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Thursday, May 5, 2016

IT News Head Lines (VR-Zone) 06/05/2016

VAGO – A Travel Compressor That Makes Space
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In this week’s ‘Crowdfunding Campaign Of The Week’ we feature a nifty travel gadget, VAGO. VAGO is a travel tool smaller than the size of your palm that frees up space in your luggage, via compression – making the pain of packing when travelling a little more bearable. Space taken up by clothes, bags or...

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Huawei G9 Lite and MediaPad M2 7.0 announced
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Huawei has announced a new smartphone and tablet for the Chinese market today, the G9 Lite and the MediaPad M2. The G9 Lite is basically the P9 Lite for China, with specs that include a 5.2-inch Full HD display, Huawei’s Kirin 950 processor clocked at 2.0GHz, and a 13-megapixel rear camera. There’s also an 8-megapixel...

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Turtle Beach rolls out Elite Pro gaming headset
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Turtle Beach has announced its Elite Pro gaming headset. While the market is flooded with offerings from the likes of Razer, Steelseries, Logitech, and others, Turtle Beach is looking to differentiate its headset by offering what it calls Aerofit Ear Cushions, which sees the earpads infused with a cooling gel. There are other tweaks that make the headset more...

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AMD Radeon R3 Series entry-level SSDs announced

AMD has rolled out a series of SSDs aimed at the entry-level segment. The drives are branded as the Radeon R3 Series, and are available on Amazon. The drives are available in configurations of 120 GB, 240 GB, 480 GB, and 960 GB, and offer TLC NAND flash memory along with Silicon Motion SM2256KX controllers on a SATA 6 Gb/s...

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Intel’s unannounced six-core Core i7-6850K benchmarked
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Intel’s Core i7-6850K has made its way to a reviewer at Overclock.net ahead of its official debut. The CPU is designed for the LGA2011v3 socket, and is based on the 14nm Haswell-E silicon, featuring six cores clocked at 3.60GHz, HyperThreading with up to 12 logical CPUs, and 15 MB of L3 cache. The i7-6850K is pin-compatible with current LGA2011v3 boards, but its fiberglass...

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Marshmallow captures 7.5 percent of the Android market
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Google has released the latest distribution numbers for the Android platform, and the latest iteration of the OS has seen a major jump in share over the last month. Android 6.0 Marshmallow now runs on 7.5 percent of Android devices worldwide, up from 4.6 percent 30 days ago. It’s not surprising to see this increase,...

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Possible Samsung Galaxy A4 in the works
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Samsung’s Galaxy A lineup of premium mid-range smartphones has come a long way, with multiple devices having made their way to the market since the series was originally launched. Now, Samsung seems to be working on yet another Galaxy A smartphone – a device that could possibly be the Galaxy A4 has surfaced online on...

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Hitman Episode Two update plays havoc with DirectX 12 support
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Hitman Episode Two picked up an update (v1.1.2) over the weekend, but all’s not well as the patch plays havoc with DirectX 12 support. The folks at PC Gamer found out that the latest patch resulted in unusually long loading times for the game: Launching the DX12 version of Hitman no longer worked. The spinning disk appears when you click...

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AMD Radeon R9 480 rumored to be as fast as the Radeon R9 390X
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According to benchmark figures listed on the GFXBench database, the upcoming Radeon R9 480 graphics card could deliver performance very similar to the Radeon R9 390X. We cannot be entirely sure though, as we only get to see the OpenGL benchmarks on GFXBench. Still, it is definitely a positive sign and raises out expectations from...

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Nvidia rolls out 365.10 Game Ready drivers
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Nvidia has rolled out the 365.10 Game Ready drivers, providing performance tweaks for games such as Battleborn, Forza Motorsport 6: APEX Beta, Overwatch Beta, and Paragon Beta. Several Oculus Rift games have also been optimized. Here’s the breakdown of what’s new in 365.10: Improved performance for Vulkan 3D API. Adding or updating the 3DV profile in Battleborn...

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HTC 10 pre-orders to start shipping in the US this week
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The HTC 10 was announced quite a bit later than Samsung’s and LG’s Android flagships for the year. Naturally, the handset will be going on sale considerably late as well, but for those that have pre-ordered HTC’s latest hero device, the wait will come to an end this week. This has been confirmed by HTC’s Senior...

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More Samsung Galaxy J2 (2016) specifications revealed

The Samsung Galaxy J2 (2016) was spotted on an online benchmark earlier this week, and the upcoming budget phone from the Korean company has now popped up in another benchmarking tool, which has given us more information on what specs it will carry. A notable difference in the device tested on AnTuTu and on the...

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Meizu Pro 6 with 3GB RAM spotted on benchmark
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The Meizu Pro 6 has already gone official, but unlike most smartphones from China these days, the Pro 6 was only announced in a single variant as far as the RAM was concerned. However, it seems Meizu did work on a slightly lower-spec version of the phone, as a model with 3GB of RAM has...

