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Gigabyte Launches Compact Size Power Supplies
Gigabyte has today announced its 3 latest compact design power supplies: P750GM – 750 W 80 PLUS Gold certified with fully modular design, P550B – 550 W 80 PLUS Bronze certified, and P450B – 450 W 80 PLUS Bronze certified. Gigabyte has improved the old circuit design and adopted new…
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Colorful Launches its X570 Micro ATX Ryzen 3000 Motherboard
There has definitely been a growing trend in recent years for the ‘micro’ PC system and, as such, motherboard manufacturers have had to respond by ensuring the market has a solid (and much better) range to choose from. Well, if you’re planning your next system to be based on one…
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Smaller and Cheaper Nintendo Switch Arriving in Fall 2019
Two New Switch Versions, One Arriving Sooner News of two new versions of the Nintendo Switch surfaced last week via the Wall Street Journal. One of which will be a higher-end, more powerful version while the other is a smaller, and cheaper version. According to the initial report, these would…
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MSI Releases Z390I Mini-ITX Motherboard
Z390I Mini-ITX Motherboard Mini-ITX builds, while never hugely breaking into the mainstream, have seen growing popularity over recent years. The appeal, of course, is trying to create the most powerful system possibly inside a chassis that is small enough to be easily portable and not intrusive to your desk space.…
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Cryorig M9 Plus Compact Air Cooler Review
Introduction Cryorig M9 Plus Cryorig is, perhaps, one of the best-known prestige brands in terms of PC components. With them offering a huge range of products you may not perhaps be familiar with their CPU cooling range. Of these, the M9 has proven to be one of the most popular.…
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Shuttle XPC Cube SZ270R9 Barebones PC Review
Shuttle XPC Cube We love barebones systems here at eTeknix, they take so much of the fuss out of system building, while still leaving plenty of customisation options. The latest XPC Cube from Shuttle looks set to be perfect for everything from LAN gaming, home gaming, the office, even HTPC…
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be quiet! SFX L Power 500w Gold Power Supply Review
be quiet! SFX L Power 500w Gold Power Supply With the emergence of compact or mini-ITX systems, the need to provide power supplies for them is growing. Given that these systems are designed to be small, obviously standard power supply models are likely not going to be suitable. As such,…
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Shuttle Introduces SZ270R9 Mini-PC with RGB LED Front Panel
Shuttle is shaking things up a bit with their new SZ270R9 mini-PC. Unlike typical Shuttle PCs, the SZ270R9 is ready to party with its customizable RGB LED front panel. Most other Shuttle PCs tend to be very conservative looking. That is because the small form factor does not often have…
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SilverStone Unveils CS381 Micro-ATX Case Prototype
At the recent SilverStone Expo 2017 Autumn in Japan, the company unveiled a prototype of their latest micro-ATX enclosure called the CS381. As reported in ASCII.jp, the compact case is designed for storing up to twelve drives. Eight of these drives can be 3.5-inch or 2.5-inch, and can be hot-swappable…
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BIOSTAR Racing P1 Mini-PC Review
Not everyone needs, or even wants, a full-sized desktop system for their home computing needs. The new Racing P1 from BIOSTAR certainly isn’t like most day-to-day Windows PCs, with its extremely compact design, it’s small enough to fit in your pocket! Not only is it tiny, it runs completely silent,…
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SilverStone VT02 Compact Mini-STX Chassis Now Available
SilverStone launched a new chassis designed for Intel Mini-STX motherboards and despite its tiny size, the new VT02 has quite a bit to offer. The tiny case supports standard boxed Intel coolers, multiple storage drives, and easy VESA mounting for a hidden setup. The SilverStone VT02 chassis has a simple…
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ASUS Tinker Board Finally Launched in North America for $59
ASUS’ compact Tinker Board which is supposed to rival Raspberry Pi 3 is finally available in North America. It was available in the UK as early as January and the North American market was supposed to receive it by early February but was not available anywhere until this week when…
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MSI Introduces Frosty Trident 3 Arctic Limited Edition Gaming PC
MSI’s compact Trident 3 VR gaming PC has received the Arctic makeover for a limited edition run, sporting an all-white color with ice blue trim, keeping the same features as the original version released four months ago which won an iF 2017 Design Award. The Trident 3 Arctic houses a…
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Raspberry Pi Now the Third Best-Selling GP Computer of All Time
Raspberry Pi has recently reached a milestone, becoming the third best-selling general purpose computer in history, displacing the Commodore 64 which sold 12.5 million, the bulk of which is from 1982 to 1993. Not a bad haul considering the original Raspberry Pi only had intentions to sell between 10 and…
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Open Benchtable Now Available in Silver, Red and Black
The Open Benchtable was a huge success and the first available batch sold out in no time. That is really not a surprise and it is a genuine unique quality product that fills a need. A second batch is on the way and the Open Benchtable will be available again…
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