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Acer ConceptD 500 is a sleek, minimalist yet powerful PC tower

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Acer ConceptD 500 Specs

Acer has recently introduced a slew of new products. We already looked into the Aspire Vero laptops, and now we’re ready to focus on the ConceptD 500.

This computing device comes in a tower form, ready to deliver powerful performance with its 12th Gen Intel Core i9 processor and GeForce RTX 3070 or NVIDIA RTX A4000 GPU for improved multitasking. The NVIDIA Studio RTX GPU is very much ideal for creative workflows. The PC also runs on a max of 128 GB DDR4 3200 Mhz of memory. It can accommodate up to 4TB HDD and up to 4TB of M.2 Gen 4 SSD, so you are guaranteed more—almost unlimited storage.

Designer: Acer

Acer ConceptD 500 Tower

The ConceptD 500 Desktop lets you create without limits. It’s a powerful desktop PC that can help you with intensive tasks like video editing, 3D animation, 3D modeling, and other complicated design projects that need speed and efficiency.

Design-wise, the desktop PC tower appears minimalist in white. It looks timeless and comes with amber lighting for that warm appeal. It’s considered mid-sized at 20L but delivers powerful Windows 11 performance. The elegant package makes it look fragile, but it’s not, especially with its powerful promises.

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The clean and minimal design makes it a more stylish and attractive choice, but its worth goes beyond the form. This tower computer comes in a sleek design but is packed with specs and features that can handle hard-core computing, especially tasks that need a lot of resources and storage. It’s also quiet and remains silent at all times, thanks to the front air intake design that allows optimized cooling. As a result, noise levels are mainly kept at only 40 dbA and below.

Acer ConceptD 500 Features

Acer ConceptD 500 DetailsCompared to the previous model, this one is smaller and only has a wooden accent around the top edges. The old model arrived with a wooden panel, so this one looks different and is more distinguishable. The front IO ports are also easily accessible, while the warm amber indicator light adds to its modern appeal.

Acer ConceptD 500 Design

Since this computer is for major computing tasks, it comes with numerous ports that let you connect to other gadgets or storage devices. There is also an integrated SD card reader and a USB Type-C port that can handle 10 Gbps of data transfer. In addition, its LAN connection can reach up to 2.5Gbps high-speed. All these and more mean file and data sharing is easier and more seamless. The full-sized features and compact design combined make the Acer ConceptD 500 a real winner.

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MOLO Computer Stand makes you want to keep a well-organized and functional desk

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MOLO Personal Computer Stand

A desktop serves as an altar for work, school, or business for some people. It is our gateway to the outside world as it is where we connect to the Internet and start being a citizen of the virtual society. And since we are not going back to the office anytime soon, we must continue making sure our work area is clean, clutter-free, and efficient.

If you’re on the lookout for new stuff for your home office, you may want to consider improving your desk situation first. Get a computer desktop stand to elevate your monitor or laptop and place your smartphone and other things there. The MOLO is an ideal computer stand with its static design and more.

Designer: Ivan Vecchia and Giorgio Mastropasqua

MOLO PC Stand

The MOLO comes in a monolithic design and can hold a computer or monitor with strength and durability. It can help you ensure your desk is as well organized and functional as you need it to be. A well-managed working environment can enable you to focus on the tasks at hand.

Your workstation with a MOLO at the center can inspire you to do your best. As the Molo keeps its place securely on your desk, you can be reminded to be grounded and responsible. It also offers more functions as it comes with an integrated wireless charger on the rotating shelf. You can place your mobile devices on the shelf, and then, you can hide the keyboard underneath the MOLO when not in use. The effect is a clean and elegant system for your work desk where you spend your precious hours each day.

MOLO Computer Monitor Stand

The MOLO’s aesthetics is very minimalist. Transparent material has been applied to the base, giving it a floating effect. The main shape is round for a cleaner and smoother look and feel. Some LED lights are placed under the main surface for an illuminated effect. The lights can change color, and if it were up to us, they should be changing and dancing to music.

This MOLO PC stand was designed by Italian industrial designers Ivan Vecchia and Giorgio Mastropasqua. These were the same guys that introduced to us the Auroom Crypto Wallet and the Wave UV-C Sanitizing Tool. We feel the two will continue to work on more designs until they get into production, just like their project with UV-C Labs.

MOLO Computer Desk Stand

The MOLO desktop computer stand is a perfect example of Vecchia’s belief that “Less is more.” The minimalist design of the product allows it to be a more practical accessory. It won’t remain eye candy for long because you will find the Molo useful and functional at all times.

MOLO PC Stand

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This two-tiered desk uses loops to provide plenty of storage for your 2021 WFH setup

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Our living spaces have seen a lot of changes this past year, but none more than our work-from-home offices. Whether you’re still working from bed or if you’ve redesigned a corner of your bedroom to fit your desk, working from home has changed the spaces where we work. With that, we’re also scrubbing our walls and ditching any hint of maximalism for the fresh look of minimalism. To construct a desk that accommodates this mode of working from home while sticking to this renewed wave of minimalism, João Teixeira designed Loop Desk, a simple computer desk that’s built for the organizing nut in each of us.

