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Welcome back and for the first time we will be doing a Mini-ITX build showcasing Cooler Master’s Elite 130 Chassis. Packaging, Contents, and Pricing The Elite 130 arrives in a vanilla Cardboard box, which also doubles as a large frame of reference for specifications for the case and a quick image of what the chassis looks like. The front face …

Zotac is always surprising us with their performance in gaming and this year at CES is no different. With the release of the 1080 video cards it was only a matter of time before some major mods happened to it.A few of the stand out cards we saw in their display were their ArcticStorm edition of the 1080 and their …

It’s a beautiful summer day and all you want to do is go out for a bike ride. You go out to your shack where your bike is locked up when all of a sudden you realize you have lost your keys. Maybe you locked your gym clothes in the provided lockers, but during your session you dropped your keys …

Over the past few years In Win has established a reputation for making some of the most well built cases available. With entries such as the 904, the S-Frame and the original D-Frame, which like most In Win cases, was very well built! It had sharp lines and had craftsmanship that is unheard of from most other chassis manufacturers. Today …

Lian-Li Industrial Co. Ltd. announces a new brushed aluminum Mini-ITX chassis – PC-Q30. With its curve-shaped design and large acrylic front window the fully aluminum PC-Q30 allows users to show off their systems, and is sure to be the talking piece of any room. Whether in the living room, bedroom, or office, the PC-Q30 with its curve-shape and brushed aluminum finish …

Lian-Li announces two new brushed aluminum Mini-ITX chassis: PC-Q27 and PC-Q28. These two compact cases feature Lian Li’s new railing mount motherboard tray design, and allow for the Mini-ITX platform to be combined with traditional full-sized components. In addition to the new motherboard tray, both of Lian Li’s new Mini-ITX chassis have a new side panel removal design. After removing …

Giada Technology has launched the GIADA N70E-DR motherboard, perfect for building entry-level NAS servers. With a NAS server built upon the Giada N70E-DR, customers can achieve a low-cost implementation for file sharing, data backup and media server functionality all while enjoying professional server functions, high-capacity, high-reliability, and high performance data security. The compact and powerful Mini ITX board design, takes up only 17x17cm in space and sports a Rich component interface. With the powerful integrated architecture of Intel’s Ivy Bridge, the Celeron C1007U processors feature performance with power consumption at only 17W. The motherboard’s chipset supports native RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, with data security protection. Dual high-performance Intel 82583V …

When it comes to desktop PCs for gaming, small form factor is steadily gaining traction.  Many gamers haul their rigs around with them, so portability is a definite plus.  MicroATX motherboards have become just as feature-rich as full ATX motherboards.  Low-profile, high performance graphics cards are now available in a multitude of variations.  Small form factor cases themselves are becoming …

Giada Technology demonstrated its unique ultra-compact desktop PC, the Giada ARM MiniPC Q11 based on an ARM processor shown back during the CES’13 exhibition which was held in the beginning of January 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada. “It may seem that there is no innovation in the field of autonomic computational systems which really surprises either system integrators or end …

The COUGAR SPIKE case is a mini tower chassis, but is designed to accept longer high-end gaming graphics cards thanks to the 330mm of clearance. Indeed, the list of functionality of micro-ATX motherboards is growing and becoming more complete. Many system builders feel that ATX motherboards can be replaced by micro-ATX builds nowadays. As such, COUGAR thinks that the mini gaming tower is …