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HTC announces the Desire 830
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HTC’s Desire series have gotten yet another entry, with the Desire 830 now official. The Desire 830 doesn’t offer many surprises compared to previous Desire phones launched this year, with a 5.5-inch Full HD display on the front, and an octa-core MediaTek processor chugging under the hood. The Desire 830 comes with a 13-megapixel rear...

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ZTE Axon 2 listed by retailer with a $599 price tag
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We recently saw the ZTE Axon 2 getting certification from China’s telecom authority TENAA, with the device sporting a Snapdragon 820 processor and the latest version of the Android operating system. Now, the Axon 2 has been listed online by retailer OppoMart. The listing reveals the phone’s spec sheet and also its price tag. At $599,...

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HTC’s smartwatch announcement delayed to June

HTC has been surprisingly quiet in the smartwatch game, having confirmed that it is working on a smartwatch back in 2014 without making any official announcement yet. The last rumor about the company’s first smartwatch said that it could be launched alongside the HTC 10. That didn’t happen, and prolific leakster evleaks is now saying...

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 and GTX 1070 “Pascal” cards to go official this week
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The highly anticipated successors to the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 and GTX 970 could be announced on May 6th. NVIDIA has started sending “mysterious” looking boxes to a few reviewers with an ‘Orderof10’ puzzle. A website is now live as well, where people are being asked to solve the puzzle. The countdown on the website...

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AMD officially teases its upcoming “Polaris” GPU architecture
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AMD now has a dedicated website up for its upcoming Polaris architecture. While there are no specific details available on the page yet, you do have the option of signing up to be notified when the first Polaris based cards go on sale. The upcoming high-end notebook GPUs from AMD will be based on Polaris...

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ASRock unveils the entry-level H110M-HDVP motherboard
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ASRock has introduced a new entry-level socket LGA1151 motherboard, the H110M-HDVP. The micr-ATX board draws power using a combination of 24-pin and 4-pin ATX power connectors. For the CPU, the board offers a 3+1 phase VRM, not surprising on an entry-level offering. It comes with two DDR4 DIMM slots, with support for up to 32GB...

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Sapphire launches the Radeon R9 390 TOXIC graphics card

Sapphire has come out with a new Radeon R9 390 card, the air-cooled Radeon R9 390 TOXIC. The graphics card is meant exclusively for select Asian markets such as China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. It features an attractive looking VaporX vapor-chamber cooling solution and comes factory-overclocked. In fact, it is the highest clocked Radeon R9...

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Tuesday, April 12, 2016

IT News Head Lines (PCSTATS) 13/04/2016

Noctua NH-D9DXi4-3U LGA2011 Xeon Server/Workstation Heatsink Review

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Doogee F7 Pro 10-Core Smartphone Revealed.

The Noctua NH-D9DXi4-3U is a mid-sized heatsink designed specifically for lower noise cooling of Intel Xeon processors in 3U height computer/server chassis. It's compact stature makes it ideal for rack mounted computers in a recording studio, video editing suite, operations control center, office environment or anywhere... [PCSTATS]

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Sennheiser Momentum On-Ear Headphones Review
The Doogee F7 Pro is officially the world’s first deca-core smartphone. Mated with 4 GB of RAM and 32 GB of internal storage, this is arguably the world’s most powerful smartphone.
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AMD's upcoming Bristol Ridge patform
From the elegant packaging, to the exquisite style, to the sublime performance, the Momentum On-Ear manages to execute just about everything to precision. Far too often you have products that look great, but their performance doesn't match their looks. With the Sennheiser Momentum On-Ear headphones, it's performance is just as dazzling as how won... [PCSTATS]

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Becoming A Data Ninja With Microsoft SQL Server 2016.
AMD's Bristol Ridge platform is almost here and we go deep with a look at its initial updated APUs, their performance and the mountains of potential it brings to the table.
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20 of the Worst PC Setups – March 2016
On the 8th of April, 2016, Microsoft Malaysia officially launched the new Microsoft SQL Server 2016 to support the transition to a data-centric world. Four key figures from Microsoft and the Multimedia Development Corporation came together to address the expansion of data science, and how SQL Server 2016 will help companies achieve their goals fast... [PCSTATS]

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Action Camera Giveaway Contest
"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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The Performance Of Ubuntu Software Running On Windows 10
"We're celebrating over 13-years in service to you our loyal readers by giving away the 1080p Amkov AMK5000S WiFi HD Action Camera! Contest is open to residents of Canada (no QC) and USA. Good luck to all!"
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Mushkin TRIACTOR 480GB SSD Review
"At the end of March was the surprising news about Microsoft
bringing Bash and Ubuntu's user-space to Windows 10 via a new "Linux
subsystem" for natively dealing with Linux ELF binaries atop Windows.
Since last week the latest Windows Insider update now ships with said
support for being able to run Bash and other Ubuntu user-space programs ... [PCSTATS]

