ASUS ROG Maximus VI Hero Review
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SanDisk Extreme II 240 GB SSD Review
SanDisk Extreme II 240 GB SSD Review
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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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Hardware Roundup: Friday Edition
Another week has come to a close, but we still have plenty of reviews for you to check out. There's a review on the PowerColor TurboDuo HD 7790 video card for those who need more power on a budget. We have a look at the MSI Z77A-G45 Gaming motherboard for those who aren't quite looking to jump into Haswell just yet. If you're in the market for a new case, then maybe the Enermax Coenus Mid-Tower is just what your system needs. We also have a review on the CM Storm Power-RX gaming mouse pad that's designed to offer more precise movements for games requiring the utmost control. There's a new podcast as well covering reviews and news from PC Perspective.
Video Cards
PowerColor TurboDuo HD7790 @ Neoseeker
Motherboards
MSI Z77A-G45 GAMING @ Benchmark Reviews
Cases
Enermax Coenus Mid-Tower @ [H]ardOCP
Mouse Pads
CM Storm Power-RX @ ThinkComputers
Miscellany
Podcast #256 @ PC Perspective
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Toshiba Announces 7 mm SSHD For Ultra-thin Notebooks
Toshiba has been in the SSHD market for some time, but this week the company announced that a new 7 mm SSHD, called the MQ01ABFH, will be joining the other SSHDs. The new SSHD is only 7 mm thick, making it ideal for ultra-thin notebooks. The SSHD will come in 320 GB and 500 GB capacities, and both of them will be outfitted with Toshiba's NAND flash memory. The SSHD will combine the good traits from both HDDs and SSDs. The small amount of NAND flash memory will allow for fast read and write performance for frequently used programs, while the magnetic storage will allow for higher amounts of storage at an affordable price. The new SSHD will feature, like Toshiba's other SSHDs, the company's self-learning algorithms that optimize performance based on the user's data access patterns.
Don Jeanette, director of product marketing at Toshiba's Storage Products Business Unit, explains the new product "The MQ01ABFH series fulfills users' desire for thin and light notebook PCs with fast response times that can keep up with their demanding gaming and multimedia applications." Although one often hears about Seagate and Western Digital battling it out, Don Jeanette wants to let consumers know that Toshiba is still in the game "This addition to our SSHD lineup demonstrates Toshiba's continued focus on delivering a wide range of storage devices that enhances the computing experience for our customers."
Source: MaximumPC
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Bringing About Color, Holographic Displays
There are multiple technologies that permeate science fiction, and among them is the hologram. Holograms use interface from reflection off of a source to create what look like 3D images on a flat medium. Many people would like to see this technology used to develop new displays, and researchers at MIT have recently built a chip that should help with that.
The key to holograms is interference, so if you want a hologram to change, you need to be able to change the interference involved in producing it. That is not a very easy task though, due to the wavelengths of visible light, but there have been some clever solutions to this problem. One such solution was to use sound waves to alter the index of fraction of a material, but this required large, expensive crystals that could not support TV resolution. What the MIT researchers have done though is actually turn to a smaller crystal and, most importantly, waveguides. These waveguides are what the red, green, and blue laser light travel though, together, and using acoustics the different frequencies can be filtered, and their interference patterns controlled.
The researchers built the chip with the waveguides in it for just $10, using equipment already at MIT, making it the cheapest component of the prototype display they built. Despite its low cost though, it is capable of producing TV resolution frames and updating them at 30 frames per second; enough for video.
Source: MIT
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ECS KBN-I Motherboard for AMD Kabini Announced
The KBN-I motherboard from ECS is the first from the company to offer compatibility with the latest AMD Kabini quad core system-on-a-chip. The processor is built using the 28nm Jaguar architecture. The KBN-I features a built-in AMD A6-5200 APU and AMD Radeon HD 8400 GPU, making this a potential choice for barebone systems. The Mini-ITX form factor also makes it a strong choice for HTPCs and other systems that thrive in small form factors. The board uses a maximum of 25W of power and uses a passive heatsink to keep the SoC running cool, while a number of back panel and internal connectors give this board several options for expansion.
