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WD Introduces 6TB Green and Red Hard Drives, Red Pro Series for Large Deployments

Posted on July 21, 2014 8:00 AM by Rob Williams

Last November, HGST impressed the world with the release of its biggest hard drive to date, the 6TB Ultrastar. The upside of such a drive is obvious: It’s 6,000 gigabytes. Also obvious though is a downside of that particular drive: Its $600 price tag. Suffice to say, this model is not destined for home PCs.…..

Ice-cold Temperature Killa: Arctic Accelero Hybrid II-120 GPU Cooler Review

Posted on July 21, 2014 7:00 AM by Techgage Staff

There’s no question about it: AIO water cooling solutions are here to stay. They’ve been around for CPUs; but what about GPUs? Arctic has that base covered, and it sent us its Accelero Hybrid II-120 with the unspoken promise that it is superior to any stock cooling solution. But just how good…..

NVIDIA’s ‘Ultimate Quest’ Could Be the Most Interactive Competition You’ve Ever Entered

Posted on July 18, 2014 1:46 PM by Rob Williams

We receive notifications for contests all of the time here at Techgage, but it’s a rare day when one convinces me to write about it. With NVIDIA’s just-launched Ultimate Quest, I don’t think I’ve had the opportunity to write about a competition that was more deserving. It’s clear that NVIDIA put a…..

ASUS Releases its Third Z97 RoG Motherboard: Maximus VII Formula

Posted on July 18, 2014 1:15 PM by Rob Williams

ASUS has today announced a motherboard so fresh, it’s not even listed on the company’s website yet. It’s called the Maximus VII Formula, and based on that name alone, you probably know that it falls under the Republic of Gamers line. This isn’t a board that “just” targets gamers, though; it has…..

Coming in 2017: Tesla’s Model III

Posted on July 18, 2014 8:00 AM by J.D. Kane

Tesla Motors, perhaps the world’s most notorious and accomplished all-electric vehicle manufacturer, announced plans to expand its model range. The Model III will be coming in 2017. According to the company’s founder and CEO, Elon Musk, the Model III will be priced at a relatively affordable $35,000. This is roughly half the…..

Matrox TripleHead2Go Digital SE Multi-display Adapter Review

Posted on July 18, 2014 3:00 AM by Techgage Staff

Using 3 or more displays on a single desktop PC is a breeze nowadays, thanks to the efforts of the three main GPU vendors. The situation is different on the mobile side, however, and that’s where Matrox, with its TripleHead2Go series comes into play. For this article, we’re taking a look at…..

ESPN to Broadcast The International Preview Show on ESPN 2, Championships on ESPN 3

Posted on July 17, 2014 5:51 PM by Rob Williams

In case you’ve been too busy scouring the plains in the quest for finding phat loot, I’m here to tell you that eSports has become a big thing. To get proof of that, look no further than The International, Valve’s annual competition revolving around Dota 2. Thanks hugely to the fact that…..

Corsair’s Voyager GTX is Proper ‘Super Speed’, Boasts Performance of Up to 450MB/s

Posted on July 17, 2014 8:30 AM by Rob Williams

Corsair has just announced that its Voyager GTX flash drive – its fastest to date – has just been released. We’re talking a small little drive that can achieve read speeds of 450MB/s and write speeds of 350MB/s, and supports SSD’s TRIM feature. Of course, speed like this won’t come too cheap,…..

UK Researchers Create the ‘World’s Darkness Material’: Vantablack

Posted on July 16, 2014 9:30 AM by Rob Williams

The next time you put on a piece of pitch-black clothing, or you wind up stranded in the dead of night, you should realize one thing: What you’re looking at isn’t that black. To some, orange might be the new black, but for the scientists at UK’s Surrey Nanosystems, the rights have…..

KDE 5 is Here: Introducing a Cleaner Frontend & An Overhauled Backend

Posted on July 16, 2014 8:00 AM by Rob Williams

A mere two weeks after it gave us a stable version of Frameworks 5, the KDE development team has gone ahead and finalized its KDE 5 rollout with the release of the Plasma 5 desktop environment. Since this is a landmark release for KDE, I feel compelled to tip my hat to…..

Sapphire Radeon R9 280 Dual-X 3GB Graphics Card Review

Posted on July 16, 2014 3:00 AM by Techgage Staff

When we took a look at EVGA’s GeForce GTX 760 Superclocked a couple of weeks ago, we lacked the ideal card to compare it to. With Sapphire’s Radeon R9 280 Dual-X in the house, retailing for just $10 shy of EVGA’s, we’ve managed to remedy that problem. So, let’s dive in, and…..

ASUS Launches Online RoG OCing Competition, Gives You a Chance to Win an X99 Motherboard

Posted on July 15, 2014 4:27 PM by Rob Williams

ASUS has just kicked-off an overclocking competition that anyone who owns a Republic of Gamers or TUF series motherboard can enter. As has become the theme lately, ASUS has chosen to run its competition through HWBot.org – a good thing given the score validation mechanics in place. To excel at this competition,…..