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Noctua NH-L9x65 Low Profile Heatsink Review
If you're after one of the most affordable 480GB SSDs in the market today that doesn't do half bad in terms of performance and durability the TRIACTOR by Mushkin could be your best bet.
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Tesoro Excalibur V2 Review

"Noctua's low profile NH-L9x65 heatsink stands just 64mm tall and has a very compact footprint of only 95x95mm. The NH-L9x65 is designed to cool some fairly intensive Intel sockets, along with the full spectrum of AMD processors and APUs. Compact CPU... [PCSTATS]

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Synology DiskStation DS416j Network Attached Storage Review
With the Excalibur V2, Tesoro offers a gaming keyboard with mechanical switches and standard layout. As with all other high-end gaming keyobards these days also this one features a backlight and there are different macro modes. Apart from that Tesoro chose to use very solid plastic for this keyboard, which adds a lot to the stability and the overal... [PCSTATS]

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Cooler Master V Series 650 W
Every year we come across devices that offer numerous features on top of the traditional file sharing. A lot NAS (Network Attached Storage) manufacturers push more and more in to their devices as far as applications and features go and let’s face it, all of these features come with the price. You do get what you pay for but what …

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Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury X
The Cooler Master V650 is a high-grade PSU with ultra compact dimensions and a fully modular cabling design. It uses nothing but Japanese caps and a quality fan, and CM backs it with a pretty long warranty. The only downside so far looks to be its price.
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OCZ Trion 150 480GB Solid State Drive Review
HardwareOverclock.com has just posted another review. Last week we have taken a look at the Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury X. In this review you can find the performance and overclocking analysis with the actually driver and Trixx tool.

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Nanoxia CoolForce 2 Midi Tower
Better write speed, better pricing: Is the OCZ Trion 150 a
worthy successor to the Trion 100?... [PCSTATS]

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Synology RT1900ac High Speed Wirless AC
HardwareOverclock.com has just posted another review. Last week we have taken a look at the Nanoxia CoolForce 2 Midi Tower. The CoolForce 2 offers many practical features, such as the Nanoxia AirCover and Nanoxia ModuWand (modular Wall). A special highlight are the pre-installed Rigid LED bars behind the front panel, which light up in typical Nanox... [PCSTATS]

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ASUS ZenFone 2 Laser (ZE601KL) Phablet Review
You read the headline correctly – this is not a review of a Synology NAS, but instead a wireless router. If this sounds unusual to you, you are not alone. Synology is a Network-Attached Storage (NAS) company, or at least it used to be, as it's now taking all its networking expertise and jumping into the router market. Plainly named, the Synology RT... [PCSTATS]

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Swann Xtreem Gravity Pursuit Video Drone Review
The 6" ZenFone 2 Laser (ZE601KL) is the phablet version of the ASUS ZenFone 2 Laser (ZE550KL) smartphone. It is more than just a larger device though, with a more powerful processor, more memory, a better display and more!
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Fnatic Gear Rush Backlit Gaming Mechanical Keyboard Review
One of the biggest and quickly rising trends we have seen in the past couple of years, especially at the Consumer Electronic Show, has been ‘Drone-This’ and ‘Drone-That’. Even this past holiday season may have brought you your own four-prop, remote-controlled, 1080p capturing, flying machine. Today, Technology X has the privilege of reviewing the S... [PCSTATS]

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Case Mod Friday: Mad Scientist
Fnatic, one of the biggest and longest operating competitive gaming organizations in Europe and famous amongst gamers around the world, has entered the hardware business with Fnatic Gear. The acquisition of gaming peripheral company Func has given Fnatic access to a team and process to develop products for professional gamers who demand responsiven... [PCSTATS]

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test of mechanical keyboards
Welcome to another Case Mod Friday showcase! This week we have Oz Modz's "Mad Scientist" build. Here is what he had to say about it, "I really wanted to build a PC that has multiple looks and that has a lot going on with liquid, air and temperature changes. I have used a thermal reactive paint internally that when warm reveals a whole new level of ... [PCSTATS]

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Gelid Antarctica Ultra-Quiet Tower CPU Cooler Review
To lead us gently into that good weekend, Hardware.Info has a big round-up test of mechanical keyboards for you.

Once the province of demanding typists, these are now the bait of a great many hardware companies to lure that most delicious of all target audiences, the PC gamer.

