Welcome the novelties from be quiet! These are 500/600 W SFX L Power line power supplies, designed for compact systems.



According to the manufacturer new devices fit the majority of small-scale frameworks, intended for mini-ITX cards. The supply kit includes a proper bracket for mounting.


As a rule, power units of the SFX typical size feature 80 mm fans, which have to rotate quicker than bigger fans to provide essential chilling. Thus, the noise level is higher. To reduce this effect be quiet! developers constructed new power supplies of the SFX-L type and utilized low-noise 120 mm fans for them. Their rotary speed depends on the temperature.


One should remark, that specialties are effectively protected from various non-routine events like over-currents, short circuits etc.


Modular cable systems allow pick cables of the optimal length and leave behind unexploitable wires, which is extremely important with compact cases. Flat black cables are attached to the set. …

Recently, the main chipmakers offer three types of system logic for their platforms, which include top-end solutions for production systems designed also for extreme overclocking, average ones for most gaming systems and budget options for office PCs or undemanding users. At AMD, the chipsets X370, B350 and A320 now meet these criteria.


Soldering mid-level hub does not affect the capabilities of the board overclocking. Much greater restrictions are imposed by the schemes of power regulators and the chosen way of their implementation, and only then one may complain about the possibilities available in the UEFI environment. So, let’s get acquainted with the senior board represented by the ASRock company, in the structure of which B350 is included (there are five of them at the time of this review witing). Nominally, it belongs to the gaming series, which means that the user has the right to expect special bonuses.


Features


Chipset: AMD B350

Processor socket: AMD …

Scythe, a renowned developer of cooling solutions, introduces a new CPU cooler, entitled Iori. Due to an offbeat framework, the model is primarily targeting small-sized systems with mini-ITX and micro-ATX motherboards. It is compatible with practically all modern platforms (Intel 775/115x/1366 and AMD FM1/FM2/FM2+/AM2/AM2+/AM3/AM3+), save for Intel LGA2011 and AMD Socket AM1. The cooler is already on free sale at the price tag of 24.50 EUR.



Scythe Iori is all about nickel-plated heatsink with a copper base, three heatpipes that pierce the plates twice, and a single 100 mm axial GlideStream 100 fan, located on the top of the framework. The latter employs a sleeve bearing and supports PWM technology. It enables the variation of rotational speeds within the ranges of 300-1800 RPM. Herein, the fan is able to produce up to 43.74 CFM at the maximal noise level of 26.7 dB.


Taking into account that all the components on the small-sized motherboards’ PCB are tightly soldered, …