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Kingston Shows Off HyperX Predator, PCIe-Optional M.2 SSD at CES 2015

Posted on January 7, 2015 1:00 PM by Robert Tanner

Kingston is showcasing a new addition to the still-fledging discrete PCIe SSD market with the announcement of the HyperX Predator. The Predator is an M.2 drive slotted into a PCIe Gen 2 x4 adapter card for one simple reason, performance. Sequential read speeds are listed as up to 1,400MB/s and writes at…..

Thermaltake’s Core X Cube Chassis Series: An Interesting New PC Chassis Design Concept

Posted on January 7, 2015 11:00 AM by J.D. Kane

Thermaltake kicked off its CES 2015 activities with something cool by unveiling its new Pacific RL240 water cooling kit yesterday. Well, very hot on the heels of that debut is the announcement of a trio of Core X series cube-style PC chassis optimized for liquid-cooled systems. The Core X1, X2, and X9 are…..

Corsair Delivers More Advanced Liquid Cooling Solutions

Posted on January 7, 2015 10:00 AM by Tom Roeder

Coming to you fresh from CES in Las Vegas, we have some news from the good folks at Corsair. For those of you familiar with Corsair, you likely already know that it has a very impressive lineup of liquid cooling solutions, among many other PC hardware products This CES brings us an even more…..

More From Thermaltake At CES: SHOCK 3D Headset, THERON Plus+ Mouse & Updated DPG G App

Posted on January 7, 2015 9:00 AM by J.D. Kane

Thermaltake has opened its CES 2015 activities with introductions of a couple of all-new items as well as an announcement heralding an update to its DPS G App software. Making their first public bows in Las Vegas are the Tt eSports SHOCK 3D 7.1 gaming headset and the THERON Plus+ SMART Mouse. The SHOCK 3D 7.1…..

OCZ Unveils Its ‘JetExpress’ Next-Generation NVMe SSD Controller at CES

Posted on January 6, 2015 5:00 PM by Robert Tanner

OCZ Storage Solutions is gearing up to debut its new solid-state drive controller, codenamed JetExpress. JetExpress will make the first SSD controller designed in-house by OCZ since its acquisition and major restructuring by Toshiba Group, so it will be intriguing to watch OCZ’s future products that will utilize this controller. As the…..

TRENDnet Promises ‘Extreme’ Performance With Its 1200 AV2 Powerline Adapters

Posted on January 6, 2015 11:00 AM by Rob Williams

TRENDnet has its hands in a good number of networking-related product categories, and over the years, we’ve taken a look at products from most of them. Perhaps surprisingly, powerline adapters hasn’t been one of them, although I can still back them up as being solid solutions – I’ve been using a TRENDnet…..

ASUS Expands Strix Line Of Products With Gaming Keyboard, Mouse & Surround-sound Headset

Posted on January 6, 2015 10:00 AM by J.D. Kane

Not to be outdone by its in-house competitor, Republic of Gamers, ASUS’ Strix sub-brand also has its own trio of gaming-oriented peripherals to announce at CES 2015. Making their debuts are the Strix 7.1 headset, the Claw gaming mouse, and the Tactic Pro mechanical keyboard. The Strix 7.1 is a true 7.1 surround…..

Mad Catz’s F.R.E.Q. 9 Aims To Be The Gamer’s Dream Wireless Headset

Posted on January 6, 2015 9:00 AM by Tom Roeder

Right about now, your head might be spinning with all of the CES coverage as there’s just so much out there, and so many exciting products.  Here at Techgage we really try to “thin the herd” for you, bringing you the most exciting and relevant news about what is really exciting coming out…..

Philips’ Ultra-wide 34-inch ‘Brilliance’ Display Brings Sleek Curves, Lots Of Pixels

Posted on January 5, 2015 9:00 PM by Rob Williams

A CES just wouldn’t be a CES without a ton of display announcements, and while 4K is still dominating much of the showfloor, “ultra-wide” has moseyed right on in, demanding some immediate attention. Its name doesn’t keep much a secret, but ultra-wide displays aim to blend the benefits of having just one…..

QNAP’s Latest ‘TVS’ NAS Models Utilize AMD Embedded Processors, 10GbE Networking

Posted on January 5, 2015 8:15 PM by Greg King

Somebody has to be first. Announced today, QNAP has partnered with AMD to release two new models of NAS devices. Powered by an AMD 64-bit G-Series quad-core CPU, the 4/6/8-bay TVS-x63 and the 10GbE-ready TVS-863+ are the first NAS devices to feature an AMD embedded CPU. “QNAP is renowned for providing comprehensive…..

Thermaltake Brings Us Back To Our DIY Roots With Pacific RL240 Water Cooling Kit

Posted on January 5, 2015 7:15 PM by Rob Williams

As much as I love all-in-one CPU coolers, I can’t deny that my interest in them has waned over the years. It’s not that current models are boring, of course; it’s just the fact that at this point, the coolers been refined so much, it’s hard to make them exciting. In a…..

ASUS Gives Gamers Something Good To Look At With Its PG27AQ & MG279Q Gaming Monitors

Posted on January 5, 2015 5:15 PM by Greg King

Sticking to tradition, ASUS has inundated us with product announcements at this year’s CES, and fortunately for our gaming audience, many products have been designed just for you. JD has already given his thoughts on ASUS’ latest Republic of Gamers peripherals, so here, I’ll talk about two gaming monitors the company’s showing…..

