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Thursday, May 5, 2016

IT News Head Lines (PCSTATS) 06/05/2016

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SilverStone Strider Titanium ST70F-TI 700W Review



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Enermax Revolution X't II 750W PSU Review
Silverstone have earned a reputation over the years for releasing some of the most technically proficient power supplies and cases available for the enthusiast audience. Their high end power supplies have found a home in some of the most powerful, overclocked multi GPU showcase systems (HERE). Today we look at one of their latest Titanium grade pow... [PCSTATS]


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Corsair M65 Pro RGB Mouse Review
"The Enermax Revolution X’t II 750 watt PSU meets the 80 Plus Gold standard and is a semi-modular PSU. Enermax has built the Revolution X’t II PSU with function in mind though by using flat cabling for all the cabling, this design is to allow better cable management."
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Corsair Carbide Spec-Alpha ATX Mid-Tower Review
At the end of 2014, we reviewed Corsair’s M65 gaming mouse. Now we have an updated version, named the M65 Pro. Aimed at FPS gamers – the M65 Pro has a healthy feature-set and certainly looks good on paper. Today we see how it fares in the real world.


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SteelSeries Rival 300 Gaming-Mouse Review
The ATX Mid-Tower has always been a favorite of PC builders. It can be transported with relative ease, while still managing to hold a respectable amount of very high-end hardware. The Spec-Alpha is Corsair's latest entry to the market and has gamers squarely in its sights. Priced at $80, this is a case that we very much expect to be a dominant forc... [PCSTATS]


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Huawei P9 Plus Dual-Lens Smartphone Sneak Peek!
The SteelSeries Rival 300 Mouse arrived Technic3D. We will check the CS:GO Fade Edition with up to 6.500 dpi and six Buttons in the following Review on Technic3D."
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ASUS Zenbook UX305CA Review
The Huawei P9 Plus is the (slightly) larger version of the Huawei P9 smartphone with the same capabilities and dual-lens camera. Its main difference is its larger display and battery, as well as a faster front camera lens. We recently came across the Huawei P9 Plus smartphone, and had some hands-on time with it. Hope you enjoy our quick coverage!
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Quanta Computer denies reported layoffs
In the spotlight today is the new ASUS Zenbook UX305CA. This Ultrabook is based on Intel Skylake architecture and is available in a selection of different processor models and storage capacities. Our sample today features the Intel Core M3 6Y30 and a 128GB SSD. Not only is this sleek device compact and lightweight, but it also boasts a fan-less des... [PCSTATS]


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ultra high end desktop replacement gaming notebooks
Quanta Computer on May 3 firmly denied reports that the company will lay off 10-20% of employees in June, adding that a number of employees voluntarily resigned due to merging a business office in Hsinchu, northern Taiwan into its headquarters in late 2015 and corporate reorganization in the first quarter of 2016.
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Zotac GTX 980 Ti AMP! Edition Review
Gaming performance of high end gaming notebooks is quickly closing the gap with desktops. In this roundup we look at over $11,000 worth of desktop replacement options from MSI, Origin and Eurocom.
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GIGABYTE X99P-SLI LGA 2011v3 Motherboard Review
This will probably be our last GTX 980 Ti review before the next generation of cards from Nvidia are released. The speculation is they will be named the GTX 1070 and GTX 1080 continuing the product naming convention Nvidia have been using for quite a while now. If you forget the GTX Titan cards, out of the budget of most the natural flagship card i... [PCSTATS]


