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Alphacool Launches XT45 and UT60 Dual-Flow and ST25 92mm Radiators

July 15, 2021 John Nester 0

Today, Alphacool launched four new radiators for the NexXxoS series, the XT45 Dual-Flow 360 mm, UT60 Dual-Flow 360 mm, ST25 92 mm, and the ST25 92 mm Dual. All four feature a full copper pre-chamber, cooling channels, and cooling fins. The XT45 and UT60 Dual-Flow 360 mm radiators are designed around Alphacool’s X-Flow concept and create two separate cooling chambers. This design is marketed for server applications where space is severely limited.
The ST25 92 mm and ST25 92 mm Dual (184 mm) radiators are compact and perfect for cooling the growing trend of mini-PCs and small form factor (SFF) applications. All four products are currently available on the Alphacool website. Prices are listed below in the press release.

EVGA Teases AMD X570S Motherboards – Yes, AMD

July 13, 2021 John Nester 8

On June 29th, EVGA posted a teaser video confirming its plans to build an AMD Ryzen based Dark series motherboard. We have since learned of a second X570S AMD Ryzen board from EVGA in the FTW series. These two new boards will be the first AMD motherboards from EVGA since the days of Athlon 64.

Alphacool Releases Eisblock Aurora Acryl GPX-A for AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT GPU

July 12, 2021 John Nester 1

Today, Alphacool released the Eisblock Aurora Acryl GPX-A water cooler for the reference design AMD RX 6700 XT GPU. Like all of the water coolers in the Eisblock Aurora series, it is made from nickel-plated copper is a full-coverage design, and includes an aluminum backplate. The MSRP is $166 and is available on the Alphacool website. The Eisblock Aurora Acryl GPX-A fits several other models as well which are listed below in the press release.

Montech X3 Glass Mid-Tower Case Review

July 12, 2021 John Nester 2

Montech is a fairly new face in the PC community. They started in 2016 and have only been around for 5 years, so there is little known about their products. Today, we attempt to change that as we review the Montech X3 Glass, Montech’s newest entry-level PC chassis. Touted as their top billing for entry-level cases, they claim it’s greatly improved over previous “X” series cases. In this review, we run the X3 Glass through the trenches to determine what this budget-friendly chassis is capable of.

MSI Launches SPATIUM line PCIe Gen4 and Gen 3 NVMe M.2 SSDs

July 7, 2021 John Nester 0

Recently, MSI jumped into the storage market launching its SPATIUM line of PCIe Gen 4 and Gen 3 NVMe M.2 SSDs. The first three models are the SPATIUM M480 (flagship), M470, and M370. Boasting sequential reads of up to 7000 MB/s and sequential writes of up to 6850 MB/s, the M480 (PCIe Gen 4 NVMe) is also available in three capacities, 500 GB, 1 TB, and 2 TB. The M470 (PCIe Gen 4 NVMe) features sequential speeds of 5000 MB/s and 4400 MB/s reads and writes with capacities of 1 TB and 2 TB. The entry-level drive for the SPATIUM line is the M370 (PCIe Gen 3 NVMe) and offers sequential read/write speeds of 2400 MB/s and 1850 MB/s with a capacity range from 256 GB all the way up to 2 TB. Pricing and availability have yet to be announced but should be available soon. Here is MSI’s press release.

GIGABYTE Releases AORUS XTREME Gen4 AIC 32TB SSD

July 1, 2021 John Nester 7

Today, Gigabyte announced the release of the AORUS XTREME Gen4 AIC SSD with up to 32TB of storage and speeds of up to 28GB/s. This dual-slot PCIe 4.0 x16 drive features a massive heatsink with twin fans and looks more like a graphics card than a solid-state drive. The high capacity is possible due to eight 4TB NVMe drives coupled with Phison’s PS5018-E18 controller. Pricing and availability have not been released at this time. Here is the press release from Gigabyte.