Synology Expands its ‘Play’ Lineup with New 4-bay DS415play

Posted on July 15, 2014 3:30 PM by Greg King

Launched earlier today, the Synology DS415play is being presented as the two bay DS214play’s bigger brother. For those adept to finding informational meaning from the device names, the four bay DS415play continues the example set by its two bay sibling by featuring hardware video transcoding, enabling the NAS to deliver full 1080p…..

Club 3D Releases World’s First 4K DisplayLink Adapter

Posted on July 15, 2014 2:29 PM by Rob Williams

DisplayLink has sure grown up since I took an in-depth look at it back in 2008, with the latest iteration now supporting 4K. We find this out via Club 3D, which claims to be giving the world its first-ever adapter of this sort. Up to this point, the company’s offered variations that…..

In Advance of the TI4 Finals, SteelSeries Releases the Dota 2-inspired Rival Gaming Mouse

Posted on July 15, 2014 9:30 AM by Rob Williams

If there’s one peripheral vendor out there that’s become an expert at game-specific branding, it’s SteelSeries. I mean, just take a quick look here. Of all the games in that list, the hottest one of the moment is Dota 2. After all, this is a game that sees nearly a peak of 1,000,000…..

Seagate Updates Small Business NAS Portfolio, Introduces NAS and NAS Pro

Posted on July 15, 2014 8:00 AM by Rob Williams

There’s been a great deal of NAS-related news lately, including Thecus updating the software for its entire lineup, and QNAP updating its Turbo NAS line to support virtual machines. Today, Seagate chimes in with an announcement of brand-new NAS models designed for the small business: Seagate NAS, and Seagate NAS Pro. After…..

Bandai Namco Announces Unreal Engine 4-powered Tekken 7 at EVO

Posted on July 14, 2014 3:30 PM by Rob Williams

Following a late-night leak, Bandai Namco has today revealed that Tekken 7 is en route. As Tekken 6 was released in late 2009, fans are definitely feeling like this next iteration is a little overdue. But, there is a slight (but probably expected) downside: The game won’t be out this year. To…..

QNAP Rolls Out ‘Virtualization Station’, Allowing Native VM Support on its NASes

Posted on July 14, 2014 3:00 PM by Greg King

QNAP has just rolled out what it’s calling “Virtualization Station”. Hoping to extend its product’s functionality, the company has now made it possible to run multiple VMs on a single Turbo NAS. By using a “simple and centralized management interface”, users now have a single window into the health of their VMs, as well…..

Undercover Sting Reveals that Many Bitcoin News Sites Can’t be Trusted

Posted on July 14, 2014 1:39 PM by Rob Williams

Like any type of enthusiast, those who follow Bitcoin tend to be passionate about it. They rely on many different sources of information in order to hone their knowledge – and believe me, there are many cryptocurrency-specific sites out there to help get that job done. I think like most people who…..

Tt eSPORTS’ VERTO Gaming Headset Offers Auto-adjustable Headband, Fold-flat Design

Posted on July 14, 2014 8:30 AM by Rob Williams

If there’s one thing that Thermaltake’s Tt eSPORTS gaming peripheral lineup proves, it’s that there are many different ways to design a product. On the gaming headset front, the company offers at least 7  base models, and what must be 50 different variants of those. It’s not that often that a brand-new…..

Teratrend TS432U 4-bay RAID Enclosure Review

Posted on July 14, 2014 12:00 AM by Techgage Staff

Unlike most NASes, RAID enclosures have as simple a featureset as possible. They’re designed to give you robust external storage potential, without breaking the bank. It’s been ages since we last took a look at a RAID enclosure, so to break that dry spell, we’re taking Teratrend’s TS432U for a spin. Let’s…..

Are Your Regular CHERRY MX Keycaps Boring? Thermaltake’s ‘METALCAPS’ Can Fix That

Posted on July 10, 2014 4:13 PM by Rob Williams

Sometimes, the simplest products can be the most intriguing. Such is the case of Thermaltake’s latest Tt eSPORTS addition: METALCAPS. As its name and the title of this post implies, these are metal keycaps designed for CHERRY MX keyboards. In its press release, which is definitely the shortest I’ve ever received from…..

Raptr Shows Us the Top 20 PC Games Played During June

Posted on July 10, 2014 2:59 PM by Rob Williams

Back in May, we had a look at the top 20 PC games played during the month of April, as according to Raptr. Now, we’re going to have a look at where things stand as of June, where Raptr says it’s seen a lot of turnover. As I mentioned in the last…..

Microsoft Flight Simulator Making a Comeback, New Title Due Next Year

Posted on July 10, 2014 2:29 PM by Rob Williams

Interest might have plummeted after Microsoft’s last proper Flight Simulator release, but it’s a series that goes down as an absolute PC classic. It was a sim that, even if you didn’t play it properly, you could still have a ton of fun with. Personally, I didn’t care to learn exactly what…..

Thecus Rolls-out OS Updates for its Full NAS Lineup

Posted on July 9, 2014 2:07 PM by Rob Williams

If you’re the owner of a Thecus NAS, it’s worth heading on over to the company’s support site to see if an OS upgrade happens to be waiting for you. In a release issued today, the company notes that it’s rolled-out OS updates for its “full NAS lineup”, which is really to…..

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