We examined 16 of the current offerings, from 11 different b... [PCSTATS]

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AZIO MGK 1 RGB Mechanical Keyboard Review
Gelid are one of the most legendary cooling companies in the world and while you may not think of them first when you’re looking at a new CPU cooler, they’re the top choice for many system builders, enthusiast overclockers, and all of us here at eTeknix for our test benches, when it comes to Thermalpaste. Gelid GC-Extreme has been a popular choice ... [PCSTATS]

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OCZ Trion 150 480GB Solid State Drive
Minimalist, backlit, and comes with a wrist rest? Let us see
how the AZIO MGK 1 RGB fares.
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Deepcool Genome Chassis Review
Back in January at CES OCZ introduced their Trion 150 solid state drive and now the drives are finally making it to market. OCZ’s Trion line of solid state drives are aimed at consumers who are looking for an affordable solution to upgrade their hard drives in their PC or laptop. The Trion 150 is of course the successor to the Trion 100, which we t... [PCSTATS]

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Far Cry: Primal PC game analysis
The Deepcool Genome is an ATX case supplied with a 360mm liquid cooling system that is already installed.

The integrated nature of Genome speeds up the process of your PC build however that is only part of the story as the helix liquid reservoir is clearly visible at the front of the case and helps Genome stand out from the crowd of ATX cases on... [PCSTATS]

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NASA ISS Resupply Mission Tour Shows Swamp Works Tech
”Is it worth entering the land of Oros and fighting for the survival of the Wenja? I believe it is. Far Cry Primal is a good game, with some weaknesses and good strengths. One thing I want to say is that it feels more like Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon than either Far Cry 3 or Far Cry 4. It is more like a specialized take on the franchise, than a full ent... [PCSTATS]

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AMD announces availability of seventh-generation A-series processors
HotHardware had the incredible opportunity to be invited down to Cape Canaveral to witness a rocket launch that is carrying both supplies and science experiments to the International Space Station (ISS). In our initial write-up, we talked a bit about the experiments carried aboard Cygnus, took a look inside the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) and g... [PCSTATS]

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ASUS Radeon R9 Fury STRIX Graphics Card Review
With Manta, NZXT offers its first mini-ITX case designed for high-end systems. Since this is a rather large mini-ITX case, the Manta is capable of accommodating numerous fans and even up to three radiators. Apart from that the build quality looks decent as well and there are even good cable management options.
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Corsair's M65 Pro RGB gaming mouse
The GeForce GTX 980 graphics card may still offer the best bang for your buck but the Radeon R9 Fury STRIX by ASUS is by no means a less impressive choice.
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Gigabyte BRIX S BSi7H-6500 Ultra Compact PC Kit Review
We review Corsair's M65 Pro RGB gaming mouse optimized for FPS titles, if the big red dedicated "Sniper" button on the side didn't give it away! It features eight programmable buttons, a 12k DPI optical sensor and adjustable center of gravity through weights to allow users to better tweak the mouse for their style of play, and it's even got customi... [PCSTATS]

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GIGABYTE Z170MX-Gaming 5 Review
Today we have Gigabyte BRIX S Ultra Compact PC Kit in the hot seat. This isn't the Gigabyte BRIX S BXi5H-5200 Ultra Compact PC Kit that we reviewed last year, but rather the Gigabyte BRIX S BSi7H-6500 Ultra Compact PC Kit. This is one of the many revamped Gigabyte BRIX models that debuted at CES 2016! Gigabyte updated the exterior to have an arguab... [PCSTATS]

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ASUS Z170 ROG Maximus VIII Extreme
Today we’re to look at what GIGABYTE has to offer in the Z170MX-Gaming 5. This condensed motherboard shares some key similarities with its larger siblings which make use of the ATX form factor. Throughout there is an eye-catching design which carries with it a strong feature-set, with extra emphasis on audio performance.

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Pascal graphics card to launch at Computex 2016
The Asus Z170 ROG Maximus VIII Extreme motherboard is the latest in Asus' flagship line of enthusiast-class motherboards for gamers. It’s a top-end premium solution with a dizzying array of tuning options to supercharge your next build and tweak overall performance in games and lots of other applications.

The Asus Z170 ROG Maximus VIII Extreme i... [PCSTATS]

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MSI Z170A Gaming PRO CARBON Review
Retailing just under £110, MSI’s Z170A SLI Plus is targeting Skylake users with an eye on SLI support for their graphics subsystem. With the Z170A SLI Plus motherboard’s use of an Intel NIC and largely black colour scheme, MSI is aiming to perk the interest of mainstream users who may not want the Killer NIC and flashy aesthetics of the company’s G... [PCSTATS]

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U of T Sounds of Science: Music, Technology, Medicine
We check out the MSI Z170A Gaming PRO CARBON Gaming PRO Series motherboard. Armed with a decent price of €150,- this motherboard has refined looks, an RGB LED lighting system and next to that, this is Z170 meaning it is fast, feature rich and tweakable as well.

