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Nfina Launches New i9 NUC With Discrete Graphics

Press Release: When an article is marked as such, it is posted verbatim from a Manufacturer’s text, and does not reflect the views or opinions of SFF.Network. Nfina Technologies has upped its game in the small form factor PC market with the new 112-i9 NUC. This Mini-PC with the Intel Core i9 Extreme Edition processor, up to 64 GB of RAM, and a choice of integrated or full-length discrete GPU is one powerful package. Originally geared towards gaming, many businesses are finding the intensive operations of the 112-i9 NUC as an attractive solution for business computing, including applications like engineering, …

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MINISFORUM Shows Off The New Venus UM590 Mini PC

MINISFORUM, a strong player in the prebuilt SFF market, has just unveiled another uSFF PC, the Venus EliteMini UM590. Featuring the Ryzen 9 5900HX Processor, this is sure to be a strong contender for performance per litre. This particular processor is an 8 core, 16 thread Zen 3 core, with a boost clock of up to 4.6GHz. GPU-wise, this chip also offers 8CUs of the Radeon 8 Architecture. Interfaces: RJ45 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet Port ×1 USB Type-A ×4 (USB3.2 Gen2 ×2,USB2.0 ×2) USB 3.2 Type-C ×1 (support DP1.4,4K@60Hz) USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C ×1 (Data Only, In Front) HDMI ×2 Clear …

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MINISFORUM Announces Two Tiger Lake uSFF PCs

MINISFORUM, one of our favourite uSFF system integrators, has launched two Intel Tiger Lake mini PCs, namely the TH60 and TH80. Whilst sharing most specs (as below), the two systems are differentiated by the choice of integrated processor – the TH60 including the Intel i5-11400H 6c/12t processor, and the TH80 upgrading that to an i7-11800H 8c16t CPU. Both units have Intel’s integrated graphics running at 1.45GHz. At 18.2cm x 17.7cm x 3.6cm, these little beasties measure in at 1.16 litres. Both models have a pair of M.2 slots – the Press Release mentions one each of PCIe 3.0 and 4.0 …

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ASUS Upgrades the ROG Huracan G21 Prebuilt

Launched in the middle of 2018, the ASUS ROG Huracan G21 has been getting a bit long in the tooth. Realising this, ASUS has decided to give the system the refresh treatment, upgrading the platform, CPU and GPU. This 17.7L (129.9×372.4×366.1 mm) chassis houses a decent gaming rig, replete with the RGB and fancy acronyms expected. First up, ASUS has replaced the original H370 chipset board with a Z370 unit – possibly unlocking the ability to overclock. This upgrade is to support a choice of CPUs based on the Intel 9th gen platform, namely the i7-9900K, 9700K and the i5-9400K. …

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Digital Storm’s Spark – A Closer Look

Earlier this week, the first enthusiast grade Micro-STX prebuilt system was revealed, with a couple of teaser images and not much else to go off to sate our SFF appetites. With our team at CES 2018, we decided we needed a closer look! It must be noted, that this is the initial prototype, produced in acrylic. A metal version is in the works, with minor redesigning taking place, but the overall design is expected to remain the same. The system packs a 92mm radiator, the expected ASRock Micro-STX motherboard, 4 x M.2 drives and the usual MXM graphics card. Yes, …

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Zotac at CES 2018

After perusing the Silverstone booth, our team at CES 2018 made their way to the booth of another one of the core SFF proponents in the industry – Zotac. Long time Mini PC manufacturer, Zotac is one of those companies we like to keep an eye on. Calipers handy, let’s go! The AMP Box Mini is an eGPU enclosure for “ITX” sized graphics cards as well as a PCIe SSD. More my style, the P3000 Workstation is a tiny system aimed at professional use, with an NVIDIA Quadro GPU and an Intel i5-7500T CPu. The P5000, the big brother …

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Digital Storm Unveils Project Spark – a Micro-STX, Watercooled, Prebuilt

Press Release: When marked as such, the content is published verbatim, and thus does not necessarily reflect the views of SmallFormFactor Network or Minutiae Media. Digital Storm is proud to announce Project SPARK, our smallest enthusiast-class PC to date. With a custom hardline liquid cooling system, SPARK effortlessly delivers an unparalleled level of performance featuring up to NVIDIA GTX 1080 graphics and an Intel Core-i7 8700K processor. SPARK redefines custom PCs by delivering the performance of a full-size desktop at a quarter of the size. Built upon a new Micro STX platform, the processor, graphics card, memory, and storage drives …

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ZOTAC at Computex 2017 – Small Prebuilts and VR Galore!

ZOTAC, one of the originators in the Mini-ITX and SFF world, was present at Computex 2017 showing off a few small PCs, a small(ish) eGPU case, some VR stuff, and the next iteration of the GTX 1080 Mini that Drew reviewed earlier this year – the ZOTAC GTX 1080 Ti! Yes, that is the exact cooler as on the GTX 1080 Mini that Drew guessed was possibly capable of handling the GTX 1080 Ti! Underneath the identical shroud sits a different PCB though – with beefier VRMs to cope with the more powerful GPU. Dual 8-pin power connectors are a hint …