MSI is considered to be a new brand when speaking about gaming monitors, however, it makes progress and releases its second device of the category, namely OPTIX G24C.



OPTIX G24C is a curved 23.6” display with the 1800R curvature radius, enhancing the presence effect. The resolution of 1920 × 1080 pixels corresponds to the Full HD format.


The manufacturer has not indicated a matrix type, but remarked that it is produced by Samsung. Regarding claimed 178° (vertically and horizontally) viewing angles and 1 ms response time, we can assume the novelty has a PVA panel. This product also features the 144 Hz refresh rate, 250 cd/m2 brightness, 3000:1 contrast, as well as 85% of NTSC and 110% of sRGB colour gamuts coverage. The Less Blue Light and Adaptive SYNC technologies supported diminish visual apparatus tiredness. Connectivity options include HDMI 1.4, DisplayPort 1.2 and DVI video inputs.


This MSI monitor weighs 4 kg and has the following dimensions: 543 × 403 × …

ASRock has recently announced a new series of motherboards that are based on the prime-class AMD A88X chipset, targeting Socket FM2(+) CPUs of Trinity and Richland generation. Moreover, they are supposed to support the new-gen AMD Kaveri APUs with Steamroller microarchitecture. One of the most outstanding models within the series is FM2A88M-HD+ motherboard, which features a large amount of slots and sockets. At the same time, it remains a cost-efficient solution.



ASRock FM2A88M-HD+ is designed in a micro-ATX form-factor, featuring 234x183 mm dimensions. The company claims that this model is able to accommodate DDR3 RAM with 2133 MHz frequency, housed in two DIMM slots. Therein, the maximal memory capacity might achieve 32 GB. Hardware base consists of prime-quality solid-state capacitors and durable chokes. Three expansion slots are introduced by one PCI, one PCIe 2.0 x1, and one high-speed PCIe 3.0 x16; the latter demonstrates up to 15.75 Mb/sec bandwidth.


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Introduction

The IronWolf Pro series consists of six models that range from 2TB to 12TB. The Pro series is much more powerful - Seagate warranties the mainstream IronWolf for 180TB of data writes per year, while the IronWolf Pro is rated for 300TB. This series has longer warranty free access to Seagate’s Rescue Data Recovery Service during two years. In case of any breakdown a user can send the drive to Seagate and the company will fix it or change for a new one.

 

The novelty we are talking today is IronWolf Pro 12TB – one of the best Seagate’s drives. In the comparison with its younger brother IronWolf Pro 10TB, the given model showed a slightly higher level of performance, two terabytes of additional capacity and a bit higher power consumption.

Engineers of the company managed to gather the efficiency, large volume and reliability of data storage in one place. A surcharge of about 80 dollars for two additional terabytes is not surprising for a …