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CM Storm Quick Fire XTi Gaming Keyboard
GIGABYTE has put out a refreshed X99 motherboard offering an updated USB 3.1 controller and Thunderbolt compatibility. While Skylake is the new hotness and comprises the bulk of Intel's current mainstream lineup, the HEDT segment remains popular and many consider a 5820K and X99 build a viable alternative to Skylake and Z170.
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MyDigitalSSD Bullet Proof 5 Eco M.2 SSD Review (480GB)
CM Storm's Quick Fire line of products includes a wealth of different options. Today, we will take a look at their fully sized multi-color backlit gaming keyboard dubbed the XTi. Like other recent Quick Fire keyboards, it uses Cherry MX key mechanisms and has a standard US-layout.
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Intel NUC NUC6i5SYK Skylake Mini PC Review
We’ve been able to test our fair share of SSDs over the years and, to this date, there remains a constant. Prices drop. Where we once saw a 32GB SSD peak at $5000 in 2007, today’s world is vastly different and 1TB SSDs are now available at just over the $300 mark. Value is key in technology and has always been. On the test bench today, we have ... [PCSTATS]


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20 of the Worst PC Setups – April 2016
The size of the PC market has been flat to decreasing in recent years, but Intel has always found ways to maintain solid profitability in their PC division. Right now Intel’s strategy appears to be focusing on the growing 2 in 1s and PC gaming market, but there is also growth and profitability to be had with the Intel NUC mini PC lineup. Intel has ... [PCSTATS]


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Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3 Motherboard Review
"I’m sure at some point you’ve had a bad PC setup. Maybe moving into a new place, waiting for a new desk to arrive or you just ran out of room. I can remember my horrible PC setups from when I was living at the dorms in college. If you have ever ventured over to the Shitty Battlestations sub-reddit you will find a lot of horrible PC setups. We will... [PCSTATS]


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ECS Z170-Claymore motherboard
Gigabyte’s Z170-Gaming K3 motherboard costs just £95 which makes it the most affordable Gaming branded Z170 motherboard in the UK. Yet, you may still be pleasantly surprised by how much you get for your money with the Z170-Gaming K3 – few sacrifices have been made to reach such an aggressive price point.


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Ian ‘8PACK’ Parry showcases new custom
"ECS did a fine job in designing the Z170-Claymore motherboard, managing to offering a compelling feature set while maintaining a very approachable price point. The board has several enthusiast-friendly features, including is aesthetic and inclusion of integrated power / reset buttons and 2-digit diagnostic LED display. The layout was not cramped f... [PCSTATS]


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Corsair K70 RGB RAPIDFIRE Review
KitGuru visited Ian ‘8Pack’ Parry at Overclockers UK to answer the burning questions of the day; what exactly do you get when you spend between £3,000 and £12,000 on a gaming PC and why doesn’t he use AMD graphics cards? The answer to the first question is ‘Many, many GigaHertz’ and to the second is ‘Have you seen our new Meteoroid with Radeon R9 F... [PCSTATS]


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Seagate NAS 8TB (ST8000VN0002) Hard Disk Drive Review
The Gigabyte GA-Z170N-Gaming 5 may be a baby-board in its
size, but it definitely is capable of punching above its weight class.
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Lexar 633x microSDXC Card Review (200GB) – Smartphone Storage
Just as you wouldn’t use a low-end graphics card for high-end usage, you shouldn’t use the wrong hard disk drive in your storage system either. There is a reason for every product and you should always pick the one suited for the task at hand, especially when you deal with your storage. Today I’m taking a closer look at Seagate’s impressive 8TB NAS... [PCSTATS]


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Chieftec Navitas 1000W GPM-1000C Review
The ability to upgrade storage in today’s smartphones seems to have become key once again. It is the dividing point between Samsung and Apple. A Samsung S7 smart phone allows the user to add up to 200GB of storage space whereas the Apple iPhone 6S tops out at 128GB, that storage increasing the iPhone price by several hundred dollars. This is lever... [PCSTATS]


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Tesoro Ascalon Spectrum Optical Gaming Mouse Review
With the Navitas 1000W Chieftec has a high quality mid range power supply in its portfolio which offers 1000 Watt output power. When looking for an 80Plus certificate we find a Gold sticker on this unit. Since Chieftec doesn't own their own PSU factory, their using an OEM platform from CWT (Channel Well Technology) for this model. As usual we're cu... [PCSTATS]


