Featuring RGB fans
If you are looking for a mid-tower case which is compatible with high-end graphics cards, ATX motherboard as well as extensive watercooling setup, Lian Li's Alpha 550 enclosure might be just what you've been looking for. The company has finally released a new case which is compatible with any kind of hardware as well as extensive custom water cooling setups.
Available in beta
Corsair has unveiled a new unifying driver software for all its products. With the iCUE software, Corsair combines programming for RGB, cooling, and peripherals into one software. At the moment the iCUE Unified is available in beta version only.
For gaming enthusiast
A few days ago, we have published a news about an upcoming ASUS X470 motherboard. The picture was showing part of the layout of an alleged STRIX X470 motherboard. Last night, our friend over at Videocardz have posted another picture about the same motherboard.
With membranical switches
Most of the gaming keyboards around sport membrane or mechanical key switches, however Roccat has created the first "membranical" gaming keyboard. According to the company, the Horde Aimo membranical offers the best aspects of both switch types.
During Open Compute Project Summit
Intel has shown their upcoming enterprise Optane SSD with M.2 form factor, planned to be called Optane SSD DC P4801X. At the moment the Optane family includes the flagship Optane SSD DC P4800X, the consumer Optane SSD 900P, and the consumer Optane Memory and Optane SSD 800P M.2 drives.
Available today
Although March is almost over, AMD has release another Radeon driver update. Radeon Software version 18.3.4 brings official support for Ubisoft's Far Cry 5 (launching today) along with a couple of bug fixes.
Featuring 144Hz refresh rate
ASUS has expanded its monitor lineup with another model that comes with a 24-inch TN panel with 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution. Furthermore the monitor has adaptive-sync/Freesync technology on board. According to ASUS, the VG258Q monitor is supposed to be used in gaming environment.
With RGB controller
At CES 2018, Cooler Master presented several new mid-tower cases in order to expand their lineup. Almost a three months later, the manufacturer is going to launch a new model which goes by the name MasterBox TD500L. It looks like this case has received a rather aggressive design, with edgy shape as well as a modern interior layout.
Very clean looking
Antec has announced the P6 case, which offers support for micro-ATX motherboards and up to two 280mm radiators. The P6 is a mid-tower chassis that's been made from steel, ABS plastic and aluminum. Although there is a well-thought internal layout and a very reasonable number of features, the Antec P6 comes at an attractive €60 price tag.
Cartel Fraud
The European Commission has delivered another fine to tech companies and in this case we are talking about capacitor companies. According to the Commision, several Japanese capacitor manufacturers have created a cartel association and price manipulation between the 1998 and 2012. The European Commission has issued a total of €254 million fine.
Cryptocurrency mining effect
MSI tips its hat to the DIY crypto-currency mining hardware craze introducing the H310-F PRO Expert motherboard. This ATX form-factor motherboard comes with a twelve PCI-Express 3.0 x1 slots and one PCI-Express 3.0 x16 slot.
Maybe already next month
During the CES 2017, ASUS and Acer among with other manufacturers have unveiled the first 4K big format gaming display. This display was set to be unveiled by the end of 2017. However due to several delays, the launch has been postponed to Q3 2018. According to some rumors, the first 4K/144Hz G-Sync HDR monitors might hit the market already next month.
New radiator
A few years ago, Corsair has introduced the entry-level Hydro H60 AIO CPU cooler. Today the company updates its H60 liquid CPU cooler, adding new mounting brackets, a better fan, and a redesigned pump and radiator.
Featuring 3D TLC memory
Mushkin has shown their new Source series of SSDs which all use 3D NAND flash memory which should offer enhanced performance when compared to SSDs powered by standard Planar NAND. With the Source series Mushkin offers a unit based on a Silicon Motion controller. All the new drives features a 2.5 inch package.
With up to 960GB capacity
NVMe capable SSDs are growing increasingly popular these days, offering much higher transfer speeds than the usual SATA drive. New markets always offer new opportunities and that on the other hand means that different vendors will launch new products. ADATA is one of those having presented their new SX8200 NVMe SSDs.
Gaming brand only for NVIDIA
A few days ago, NVIDIA has introduced the GeForce Partner Program (GPP), an initiative that should fill the gap between NVIDIA and the companies that produce add-in cards or system based on its technology. NVIDIA will not require to join the program, however being part of the program will get the participants a lot of benefits.
12TB already launched
Not long ago Seagate launched their 12 Terabyte hard drives into different market segments. In front of analysts the CEO of Seagate also announced that 14 Terabyte models are almost ready for evaluation and their soon being shipped to customers for testing.
With triple-fan cooler
AMD's Radeon RX Vega cards are still hard to find on retail shelves, but the situation could be improve soon due to the announcement of more third-party designs. PowerColor has announced two Vega cards, the RX Vega Red Dragon 56 and 64 graphics cards. Both cards sport a short reference PCB with a custom cooler.
Quite similar to the Super Luce RGB Lite
A few months ago, GEIL has shown their Super Luce RGB Lite which are almost identical to the Sync version. The Super Luce RGB Lite lacks RGB LED management software and comes with a combination of multi-color lighting. Apart from that, both kits don't come with RGB-header.
Impressive capacity
Samsung has announced the release of the PM883 8TB, its highest-density datacenter SATA drive. With the PM883 SSD, Samsung is the first company to pair LPDDR4 DRAM (16GB) modules with SATA interface. Furthermore the drive is SATA 3.3-compliant, in other words it allows power management in individual SSD units.
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