The American EVGA Co. is going to launch shipments of the H370 Stinger motherboard, performed in the Mini-ITX form factor with the dimensions being 170 × 170 mm. The novelty is compatible with the Intel Coffee Lake-S (LGA 1151) processors and, according to the manufacturer’s words, should form a base of a compact gaming system or an HTPC.

 

This specialty is built on the Intel H370 Express logic set. There are two slots for the DDR4-2667 RAM modules (total capacity is 32 GB). Four standard Serial ATA 3.0 ports allow hooking up drivers. Besides, the device has an М.2 connector for a solid-state module and supports the Intel Optane memory. H370 Stinger is supplied with the network Ethernet controller, Wi-Fi (2.4/5 GHz) and Bluetooth 4.2 wireless adapters, and with a 7.1 audio codec. The PCIe x16 slot is intended for a discrete graphics accelerator.

 

The plate with connectors possesses HDMI 2.0 and DisplayPort 1.2 interfaces for …

The much-anticipated release of Nvidia’s GeForce GTX Titan X graphics adapter has already come true. The new-comer employs the latest flagship GM200 GPU (Nvidia Maxwell architecture) that comprises 8 billion transistors, 24 SMM blocks (each includes 128 CUDA cores and 8 TMUs). As a result, the GPU consists of 3072 CUDA cores and 192 TMUs – a record-breaking layout. The amount of ROPs makes up 96.



Nvidia GeForce GTX Titan X runs at 1000 MHz nominal frequency but might be overclocked to 1075 MHz frequency. Memory subsystem is compiled of 12 GB of GDDR5 modules which operate at 7010 MHz frequency. The bandwidth index of 384-bit bus approximates 336.5 Gb/sec. Consequently, an overall computation power is estimated at 7.0 TFLOPS.


Cooling is organized with the assistance of a two-slot cooler with a single fan. Connectivity facilities include three video ports: DisplayPort, DVI-I and HDMI. On active mode, the maximum allowed GPU temperature should not exceed 92 C. The utmost …

Western Digital started the winning of HDD market almost ten years ago. Since that time the company has managed to dramatically improve its manufacturing process and achieve the desirable heights. Its latest HDD solution, codenamed VelociRaptor WD1000DHTZ, deserves special attention thanks to its performance showings and low operational temperatures.



General Peculiarities


Flagship HDD VelociRaptor WD1000DHTZ goes in 1TB volume capacity and is destined for the employment primarily in workstations. It combines high performance along with reliability to become an efficient solution for professional office needs, compact servers, high-end workstations, rendering processes, and for the management of graphics content of high resolution. Upon the whole, this model stands somewhere between the entry level SSDs and winchesters of 3.5 inch form-factor.


Additionally, Western Digital delivers modifications of VelociRaptor which go in more modest capacities (250 GB and 500 GB). …