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vivo V3Max Smartphone First Look
Tesoro is one of the coolest gaming brands around, and while you may not think of them first when shopping for a new peripheral, they’ve proven to us here at eTeknix time and time again that they can create competitive, unique and affordable products that would make great additions to any desktop gaming setup. With that in mind, I’m very happy to s... [PCSTATS]


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Dark Souls III Benchmarked: GPU & CPU Performance
During the vivo V3Max launch, we had the opportunity to get some time with the actual vivo V3Max smartphone. We took some pictures and a video, in which we detailed its key features. Check it out! Hope you like them! ??"
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Master Devastator II keyboard/ mouse combo
Dark Souls III is arguably the biggest game to launch this month. Using the engine from developer FromSoftware's 'Bloodborne', Dark Souls III looks quite impressive but you can certainly tell this is a console port. The tweakable options are decent though the game gives no real explanation of what you are enabling. You do get enhanced graphics, bet... [PCSTATS]


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Intel 750 Series 400GB NVMe Solid State
Cooler Master's Devastator II keyboard and mouse combo claims to do the impossible: provide a capable gaming-grade keyboard and mouse in a package that retails for just $30.
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MSI DS502 Gaming Headset Review
"Intel introduced their 750 Series solid state drives last year. Back then and even now not many people know what NVMe is. NVMe stands for Non-Volatile Memory Express and it is a protocol that has been designed from the ground up to capitalize on the low latency and internal parallelism of flash-based storage devices, mirroring the parallelism of... [PCSTATS]


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SteelSeries Siberia 350 Gaming Headset Review
Today we are taking a look at MSI’s brand new gaming headset, the DS502, boasting 7.1 surround sound, premium build and Hi-Fi level sound quality in a lightweight, ergonomically designed package. How does it hold up?


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Previous-Gen Flagship vs. Today's Budget Smartphones
"The Siberia 350 headset is very easy to set up and work with thanks to the Engine 3 utility, while the volume controller is placed on the wire. If we look at both Siberia 650 (Elite Prism) and 350, we can see that the latter is a “lite” edition of the more expensive model, which does feature a less thick padding system, no analog interface and als... [PCSTATS]


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Praevidi's Turris VR Chair
If you're in the market for a new phone and don't have a ton of money to spend, most companies would want you to look at their collection of mid-range and entry-level handsets. But that's not always the smartest move if you know where to look.

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NikKTech & GAMDIAS Game On USA - CANADA Giveaway
Praevidi's Turris VR Chair lets players navigate seated VR experiences by shifting their bodies, an approach that decouples head- and torso-position tracking to create a potentially more immersive experience in VR environments. Join us as we explore this device and its implications for the future of VR control.
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Fnatic Gear Flick G1 Optical Mouse Review
Today we open the doors to our 61st giveaway this time with our good friends over at GAMDIAS USA who have made available three very nice prizes specifically aimed at serious gamers.
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SilverStone Strider Titanium ST80F-TI 800W Power Supply Report
Fnatic Gear took everything good about the Func MS-2, and made
it great with the Flick G1.
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AMD’s own proclamation
SilverStone aims to create the most compact, Titanium
certified 800W fully modular PSU. We took one apart to see what is inside.
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Linksys LGS116P 16-Port Business Desktop Gigabit PoE+ Switch Review
Anyone that pays attention to the graphics card market can see why AMD would make the positional shift with the Radeon Pro Duo. The Fiji architecture is on the way out, with Polaris due out in June by AMD’s own proclamation. At $1500, the Radeon Pro Duo will be a stark contrast to the prices of the Polaris GPUs this summer, and it is well above any... [PCSTATS]


