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Which Steam Machine Offers the Best Performance or Value? Futuremark Investigates
Valve’s forthcoming Steam Machines got some major attention at last week’s CES, and in truth, it’s hard to keep them all straight. Thanks to that, it’s even harder to gauge which Steam Machine is the best value, or offers the best performance – something Futuremark understands well. The company took it upon…..
NZXT Double Feature: H440 Chassis and Ducky/NZXT Shine 3 Mechanical Keyboard
NZXT has announced its newest PC chassis, the H440. The new H440 heralds a somewhat revolutionary approach to PC chassis design. Governed by a desire to make a PC build “seamless and beautiful,” the H440 is specifically designed to eliminate the unsightly cable clutter that blights most PC builds. For one thing,…..
AMD’s Kaveri is Here, And Brings With it a Brilliant HSA Design
AMD’s long-awaited Kaveri APU is here, so for the big question: Was it worth the wait? When compared to the previous-generation, the answer is “Yes”. Kaveri is AMD’s first HSA (heterogeneous system architecture) CPU, which is to say that both the CPU and GPU cores can work together, so that when programs are…..
The Thermostat Market is Heating Up: Google Snags Nest for $3.2 Billion in Cash
Last month, we posted that Google had been in the development stages of designing its own “smart thermostat”, despite suffering a failed attempt at an online service a couple of years earlier. Well, as has now been proven, Google certainly is taking this market seriously, but it figured that it might as…..
CES 2014: Thermaltake Adds Wi-Fi to its BlacX Hard Drive Dock
In the six or so years that Thermaltake’s BlacX hard drive dock series has existed, it’s gained a reputation for being reliable – something I can back up as I’ve had two different models during most of that time (I’ve been rocking the 5G model for three years). So with such a…..
CES 2014: Mushkin’s Helix SSD to Feature LSI’s SandForce SF-3700 Controller
CES may be winding down, but one interesting tidbit hidden within the myriad of other Mushkin launches is that the company is already working on future solid-state drive releases featuring the upcoming LSI SandForce SF-3700 controller. SF-3700 “Griffin” will be the third-generation SandForce controller, but the first to be launched since LSI…..
CES 2014: TRENDnet Deploys Three New 802.11ac Products at CES 2014
TRENDnet has unveiled a handful of 802.11ac products at CES, including what it dubs an “Extreme Performance” router, called AC1900. It’s powered by a 1GHz processor (vendor / model not mentioned), and features high-power radio amplifiers to help reach total throughput speeds of up to 1.3Gbps. Because it’s unlikely that all of…..
CES 2014: The Ultimate Has Been Achieved: 3D Printing Can Now Create Candy
There’s little doubt that 3D printing is going to become a major part of our future, and it seems that not a month can go by where another reason for that doesn’t get tossed onto the pile. At CES, I think one of the best examples of what 3D printing can accomplish…..
CES 2014: T-Mobile Continues to Annoy its Competitors, Offers You $650 Credit to Switch
T-Mobile’s on a rampage – it wants nothing more than to upend the way its competitors do business, and while it seems almost impossible that a major telecom would want to put its customers first (for once), the ship John Legere steers seems to be going in the right direction. The first…..
CES 2014: Lucid’s PowerXtend Technologies Can Improve Mobile Battery-life up to 50%
I’m confident that most people would agree that performance is an important aspect of our mobile devices, but I’m also certain that most who believe that would still weigh battery-life just a bit higher. No one likes being out on the road using a device they need that’s skirting the critical battery…..
CES 2014: Corsair’s AX1500i PSU to Drool Over, Said to Support the Current 80 PLUS Titanium Draft
I have no need for a mega-sized PSU, but I can’t help but sit here in awe sometimes when I look at the beefiest models. The size, the number of connections, the performance claims – it’s all impressive stuff. Corsair’s latest PSU, the AX1500i, definitely falls into that camp. Corsair calls it…..
CES 2014: Mad Catz Caters to the Professional Gamer with R.A.T. TE Gaming Mouse
It kind of feels like half of the gaming peripherals that get released nowadays are targeted at eSports, but it’s no surprise – it’s a booming industry. And while it might get a bit tiresome to hear that “eSports” term all the time if you don’t participate or even pay attention to…..
CES 2014: Intel Powers DreamWorks’ Kid-targeted DreamTab Tablet
In a market well-saturated with kid-targeted tablets, DreamWorks wanted to make sure that its own would hit the ball out of the park. So, it teamed up with a company that knows how to build kids’ tablets better than most: Fuhu. In the design process, Intel’s latest Atom SoC was chosen to…..
