MSI Z68A-GD80 G3, bet on the MSI PCI Express 3.0

After ASRock (ASRock Z68 FATAL1TY born for PCIe 3.0 and Ivy Bridge), also has a MSI motherboard with PCI Express 3.0 (three), offering compatibility with future video cards from AMD and Nvidia, but they are also backward compatible with PCI Express 2.0/2.1 solutions on the market.

The solution to the Taiwanese manufacturer is called Z68A-GD80 (G3) and is equipped with LGA 1155, making it compatible with both the current CPU Sandy Bridge with future processors Ivy Bridge.

This motherboard is equipped with Military Class II components, ie capacitors and other components of the highest quality. Other features include four DDR3 memory slots, ten SATA ports (of which probably four SATA 6 Gbps) and 4 USB 3.0 connectors, two of them on the rear panel. Present support for Gigabit Ethernet, 7.1 audio and HDMI and DVI. Not missing a Firewire port and eSATA connectivity.

The motherboard is equipped with technology for overclocking OC Genie II Virtue of LucidLogix and supports to allow the operation of a dedicated video card and Quick Sync integrated graphics.

The company offers Click BIOS II interface in both Windows and using the UEFI, to control all parameters of the motherboard. At the moment it is not known the selling price, but the card should arrive in stores during the third quarter.


Via - Msi.com

Sapphire EDGE-HD2 Mini PC powered by Atom D525

Sapphire, maker of graphics cards, introduces the new EDGE-HD2 with a simple design. It is powered by Intel Atom D525 1.8GHz dual-core processor, 2GB of DDR3 memory, and NVIDIA ION 2 graphics with 512MB RAM. The mini PC comes with a 320GB hard drive.

The EDGE-HD2 supports WiFi 802.11b/g/n connectivity. It offers HDMI output and has four USB 2.0 connectors. The unit measures 19.3(L) X 14.8(W) X 2.2(H) cm and weighs 530g. The EDGE-HD2 is optionally supplied pre-installed with Windows 7 Ultimate edition, or pre-loaded with FREE DOS.

Shuttle H3 6700P is a computer for professionals

Shuttle barebones market leader, continues to modernize its product catalog, announcing the new Shuttle H3 6700p, belonging to the series Pros and Sandy Bridge platform based on the recent Intel.

The board installed inside the small frame is based on the Intel H67 Express is compatible with the Core i7 i5 and second generation, which may be accompanied by a discrete video card or NVIDIA GeForce AMD FirePro.

The system supports a budget of up to 16 GB DDR3 memory and incorporates a 500 GB hard drive at 7,200 rpm, with the possibility of adding a second disk with capacity up to 2 TB. The optical drive is a DVD burner instead of 24x.

The remaining specifications include audio chip 7.1 and Gigabit network, both of Realtek, 4 USB 3.0 ports, 4 USB 2.0 ports, one eSATA port, one PCI Express x16 for the GPU, a PCI Express x1 slot, one mini-PCIe slot a module for optional WiFi, HDMI and DVI. The power supply is certified 300 Watt 80 Plus

The operating system is Windows 7 64-bit. The starting price for the small PC from Shuttle is $ 826.

Buffalo add new 24TB NAS to its Japanese Line-up

With an availability schedule as early at July, the TS-8VH24TL/R6 is Buffalo latest super expensive 24TB NAS! Announced at around 500,000 Yen, this Professional Grade 24TB NAS comes with support of RAID 6 and 8x3TB drives.

The TS-8VH24TL/R6 features a Dual Core ATOM D510 CPU at 1.66GHz, and supports the following protocols TCP/IP, CIFS/SMB, AFP, HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, FTPS, SFTP, NFS, LDAP, NTP, DLNA and BitTorrent