Anand Shimpi announces retirement from AnandTech
The shape of the PC hardware community is changing today with Anand Shimpi's announcement that he's retiring from the publishing world after more than 17 years. Anand started his site at the tender age of 14, and, well, I'll let him tell you the rest:
I’m 32 now. The only things that’ve been more of a constant in my life than AnandTech are my parents. I’ve spent over half of my ...
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Friday night topic: why the fear of autonomous machines?
If you keep up with the news these days, you're probably regularly exposed to stories about "drones," killer robots, and the like. You may also have heard pointed philosophical concern expressed about what happens to everybody's jobs when the humanoid robots become widely available.
Seems like we have all agreed to devote a portion of our time to worrying ...
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Corsair's new DDR4 modules are rated for 3300 MT/s
We recently tested Intel's new Haswell-E processor with DDR4 memory clocked as high as 2800MHz. Turns out even that speed is old hat—or just about to be. Corsair has announced a line of Dominator Platinum DDR4 memory kits rated for speeds as high as 3300 MT/s.
The series also includes 3200 MT/s and 3000 MT/s models, all developed in "close collaboration" with Asus. Corsair says that collaboration involved "tuning and ...
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Deal of the week: A 240GB SSD for only $80
The work that went into our Haswell-E coverage has sapped my energy for today, so the weekly deals post is short and sweet. Newegg and TigerDirect have both kicked off big sales for the Labor Day weekend. Here are the items that stand out the most.
That's all for this week. As always, we encourage you ...
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Corsair's Graphite Series 380T case reviewed
I recently reviewed Cooler Master's Elite 110 Mini-ITX case, and while I found it suitable for a mid-range gaming PC, I felt that it might leave the enthusiast builder wanting. Today, I'm taking a look at Corsair's latest enthusiast-oriented Mini-ITX enclosure, the Graphite Series 380T. With a built-in fan controller, enough room for high-end components and their accompanying coolers, and aggressive styling, the 380T seems set to play the Ferrari or Lamborghini to the subdued, subcompact Elite 110. Is there substance under all of that style? I'm going to fill 'er up with some high-performance components and find out.
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Asus' X99 Deluxe motherboard reviewed
At long last, Haswell-E is upon us—and it was worth the wait. Intel's latest high-end desktop processor crams up to eight cores and 16 threads into a single socket. It has enough PCIe Gen3 lanes to fuel exotic graphics configurations, and it's backed by quad channels of DDR4 memory. So, yeah, pretty awesome.
And the processor is just one part of the overall package. Haswell-E comes with a new chipset, dubbed X99, that replaces the aging X79 Express Intel has been milking since the Sandy Bridge era. This updated I/O hub brings ...
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Intel's Core i7-5960X processor reviewed
For a PC hobbyist who's into building high-end systems with elaborate water-cooling setups and multiple GPUs, it doesn't get any better than Intel's Core i7 Extreme processors. They're pricey, sure, but they're clearly the fastest, most capable CPUs on the planet.
Except, you know, ...
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Steam's in-home streaming accelerated by GeForce GPUs
Steam's in-home streaming feature has been in open beta since May. The scheme streams PC games from one machine to another on a local network, and it should now work better for folks with Nvidia graphics cards. Valve has added support for hardware encoding on GeForce GPUs.
Nvidia says games can be streamed at up to 60 frames per second at 1080p. The speed of one's network connection will likely determine the maximum usable resolution and frame rate, though. That's how it works ...
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Apple sets date for expected iPhone 6 reveal
Well, it's official. Apple has sent out invites for its September 9 event, confirming the recent spate of rumors.
As AppleInsider reports, the invites don't say much . They read simply, "Wish we could say more." However, the rumor mill seems pretty certain that we'll see two new iPhones—a 4.7" ...
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This 8'' Windows 8.1 tablet will cost only $149
Much like columns of Russian tanks in recent days, Windows 8.1 tablets are advancing into new territory. Archos has announced a Win8.1 tablet that will cost only $149 when it hits stores in October. That's $50 cheaper than the most affordable Win8.1 slate on the Microsoft Store right now.
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Amazon sale discounts hundreds of downloadable PC games
We're a little ways off from the next big Steam sale, but worry not. Amazon has discounted a boatload of downloadable PC titles as part of its End of Summer Sale. The event runs until September 1, and customers can expect to save up to 85% on a range of full releases and DLC packages. There are also a bunch of tempting combo deals:
Getting all the Command and Conquer games for five bucks is pretty sweet. I'm more partial to the Batman bundle, though. It includes the last ...
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Samsung's DDR4 modules for servers have quadruple-stacked memory dies
DDR4 memory is starting to trickle out, and Samsung's latest modules are particularly notable. The server-oriented RDIMMs are populated with 3D memory packages that stack multiple dies on top of one another. This so-called TSV memory is different from the firm's 3D V-NAND, which stacks multiple layers of memory cells within a single die. Samsung explains:
Each TSV chip stacks four 4Gb dies. The dies are built on "20-nanometer class" fabrication technology, which is vague Samsung-speak for a process node between 20 ...
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Wednesday Evening Shortbread
Eight is Enough
- VideoCardz: Intel Haswell-E i7-5960X, i7-5930K, and i7-5820K pricing revealed
- WCCFtech: Nvidia GTX 980M and GTX 970M Maxwell
Mobility getting listing on second week of October
- DigiTimes: Slimmer MacBook to launch in 4Q14 or 2015, say Taiwan makers
- Forbes: New Google Nexus leak confirms 192-core, 64-bit Apple rival
- WindowsITPro: It's back. Microsoft begins
pushing out fixed version of KB2982791
- ZDNet: Want Windows XP SP4? Unofficial versions are on the way
- Google Chrome 37 lands in the stable channel
- GamingOnLinux: SteamOS beta 133 released
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