PCMark 8 Review
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CM Storm QuickFire Stealth Mechanical Keyboard Review
CM Storm QuickFire Stealth Mechanical Keyboard Review
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Patriot Supersonic Magnum 256GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive Review
Testing the functionality of the Patriot Supersonic Magnum 256GB USB 3.0 Flash drive.
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MSI Z87-GD65 Gaming Review
A deeper look into the Z87-GD65 Gaming series motherboard from MSI.
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Cooler Master N200 Review
A look at Cooler Masters N200 chassis!
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Metro: Last Light Review
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ROCCAT Isku FX Multicolor Gaming Keyboard Review
ROCCAT Isku FX Multicolor Gaming Keyboard Review
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AMD A10-6800K & A10-6700 Richland APU Review
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ASUS Crosshair V Formula Z Motherboard Review
A Comprehensive look at ASUS Flagship 990FX motherboard the Crosshair V Formula Z.
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Intel Core i7 4770K Review
Digging into the performance delivered by Intels Core i7 4770K Haswell processor.
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MSI GTX 770 N770 TF 2GD5/OC Review
Taking a look at the new MSI GTX 770 Gaming with comparisons to the New GTX 770 reference card.
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Cooler Master Notepal U2 Plus Cooling Pad Review
A detailed review of the Cooler Master Notepal U2 Plus Movable Fan Aluminium Cooling Pad
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PowerColor Radeon HD 7870 Myst Edition Crossfire Review
Taking a second look at PowerColor's Myst Edition HD 7870, this time in Crossfire.
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Review
Testing out the latest from NVIDIA the GTX 780.
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Cooler Master Adds Havoc to Mouse Lineup
Cooler Master has announced the addition of the Havoc laser mouse to the CM Storm product line of gaming accessories. The mouse is capable of 8200 DPI to allow for extremely fast mouse speed in game. Eight programmable buttons allow users to customize their experience and 128kb of onboard memory lets you take your settings with you. The Havoc also has full RGB support to give users different glow options. The Havoc is available now with an MSRP of $54.99.
Source: Cooler Master
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Patriot Offers Special Edition HAWKEN Flash Drive
Patriot has partnered with Meteor Entertainment to offer a special edition of the RAGE XT USB 3.0 flash drive to go with HAWKEN. The 64GB flash drive includes a seven day Double XP Boost for the online mech fighting game. The RAGE XT has read and write speeds up to 180MB/s and 50MB/s, respectively. Product Manager at Patriot Meng Jay Choo said “The Patriot Supersonic RAGE XT epitomizes excellent USB 3.0 performance, durability, and portability. Meteor’s HAWKEN is one of the fastest multiplayer games on the planet. Partnering the two products to create this exclusive bundle offers game centric consumers something truly special.” The drive is available now at an MSRP of $59.99.
Source: Press Release
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New Means to Write Magnetic Bits at Extremely Low Power
Magnetic data storage has been used in computers for a long time now, and the modern form of this technology, hard disk drives, are typically slower than solid state drives based on electronic flash memory. New approaches to magnetic storage however could succeed flash for speed and efficiency, such as that developed my MIT researchers.
One advantage to magnetic memory is that it can store data permanently, as is the case with HDDs, but magnetic fields are difficult to isolate and to flip at low power. Both of these issues will have to be overcome for magnetic data storage to take the performance crown, and that day me be sooner thanks to the MIT researchers. They discovered a way to stop magnetic domains travelling around 'racetrack memory' at 20 meters per second, and then flip their state by applying a voltage; not a magnetic field. The key to this was a highly ionized material resting between the memory and the electrodes. The material had its atoms stripped of its electrons, giving them an electric charge, so when the voltage is applied to the electrode above, the ions would be drawn to or repelled by it. This in turn can change the magnetic bit below the material.
Potentially this magneto-ionic design could lead to others, creating a new family of devices. Fortunately the materials used to create the current device are simple oxide materials already used in semiconductor manufacturing.
Source: MIT
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AMD Unveils ARM-based Server SoCs, Plus Two x86 Server Processors
Last year AMD announced it would begin building licensed 64-bit ARM processors as part of the new Cortex-A50 series for its server line. Earlier today the first details of that new series, as it unveiled the Seattle SoCs based on the ARM Cortex-A57. This new line is 64-bit, just like AMD's x86 server chips, and come with either eight or sixteen cores. Each one supports up to 128GB of RAM, features integrated ten gigabit Ethernet (10 GbE), and AMD "Freedom Fabric" technology, which allows for low-power CPU cores to be grouped together into clusters in order to be fed data more efficiently. AMD is planning on both the eight and sixteen-core SoCs to run at 2GHz, with the company saying the ARM chips offer two to four times the performance of the newly announced x86 low-power Opterons.
