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Sapphire Sneaks in a Polaris Based Radeon Pro
With the launch a short time ago of the Radeon Pro line of GPUs, we’ve been patiently waiting for the launch of actual, physical products based on the line. Today we noticed that Sapphire had an interesting product sneakily added to their website, the Sapphire GPRO 8200. With specs somewhere in between the Radeon Pro WX7100 …
In-Win’s Chopin – A Concerto in Black
In-Win, known for some time for their creative (but generally unremarkable) SFF designs, has been branching out as of late. From their H and D Frame cases, to more sedate variants, the company has begun to make inroads towards the mainstream market instead of the traditional OEM and system integrator markets. Today we are looking …
Lian Li PE-550 Review
Welcome to another SFX-L power supply review! Today, we’re looking at the Lian Li PE-550, the second SFX-L unit in Lian Li’s SFX-L portfolio after the PE-750 I reviewed earlier this year. It is a 550W unit, Gold-rated, fully-modular, and features a slim 120mm cooling fan. And can I just say how awesome it is that this …
SilverStone SX700-LPT fan controller revision
I noticed during extra testing of the SX700-LPT SFX-L power supply from SilverStone that I could trigger the Over Temp Protection with a heatgun before the fan kicked on. After asking SilverStone about it, I learned that the fan controller was set to only turn the fan on above 150W load to ensure that the …
AMD Debuts 7th Generation Desktop APUs
Press Release*: AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) today announced that the first OEM systems to feature 7th Generation AMD A-Series desktop processors are now shipping, paired with the new AMD AM4 platform supporting DDR4 memory and next-gen I/O and standards. Designs, initially from HP and Lenovo, with other global OEMs designs to follow, deliver high-speed processing, smooth eSports …
HP Unveils Two New SFF Designs
HP is showing off two interesting SFF computer designs today, the PC-in-a-speaker Pavilion Wave and the stackable-computer Elite Slice. AnandTech has details on the both of them. The Pavilion Wave is a triangular, fabric-covered unit with a Bang & Olufsen speaker core and then the parts of the computer are arranged around it, Mac Pro …
SilverStone launches a $35 Mini-STX case: the VT01
AnandTech has the details on this new Mini-STX chassis from SilverStone, the VT01 (not VT101). As befitting the price it’s a simple enclosure made of 0.8mm steel (available in either black or silver) and it features VESA mounts, 1x 2.5″ mount, cutouts for wireless antennas, and not much else. It does not come with an …
Thermaltake releases a 24L ATX case with SFX mount
Thermaltake certainly surprised me with doing something that makes sense for some of us but is completely bonkers for 99% of the PC enthusiasts: an ATX case with only room for a single double-slot GPU, that’s relatively slim too. While the one GPU limitation is too much for enthusiast builds (arguably), it does allow one …