Biostar starts the sale campaign of its new motherboard model codenamed Hi-Fi A75S3, which belongs to PURO Hi-Fi flagship line. It is developed in micro-ATX form-factor and is based on AMD A75 system logics. The board supports all contemporary AMD CPUs that are compatible with FM2 socket, including the series A10, A8, A6, E2, A4, and Athlon II X4 (all with TDP level not more than 100W). The new model is targeted to operate under Windows OS (versions XP, 7, Vista and 8).



Motherboard Hi-Fi A75S3 houses two DIMM slots for a two-channel DDR3 memory that is estimated to work at 800MHz, 1066MHz, 1333MHz, 1600MHz, and 1866 MHz frequency. The overall volume of the integrated memory might achieve 32GB. The model employs GPU of Direct X11 class that secures efficient performance in the majority of updated 3D games and applications. Still, the manufacturer reserves the right to enhance the performance of graphics subsystem thanks to the implementation of a single PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot …

Some two-three years ago solid-state drives were supposed to be a luxury rather than a necessity. Not every enthusiast showed predisposition to spend a few hundreds dollars to enhance his PC performance. Nonetheless, time passed and SSD technologies rapidly erupted into corporate and home fields, serving as a mighty storage means to replace traditional HDDs. They are currently the most wanted piece of hardware that offers better reliability, faster speeds, as well as larger volumes. Besides, their today’s price falls within average customer’s possibilities. Intel keeps the wave in this industry too, delivering high-end products for various audiences. Intel 330 Series 180GB SSD, one of its latest releases, is a direct image of quality and volume combined with a reasonable price.



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Intel 330 Series 180GB is predestined for advanced users with modding/overclocking activities in mind and owners of powerful laptops. It is characterized by 1.200.000 hours …

At the Develop3D Live conference, the Lenovo Co. presented its new ThinkStation P320 workstation. The specialty can be performed in a standard tower case, as well as in the SFF form factor framework. It is meant for professional needs or VR content creation.



Lenovo ThinkStation P320 can be equipped with a 4-core Intel Core i7 or Xeon E3-1200 v6 CPU, 64 GB of DDR4-2400 (ECC) RAM, a couple of Nvidia Quadro P1000 graphics cards for the SFF chassis or one Quadro P4000 for a tower case.


The 4 TB 3.5-inch hard drive, the 2 TB 2.5-inch SSD and a 1 TB М.2 SSD are used for data storage. Discs can be combined into RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10 arrays. The gigabit Ethernet and the Intel Wi-Fi 802.11ac wireless adapters represent networking capability. Peripheral devices can be connected with the help of six USB 3.0, two USB 2.0 ports, a card reader, eSATA and Firewire interfaces. The workstations are also supplied with an optical DVD-RW drive.


There is no information about the retail …