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Magnum 2 256GB USB 3.1 Gen 1 Flash Drive Review
The Linksys LGS116P is ideal for people looking to upgrade their home or business network with a plug & play PoE+ compatible gigabit switch.
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Iron Man-Inspired ROG GT51 Gaming Desktop Revealed!
If you're out in the market for a new USB flash drive and you're looking for one of the fastest ones around then the SuperSonic Magnum 2 by Patriot should do the trick.
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iRULU Walknbook 3 Hybrid Tablet PC
This Iron Man-inspired system is a winner of the 2016 CES Innovation Award, as well as the iF Design Award. But it’s not all beauty without brawn. Under the steely facade is an awesome gaming machine. Let’s take a look!
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Tuesday, April 26, 2016

IT News Head Lines (bit-tech.net) 27/04/2016

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MSI DS502 Gaming Headset Review
MSI's new gaming headset boasts 7.1 surround sound, USB connectivity and a £50 price tag

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Romero returns to FPS with big budget Kickstarter
John Romero is going to make you his pitch.

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Don't Starve Together hits full release
We, are never ever ever, gonna starve together

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Tesoro Interview
We catch up with Johan Borggren, Tesoro's VP for Global Sales and Marketing

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id Software promises advanced settings for Doom on Windows
Will remove FPS cap, too.

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Ad-blocker-blockers may breach ePrivacy Directive
Sites need permission to scan.

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AMD shares spike on joint venture news
Despite ongoing losses, revenue drop.

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Ubisoft outlines new Operators for Rainbow Six Siege
Ubisoft has announced two new Operators for Rainbow Six Siege, coming in the Operation Dust Line expansion.

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Sunday, April 24, 2016

IT News Head Lines (TweakTown) 25/04/2016

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AMD Radeon Pro Duo official specs arrived, 1.5x performance of Titan X
AMD is days away from pushing its Radeon Pro Duo into the wild, its first dual-GPU video card since the infamous Radeon R9 295X2. The press slides are now out - even before I received them (thanks, AMD...) and now we know the official specs - even though we kinda...

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300TB of data from the Large Hadron Collider released by CERN
The researchers at CERN have just released an insane 300TB of data from the Large Hadron Collider, with the data itself from 2011.
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A physicist who works on the Compact Muon Solenoid detector, Kati Lassila-Perini explains: "Once we've exhausted our exploration of the data, we see no reason not to...
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The new DOOM is a 'slow generic console multiplayer shooter clone'

We have been all over DOOM news for the last few months, with our recent stories like the PC version of DOOM being neglected, and the game having the 'trademark id Tech texture streaming issues' on consoles. I don't know how Bethesda and id Software let this happen, but all...

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AMD's Project Quantum might return with Zen CPU, Vega GPU with HBM2

Project Quantum is one of the coolest things AMD has ever shown off, but it was never delivered to market. Project Quantum and an insane amount of power inside of its small, and super-unique chassis - but used an Intel CPU at the time, alongside the dual Fiji GPU when...

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Oculus PC bundles shipping faster than early Rift pre-orders

While early Oculus Rift adopters wait in uncertain limbo for shipping confirmations, retailers have ample supplies of Oculus Rift PC bundles and have started to ship orders.
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Even if you bought an Oculus Rift just minutes after pre-orders went live, everyday consumers can actually get a Rift before you. Since...
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Persona 5 release date listed for July 8 across PS4 and PC

Persona 5 will see a simultaneous release in July according to the official Persona Channel website.
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According to listings on the Persona Channel, Persona 5 will launch on July 8, 2016 across PlayStation 4 and PC. A quick Google translate of the Japanese text revealed the news ahead of the...
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Borderlands 3 confirmed, gets new writer and art director

At a PAX East panel, Gearbox Software confirmed it will begin development on Borderlands 3 once Battleborn and all its accompanying DLC packs are completely finished.
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"It's no secret, obviously there's going to be another Borderlands," Gearbox's Randy Pitchford said during the panel. "We don't even know if we're going...
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These new Witcher 3: Blood and Wine screens are absolutely enchanting

