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ENERMAX Launches STEELWING
ENERMAX is launching a new line of microATX cases
that it calls STEELWING. The name derives from the
shape of the front of the case and not from what its made
out of, as the chassis is built from aluminum and a full
panel of tempered glass. The front of the chassis has seven
stacked aluminum plates that protrude like fins on a
radiator. ENERMAX says the fins help to optimize airflow.
The fins also help form the gentle slope at the front of the
case. Inside, the STEELWING has room for graphics cards
up to 290mm in length and CPU coolers up to 80mm
tall. The case places the PSU at the rear alongside the
vertical motherboard. A 120mm LED fan is preinstalled
at the front of the case, and behind it is an HD bracket
that can hold a 3.5-inch drive or a 120mm liquid cooler.
The chassis has three expansion slots. The STEELWING
measures 11.81 x 6.93 x 15.24 inches (HxWxD) and is
available in red or green.
Thermaltake Introduces New
Low-Profile Cooler For SFF Builds
Thermaltake has a new cooler for Intel socket LGA
1150/1151/1155/1156 processors. The Thermaltake Engine
27 1U low-profile CPU cooler balances performance, size,
and acoustics. It’s just 27mm high, which ensures clearance
with RAM modules and makes the unit with a 60mm fan
ideal for small-form-factor systems. The cooler has a copper
base, and its fan has a metallic aluminum-alloy structure that
helps pull heat directly from the CPU. The built-in PWM
fan generates little noise (13dBA) and uses 40 fan blades to
keep a large volume of air flowing through the heatsink. That
blade rotation creates a centrifugal force on ambient air while
expelling hot air away from the fan blades. The cooler’s radial
arrangement with its 129-fin design also works to keep things
cool by minimizing the gap between the fan and the fins,
which helps to more rapidly exhaust hot air.
WATCHING THE CHIPS FALL
Here is the pricing
information for
various AMD and
Intel CPUs.
* As of October 2016
** Manufacturer’s
estimated price
per 1,000
CPU
AMD FX-9590 Eight-Core (Vishera)
AMD FX-9370 Eight-Core (Vishera)
AMD FX-8370 (Vishera)
AMD FX-6350 (Vishera)
AMD A10-7890K (Godavari)
AMD A10-7870K (Godavari)
AMD A10-7860K (Godavari)
AMD Athlon X4 880K (Godavari)
AMD Athlon X4 860K (Kaveri)
AMD Athlon X4 845 (Carrizo)
Intel Core i7- 6950X (Broadwell E)
Intel Core i7- 5960X Eight-Core (Haswell)
Intel Core i7- 6900K (Broadwell E)
Intel Core i7- 6850K (Broadwell E)
Intel Core i7- 5930K Six-Core (Haswell)
Intel Core i7-5820K Six-Core (Haswell)
Intel Core i7-6700K Quad-Core (Skylake)
Intel Core i7-4790K Quad-Core (D.Canyon)
Intel Core i7-4790 Quad-Core (Haswell)
Intel Core i5-6600K Quad-Core (Skylake)
Released
6/11/2013
6/11/2013
9/2/2014
10/1/2012
3/1/2016
5/28/2015
2/2/2016
3/1/2016
8/1/2014
2/2/2016
5/31/2016
8/29/2014
5/31/2016
5/31/2016
8/29/2014
8/29/2014
8/5/2015
6/25/2014
5/11/2014
8/5/2015
Original Price
n/a
$375
$199.99
$132
$164.99
$137
$116.99
$94.99
$94.99
$69.99
$1723**
$999**
$1089**
$617**
$583**
$389**
$359**
$339**
$303**
$249**
Last Month’s Price
$229.99
$226.77
$189.99
$134.99
$148.99
$129.99
$99.99
$93.45
$103.99
$66.20
$1,649.99
$1,015.99
$1,091.70
$609.99
$579.99
$389.99
$339.99
$339.99
$304.99
$239.99
Online Retail Price*
$229.99
$189.99
$189.99
$134.99
$148.99
$129.99
$104.99
$94.00
$79.11
$65.11
$1,649.99
$1,015.99
$1,090.70
$609.99
$579.99
$389.99
$349.99
$339.99
$304.99
$239.99
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November 2016 / www.computerpoweruser.com
Swiftech Releases Apogee XL2
Swiftech released the Apogee XL2 waterblock and the
IRIS-ECO Multi-function ALED light controller and
PWM signal splitter hub. The Apogee XL2 improves on
the Apogee XL with a fine-tuned flow rate and a tweaked
retention mechanism. The mounting system works with
the most recent Intel and AMD processors. The unit also
has modder-friendly features such as a clear acrylic housing
construction, addressable LED lighting technology, and a
removable front plate for customization. The XL2 comes
with or without the IRIS-ECO Multi-function ALED
light controller and PWM signal splitter, which is also sold
separately. With the controller, you can adjust the tone and
intensity modulation of the addressable LEDs on most
Swiftech enthusiast products. MSRP on the Apogee XL2
with the IRIS-ECO LED light controller is $49.95; it’s
$44.95 without the controller. Pricing for the IRIS-ECO
starts at $12.95.
Western Digital Introduces Its First
SATA SSDs: WD Blue & WD Green
Western Digital is launching its first WD-branded lines
of SATA SSDs. WD Green is an entry-level line aimed at
everyday users. It will be available in 120GB and 240GB
capacities. The WD Blue line is aimed at enthusiasts with
more demanding usage situations and will be available in
250GB, 500GB, and 1TB capacities. Both lines of SSDs will
have SATA 6Gbps interfaces and come in two form factors:
2.5-inch (7mm) and the more compact M.2 2280. The WD
Blue 250GB drive has sequential read speeds up to 540MBps
and random reads up to 97k IOPS. It has sequential write
speeds of up to 500MBps and random writes up to 79k
IOPS. The 500GB and 1TB WD Blue Drives both offer
sequential read speeds of up to 545MBps and random reads
up to 100k IOPS. These two larger-capacity drives also have
sequential write speeds of up to 525MBps and random writes
up to 80k IOPS.
EVGA Adding 10 Cards Based On
NVIDIA’s GTX 1050 & 1050 Ti
EVGA plans to release 10 new graphics cards based on
NVIDIA’s recently announced GeForce GTX 1050 and GTX
1050 Ti graphics processors. There will be five models of EVGA
cards for each of the new GPUs, and they will follow the
company’s current naming conventions. In addition to a base
Gaming card, each GPU will have cards with the SC Gaming,
SSC Gaming, FTW DT Gaming, and FTW Gaming model
names. The Gaming card and the SC Gaming card for each
GPU will be compact cards with single-fan ACX 2.0 coolers.
The other four models in each processor line will have more
powerful two-fan ACX 3.0 coolers, which should allow for more
overclocking. All the new GTX 1050 cards will have 2GB of
GDDR5 memory, while all of the GTX 1050 Ti cards will have
4GB of GDDR5. The memory bit width and memory clock
speed on all 10 cards is the same at 128 bits and 7,010MHz.
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