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ZOTAC Reveals the MAGNUS ONE ERP74070C

Building on ZOTAC’s successful MAGNUS ONE family of SFF PCs, the ERP74070C brings a NVIDIA RTX4070 and Intel i7-13700 processor to this little, 8.3L, powerhouse. Featuring dual DDR5 SODIMM memory slots (supporting up to 64GB) , dual M.2 slots, a single 2.5″ drive bay, and a plethora of IO, the MAGNUS ONE ERP74070C is decently customisable to suit your needs. See more here: https://www.zotac.com/product/mini_pcs/magnus-one-erp74070c-barebone

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ZOTAC Shows the ZBOX PI430AJ – the World’s First Solid State Active Cooled Mini-PC

ZOTAC has launched the World’s First Solid State Active Cooled Mini-PC, the ZBOX PI430AJ, using Frore’s Airjet system, a solid state “fan”. With no moving parts, the PI430AJ steps us into a new uSFF world – a decent performing tiny PC with no spinny bits. Featuring an Intel i3-N300 processor, 8GB of LPDDR5 memory, a M.2 storage slot, and ample IO, this PC measures in at 0.18 Litres. With a CPU TDP of 7W, the Frore Airjets aren’t pushing too much heat, but it’s a great start into utilising the new tech in PC builds.

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STREACOM Previews Modular PSU Concept – the ZS800

A concept that has been played with a few times in our forum, including by J-Hack, STREACOM has previews a modular power supply concept – splitting the AC-DC and DC-DC conversion into separate components for easier cable management. The concept is both usable as a normal power supply solution, as well as supporting the (hopefully) incoming ATX12VO specification. Simply put, the AC-DC conversion is done in the SFX portion of the power supply, and the DC-DC portion is taken care of the direct plug ATX 24 pin module – meaning that instead of 24 wires (and sleeving, usually) snaking through …

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Fractal Design Launches Their New “Terra” SFF Case

At 10.4L, this wood accented SFF case is a beautiful addition to the SFF world. Featuring a back-to-back M-ITX (“sandwich”) layout that has been popular with the smaller (pun intended) SFF.N Community case developers for some time, this new case is set to have a MSRP of US$180. The front fascia includes a FSC-certified Walnut accent panel, holding a colour-matched power button, a USB3.0 Type-A and a Type-C 20 Gbps USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 port. This walnut section sits below a 8mm thick aluminium panel making up the rest of the front panel. The machined aluminium side panels hinge upwards …

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AI Hardware Processing to Feature in Intel’s “Meteor Lake” CPUs

Via Anandtech – SFF Network’s News Post is a quick summary, please check the linked article for a deeper dive. Intel’s upcoming “Meteor Lake” (14th Gen Core) architecture will see the debut of true AI processing hardware on a consumer desktop CPU. With the current AI “revolution” in full swing, it was only a matter of time until we saw related technologies integrated into the systems we use every day. I say true, as Intel has had their GNA, or Gaussian & Neural Accelerator, an audio processing core included in CPUs since “Ice Lake”. Whilst the CPUs are little too far …

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Leadtek Launches a 4060Ti – the “Hurricane”

It’s that time of year, and hurricanes are in full force. Oh wait, that’s just here in Aotearoa New Zealand, and we call them cyclones here. Anywho, Leadtek has launched their entry into the RTX 4060Ti market, the “Hurricane”, a dual 100mm fan card with the stock specs and clocks. See our RTX 4060Ti review, coming very soon, for more on this GPU platform. No word on RRP for this model. Source: TechPowerup

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XFX Launches a Pair of RX7600 GPUs With Missing Letters

TechPowerup has shared news of XFX’s new RX7600 Speedster QICK 308 and SWFT 210 graphics cards. A hell of a mouthful, but two more AMD RX7600 models to tempt your wallet. Whilst both cards are quite large, they do offer options for those of us with more spacious SFF rigs. The SWFT 210 is priced at the AMD MSRP of US$269, and the more ‘premium’ QICK 308 will hit market at a MSRP of US$20-40 higher. The more ‘affordable’ SWFT 210’s cooler is a full aluminium fin stack, with a pair of 100mm fans (Hence the 210 name, apparently). No …

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New ASRock Deskmeets, Deskminis Incoming, and DeskSlim?!

Previewed in ASRock’s Computex Press Release (Courtesy of TechPowerup), three new Desk* products are on their way to market, two Intel models and an AMD model. The biggest news is the new DeskMeet supporting Ryzen 7000 up to 65w, featuring the usual quad DIMM slots, PCIe 4.0 slot and dual M.2 slots, but also including a 2.5G ethernet jack. The smallest news is the new DeskSlim model, using the standard DeskMeet board, but in a new 6.5L chassis. We’re looking forward to this one and will have pictures as soon as we find them. On the Intel side, the DeskMeet …