CD Projekt RED drops a new batch of Witcher 3: Blood and Wine screenshots, showing even more of Toussiant's enchanting world.
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Blood and Wine isn't only the last DLC pack for The Witcher 3, but it also concludes the story of Geralt of Rivia. In order to send off the...
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Steam to start accepting bitcoin as valid payment option

According to a leaked post on Steam's official developer forums, Valve will start accepting Bitcoin crytocurrency as a valid payment option for purchases on the digital storefront.
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"We are excited to announce that Steam is going to start accepting payments via bitcoin," Valve wrote on the leaked forum post. "We're...
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AMD stock rises 52%, biggest gainer and most active stock on NASDAQ

AMD has had a great week, topping it off with a huge 52% rise in stock to $3.99. This is the highest gain in a single day since AMD stock was listed, all the way back in 1979.
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MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING 8G details leaked

The first retail GeForce GTX 1080 video card is here, according to the leaked photos on the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING 8G.
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VideoCardz has done some detective work, comparing the new GTX 1080 GAMING 8G against MSI's older GTX 980 GAMING 4G - where the site reports that it's...
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Blizzard 'failed horrifically' with mysterious Project Titan MMO

After seven years of development, Blizzard cancelled its ambitious Project Titan MMO in 2014. Now Blizzard dev Jeff Kaplan sheds some light on why Titan collapsed, and how the "devastating failure" inspired the team to create Overwatch.
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AMD to 'regain GPU share in 2016' from NVIDIA with its Polaris cards

The last time we reported on the GPU market share, NVIDIA dominated with 82% of the dGPU market in November 2015.
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During AMD's Q4 2015 earnings call, company CEO Lisa Su said: "We have clear opportunities to regain GPU share in 2016 based on the performance per watt of our...
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iPhone 8 reportedly using by 7nm processor, includes wireless charging

While the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus are the current flagship smartphones from Apple, we're months away from the purported iPhone 7 - and years away from the iPhone 8. That however, doesn't stop the rumor mill from spinning out rumors on the iPhone 8.
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Horizon: Zero Dawn reportedly delayed into 2017

Upcoming PS4-exclusive RPG Horizon: Zero Dawn may be delayed into 2017 if an industry insider can be believed.
It's practically a tradition in the games industry today for high-profile titles to get delayed, so it shouldn't come as a surprise that Guerrilla Games' post-apocalyptic RPG Horizon: Zero Dawn may...
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EpicGear DeFiant Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Review

Introduction, Specifications, and Pricing

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EpicGear has been around for a while now, and sadly, in that time, we have no seen all that much as far as products go. Checking back into their folder on the NAS, we found that review sampling has come down to two products. The first...
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Dark Souls III PC Review

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When Namco Bandai was originally pitched on this series by From Software, you have to wonder what that meeting was like. They wanted to build a game that was incredibly challenging, many players would get so frustrated they would not finish and at every turn, the player would seem like...
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QNAP launches 4-bay TBS-453A M.2 SSD NASbook

QNAP Systems, Inc. released the world's first M.2 SSD-based NAS - the TBS-453A NASbook. Featuring a quad-core Intel processor and using M.2 SSDs for storage, the TBS-453A not only provides full NAS functionalities with RAID protection in an ultra-compact size, but can also act as a physical network switch and...

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BIOSTAR announces the Hi-Fi B150S5 motherboard

BIOSTAR proudly introduces its latest Hi-Fi series motherboard intended for gaming and multimedia enthusiasts. With a balance of features and performance, the BIOSTAR Hi-Fi B150S5 offers those looking for a foundation for their next movie and gaming system to get the most of out their experience.
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Microsoft reports $20 billion in revenue for Q3 of FY2016