The two-tiered desktop has plenty of working space and a slim build that easily adapts to any room, making it a solid choice for future WFH renovations. In addition to its slim build, Loop Desk reflects a minimalist aesthetic that feels more sophisticated than stylish or trendy. With rounded edges and a monitor stand that hovers above the main working space, Loop Desk was named for the various loops that comprise its full-frame. Computer monitors can be placed on Loop Desk’s tallest working tier, while a keyboard and any other working material can be organized on the desktop’s main working area.

The front drawer of the Loop Desk supplies some storage for lighter accessories like staplers and notebooks, while the backside reveals roomy storage pockets that can be used for rolled-up poster blueprints and hiding knots of cable and wires. Loop Desk can accommodate plenty of practical needs, while always maintaining a refined, suave look to tie up the loose ends of any home workspace. Loop Desk’s natural wood finish and clever storage options will feel right at home in any WFH office– whether it’s still in the bedroom or not.

Designer: João Teixeira

With a slim desktop and stacked loop shelves, Loop Deks maintains a small build without compromising working space.

Loop Desk’s main drawer allows space for appliances like wireless keyboards to be stored when not in use.

With such a thin frame, Loop Desk can fit into any working environment.

The slim build of the Loop Desk doesn’t take away from the ample working space made available by the main desktop as well as the top-tier desk.

Smooth, rounded edges give the Loop Desk a neutral, sophisticated finished look to fit into any bedroom or home office.

DIY invisible PC design with this masterclass to build a desk that hides an entire PC + operating system!

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Matt, of YouTube’s DIY Perks, has his own ideas to pass the time with quarantine. That’s to say, he built an invisible PC. Well, he constructed a desk with an interior that stows away a fully-operative hardware system for desktop computers. The outer shell of his invisible PC consists of two main materials: hardwood and aluminum sheeting. Matt used two sheets of aluminum to give his desk structure since they are less than half the thickness of wooden materials and can produce a bend-free design. In order to achieve this, Matt placed wooden beams along the perimeter of one of the two sheets of aluminum, drilled pilot holes, into which he inserted machine screws for a secure attachment. With the insertion of wooden beams along the perimeter, the desk has an interior space with a height of 44 millimeters, which is just enough to contain the components needed for PC operation, AKA the nitty-gritty hardware business.

Inside the belly of the beast, an internal height of 44 mm allows room to house a power supply, cooling system, graphics card, and motherboard. Since standard ATX power supply units are too big to fit within a height of 44 mm, Matt used a 1U power supply. The motherboard, MSI Tomahawk comes with its own long list of specifications. Moreover, Matt installed a CPU and its cooler, Noctua NHL9X65, to the motherboard before mounting it. His solution for an internal cooling system was positive pressure, which occurs when 40 miniature fans blow air into barriers of plastic strips, which guide that airflow towards the PC heatsinks.

Typically, a graphics card gets mounted directly into express slots on a motherboard, but since Matt needed to remain within the 44 mm height parameters, he decided to lay his graphics card, RTX 2070, horizontally and adjacent to the PC’s motherboard, using an extension cable to connect the two pieces of hardware. Since effective graphics cards are pretty thick, with the fans rising well above the allotted 44 mm headspace, Matt unscrewed his graphics card’s fan and shroud so that he was only left with a bare heatsink. Lastly, he added a platform for the hard drives or SSDs and made it so that they can easily be removed and replaced, which can be accessed from underneath the desk. The only internal hardware that was too tall to fit within the 44mm height was the motherboard, for which Matt carved an aluminum cutout. This allows Matt to easily access the motherboard for future hardware updates or upgrades.

With quarantine keeping me inside my tiny apartment, DIY home projects have filled up some time and channeled some pent-up creativity, but we all have our limits. While I was busy building wooden photo frames and simple chests, Matt constructed a desk that hides an entire PC operating system, which keeps wires organized and your working surface clean, an impressive feat for the non-designer. While the urgency or need for a design like this isn’t particularly strong, Matt managed to build a desktop ideal for busy offices or speaking events that require tidy presentations. Following suit and constructing my own invisible PC is tempting as his construction process was insightful, but for the time being, I think I’ll stick to my simple hinge chests and leave all the hardware business for the professionals.

Designer: Matthew Perks

Specifically, Matt used a 500w Seasonic L1U unit, which is a lot quieter compared to other industrial level power supplies.

With all of his hardware components laid out, Matt then drilled mounting point holes to fasten each part to the aluminum.

Speaking on the desk’s internal cooling system, Matt says, “Fans on the CPU side, for example, push air into [the PC’s] central area and the only way [hot air] can escape is either through the CPU’s heatsink or a little bit through the PSU.”

The 1976 Apple computer-I can now get a custom made bespoke, midcentury luxury case it deserves!

