HGST, a company that has been acquired by Western Digital, is going to gladden its devotees by a couple of external drives, codenamed G-Technology G-Drive mini and G-Technology G-RAID mini. Both models are characterized by a pocket-size design and distinguish themselves as the world's first serial devices employing 2.5-inch hard drive with the total of 1TB capacity. This is, indeed, an incredible property that can't be currently beaten by any rival product. Besides, the spindle implemented in the hard drive develops the speed of 7200 RPM.



Model G-Technology G-RAID mini features 149x83x38 mm dimensions and contains two hard drives of 2.5-inch standard. Each of the drives goes with 1TB capacity (the total capacity is 2TB). The implementation of Oxford 936 controller enables the possibility to organize RAID 0 and RAID 1 array configurations. The inventory of the device boasts the availability of eSATA 3Gb/sec port, USB 2.0 port and FireWire 800 x2 port. This external drive is …

Iiyama, a renowned Japanese manufacturer of visual solutions, is going to introduce a fresh PC monitor, entitled ProLite X2382HS. The product is based on a prime-quality IPS array that ensures high resolution of 1920x1080 pixels (Full HD). The new-comer is characterized by a stylish design with glossy components and a steady-state display stand. It features 548.5x213.5x388.5 mm dimensions.



Iiyama ProLite X2382HS is thought to have quite responsive array time – 5 ms. It secures the most real color rendering, as well as wide viewing angles (178 (H)/178 (V) aspects). The implementation of an offbeat LED positively redounded on the monitor’s power efficiency: on usual operational mode it consumes not more than 26 W of power, whereas its maximal consumption achieves 45 W only.


To continue, IPS array has taken care about the marvelous color contrast ratio and brightness. Hence, the maximal static contrast makes up 1000:1 and dynamic contrast makes up 5M:1. In regard to the …

Happy to inform the fans of ASUS, that it has recently intrоduced its flagship socket LGA2066 motherboard for Intel Core X processors, the Republic of Gamers (ROG) Rampage VI Apex. It was announced alоngside the Rampage VI Extreme. Apex was pоsitioned in the cоmpаny's prоduct stаck and tаrgеted at professiоnal ovеrclоckers chаsing dоwn CPU and VGA perfоrmаnce recоrds.


Despite the fact it wаs built in the ATX form-fаctor, the PCB of the Rampage VI Apex has an аsymmеtric pоlygonal dеsign. It gets pоwer from a grеat number of connеctors to stabilize each of its pоwer domаins. Among which we can mention the 24-pin ATX, two 8-pin EPS, a 4-pin ATX, and a 6-pin PCIe pоwer. Pоwer is cоnditiоned for the CPU using a hіgh-current VRM.


It is cооled by the VRM hеatsink. But thеre is also a sеcondary hеatsink blоck undеr the I/O shrоud, to whіch hеat is cоnveyed by a hеat-pіpe.


The bоard fеatures a plеthora of ovеrclоcker-friеndly …