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Hey, Lian-Li is finally launching its PC case/table, and it doesn't cost those ridiculous $1,500 they talked about when they revealed it...

https://www.techspot.com/news/70395-lian-li-new-dk-05-standing-desk-pc.html

The DK-05 is a standing desk that’s height-adjustable from 27 inches (sitting position) to 46.5 inches (standing position) via built-in electric motor. It features an all-aluminum construction with a tempered glass top and solid iron legs that should be plenty sturdy to support two full computers.

That’s right, the DK-05 can be outfitted with up to two Extended ATX motherboards with eight expansion card slots and a power supply per tray. In total, there are eight shared 2.5-inch / 3.5-inch and five 2.5-inch drive mounting locations with enough room for graphics cards measuring up to 360mm in length.

Lian Li added multiple mounting locations for watercooling gear including pumps, reservoirs and of course, radiators / fans. Speaking of, the desk includes a dozen 120mm fans – more than enough for the average user.

 

The negative side of this beauty is that those $1,500 have turned out to be $2,100. Ouch!

 

 

On another note, it seems that Bitcoin has split into two separate currencies: Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash

https://www.techspot.com/news/70388-bitcoin-has-taken-hard-fork-split-two-currencies.html

Due to discrepancies in opinion between Bitcoin miners and developers on how to handle increasing transaction times, the digital currency has split into two separate projects. The original coin will keep its name of "Bitcoin" and the new branch is to be known as "Bitcoin Cash". Update: the split has now happened.

This is a rather peculiar event for a digital currency to go through, although it is not unexpected. A hard fork, the process of duplicating a blockchain and continuing on a separate path, has been expected for several weeks since miners have signaled support for a fork. The miners responsible for processing transactions and generating new Bitcoins ultimately decide which of the two coins to support.

Investors (or gamblers, depending upon your viewpoint) holding Bitcoins will end up with two sets of coins in their wallets. Each will operate completely independently of one another once the split is finalized. Market value of each coin will likely take some time to stabilize as creating a new currency literally overnight can have interesting effects.

 

The good part of this, is that miners could halt their projects until they see which of the two currencies is better for them, making GPU prices to stabilize or even go down a little bit.