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HIS R7 250 Twin Fan 2GB D5 LP Video Card Review
This is neat; U of T will showcase (some for the first time) the latest discoveries in music medicine, technology, therapy, and clinical applications. The event on May 3 will show audiences about music's healing abilities and what happens to our bodies through certain music notes.

"For the very first time a live audience will witness how musi... [PCSTATS]

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Sunday, March 6, 2016

IT News Head Lines (PCSTATS) 07/03/2016

Case Mod Friday: L3peau

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Thermaltake Core X9 E-ATX Cube Case Review
Welcome to another Case Mod Friday showcase! This week we have Peter Brands' “L3peau” build. Here is what he had to say about it, "The first time when I saw the In Win D-Frame I thought … Liquidcooling! Tubing! More than a year later I got invited for the LDLC Modding Trophy to work with In Win and Bequiet, I felt so honored! Also very excited beca... [PCSTATS]

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OCZ Trion 150 SSD Review
With enough interior space for up to 20 fans or 8 radiators, seven 3.5" or eight 2.5" drives and the largest possible hardware components the Core X9 E-ATX Cube Case by Thermaltake is one of the largest cases in the market today.
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Amazon Fire HD 10 Review
Entry-level SSDs have been a hot commodity for many companies as of late. In the past few months we have seen many new TLC based options released into the market. Today, OCZ is back at it again with a new release, this time around it is an update to their entry-level SSD series, the OCZ Trion 150. By implementing Toshiba’s latest 15nm TLC NAND and... [PCSTATS]

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Kingston DataTraveler Mini 128 GB USB 3.0 Review
Amazon’s current generation of Fire tablets offer something for everyone, from the budget-conscious user who wants a super-cheap $50 tablet, to the consumer who’s willing to spend more in exchange for a larger format device with all the bells and whistles.

Today, we’re going to take a look at Amazon’s Fire HD 10 tablet which finds itself at the ... [PCSTATS]

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30 of the Coolest Movie and Television Gadgets
Kingston DataTraveler Mini provides large storage space in a thin form factor. The DTMini USB 3.0 is a capless flash drive with an aluminium housing with a lanyard/keychain loop on the other end. The drive is with a five-year warranty, which is great considering most cost-effective drives are usually with a three-year warranty.... [PCSTATS]

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OCZ Trion150 240GB and 480GB Solid State Drive Review
"It's no secret that science fiction has paved the way for technology. Sci-fi authors are scientifically-inclined by design and they often introduce the world to concepts that they know will come to fruition at some point down the road. What's always fascinated us, however, are all the things that science fiction has promised that haven't come to f... [PCSTATS]

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Patriot Viper V760 Mechanical Keyboard Review
OCZ introduced us to the Trion series about half a year ago and the first drive already impressed us with its performance versus value offering and now OCZ is back with the next generation of Trion drives. The newly released Trion 150 series brings the newest in TLC NAND technology coupled with a great controller in order to provide an amazing driv... [PCSTATS]

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Supermicro X11SAE Workstation (Intel C236) Motherboard Review
Aluminum plates and magnetic wrist rest: Let's take a look at
Patriot's first mechanical keyboard.
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Mushkin Redline DDR4 3000MHz 16GB (4x4GB) Quad Channel Memory Kit Review
Intel recently released their Greenlow based Skylake series Xeon CPUs and it’s a pleasure to take a look at the first enterprise-grade motherboard built for these processors today. I have Supermicro’s X11SAE motherboard on the test bench which is a standard ATX-sized single CPU board, but one with all the trimmings.
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Lexar JumpDrive M20c USB Type-C Flash Drive Review
The Mushkin Redline series is engineered to provide magnificent reliability and low latency while utilizing impressive memory speeds well beyond the DDR4 standard. Each Mushkin kit undergoes a rigorous testing procedure to reduce the possibility of hardware failure and backed by a generous lifetime warranty. This gives the purchaser peace-of-mind a... [PCSTATS]

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Razer Kraken Mobile Review
"The reversible design of the M20c is pretty handy when transferring a lot of data between devices and the product is available with 16GB, 32GB or 64GB. When comparing with the previous USB Type-C drive, we have got better performances especially in the writes area, now nearing 40MB/s. Lexar backs the drive with a three-year limited warranty, is co... [PCSTATS]

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Fractal Design's Define Nano S
Razer move in to take care of the needs of the casual music listener and gamer on the iOS platforms with a selection of neon coloured Kraken headsets that will ensure head turning style. They are fitted with 40mm neodymium magnets that will provide powerful bass and is made from durable, lightweight plastics that are suitable for a busy lifestyle. ... [PCSTATS]

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Streacom F12C Aluminium PC Case Review
The Magnum 2 quadruples the capacity and promises to double
the speed of the original Magnum. To see if it lives up to its claims, we
benchmarked the heck out of one to find out.
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Phanteks Eclipse P400 ATX Case Review
The latest F12C Aluminium PC Case offers the same excellent build quality and number of features we've all come to expect from Streacom plus enough interior space for a full sized ATX system.

