Being the AMD partner, the American XFX Co. has recently shared the earliest photos of its Radeon RX Vega video card variant. Unfortunately, the manufacturer hasn’t indicated the model depicted, however, regarding the presence of 6-pin and 8-pin connectors, we may assume we are looking at Radeon RX Vega 56.



At first sight this product (which is not released yet) possesses a huge cooling system, consisting of a two-section aluminium heat dissipator, copper heat pipes and a pair of ~90 mm fans. One should mention, that the length of the PC-board is only half the length of the graphics adapter, that’s why auxiliary power jacks are located right in the middle, not on the edge of the card.


At the rear the novelty features a metal backplate. In all likelihood, the XFX logo is supplied with the red LED-backlighting.


The Radeon RX Vega 56 (?) specialty approximate launch date remains yet in petto.

The EK Water Blocks company, specializing in liquid cooling systems and relating components production, presents its EK-FB ASUS Strix X470 RGB Monoblock unit.

 

In the words of the Slovenian vendor, this water block is the first device, intended for system cards, built on the AMD X470 chipset. Specifically, the novelty is aimed at the Asus ROG Strix X470-F Gaming model and is designed to transfer heat away from the processing unit, mounted into the AM4 socket, and adjacent voltage controllers of the power supply subsystem. One should note that, owing to low hydraulic resistance, EK-FB ASUS Strix X470 RGB Monoblock may be utilized even with low voltage pumps.

 

This EKWB product has a copper nickel-plated base and a transparent acrylic cover. It also features full-colour backlighting, supporting the Asus Aura Sync technology.

 

EK-FB ASUS Strix X470 RGB Monoblock costs 140 EUR.

Introduction


Manufacturers presented a fairly extensive range of motherboards on the Z370, including Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming. The equipment at the motherboard is the simplest, but Gigabyte still equipped the Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming very well.



The motherboard offers four DDR4 DIMM slots, three mechanical PCIe 3.0x16 slots and three PCIe 3.0x1 slots, six SATA 6 Gbps ports, two M.2 high-speed slots. There are also seven USB 3.1 Gen1 ports, six USB 2.0 and two USB 3.1 Gen2, so that the USB equipment is decent. Gigabyte installed a gigabit network interface and a good audio subsystem. Below we will take a closer look at Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming.


Specifications


Socket — LGA 1151

Chipset — Intel Z370

Form Factor — ATX

Voltage Regulator — 10 Phases

Video Ports — DisplayPort 1.2, HDMI 1.4

USB Ports — 10Gbps: (1) Type-C, (1) Type A, 5Gb/s: (5) Type A

Network Jacks — (3) Gigabit Ethernet (1x PCIe share), (2) Wi-Fi Antenna
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