CES 2014: Cooler Master to Release Elite 110 mini-ITX Chassis in North America
It can be rather frustrating when a new product you’d love to own isn’t released anywhere near you, and for many PC builders, I’m sure that sentiment was felt when Cooler Master released its Elite 110 mini-ITX chassis overseas last fall. But, that issue is soon to be remedied: Cooler Master has…..
CES 2014: AMD Demos G-Sync Alternative “FreeSync” at CES; NVIDIA Quickly Discredits It
Update (4:33PM EST): Intel’s François Piednoël has come to AMD’s defense regarding FreeSync, stating that once displays begin utilizing the eDP 1.3 (an upcoming DisplayPort standard) , a free solution would indeed be possible thanks to the addition of frame storage capabilities. Original Story: Between the time NVIDIA’s variable refresh tech G-Sync was…..
CES 2014: Mushkin Adds 480GB Model to Ventura Ultra USB 3.0 Series, Boasts 455MB/s Read
Mushkin’s Ventura series of USB 3.0 SSD flash drives are designed to give the ultimate in performance to those who need it while on-the-go. But, with a 240GB model topping that lineup, some might have passed it over in hopes an even larger model would come along. At CES, that happened, and…..
Latest Steam Update Fixes Bugs, Adds Global Downloading During Gamplay & Family Options
When Valve rolled-out a Steam update a couple of months ago that introduced a revamped download manager, I said something I’m sure a lot of people would agree with: “One option that would have been nice to see here is a global “don’t update” toggle.” Well, it appears that Valve has listened…..
CES 2014: Dell’s P2815Q 28-inch 4K Monitor to be Priced At… $699
When companies announce that a new product is going to be priced at “under $1,000”, it regularly means that it’s going to cost something as close to $1,000 as possible – like $999.99. With its P2815Q display, Dell breaks that mold – this 4K 28-inch monitor is set to sell for $699.99. Wow.…..
CES 2014: A Tour of Thermaltake’s Suite at CES 2014
Bad weather saw to it that we’d be unable to make it to CES this year, which means we’ve been unable to snap a single photo of anything at the event. However, there’s an upside: Some companies have done the grunt work for us, such as Thermaltake. So, I’d like to share…..
CES 2014: GIGABYTE Announces BRIX Pro Mini-PCs: Boasts Intel Iris Pro GPU & Fast CPUs
Since the launch of its initial BRIX Mini-PC, GIGABYTE has offered those who want a super-small PC that doesn’t skimp too much on performance the option. But, what about those who don’t mind their PC being just a bit bulkier in order to amplify the amount of performance available? BRIX Pro is…..
CES 2014: Thermaltake’s eSPORTS Line Greets Four New Gaming Mouse Models
Thermaltake’s taking great advantage of CES to roll-out a lot of product, and it’s of no surprise that its eSPORT lineup has seen a lot of love. On the mouse side, the company announced four models; three of which are variants of pre-existing models, the other being brand-new. Let’s start with that…..
CES 2014: Samsung Targets the Tablet Multi-tasker with Galaxy TabPRO and NotePRO
One of the hottest areas in mobile at the moment is convertible notebooks, and this year’s CES is full of them. Some are able to convert from a notebook to a tablet in an instant, with the idea being that sometimes work just needs to be done. When it doesn’t, the user…..
CES 2014: Corsair’s Hydro H105 CPU Cooler Has Thick Radiator, PWM Fans & Color Accent Rings
Corsair has just announced the latest addition to its Hydro series of CPU coolers, H105. This is a successor to the well-received H100, and sports a couple of notable improvements. For starters, the radiator thickness has been increased from 27mm to 38mm, and PWM fans replace standard ones to offer finer control…..
CES 2014: Intel Wants to ‘Make Everything Smart’, Demos Multiple Smart Products at CES
To open his pre-CES keynote, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich told the audience this his company wants to “make everything smart”. If a product could be better-served with some brains behind it, then he wants to see it happen. We talked earlier about one example of this in our Intel Edison post, but…..
CES 2014: Razer’s Ambitious Project Christine Aims to Bring PC Building to Non-builders
A lot of ambitious projects are announced at every CES, and Razer’s been no stranger on that front. With Project Christine, though, I think it’s safe to say that the company has just revealed its most ambitious project to date – it managed to get a genuine ‘whoa” out of me. With…..