ASUS Announces New Republic of Gamers Peripherals at CES 2015

Posted on January 5, 2015 4:00 PM by J.D. Kane

ASUS announced a trio of new gaming peripherals to be released under its Republic of Gamers (ROG) banner at CES 2015. Breaking cover for the first time are two gaming mice, the wireless Spatha and the corded Sica, and an innovative mouse pad called the Whetstone. The Spatha is designed for optimum…..

Logitech’s Ultimate Ears Introduces The UE MEGABOOM Portable Speaker

Posted on January 5, 2015 1:45 PM by Brett Thomas

Readers of our reviews know that I was blown away when I got the opportunity to review Logitech’s BOOM wireless speaker, brought from the sound labs of Ultimate Ears.  Prior to doing the review, I couldn’t imagine paying half the cost of that product for something as “simple” as a wireless speaker…afterwards,…..

SanDisk Introduces SSD Plus And Ultra II mSATA Form-factor SSDs

Posted on January 5, 2015 12:00 PM by Robert Tanner

SanDisk is starting CES 2015 by announcing two new models in its SSD lineup. The SanDisk “SSD Plus” will be a 2.5” entry-level drive geared for consumers looking to enter the solid-state drive market on a budget, while the Ultra II mSATA SSD takes the popular Ultra II brand and gives it…..

Seagate’s All-steel ‘Seven’ Mobile Hard Drive Is World’s Thinnest, Also World’s Sexiest

Posted on January 5, 2015 9:00 AM by Rob Williams

We’ve had a good number of mobile hard drives cross our path over the years, and I can honestly say that I don’t ever remember being “wowed” by one for looking so aesthetically pleasing. It’s just a mobile drive, right? Well, Seagate wants to make an exception. If it were commonplace for…..

Phanteks Enthoo EVOLV Micro-Tower Chassis Review

Posted on January 5, 2015 7:00 AM by Techgage Staff

The line “big things come in small packages” has been used often to describe small form-factor chassis, so we’ll spare you this time. What we have today is Phanteks’ Enthoo EVOLV, a micro-ATX enclosure that’s big on features, but small on space. While our testing wasn’t without issues, it looks to be…..

NVIDIA Demos NVIDIA DRIVE Automotive Computer Tech

Posted on January 5, 2015 1:30 AM by J.D. Kane

As an automotive enthusiast, I get excited by new technologies applied to cars. You can attribute that to a childhood dominated by evenings watching Knight Rider. Thankfully, the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) always delivers, and NVIDIA is the first to present new tech that promises to revolutionize the automotive world. NVIDIA’s…..

NVIDIA Announces Tegra X1 Mobile Processor, Uses 256 CUDA Cores To Push 1 TFLOPs

Posted on January 5, 2015 12:30 AM by Rob Williams

At its annual CES keynote, NVIDIA’s Jen-Hsun Huang announced his company’s next-generation Tegra mobile processor, “X1”. The X in its name refers to Maxwell, the latest architecture to power NVIDIA’s desktop GPUs, including the GeForce GTX 980 and 970. As usual, Jen-Hsun touts some impressive things with Tegra X1. For starters, it…..

Techgage @ CES 2015

Posted on January 5, 2015 12:00 AM by Techgage Staff

Believe it or not, the annual Consumer Electronics Show is upon us once again, and sticking to sound logic, CEA has dubbed this one “CES 2015”. While Mother Nature caused some disruption last year, we’ve made it to Vegas for the latest event and will be reporting on the coolest stuff to come out…..

WD Red 6TB NAS Hard Drive Review

Posted on January 2, 2015 7:00 AM by Techgage Staff

Whether your NAS has 1 or 8 bays, if your goal is to maximize the available storage space, you’ll want to turn your attention to WD’s Red – the only consumer-targeted NAS series that offers a 6TB option. At about $265, it’s not too hard on the wallet, and as we’ll see,…..

Elite Dangerous Review: It’s Full Of Stars

Posted on December 31, 2014 7:00 AM by Techgage Staff

The Elite series has been around for almost 30 years, with the last game having graced our monitors 20-years-ago. Given that, it’s safe to suspect that Elite Dangerous has a lot to live up to. Does it? Or should we abort this docking? The resurgence of space-based video games have been very…..

Rumor: NVIDIA Set To Launch Mid-range GeForce GTX 960 On January 22?

Posted on December 30, 2014 11:00 AM by Rob Williams

NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 960 can’t get here soon enough, because until it does, rumors of its release will continue to permeate the Internet. Fortunately, the latest rumor seems pretty reasonable. According to Japanese website Hermitage Akihabara (via: Fudzilla), NVIDIA’s set to launch its first mid-range GTX 900 card on January 22 for ¥25,000,…..

Is This The Beginning Of The End For Internet Explorer? Windows 10 Said To Introduce New Primary Web Browser

Posted on December 30, 2014 9:00 AM by Greg King

I think few would argue that Microsoft had many missteps with Windows 8. Some have even gone as far as calling it a failure on par with Windows Vista. For those reasons, Microsoft has a lot riding on its next OS, Windows 10, and so far, it seems to be doing well…..

Xiaomi Raises $1.1 Billion To Push Company Valuation To $45 Billion

Posted on December 29, 2014 6:00 PM by Rob Williams

Outside of business tech, the Xiaomi name is almost an unknown on these shores. But, there’s a handful of reasons why the company is worth watching, because in time, it could very well make a big impression on the US market. For example, consider the fact that this hardware vendor was founded…..

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