Cooler Master announces a release of two new PC cases of mid-tower form-factor. Codenamed N300 and N500, the couple belongs to the medium price tier products and is differentiated by a laconic design combined with a thoughtfully elaborated cooling. Each model features a totally black coating and grid-like frontal panel. In retail market these cases will be offered in two framework variations: with blind side panels and with a large transparent window on one of the panels.



Both models are thought to support motherboards of standard ATX and micro-ATX dimensional type. The most notable peculiarity is the cooling system that primarily consists of two pre-installed 120 mm fans (in the frontal and rear parts of the case); however, this pair might be easily supplemented by seven (with blind construction) or five (with windowed construction) fans more. Moreover, there is a feasibility of incorporating a liquid-cooling system. Some key specifications of both novices are featured below.
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All devotees of mini-ITX PC systems now can enjoy the privileges of innovative graphics solutions with a remarkable Radeon R9 270X Gaming 2G ITX adapter. The new-comer features 170x120x35 mm dimensions only and fits any modern small-sized chassis. It is based on AMD Curacao XT GPU that boasts 1280 stream processors and offers nominal, as well as overclocked operational frequencies. The card supports the latest DirectX 11.2 and OpenGL 4.3 standards, in addition to the bunch of AMD’s proprietary technologies (i.e. Eyefinity, Mantle, PowerTune, Stream, CrossFireX, PowerPlay, HD3D, etc.).



MSI Radeon R9 270X Gaming 2G ITX is able to demonstrate three different operational modes: Silent, Gaming, OC. The nominal clock frequency in all modes makes up 1030 MHz, however during overclocking this index rises up to 1050 MHz – Silent mode, 1070 MHz – Gaming mode, and 1080 MHz – OC mode. The GPU is accompanied by 2 GB of GDDR5 memory (256-bit interface); it runs at 1400 MHz/5600 MHz …

The novelty by Shuttle – the DH270 barebone system – allows assembling ultra-compact computers, built on the Intel platform.



The novelty obtained the Intel H270 Express logic set based card. Core processors of the Kaby Lake and Skylake gen (LGA 1151) can be installed. The TDP rates should not overcome 65 W. Shuttle DH270 makes it possible to mount the DDR4 RAM memory of the 32 GB capacity, performed in the shape of two SO-DIMM modules.


The mini PC is designed in the 190 × 165 × 43 mm framework with the 1.35 l volume. Inside there is enough space for a 2.5-inch drive with the Serial ATA 3.0 interface and two M.2 modules (like SSD and a Wi-Fi/Bluetooth dual-purpose wireless adapter).


The latest barebone system is equipped with a two-port gigabit network controller and a Realtek ALC662 audio codec. Its front part got headphones and mic jacks, a USB 3.0 Type C and two USB 3.0 Type A ports, as well as an SD cards reader. On the rear of the device one can find four USB …