Chassis of Full-Tower form-factor usually have solid framework due to the layout scheme and the necessity to enclose a lot of components. Developers from Lian Li company have totally demolished the current tendencies and announced the release of their PC-V750 Full-Tower model with the front-end PSU localization. This allowed the designers to dramatically decrement the size of the chassis without sacrificing its capacity and general specifications. The compact size of the chassis is considered to be a kind of ‘revolution’ in the market, since it is compatible not only with ATX and microATX motherboards, but also with Extended-ATX boards.



Lian Li PC-V750 casing is made of aluminum and approximates 7.35 kg in weight. Its dimensions provide for the installation of massive CPU-coolers (up to 170 mm in height), up to ten expansion cards, including 380 mm 3D cards. The chassis is equipped with five fans of 120 mm each: the two fans are located on the front plate, the other two – …

Seagate has expanded its lineup of hybrid drives with the 5th-generation FireCuda SSHD. The greenhorns are based on shingled magnetic recording technology (SMR), rather than perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR). The SMR enables the partial superposition of data tracks; it ensures the ultimate record density. The models are backed by a 5-year’s limited warranty.



Seagate FireCuda series is introduced by 5 models, developed in 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch formats. Their capacity varies from 500 GB to 2 TB. The drives employ MLC flash memory (8 GB) as well as SATA 6 Gb/sec external interface. The spindle rotates at 5400 RPM.


The average data read speed makes up 140 MB/sec with 2.5-inch models & 156 MB/sec with 3.5-inch items. The latter offer also up to 190 MB/sec of the average read speed from flash memory; besides, it takes only 8.5-9.5 ms for the chips to search for the needed data on Read/Write operations. To add, the new FireCuda is thought to consume between 1.7-6.7 W power.

The Japanese vendor of CPU coolers, Scythe, has enriched its collection with the Choten cooling unit. The novelty costs approximately 30–35 euro, however, it doesn’t look like a low-end sample. This product has a top-flow construction that makes air go down in the direction of the mother card, thus providing efficient chilling of the processor and important components, placed around the CPU socket.

 

This wonderful cooler possesses a horizontally located heatsink, four 6 mm heat pipes and 120 mm Kaze Flex 120 PWM fan. The propeller rotates at the 300–1,200 rpm speed, while producing the airflow of up to 87 m3/h at the 4–24.9 dBA noise level.

 

Dimensions of the Scythe specialty are the following: 130 х 120 х 130 mm. Its weight reaches 550 g. The manufacturer does not specify, which TDP rate this device is intended for, but we suppose everything is OK with compatibility. The Scythe …