An up-to-date desktop can be performed in a shape, other than a customary PC with a system unit, a mini PC or an AIO. The Hong Kong Acute Angle Co. offers one more form factor, categorized as a computer, embedded into a keyboard. At present, fund raising for such a specialty under the K2 name is conducted.



K2 is a high-end computer, operated by Windows 10 Home operating system. VGA/HDMI connectors allow to link it to any display, projector or a TV-set.


The novelty by Acute Angle is based on the 4-core Intel Atom x5-Z8350 processor. It features 4 GB of LPDDR3 RAM and uses the 64 GB eMMC flash memory for data storage. There is an option to obtain the K3 modification, which is highlighted due to a more powerful Intel Celeron N3450 CPU, 8 GB of RAM and a 128 GB drive.


In the meantime, these computers do not differ exteriorly. Both of them are of 340 × 110 × 30 mm and weigh around 472 g. K2 is incorporated into a stainless steel case and has no fans in its construction. A …

The Spire X2 Products company adds a novelty, called Pirate 8031, to its PC cases product range. This Mid-Tower model, performed in black (mostly out of 0.6 mm SECC steel), is aimed at construction of gaming systems, based on ATX or Micro ATX mother boards.



Pirate 8031 weighs around 5.4 kg and possesses such dimensions: 450 × 200 × 490 mm. The front tempered glass panel hides three 120 mm fans with red LED-backlighting behind it. A big side window lets clearly see all inner components.


Inside of this computer case there’s enough room for seven expansion cards. Discrete graphics accelerators of up to 390 mm length can be installed. The chassis can also hold two 3.5-inch storage devices and two 2.5-inch drives. Apart from fans provided customers may mount three 120 mm coolers in the upper part and one 120 mm cooler at the rear. The ultimate CPU cooler’s height reaches 180 mm.


Connectivity options include jacks for headphones and a mic, one USB 3.0 and two USB 2.0 …

Much rumored reference graphics adapter from AMD has been recently officially introduced. As it was suggested before, Radeon HD 7990, codenamed ‘Malta’, employs two Tahiti XT2 GPUs, each of which contains 128 TMUs, 32 rasterization blocks (ROPs), and 2048 current processors (GCN architecture). Smooth work of both graphics cores is synchronized by means of PLX PEX8747 controller that supports 48 lines of PCI Express 3.0. Nominal clock frequencies ascribed to GPUs operation equal to 950 MHz, but Turbo mode enables the increase of frequencies up to 1000 MHz.



Video memory is represented by GDDR5 memory modules, the overall capacity of which equals to 6 GB (3 GB per each graphics core). Memory modules utilize 384-bit bus and run at 6000 MHz frequency with bandwidth of 288 Gb/sec per core. The incorporated PCB accommodates a single CrossFireX socket for the creation of various graphics configurations, including Quad-CrossFireX. Video interface panel boasts the availability of …