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Crucial BX 200 480 GB
As time passes, case makers seems to invent new ways to make system builds easier. Some cases feature motherboard trays that slide out, others offer easily removable dust filters, thumb screws, or a combination of other features. So when Phanteks claims to allow you to create a clean and beautiful system with little effort, I think we would like to... [PCSTATS]

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BitFenix Alchemy 2.0 Review
Crucial's BX200 SSD comes at an incredible price point which is made possible by Micron's new triple-layer-cell (TLC) flash chips. In our testing the drive delivers decent performance, which, combined with pricing, results in a leading price/performance position for the BX200.
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Rise Of The Tomb Raider PC Gameplay & Performance:
BitFenix is not only a case manufacturer. The company also sells fans and power supplies as well as a selection of modding products. Today we're going to have a closer look at the Alchemy 2.0 cables, a new set of sleeved cables, which are compatible with a great amount of power supplies. Furthermore the Alchemy 2.0 cables are available in a few dif... [PCSTATS]

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EC Technology 2nd Gen 22400mAh External USB Battery Review
Rise of the Tomb Raider has hit the PC lining it up in our gun sights for graphics, gameplay and performance analysis. The game launched on the Xbox family of consoles a few months back and has since been ported to PC thanks to NIXXES Software. It’s a competent console to PC port updated with many graphics settings and effects to tweak and dial to ... [PCSTATS]

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the sequel to XCOM
If you are tired of your mobile devices dying when you travel you might be online right now searching for a large external battery pack to keep everything charged. The EC Technology 2nd Generation 22400mAh 3-port USB portable battery charger for $34.99 with free shipping might be just the solution that you need. This particular model is rather inex... [PCSTATS]

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XFX Radeon R9 Fury Triple Dissipation Video Card Review
XCOM 2, the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, is out now, and it has some big boots to fill. We went bug-hunting to see whether Firaxis Games has delivered another worthy entry in the long-running XCOM series.
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Mobile GPU Comparison Guide Rev. 17.6.
What happens when you take the AMD Radeon R9 Fury X video card with the Fiji GPU and disable 512 or 12.5% of the stream processors? You end up with the lower cost AMD Radeon R9 Fury video card that should still perform well on most game titles at the most demanding resolutions. It's been over seven months since we have looked at any Radeon R9 Fury ... [PCSTATS]

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Sapphire Nitro OC R9 Fury Graphics Card Review
Currently covering 551 mobile GPUs, this comprehensive comparison will allow you to easily compare up to 24 different specifications for each and every mobile GPU! Here are the latest updates :
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Samsung Portable SSD T3 2TB Review
The initial unveiling of AMD’s Fury X was eagerly anticipated due to the advent of high bandwidth memory, and potential to revolutionize the size to performance ratio of modern graphics cards. This new form of stackable video RAM provided a glimpse into the future and departure from the current GDDR5 standard. Although, this isn’t going to happen o... [PCSTATS]

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Tomb Raider (2013) 3-Years Later
The initial unveiling of AMD’s Fury X was eagerly anticipated due to the advent of high bandwidth memory, and potential to revolutionize the size to performance ratio of modern graphics cards. This new form of stackable video RAM provided a glimpse into the future and departure from the current GDDR5 standard. Although, this isn’t going to happen o... [PCSTATS]

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Wednesday, February 10, 2016

IT News Head Lines (PCSTATS) 11/02/2016

Lian Li PC-X510 PC Case Review

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NZXT Manta Review
The Taiwanese company Lian Li has always been known for its high-quality aluminum cases. In terms of workmanship and quality there were no doubt about that the customer gets the best value for money. Today Lian Li send the midi tower case PC-X510 WX into the race. What this premium medium tower really has to offer and for whom it is suitable, we pr... [PCSTATS]

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GeForce GTX TitanX vs. Radeon R9 FuryX
Manta is a small, curvaceous computer chassis which is primarily concerned with Mini-ITX systems. NZXT has given this new case a series of steel reinforced panels to ensure utmost durability and inside there is a platform which supports high-end kit including big CPU coolers, large graphics cards and water cooling radiators.