Source: ECS
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ASUS Has Impressive Showing at Computex Overclocking Contest
Intel and Corsair held the Computex Overclocking Main Event at the recently finished industry event. ASUS was able to come away with ten out of eleven awards, and set eight world records just days after the official release of a new motherboard. The Intel Z87 based Maximus VI Extreme thoroughly dominated all challengers, winning all categories except Haswell Memory Frequency. Eight of the ten wins were taken by Team ASUS overclockers Andre Yang and TL Ng. Benchmarks won using the new ASUS board included SuperPI, PiFast, 3DMark, and wPrime.
Source: ASUS
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NVIDIA SHIELD Receives Price Cut Ahead of Launch
NVIDIA has finally announced an exact release date for SHIELD. June 27 will be the day you can get your hands on one of the devices, and it is even at a reduced price.
NVIDIA explains the price cut with: "we've heard from thousands of gamers that if the price was $299, we'd have a home run." This can be interpreted in two ways. One way is that sales have not been as good as expected so far, and NVIDIA are now trying to make up for this by lowering the price. Another way is that NVIDIA actually listens to its customers, and has lowered the price to a more psychologically appealing price point. There may be more evidence to support the latter, since the company also listened to all the people, who have tried SHIELD at various events, such as Computex, CES, and E3. Complains were made that the directional pad was mushy, and the buttons were not very well-defined. NVIDIA listened, and has now changed that, so it should provide a better gaming experience.
A quick summary of SHIELD: It features NVIDIA's Tegra 4 SoC, a 5 inch 720p display, and a gaming controller that appears to be inspired by the Xbox 360 controller. The OS is Android, which enables owners to either download android based games from Google Play, or stream regular games from their PCs. This means you can bring it with you on holidays and play android based games, or you can sit in your living room playing Crysis that is being streamed from your PC located upstairs.
Source: NVIDIA
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Distinguishing Qubits Nanometers Apart
In a room full of people with the same name, how do you make sure the one you ask for responds? While this situation may seem somewhat silly, it is similar to an issue that has been plaguing some quantum computing research. Thankfully researchers at the University of New South Wales have devised a fairly clever way to solve the problem.
The heart of quantum computing is the quantum bits, or qubits, which have the ability to store multiple pieces of information at the same time, via superposition. Ideally for mass production, the qubits will be contained in a silicon chip, but the optimal design of such chips places them just tens of nanometers apart. That is close enough that rewriting one qubit could flip adjacent qubits as well, destroying their data. What the researchers discovered is a way to select qubits based on the number of atoms they are bonded to. The typical design of these silicon-encased qubits has them as specific, single electrons in a phosphorus atom. Changing the number of phosphorus atoms the electrons belong to though changes how they react to electromagnetic fields.
This is certainly a clever solution to a complex problem and could potentially unlock practical quantum computing on a large scale. Such computers will be able to solve problems in moments that modern electronic computers would take centuries, or longer, to complete.
Source: University of New South Wales
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Hardware Roundup: Thursday Edition
Gaming is the key thing with today's roundup, with several products designed to get your games looking or sounding the best. We have a review on the Intel Core i7 4770K processor, which is the current flagship of the new Haswell line. There's a review on the MSI GTX 770 Gaming video card that features a Twin Frozr IV cooler to keep things from getting too heated during an intense game session. If you're in the market for a new case, perhaps one for LAN parties, then the Cougar Spike Micro ATX case review could be just what you need. We also have a look at the Mad Catz Cyborg F.R.E.Q. 5 gaming headset that should immerse you fully into your favorite games. For something a little different, but no less important, there's a review on the QNAP TS-421 NAS to handle your storage needs.
CPUs
Intel Core i7-4770K Haswell Processor @ ThinkComputers
Video Cards
MSI GTX 770 Gaming @ Bjorn3D
Cases
Cougar Spike Micro ATX @ LanOC Reviews
Speakers/Headphones
Mad Catz Cyborg F.R.E.Q. 5 Gaming Headset @ Benchmark Reviews
Storage/Hard Drives
QNAP TS-421 4-bay Home & SOHO NAS @ Madshrimps
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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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