Microsoft Corp. today announced the following results for the quarter ended March 31, 2016:
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  • Revenue was $20.5 billion GAAP, and $22.1 billion non-GAAP
  • Operating income was $5.3 billion GAAP, and $6.8 billion non-GAAP
  • Net income was $3.8 billion GAAP, and $5.0 billion non-GAAP
  • Earnings per share was $0.47 GAAP,...
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    AMD reports 2016 First Quarter results
    AMD today announced revenue for the first quarter of 2016 of $832 million, operating loss of $68 million, and net loss of $109 million, or $0.14 per share. Non-GAAP operating loss was $55 million and non-GAAP net loss was $96 million, or $0.12 per share.
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    Razer Turret living room gaming mouse and lapboard hit stores, enables high-performance wireless PC gaming from the couch
    Razer, a world leader in connected devices and software for gamers, today announced the much-anticipated release of the Razer Turret, a mouse and integrated keyboard and mouse surface that together deliver the power of desktop-grade gaming peripherals into the laps of gamers. The combo was originally unveiled as a prototype...

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    Corsair announces three keyboards with Cherry MX speed switches
    Corsair, a leader in high-performance gaming hardware, today announced the newest entries to its celebrated line-up of mechanical keyboards, the K70 RGB RAPIDFIRE, K65 RGB RAPIDFIRE and K70 RAPIDFIRE. The first keyboards in the world to feature the all-new Cherry MX Speed switch, the Corsair RAPIDFIRE family's linear mechanical key...

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    HWBOT partners with TAITRA and CyberMedia to promote overclocking at Computex 2016
    HWBOT, an organization regulating international Overclocking competitions and rankings is delighted to announce its partnership with TAITRA (Taiwan External Trade Development Council) and CyberMedia as the HWBOT World Tour 2016 attends COMPUTEX 2016.
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    From May 31st - June 4th 2016, the HWBOT World Tour 2016 will host a booth located...
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    Acer readies Skylake-powered Chromebook 14 for work
    Acer today debuts its new Chromebook 14 for Work, the industry's first Chromebook with 6th Generation Intel Core processors, available with a durable design to meet the demanding needs of enterprise, government, small business and institutional users. The Acer Chromebook 14 for Work is powered by a 6th Generation Intel...

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    Acer Unveils the Aspire S 13 Ultra-Thin Notebook
    Today Acer announced the latest addition to its ultra-slim S series notebooks, the Aspire S 13, a perfectly engineered thin and powerful Windows 10 notebook for design-conscious users. The angular, sleek chassis houses the best-value-priced laptops on the market today, packed with features for work and play.
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    Tesoro Launches Low-profile Switch GRAM Spectrum Mechanical Keyboard
    Tesoro Technology, a leading designer and manufacturer of high-tech gaming peripherals, today has announced the launch of the GRAM Spectrum mechanical keyboard. Engineered to equip gamers with an elite weapon in gameplay, the Gram Spectrum utilizes cutting-edge Tesoro AGILE mechanical switches. The low-profile switches offer short travel distance yet retain...

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IT News Head Lines (Tech Report) 25/04/2016





Windows 10 Preview Build 14328 puts clocks on every taskbar
Windows 10 Insiders on both PC and mobile platforms should be receiving Preview Build 14328 today. Microsoft calls this a "major" build that brings quite a few new things to the OS. Some of the new features discussed at Build 2016 are now included, like the Windows Ink Workspace. Using an active pen, users can draw on a whiteboard, create sticky notes, and mark up digital maps and websites.
There are also refinements coming to tablet mode. The full-screen All Apps menu ( à la Windows 8) is back as an option. The lock screen now hides your e-mail address, and it can ...
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Rumor: Nvidia Pascal GP104 die shots leak
The smoke around Nvidia's next-generation graphics chips keeps getting thicker, and if Tuesday’s purported GeForce GTX 1080 cooler shots didn’t warm things up enough for you maybe this will. A leaker from ChipHell.com has posted a fairly legit-looking shot of GP104-200’s die, and the folks at Videocardz have picked it up:

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Time is running out in our Macrium Data Disasters contest
If you hadn't already heard, our friends at Macrium are now offering deeper discounts for TR subscribers. Silver subscribers are now eligible for a 20% discount on purchases made from the Macrium online store, and Gold subscribers get a whopping 40% off. To celebrate, the company has handed us five Reflect v6 Workstation license keys to give away for home use, and there's less than a week left in our contest.
For a chance at one of those licenses, we want to hear your best data-loss or disaster recovery story. Tell us all about your experience with that dead hard drive, corrupted SD card, bankrupt cloud storage provider, or even the crazed storage reviewer in your life ...
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Deals of the week: a GTX 980 for $465 and more
Ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to the greatest show in the Sol system! Stand in awe as I conjure arcane interstellar magic and twist your notions of reality into a spiral galaxy. Watch as I reduce these price stickers to a fraction of their original size. Observe: the conjuring of the deals!
There's a chance you're looking for something we haven't covered. If that's the case, you can help The Tech Report by using the following referral links when you're out shopping: not only do we have a partnership with Newegg , ...
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MSI Aegis barebones shields gamers from low frame rates
MSI unleashed its Aegis barebones system today. This Mini-ITX gaming PC has striking looks and surprisingly petite dimensions, thanks to the use of a PCI Express riser. The Aegis' 600W 80 Plus Silver power supply is integrated into the machine's base, making the body of the PC even smaller.
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AMD boxes its Wraith cooler with more FX CPUs
AMD is justifiably proud of its Wraith cooler. At launch, though, that cooler was only available with a relatively expensive FX-8370 CPU. We expressed hope that AMD would include the Wraith with more of its chips in the conclusion of our review, and today, the company is answering that call. The eight-core FX-8350 will get a Wraith in the box for a suggested price of $179.99, while a Wraithed six-core FX-6350 will sell for $139.99.
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Thursday Shortbread
Eight is Enough
  1. Reuters: Google's parent Alphabet misses Wall Street view
  2. WCCFtech: Intel Broadwell-E Core i7-6950X, Core i7-6900K,

    Core i7-6850K and Core i7-6800K listed for pre-order - more

    AIBs add BIOS support
  3. WCCFtech: AMD's Radeon Pro Duo pictured

    in all its glory - $1500 US behemoth
  4. VideoCardz: AMD's official GPU roadmap for 2016-2018

    and Nvidia releases Pascal architecture whitepaper
  5. ZUK Z2 Pro is official: Snapdragon 820

    and 6GB of RAM for $420 - GSMArena
  6. Canonical unveils 6th LTS release of Ubuntu with 16.04
  7. WCCFtech: Microsoft fixes bugs in Windows 10