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Thermaltake Core X9 Snow Edition Case Review
With the GeForce GTX TitanX NVIDIA has a very powerful pixel accelerator in its portfolio, which is really expensive at the same time. The AMD Radeon R9 FuryX is also a highly powerful graphics card but comes at a way more reasonable price. In this article we're going to check which card is faster and we're putting this into relation to the price.
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Inno3D GeForce GTX 980Ti X3 Ultra DHS Graphics Card Review
"The Thermaltake Core X9 Snow Edition arrived Technic3D. The X9 supports E-ATX, ATX, Micro-ATX and Mini-ITX motherboards and have place for 4x 200mm, 20x 120mm or 13x 140mm Cooling-Fans. We will check this and many more in the following Review."
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Fractal Design Core 500 Mini-ITX Chassis Review
NVIDIA’s GTX 980Ti has proved to be a very popular choice among hardware enthusiasts requiring extreme performance at demanding resolutions. Whether you’re opting for a 21:9 3440×1440 60Hz panel, 4K display or high refresh rate 1440P monitor, there’s very few single card configurations on the market capable of dealing with advanced AA, complex tess... [PCSTATS]

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Kingston HyperX Savage 128GB USB 3.1 Gen 1 Flash Drive
Fractal Design have a long history of creating high-end, very high-quality products, but in recent years they’ve also turned their attention to a more consumer friendly end of the market, with more affordable, yet still very stylish and well-made products, such as the Core 500 we have in the eTeknix office today.

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Block Google DNS per device
Flash drives make it extremely convenient to transport and share data. With large USB 2.0 drives copying data was painstakingly slow. With USB 3.0, the transfer rate increased and so did the size of the drives. Kingston has released their 1st generation of USB 3.1 called the HyperX Savage. The drive is available in 64GB, 128GB, 256GB, and 512GB and... [PCSTATS]

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honor 5X, honor 7 Enhanced & honor Band Z1 Revealed.
Some apps, like Netflix, have recently started hard coding Google's DNS servers into them to combat the use of VPNs and Smart DNS services. Most of the guides I've seen have indicated that the best way to combat this is via "static routes to nowhere". While this is an approach, I don't think it's the best, or most reliable way to get it done. In my... [PCSTATS]

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Sapphire Nitro R9 Fury OC 4GB Review
honor officially launched the honor 5X smartphone, the honor 7 Enhanced Edition smartphone and the honor Band Z1 smartband. Join Allen An, honor Director of E-Commerce, as he talks about honor’s achievements and how these new devices are part of their aggressive push for more market share this year.
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Synology DS416 4-bay NAS
AMD released their R9 Fury back in July 2015, and our review at the time was fairly positive with concerns mainly leveled over the pricing. Today we look at the Sapphire Nitro R9 Fury 4GB – a new triple fan custom solution featuring enhanced out of the box clock speeds.

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the phenomenon of PCI-Express SSD’s
Synology has lots of offerings for enthusiast home users and the DS416 is one of them. It uses an Annapurna Labs Dual-Core SoC that offers enough computing power while consuming very little energy.
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2016 Samsung SUHD TV Models Revealed
We’ve been digging into the phenomenon of PCI-Express SSD’s for a while now, covering Intel’s P3700 drive as well as looking at an assortment of other models available in the market. One that was missing so far, at least from our English language publications, was Samsung’s 950 Pro. We’ve now amended that omission with a full and in-depth review of... [PCSTATS]

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OCZ TRION 150 SSD (240GB) review
At the recent Samsung Forum 2016, we were given the first look at the 2016 Samsung SUHD TV models to hit the market in the coming months. Join us as we share with you the videos and pictures we took of these new Samsung SUHD TV models.
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Corsair Carbide 400Q Case Review
We test and review the new OCZ Trion 150 series SSD. The new Trion 150 series is about value, we are talking 30 cents per GB. It is an SSD series that is 100% Toshiba proprietary, that includes the controller and uses new 15nm NAND flash memory.

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Input Club Infinity ErgoDox Ergonomic Keyboard Kit @ LanOC Reviews
Phanteks' Eclipse P400 is a budget case with an MSRP of $69.99
USD. But will it be budget in features and build quality?... [PCSTATS]

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Holy Stone F181 Universe Explorer Quadcopter Drone Review
Almost exactly one year ago I sat down and took a look at the original Massdrop ErgoDox kit. A few months after that Massdrop in combination with what would later be called Input Club announced that they had been working on a completely new designed called the Infinity ErgoDox. It’s important to note that the original ErgoDox was originally designe... [PCSTATS]

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Razer Nabu @ LanOC Reviews
Today's review of the F181 Universe Explorer will be my first introduction to newcomer Holy Stone, whom was founded in 2014. Read on to see it in action with its 720p HD onboard video camera, our review has on-board camera footage and photos, along with videos of my experience with the Holy Stone F181 Universe Explorer Quadcopter Drone."
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M-Edge Beast iPhone 6/6S Case Review
Generally, I tend to consider myself up to date with technology, I mean I spend my days testing and writing about the latest and greatest. Every once in a while though something slips past me. A few years ago at CES Razer introduced their Nabu. It wasn’t really the first of its kind with Nike and Fitbit especially doing things that were similar, bu... [PCSTATS]

