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Zotac has introduced the industry's first compact PC featuring Frore's AirJet solid-state cooling system. Zotac's ultra-compact Zbox Pico PI430AJ is powered by Intel's Core i3 processor is designed primarily for everyday home and office computing, as well as applications like digital signage. As far as specifications are concerned, Zotac's Zbox Pico PI430AJ is a fairly sophisticated machine featuring Intel's eight-core Core i3-N300 CPU, 8 GB of LPDDR5 memory, and an M.2 SSD. For connectivity the PC offers a Wi-Fi 6 + Bluetooth 5.2 adapter, a single GbE port, a USB Type-C port, two USB 3.2 Type-A connectors, and two display outputs (DisplayPort and HDMI). The Zbox Pico PI430AJ has two major selling points: it is as small as modern smartphones, and it is passively cooled using...
10nm Cannon Lake NUC at Major US Retailers
Amazon, Newegg, and Walmart have started to sell Intel’s Crimson Canyon NUC that is based on Cannon Lake processors produced using the company’s 10 nm process technology. Availability of...
52 by Anton Shilov on 12/3/2018
Shuttle XPC Slim DH370 Barebones PC: Coffee Lake with Three 4K Display Outputs
Shuttle has introduced its new ultra-compact personal computer, the XPC Slim DH370. The new desktop PC barebones is aimed primarily at multi-display special-purpose applications and can drive up to...
15 by Anton Shilov on 11/27/2018
ASRock's Super Tiny DeskMini GTX Z390: Up to 9900K with MXM GPU
ASRock has recently introduced its new DeskMini GTX system that combines high-performance components and miniature Micro-STX form-factor. The new DeskMini GTX Z390 supports Intel’s eight-core processors, up to DDR4-4000+...
11 by Anton Shilov on 11/26/2018
ASUS Launches Zen AiO 27 Z272SD: New Design, 4K, Six-Core CPU, dGPU, 32 GB RAM
ASUS has quietly added a new premium Zen AiO desktop to its lineup of all-in-one PCs. The latest high-end Zen AiO significantly improves in performance over the predecessor in...
13 by Anton Shilov on 11/16/2018
Apple Launches New Mac Mini: Up to 6 Cores, 64 GB RAM, 2 TB SSD, & TB3
Apple on Tuesday introduced its first new small form-factor PC in four years. The new Mac mini is based on Intel’s latest Coffee Lake processors with up to six...
54 by Anton Shilov on 10/30/2018
Microsoft Refreshes Surface Lineup
In addition to the Windows 10 October 2018 update being launched, Microsoft also refreshed the majority of its Surface lineup today. This was very much an evolutionary update, and...
32 by Brett Howse on 10/2/2018
ASRock Jupiter: 1 Liter UCFF PCs with Six-Core Coffee-Lake CPUs
ASRock has quietly added a new family of ultra-compact form-factor (UCFF) PCs into its product lineup. The Jupiter-series one-liter systems are designed for Intel’s Coffee Lake processors and feature...
21 by Anton Shilov on 9/27/2018
IBASE Launches SI-614 SFF PC with NVIDIA’s MXM Graphics
IBASE Technology, a supplier of embedded, industrial, and special-purpose PCs, this week introduced its compact desktop that uses NVIDIA GeForce graphics adapters in MXM Type-B form-factor. Officially, the SI-614...
7 by Anton Shilov on 9/12/2018
Alienware Installs NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX Cards In Aurora and Area-51 Desktops
Alienware this week announced its latest versions of Aurora and Area-51 desktops, the most notable change being that the new models will be equipped with NVIDIA’s latest GeForce RTX...
13 by Anton Shilov on 8/23/2018
More 10nm Cannon Lake: Coming to Intel NUC, Officially
Intel late on Wednesday formally introduced its Crimson Canyon NUCs based on its 10nm Cannon Lake processors and equipped with AMD’s standalone Radeon 540 graphics chip. The new NUC8i3CY-series...
20 by Anton Shilov on 8/16/2018
Shuttle Announces 1.3-Liter XPC Slim DH310: A Barebones PC for Coffee Lake CPUs
Shuttle has formally introduced its new entry-level ultra-compact form-factor PC, the XPC Slim DH310, a barebones PC for Intel’s Coffee Lake processors with up to six cores. The systems...
11 by Anton Shilov on 8/8/2018
Intel’s Crimson Canyon NUCs with Cannon Lake CPU & Radeon dGPU Available for Pre-Order
SimplyNUC, a retailer specializing on SFF PCs, has started to take pre-orders for Intel’s NUC8i3CYSM and NUC8i3CYSN ultra-compact form-factor PCs (codenamed "Crimson Canyon"), which are based on Intel’s Cannon...
25 by Anton Shilov on 8/8/2018
ECS Announces LIVA Z2 and LIVA Z2V Mini PCs
ECS this week formally announced its Gemini Lake-based ultra-compact form-factor (UCFF) desktop PCs that were first demonstrated in January. The new systems are aimed at office and digital signage...
8 by Anton Shilov on 8/2/2018
HP Unveils Z2 Mini G4 SFF Workstations: Up to Six-Core Xeons, Pro GPUs
HP this week upgraded its miniature Z2 Mini workstation with the latest Intel’s Core and Xeon E processors with up to six cores as well as professional-grade graphics cards...
11 by Anton Shilov on 7/20/2018
An EpicGear Turnkey PC Gaming Café: Beam Me Up Scotty
One of the phrases I no longer hear in this industry is ‘Cyber Café’. A remnant of the past, at least here in the west, a gaming or cyber...
12 by Ian Cutress on 6/25/2018
Shuttle Shows Off Coffee Lake-Powered Barebones Mini PCs
Shuttle is largely considered to be the father of the modern barebones mini PC market, as the company was the first to mass produce such products in the early...
12 by Anton Shilov on 6/21/2018
ZOTAC Publishes Specifications of MEK Mini, MEK Ultra PCs
As expected, ZOTAC demonstrated its upcoming MEK Mini and MEK UItra PCs at Computex. In addition, the company published preliminary specifications of these systems. As it appears, the smaller...
3 by Anton Shilov on 6/15/2018
Colorful Demonstrates a 49-Inch All-in-One PC
Colorful is showing off its prototype of an all-in-one computer with a 49-inch display. At present, the system is closer to a proof-of-concept than a real product, but if...
18 by Anton Shilov on 6/8/2018
Dell updates Inspiron line with 2nd Gen AMD Ryzen Processors
In another Dell gaming announcement today, they have announced the Inspiron Gaming Desktop 5676 that now adds 2nd Generation AMD Ryzen processors, an update over the 5675 that used...
4 by Joe Shields on 6/6/2018
ZOTAC to Equip ZBOX MAGNUS Gaming PCs with Killer Network Controllers
ZOTAC announced plans to upgrade its flagship ZBOX MAGNUS SFF gaming systems/barebones with Rivet Networks’ Killer network controllers. The first systems to get the new chips will be demonstrated...
7 by Anton Shilov on 6/4/2018
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