Last week the VESA (Video Electronics Standards Association) organization reported that the work on the DisplayHDR standard was over. This standard defines the quality of HDR content, being rendered by a display. Today we already know the name of the first device, which has successfully passed the certification mentioned. It’s the 49-inch Samsung C49HG90 monitor, which meets all requirements for obtaining DisplayHDR 600 conformity marking.

 

To receive this certificate a display must offer the ultimate 600 cd/m² brightness, the 10-bit colour depth and cover at least 99 % of the BT.709 palette and 90 % of the DCI-P3 colour space.

 

Samsung C49HG90 features the 3840 x 1080 pixels resolution, 144 Hz refresh rate, 3000:1 static contrast, 600 cd/m² max brightness and 1 ms response time. Other specs include Quantum Dot backlighting as well as AMD FreeSync 2 support.

 

The Samsung C49HG90 estimated cost is $999.00.

The ADATA company has set before the public its fastest solid-state drive under the XPG SX8200 code name. This device is performed in the M.2 2280 form factor and based on the 2nd generation 3D NAND TLC 64-layer architecture. The novelty got the SMI controller and will be released in 240, 480 and 960 GB variants.

 

XPG SX8200 features excellent performance measures owing to the presence of the PCIe Gen3 x4 interface, the NVMe 1.3 specification and SLC Caching and DRAM Cache Buffer technologies support. These figures, however, depend on the model’s capacity.

 

According to the CrystalDiskMark benchmark the maximum sequential read/write speed reaches 3,200/1,700 MBps. AS SSD Benchmark cites the following speed rates: 2,500/1,600 MBps. At the same time, 4 KB random read/write figures are 310,000/280,000. TBW is 160 TB by the 240 GB model, 320 TB by the 480 GB version and 640 TB be the 960 GB sample.

 
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Sharkoon has rejoiced its budget-oriented admirers with a new series of PC cases, entitled VG4-S. The greenhorns are distinguished by a decent functionality combined with an alluring price. Featuring 445x200x430 mm dimensions, the case is ready to offer enough space for a set of up-to-date internal components and welcomes the connection of various external devices. Moreover, the model is housed in a black chassis, while perforated areas are illuminated by red/green/blue backlight.



Sharkoon VG4-S supports the installation of ATX, micro-ATX and mini-ITX motherboards, offering seven expansion slots, three 5.25-inch drive bays, three 3.5-inch drive bays, and four 2.5-inch drive bays. Internal space is sufficient for the mounting of 160 mm high CPU coolers, 250 mm long power supply units, and 385 mm long graphics cards.


External I/O panel boasts the availability of 4x USB 2.0 ports and a pair of 3.5 mm audio sockets. Cooling is ensured by a preinstalled frontal fan (120 mm) …