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ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero Alpha Review
The Beast, in our opinion a first glance would tell us this thing is built strong and ready for your active lifestyle. M-Edge is dedicated to making your life smooth and transitional from work to the gym to the home and as you'll see in the next while through some of the products we are working with M-Edge on that they accomplish that with ease.
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Keys To Success: Four Mechanical Gaming Keyboard
Maximus VIII Hero Alpha looks identical to the standard Hero and an initial observation confirms the same theme has been implemented and a majority of the same features utilised. However, Alpha brings with it a number of significant improvements over its sibling with dual 32Gbps U.2 ports for NVMe storage, up to 3 PCI Express RAID devices, 802.11ac... [PCSTATS]

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Netgear Nighthawk X8 R8500 AC5300 WiFi Router Review
In a broad sense, there are two types of keyboards in this world—those that use mechanical key switches and those that don't. If that sounds like something a keyboard snob would say, so be it, this editor stands guilty as charged, and happily so. We can accept that not everyone will find just cause to spend a premium on a mechanical plank, but one ... [PCSTATS]

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iFamCare Helmet 1080p Full HD Monitor Review
Today, we take our first look at Netgear’s flagship router, the Nighthawk X8 R8500 AC5300 WiFi Router. This router has hit shelves just in time for the holiday gift buying season and is priced at around $343 shipped from most major retailers. This price certainly reflects the standing of the Nighthawk X8 as the leader in the Netgear series of route... [PCSTATS]

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Available Tags:GeForce , GTX , Radeon , Thermaltake , Kingston , USB , Google , Sapphire , Samsung , TV , OCZ , SSD , Keyboard , iPhone 6 , iPhone , ASUS , Gaming , Router ,

Sunday, December 27, 2015

IT News Head Lines (Guru of 3D) 28/12/2015

A friend in need of help
I'm not sure if I can put this here. If I can't I guess delete it, but in any case...

A friend of mine on the Mechwarrior Online community, his...

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Should I Buy a SoundBlaster Z Card for SBX Software? Or Just Buy the SBX Software?
First, I already have an Auzentech X-Fi Prelude card. It's an older card, but it's never given me any problems and I'm happy with it ...
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So... How do you feel about MGSV? Did you enjoy The Phantom Pain
Wondering how this community feels about TPP? Any MGS fans here ?

I didn't have a PS3, so I completed MGS4 only once, I love the series and MGSV...

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Is it normal for a PG279Q to have this much backlight bleed? (pics included)
It's so annoying. The monitor has no dead pixels, dust or anything like that.

Would you RMA this? I hate the process because it costs money and...

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Why does Samsung not make any 120-144 hz panels anymore ?
Are they out of gaming business ? or whats going on ?
I still have the Samsung S27A950D but i want a newer 144 hz 1440p IPS or TN panel and i dont...

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8800 GT drive bug - 2nd attempt
Hi, first post for some years.

My XP (SP3) PC uses an 8800 GT with 512 MB. The driver version I have been using for several years is 306.3. I've...

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8800 GT driver bug?
Hi, first post for some years.

My XP (SP3) PC uses an 8800 GT with 512 MB. The driver version I have been using for several years is 306.3. I've...

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Zotac Arctic storm + MSI AB !!!!
hi

is there a way to allow AB to OC this card ( titanX arctic storm ) and control the fans too ?

it seems that only Firestorm can do that and...

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KLONDIKE Pure Gold Case Mod 2015
*KLONDIKE Pure Gold Case Mod 2015*

*Worklog - Part 01*
By Coolone

*a.* *Name of mod:*
KLONDIKE Pure Gold Case Mod 2015

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no trust anymore btw users and the gaming industry
i always check websites before buying games, i check user reviews etc, it seems we are at a time that the gaming industry only cares about doing...

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Catalyst Video Quality options don't work on youtube?
I have a R9 280x card using Catalyst 15.11.1 Beta drivers on win7 64. The video quality options in CCC don't work on youtube videos but they do work...

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Request : Sapphire R9 380X Bios
Hi everybody I want to flash my R9 380 to R9 380X

If anybody could help me with an Sapphire R9 380X card I would be very happy :)

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Display defect due to GPU.
Hello guys , if the notebook suddenly shuts down and when restarted the screen turns black with running red and blue dots vertically... Is it a GPU...

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Is it possible to flash an R9 380 with an R9 380 X bios
As the title stated I'm just wondering if it is possibel to flash my R9 380 nitro with an R9 380 X bios as an upgrade ?

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HDI Announces Dune HD Solo 4K
HDI has announced the all new Dune HD Solo 4K. It can play a wide varyity of video formats in ultra HD, including support forÂ*hevc-video, also known...

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