AMD Ryzen 5 1600X – Overclocking to 4.1GHz With No Manual Voltage Increase A recent trip to the local Micro Center location in St. Louis, Missouri showed that all the AMD Ryzen 5 6-core processors Continue reading “AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Overclocked Benchmark Results At 4.1GHz”. …more
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Apr. 27, 2017 at 9:56pm
Announced today, the HGST Ultrastar He12 12TB hard drive uses Perpendicular Magnetic Recording (PMR) technology in a standard 3.5-inch form factor to push the boundaries of mass data storage. WD said its new 12TB eight-platter Continue reading “Ultrastar He12 12TB Hard Drive Now Shipping”. …more
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Apr. 26, 2017 at 6:40pm
Intel has been has been working on the X299 platform for the high-end desktop enthusiast market for some time and it appears that the platform is only about a month away from being announced. This Continue reading “Intel X299 Platform For Skylake-X Processors Launching Soon”. …more
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Apr. 26, 2017 at 4:08pm
When the NVIDIA GeForce 381.89 WHQL video card drivers came out yesterday we told you that one of the bug fixes in the release notes was that GPU idling voltage was increased. We reached out Continue reading “Recent NVIDIA GPU Idle Voltage Bug Fixed In GeForce 381.89 WHQL Drivers”. …more
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Apr. 26, 2017 at 3:20pm
SteelSeries Brings Gamers the Worlds First Dual-Surface RGB Illuminated Mousepad Introducing The QcK Prism CHICAGO April 26, 2017 SteelSeries, brings innovation to its 15-year legacy of engineering the best gaming mousepads in the world by Continue reading “SteelSeries QcK Prism Dual-Surface RGB Illuminated Mousepad”. …more
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Apr. 26, 2017 at 1:00pm
AMD has posted a video clip that has id Softwares CTO, Robert Duffy, talking about how DOOM runs well on AMD Ryzen 7 processors out of the box and he believes there will be additional Continue reading “id Software Talks About AMD Ryzen CPU Enhancements and 8K Gaming”. …more
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Apr. 26, 2017 at 12:41pm
Are you ready to board the hype train? AMD Poland has uploaded an image promoting the AMD Ryzen and Radeon brands only to get a user to ask them ‘when will Vega be ready?’ AMD Continue reading “Radeon RX Vega Coming This Quarter According to AMD”. …more
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Apr. 25, 2017 at 10:03pm
NVIDIA has relased GeForce Game Ready 381.89 WHQL drivers that have been optimized for Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III, Heroes of the Storm 2.0, Batman: Arkham VR, Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality, and Wilson’s Continue reading “GeForce 381.89 WHQL Video Card Driver Released For Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III”. …more
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Apr. 25, 2017 at 9:22pm
The New Radeon Pro Duo Delivers Professional–Grade Performance &Flexibility for Todays Most Complex Multi–Tasking Workflows With up to 2 times faster performance vs. the closest competingprofessional graphics card1 on select professional applications,users can truly divide Continue reading “AMD Radeon Pro Duo 32GB Professional Graphics Card Announced At $999”. …more
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Apr. 24, 2017 at 7:56pm
Kingstons Data Center PCIe SSD Unleashes the Industrys Highest Data Throughput for the Worlds Most Media-intensive Applications Powerful Demonstrations Highlight Value of Kingstons Low-latency Storage Architecture for Professionals in Omniplatform Broadcast, Digital Effects, 8K & Continue reading “Kingston DCP1000 NVMe PCIe SSD Delivers 7GB/s Read and 6GB/s Write Speeds”. …more
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Apr. 24, 2017 at 7:40pm
HyperX Now Shipping Pulsefire FPS Gaming Mouse, Winner of RedDot Design Award 2017 HyperX Pulsefire FPS Delivers Accurate, Reliable Performance and Rounds Out HyperX Gaming Portfolio FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif. April 24, 2016 HyperX, a division Continue reading “HyperX Now Shipping Pulsefire FPS Gaming Mouse”. …more
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Apr. 24, 2017 at 7:27pm
Intel Optane Memory Will Speed Up Your Hard Drive If you building a PC on a budget this year you’ll likely find yourself deciding between a high capacity Hard Disk Drive (HDD) or a smaller, Continue reading “Intel Optane Memory Review – 32GB Module With 3D Xpoint Tested”. …more
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Apr. 24, 2017 at 4:22pm
EVGA GEFORCE GTX 1080 FTW2 and SC2 NOW AVAILABLE with 11GHz MEMORY +10% IN TOTAL MEMORY BANDWIDTH! April 20th, 2017 – The award winning EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW2 and SC2 are now upgraded to Continue reading “EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW2/SC2 – Now with 11GHz Memory”. …more
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Apr. 20, 2017 at 6:51pm
AMD Radeon RX 580 Arrives – RX 480 Enhanced The AMD Radeon RX 500 series was released this week and the new Polaris based graphics card series consists of the Radeon RX 580, RX 570, Continue reading “Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 Limited Edition Video Card Review”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Apr. 20, 2017 at 6:35pm
Sapphire today announced the Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 Limited Edition Graphics Card with a unique design, two extra LED fans in the retail packaging and a cherry-picked ASIC for better overclocking possibilities. To top Continue reading “Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 Limited Edition Video Card Announced”. …more
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Apr. 18, 2017 at 1:01pm