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It’s hard to imagine Steve Jobs selling his Volkswagen Type 2 Microbus to help fund and produce friend, Steve Wozniack’s hand-built and custom-designed Apple Computer-I back in 1976, but that’s how the story goes. The Apple Computer-I, more casually called Apple-I, is a desktop computer that’s hardly in circulation today due to its discontinuation with Apple-II’s debut. Wozniak and Jobs first sold Apple-1 as only a bare board, a single-etched and silkscreened circuit board, with no electronic parts so that consumers could build their own computers, only needing an additional television set and keyboard. Today, Sweden-based designer, Love Hultén builds his own re-interpretation of Apple-1, or rather a midcentury display case to cradle the old tech relic, and calls it Aple.

Aple is a bespoke, made-to-order, battery-operated display cabinet that encases original, ‘Woz-built,’ Apple motherboards from 1976 or later. Unlike Apple-I’s consumer products, Hultén’s display case comes equipped with a fully integrated keyboard and monitor protection framing that’s hand-constructed out of either black walnut or old growth teak wood. The wooden monitor housing perches above the display cabinet on an angled mount carved from the same wood as the rest of the case. On the display case’s right side, a pull out drawer reveals the motherboard’s circuitry. Mostly enclosed, Apple-I’s circuit board can be magnified by looking through the case’s plexiglass dome, resembling a crystal ball cut in half, which Love Hultén might have included to evoke 1970s era mysticism. The backside of Hultén’s Aple unveils a retro, standard switchboard that deepens the product’s tribute to the technology of yesterday, eliciting curiosity for all the functions and hidden features to be unlocked.

The development and story of Apple-I are just as exciting today as years ago and Love Hultén is giving the tech giant’s initial success a brand new stage. Love Hultén is known for taking timely products, like tropical-themed synth players and portable, arcade-period gaming consoles, and turning them into artfully funky displays that give the designs of yesterday a timeless fit for today. Be sure to check out the rest of Love Hultén’s work and hey, if you ever find yourself with one of the six operating Apple-1’s in circulation today, send it over to Hultén for a modern-day facelift, he knows what to do.

Designer: Love Hultén

HP t530 Thin Client Desktop Computer

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HP t530

Use the full computing power coming from your networked servers with this thin client desktop computer ’t530’ from HP. Powered by a 1.5GHz AMD GX-215JC dual-core SoC processor, this space-saving desktop computer is packed with an AMD Radeon R2E Graphics, a 4GB DDR4 1866MHz RAM and a 32GB of MLC Storage.

Running on Windows Embedded Standard 7E 32-bit operating system for accessing a virtualized environment, created from server-based software from VMware, Citrix or Microsoft to handle higher processing and graphics rendering workloads, the t530 provides 1x USB 3.0 Type-C port, 3x USB 3.0 Type-A ports, 2x USB 2.0 Type-A ports, 2x DisplayPort 1.2 outputs and 1x Gigabit Ethernet port.

The HP t530 is currently available for pre-order for $467.35. [Product Page]

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Acer Aspire AT3 Desktop Computer With Intel Core i7-6700 Processor

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Acer Aspire AT3

Designed for users seeking a more immersive form of entertainment, this new VR-ready desktop computer ‘Aspire AT3’ from Acer boasts a 3.4GHz Intel Core i7-6700 quad-core processor, an AMD Radeon RX 480 4GB GDDR5 graphics card, a 16GB DDR4 RAM and a 1TB 7200rpm hard drive.

Not just that, the system also has an 8x-speed SuperMulti DVD Burner with dual layer support, an SD card reader, 6x USB 3.0 Type-A ports, 2x USB 2.0 Type-A ports, 1x Gigabit Ethernet (RJ45) port, 1x DVI port, 1x HDMI port and 3x DisplayPort.

Running on Windows 10 Home 64-bit OS, the Aspire AT3 provides WiFi 802.11ac and Bluetooth 4.0 for connectivity. The Acer Aspire AT3 is available now for $829 (USB Keyboard & Mouse included). [Product Page]

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iMac is Getting All Touchy Feely!

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The iMac Flow concept connects users with their computer like never before! From the fingerprint security scanner (similar to that of the iPhone) to the full-screen, multi-touch display, the design is highly focused on tactile input.

The touch display allows users to work more efficiently and faster with everyday tasks. You can connect specific settings and actions to every dactylogram. This opens limitless opportunities when working with office applications, graphic design and video games. With all that touching, this all-new iMac also features a system to accumulate additional energy using heat from human hands for supplemental power!

Its full screen display is made of sapphire glass with liquid hardware inside. All additional ports and connectors are removed, leaving the final unit as aesthetically minimal as possible. Interaction with other gadgets requires wireless connectivity and synchronization between devices.

Designer: Herman Haydin

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Black Friday 2014 Laptop Deal Predictions

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Black Friday 2014 is quickly approaching and there are plenty of people waiting to see what kind of laptop deals there are going to be. Despite the fact that some so called “experts” have said that...