The Seattle SoCs are expected to begin sampling in the first half of 2014, with shipments set for the latter half. A pair of more tradtional server processors were also unveiled today, with the Berlin CPUs being available in the first half of 2014 and the Warsaw CPUs in the first quarter of next year. The Berlin parts are quad-core chips available in an APU or standalone CPU format, are based on the Steamroller architecture (the second major revision of Bulldozer), and includes support for heterogenous Uniform Memory Access. As for Warsaw, those are twelve or sixteen-core Piledriver CPUs for server motherboard with two or four sockets. AMD claims the Warsaw parts will offer "significantly improved performance-per-watt" than the Opteron 6300 line.
Source: AMD
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University of Illinois and Intel Partner to Defeat Software Bugs
As annoying as a software bug can be, what will always make it more vexing is if you cannot figure out what caused the problem. As an end user, bugs can be frustrating, but for a developer whose software is throwing errors, the lack of any apparent cause is far worse. To help find the causes, researchers at the University of Illinois College of Engineering and Intel have partnered to produce QuickRec for tracking and recording multithreaded programs.
QuickRec is a prototype multicore architecture designed specifically to record everything the processor does while running a piece of software. This data can then be examined by developers, and even replayed to isolate any errors. This includes accidental errors and those caused by malicious code meant to disrupt legitimate programs attempting to complete their tasks.
Such a computer 'black box' could have great influence on how multithreaded programs are monitored and debugged in the future. Importantly, it does not negatively impact the performance of the processor.
Source: University of Illinois College of Engineering
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Hardware Roundup: Tuesday Edition
There's a bit of everything in today's roundup, starting with one of NVIDIA's latest video cards. The GeForce GTX 770 gets the DirectCU II treatment by ASUS, which means a custom cooler and the opportunity for even higher overclocks than what it already comes with. If you're a watercooling aficionado or want to get into it, yet your case doesn't have a ton of extra room, perhaps our next review is the perfect solution. The XSPC AX Radiator Desk Stand allows for a radiator to be installed externally in order to help with cooling and preserve your case's interior space. We also have a look at the Wi Reader and Wi Reader Pro wireless cloud servers for iOS and Android/iOS, respectively.
Video Cards
ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II @ [H]ardOCP
Cooling
XSPC AX Radiator Desk Stand @ ThinkComputers
Mobile
Wi Reader and Wi Reader Pro @ LanOC Reviews
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Hardware Roundup: Monday Edition
We have a lot of items to start the week with, so let's get right down to it. There's a couple of video cards up for review, although one is of the laptop variety. The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M gets put through a series of tests to see just how powerful this new mobile GPU is, while the XFX Radeon HD R7790 shows what it can do against competitors in its price range. We have a review on the In Win D-Frame case, the be quiet! Dark Power Pro 10 850W power supply, and plenty of others. There's a look back at Computex 2013, an article on a nice case mod, and also a chance to win an NZXT Phantom 630 case (Facebook required). Click the links below to check out all of these and more!
Video Cards
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M Mobility Performance Testing @ PC Perspective
XFX Radeon HD R7790 @ Benchmark Reviews
Cases
In Win D-Frame Red @ TechSpot
Networking
TRENDnet AC1200 Dual Band Wireless USB Adapter (TEW-805UB) @ Madshrimps
Power Supplies
Be Quiet! Dark Power Pro 10 850W @ PC Perspective
Keyboards/Mice
Eagletech Neptor Foldable Bluetooth Keyboard @ LanOC Reviews
Trade Shows/Convetions
Computex 2013 Madshrimps Style @ Madshrimps
Miscellany
Win an NZXT Phantom 630 Case! @ ThinkComputers
Case Mod Friday: ReactorMod @ ThinkComputers
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MSI Releases GE40 Gaming Laptop
MSI is bringing a new laptop geared towards gamers to the market, the GE40. The GE40 is powered by an Intel Haswell i7 processor and an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760M GPU. The inclusion of the 760M allows users to attach an additional two displays to the laptop. A 14" screen operates at a resolution of 1600x900. Users can choose from two storage configurations, both of which include a 750GB hard drive with the option of a 128GB mSATA SSD. The system is rounded out with 8GB of memory, Gigabit Ethernet, and Wireless N. Everything is packed into an aluminum enclosure and weighs just 4.4 pounds. The model with no SSD starts at $1,299.99 and the inclusion of an SSD brings the price up to $1,399.99. Be sure to enter the Just Game! contest that MSI is currently running to have a chance at winning the GE40.
Source: Press Release
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