biostar B85Z comes equipped with prime-quality capacitors, field-effect transistors, and 4-phase VRM. Memory subsystem is introduced by two slots for DDR3-1600 MHz modules (up to 16 GB overall capacity). The availability of a single PCIe x16 & a pair of PCIe x1 slots ensures sufficient expansion facilities. Moreover, the user is free to create a voluminous storage by means of four SATA III and two SATA II ports.


To continue, the major peculiarity pertained to the motherboard is an …

Transcend brings to the market a pair of unique cloud storages – the StoreJet Cloud 110 & the StoreJet Cloud 210. The first new-comer is equipped with a single 3.5-inch drive bay (max. capacity – 4 TB), while the second one avails two bays, offering up to 8 TB capacity and the possibility to create RAID 1 arrays (mirroring). The bays support HDD/SSD with SATA II interface.



Transcend StoreJet Cloud storages take a two-core ARM Cortex-A7 CPU, running at 1.1 GHz frequency. It is accompanied by 256 MB of DDR3 memory. The advantage of such combination lies in high power efficiency and affordable price. Both models are characterized by a sleek design & the support for remote access, data backup, and stream processing options.


New cloud storages accommodate one Gigabit Ethernet port and one USB 3.0 port. They are known to support Apple Time Machine for data backup on Mac devices as well as AirPlay, iTunes & Chromecast technologies for content broadcasting. There is also a …

The ELSA vendor has introduced the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB LP video card, intended for compact systems with tight inner space, like home media streamers. Its dimensions are defined to be 169 × 68.9 × 33 mm.



The novelty is a low-profile product, taking two expansion slots and featuring the cooling system with a couple of fans. This graphics accelerator is based on the 14 nm Pascal GP107 chipset. It offers 768 streaming processors, 48 TMUs and 32 ROPs. The 4 GB GDDR5 memory with the 128-bit bus is utilized.


The specialty by ELSA operates at reference frequencies. Its base clock equals 1,290 MHz and its boosted clock is 1,390 MHz; the memory frequency reaches 7,000 MHz.


One should note, that this graphics card doesn’t require auxiliary power. It is supplied with three connectors, providing image output – namely the DisplayPort 1.2, Dual link DVI-D and HDMI 2.0b interfaces.


GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB LP will be available on sale at the beginning of November. It is …