    PC build, "but won't be out today"
  8. VG24/7: Black Ops 3 1.09 update out today on Xbox One, all the details
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Microsoft revenue holds steady for its fiscal Q3
Microsoft released its fiscal 2016 third-quarter results today. The company made $5.3 billion in operating income on $20.5 billion in revenue. That's a 20% decrease in operating income and a 6% decrease in revenue compared to a year ago. Here's a quick summary of the results:
The company's More Personal Computing division, which handles familiar products like Windows, Surfaces, and the Xbox, took in $9.5 billion in revenue, up 1% year-over-year. Windows OEM revenue fell just 2%, while Surface revenue ...
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AMD reveals $293M joint venture alongside Q1 2016 financials
AMD has released its financial results for the first quarter of 2016. The company posted an operating loss of $68 million on $832 million in revenue, and it posted a net loss of $109 million. Revenue was down 19% from the year-ago quarter, but the company narrowed its operating and net losses compared to a year ago. Here's a tabular summary of the results:
AMD reports that it's forming a joint venture with Tianjin Haiguang Advanced Technology Investment Company, Limited (THATIC) to develop system-on-chip products for the Chinese server market. The underlying IP licensing agreement for "high-performance processor and SoC technology" is worth $293 million. AMD says ...
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Acer Predator 17 X notebook and G1 desktop join the hunt
Acer has been betting heavily on its Predator lineup of gaming-oriented hardware lately. Today marks a new offensive for the black-and-red monsters. Let's first inspect the mobile attack unit. The Predator 17 X is a beefy gaming notebook with a Core i7-6820HK CPU. That chip offers four cores and eight threads clocked at 2.7GHz base and 3.6 GHz Turbo speeds. A fully-fledged mobile GeForce GTX 980 graphics card pushes this machine's 17.3" G-Sync display. Acer offers the 17 X with 1080p and 4K IPS panel options.
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Acer Switch Alpha 12 passively cools Skylake Core i CPUs
At its next@Acer event today, Acer revealed a number of interesting new products, including its Switch Alpha 12. The Switch branding for Aspire convertibles isn't new, but the Alpha is a bit different from the usual fare. Instead of the Core M processor featured in the previous Switch 12, the Switch Alpha uses Skylake Core i-series processors. Acer says that kind of power is possible thanks to its new "LiquidLoop" cooling system. The company describes this system as a "liquid cooler," but we're guessing it's some sort of passive vapor-chamber design.
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Tiny Zotac GeForce GT 710 slips into PCIe x1 slots
We spend a lot of time talking about the biggest and best graphics cards that hardware vendors have to offer, but sometimes it's good to take a step back and talk about simple utility products. In this vein, we have Zotac’s adorable GeForce GT 710, an entry-level discrete graphics card. What makes this card unusual among GeForce GT 710s is its PCIe x1 interface for data and power, letting it fit into a wide range of systems.
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Opera preview build integrates a free VPN service with the browser
Opera wants to become the browser of choice for users concerned about privacy. In March, the company introduced a native ad-blocking service. Now it's taking another step in that direction. The company has announced that it has integrated a free and unlimited VPN service into the latest developer build of its browser.
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The Tech Report System Guide: April 2016 edition
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Welcome to a new edition of The Tech Report's System Guide. Since our last update, the basic shape of the hardware that goes inside today's PCs hasn't changed much, but there's plenty going on outside the case. HTC's Vive and Oculus' Rift VR headsets are here ...
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Corsair K70 RGB Rapidfire registers keys with blinding speed
Corsair is updating its popular K70 keyboard this morning with a model that's built for speed. The K70 RGB Rapidfire features a new type of Cherry key switch—the MX Speed RGB—that only has to move 1.2 mm before it registers a key press. Corsair claims that short stroke makes the MX Speed RGB switch among the most responsive on the market, and there may be something to that claim. Gaming peripherals competitor Razer says its in-house mechanical switches have a 1.9-mm actuation distance, for example, and regular Cherry switches need two millimeters of travel to trigger. Otherwise, the MX Speed RGB's 45-gram weight and linear operation sound similar to Cherry MX Reds.
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QOTW: How much storage do you have inside your main PC?

Is it more or less than a few years ago?

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HEXUS Week In Review: camo monster laptops, SFX PSUs

Your chance to catch up on the week's tech developments.

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Study of fireflies boosts OLED efficiency by over 60 per cent

Scientists looked at the structure of the ‘lantern’ in which fireflies hold their chemicals.

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MSI launches Aegis compact desktop gaming PC

‘Designed from scratch’ to provide desktop gaming power in a compact form.

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Tesoro launches GRAM Spectrum slim mechanical keyboard

Using Tesoro’s own AGILE 'red' or 'blue' low-profile mechanical switches.

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Review: Corsair SF600 SFX PSU

Does going small mean compromises?

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PC Specialist launches enthusiast Liquid Series PCs

Now offering premium liquid-cooling on gamer systems.

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Next@Acer event debuts more Predator gaming gear

And there’s an interesting liquid cooled 2-in-1 called the Switch Alpha 12.

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Corsair intros trio of RAPIDFIRE Cherry MX Speed keyboards

The K70/K65 RGB RAPIDFIRE and K70 RAPIDFIRE feature Cherry MX Speed keys.

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Cherry MX Speed launched, "the fastest mechanical MX switch"

Actuation point at just 1.2mm, and 45cN actuation force, contribute to its speed.

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