To celebrate 30 years of innovation, Lexar hosted an exclusive media tour of their manufacturing and R&D facilities in China. This deep dive explores the synergy between Lexar and Longsys, the intricacies of the Longforce packaging process, and the rigorous quality testing required to maintain global storage standards.
One of the viral products from Computex 2025 was the SilverStone FLP02 that was a faithful representation of what a modern retro designed computer case should be. SilverStone is now adding to the lineup with the FLP03 featuring many of the same features that made the FLP02 successful.
One of the most famous heatsink makers is finally making the jump to AIO watercooling and has spared no expense to ensure that their NL-LC1 AIO is one of the quietest coolers on the market.
The enthusiast hardware world is abuzz about 12VHPWR connectors burning up and killing multi thousand dollar video cards. Seasonic is addressing this in a variety of ways from digital monitoring of individual wires and connectors to redesigning the 12VHPWR cable completely at Computex 2026
It is hard to believe but, MSI has been around for over 40 years after their successful launch of an overclocking ready 386 motherboard. From there overclocking has been a part of most every MSI product from the Lighting to even there new Strike Alloy keyboard.
My Sleeper Storage Device rides the wave between a modern PC and the Retro PC. For those looking to add a modern storage solution to their Retro PC build but want to ensure that everything is visually period correct then, my project is a perfect solution.
Now here is something you don't see every day. A Retro PC 386 with a MFM/RLL hard drive installed which is the ultimate expression of true retro computing. It may not be period correct or all that useful but, it is amazing.
This might be one of the most beneficial upgrades you can do to ANY Retro PC, not only are the fans old and likely wore out but, the more efficient Noctua designs will not only flow more air but will reduce the noise ceiling considerably.
One of the defining characteristics of vintage computers is the “beige” box. This was a rather neutral color for the time period and allowed other hardware vendors a sudo color standard to follow when offering up their accessories.
The motherboard in the Classic Case build had extensive damage that was targeted right around the motherboard mounting hole below the battery. My guess is that when this system was taken out of service it was stored on its side which allowed the battery contents to pool up and attack that one region.
The system featured in this ongoing project is a build from Magitronic. This was a Taiwanese based hardware maker that was able to design and build just about everything that went into their systems. I could not find any specific details about this particular build but, it features a Magitonic 602 motherboard along with some other parts with a Magitronic sticker.
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