WORTH
£A be quiet!
DARK BASE PRO
900 CASE!
WIN!WIN!
What’s that?
Our pals at be quiet! are offering a Dark Base Pro
900 Rev. 2 Silver case to one Custom PC reader.
The image above is a distorted close-up of a piece of
hardware featured in this issue. If you identify it,
email the name and page number of the product to
[email protected], with ‘What’s
that? 198’ in the Subject field.Previous winners
The winner from our Issue 196 competition was
Russell Amer, who correctly identified the Netgear
Nighthawk AX8 from p56. Congratulations Russell,
we’ll be in touch shortly to get your prize sorted out.Terms & conditionsCompetition closes on Friday 7 February 2020. Please see p103 for our
competition terms and conditions.Gigabytehasunleasheda brandnewPCI-Ecard,thatwilladdcompatibilitywithUSB3.
Gen2x2toexistingmachines.Thecardhasa catchyname– theGigabyteUSB2.3Gen2x
ExpansionCard– andit offersa singleUSB-Cportfortherearofyourmachine.
It needsa PCI-E3 4xslot,fromwhichit drawsallitsrequiredpower.Thecardis based
ontheASMediaASM3242hostcontroller,andthefirstbatchofthemsoldoutprettymuch
instantly.Officialpricinghasn’tyetbeenconfirmed.
PHILHARTUPNewofftheWesternDigital
productionlineisthelatestversionof
itsBlueNVMerangeofSSDs.Entitled
theSN550,it offersa readspeedof
2,400MB/sec,fourtimesfasterthan
a SATASSDdrive.It willinitiallybeavailablein
capacitiesof250GBto1TB,with
pricingat£50(incVAT)fortheformer
and£125(incVAT)forthelatter.The
BlueSN550isavailablenow.
PHILHARTUPExpress delivery
Western Digital
offers more Blue
Awards Return
As this very publication heads towards its 200th anniversary issue, we’re
marking the occasion with the long-awaited return of the Custom PC awards.
They’re arriving in March 2020, and we need your help to decide some of the
winners! Head over to p15 and find out how to cast your vote!
SIMON BREW