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SilverStone has unveiled the ultra low-profile NT08-115XP
SilverStone has unveiled a new addition to their Nitrogen series of products: the 33mm ultra-low-profile NT08-115XP. Made specifically for the Intel platform (supporting Intel LGA1150/1151/1155/1156 processors), this little beauty has a solid copper base and weighs in at 292 grams. The 11-fin, 80mm x 10mm thick PWM fan pushes nearly 16CFM of air at 28dBA and is capable of dissipating …
Kaby-Lake Integrated into the Next Gen ASRock Beebox-S
One of the first ‘custom’ NUC based systems, the ASRock Beebox, has been given an upgrade to the latest generation Kaby-Lake processors from Intel. The Beebox-S models are now available with Intel’s Core i5-7200U (2C/4T, 2.5 GHz base and 3.1 GHz Boost clocks) or i3-7100U (2C/4T, 2.4 GHz base clock) CPUs, this new generation shows well, …
Enermax to launch Revolution SFX series of power supplies.
On December 9th, Enermax will launch their new Revolution SFX series of power supplies. Available in 550W and 650W variants, these 80-Plus Gold, fully modular power supplies are yet another welcome addition to the SFF market. With semi-fanless operation up to 30% utilization, the offset 80mm fan will (hopefully) help to provide quiet operation depending on the system load. …
AuckLAN 7.5, A NZ LAN 2-4 December
AuckLAN 7.5 is happening this weekend, at MegaWeb in Auckland, New Zealand. As a continuation of the AuckLAN series, this smaller LAN is a great event for those in the Auckland Area. I will be attending the LAN representing SmallFormFactor.net, and sponsoring a couple of prizes for attendees, with support from Noctua. If you live …
AMD AM4 Bristol Ridge APU De-Lidded
Professional overclocker Nam Dae Won (NameGT) from Seoul, South Korea has de-lidded an AMD AM4 Bristol Ridge APU for all the world to see (Source, Facebook). Likely based on the Bristol Ridge A12-9800 that he took to 4.8GHz back in September (on the stock cooler no less), this unveiling comes with a very pleasant surprise. [mks_separator style=”blank” height=”2″] [mks_separator …
XFX has announced two single-slot AMD RX 460 graphics cards.
Following just after the announcement of the HIS RX 460 Slim-iCooler OC on the 24th, VideoCardz has shared that XFX has two new single-slot AMD RX 460 graphics cards coming to the Small Form Factor market. Both Polaris 11 based cards will use AMD’s reference clock speeds and will operate on a maximum of 75 watts, requiring no additional power. …
Low Volume – Episode 19 – Smaller GPUs Please!
Welcome to the second of our new generation of podcasts – Low Volume – Episode 19 – Smaller GPUs Please! We’ve described our new format here. TO THE NEWS!… 1:10 https://smallformfactor.net/news/intel-readies-k-series-core-i3-kaby-lake-processor 13:36 https://smallformfactor.net/news/hps-z2-mini-workstation-announced 24:26 https://smallformfactor.net/news/msi-released-gtx-1050-ti-4gt-lp 32:15 https://smallformfactor.net/forum/threads/single-slot-rx-460-spotted.1169/unread Main feature 37:08 Card Form Factors Featured Forum Fread 44:45 https://smallformfactor.net/forum/threads/bottlenext-cylindrical-mitx-case-preorder-update.590/ Join us live next time here: https://www.youtube.com/c/SmallFormFactorNetwork/live Comments? Leave them in the …
Thermal Paste – A Roundup, Updated
Physics is a fair but harsh mistress. For while the heatspreader on your CPU – and the base of your CPU cooler – may look smooth, flat and able to make perfect contact, this is far from the case. Microscopic surface imperfections present on all metallic surfaces work against the movement of energy, by preventing proper contact and …