Ben Enos
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ASUS has just announced its new Thor III family of PSUs targeting gamers with ultra-powerful systems. There will be three models in this family at launch, which consists of 1000-watt and 1200-watt 80 PLUS Platinum certified units and a third model offering a massive 1600-watts and an 80 PLUS Titanium rating. The...
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It's been rumored for some time now, but we finally have official confirmation that Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 will be available on Xbox Cloud Gaming upon release. From 10 am PT on October 25th, you will be able to play Black Ops 6 alongside both Modern Warfare III and Warzone titles. This is an positive announcement...
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With the impending launch of Intel's Arrow Lake CPUs seemingly around the corner, we are seeing many companies confirm product compatibility with the LGA1851 socket. As such, Noctua has confirmed which coolers in their line-up will be compatible and has also given instructions on how some users can get free upgrade...
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Qualcomm has been hitting the rumor and leak mill lately with its forthcoming Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chipset for flagship phones, but today the company is unveiling its next effort to push the boundaries of networking with the help of AI. Qualcomm has just announced what they are calling "the first commercial platform to...
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When it comes to mobile phones, is there any better battle than the one we see between Samsung and Apple? Every year, both manufacturers release multiple new phones and continue the ongoing tug-of-war over which is best: Android or iOS. While I am personally an Android man myself, there is no denying that Apple and...
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TeamGroup is once again making waves with more of its memory-based products. As we know, TeamGroup is always pushing the boundaries on its memory and storage products, just like it did with the GE Pro PCIe 5 SSD it announced at CES back in January of this year.
Today, the company announced that its newest memory...
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Hot on the heels of the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D launch being reportedly revealed, we now have some details on a few of the upcoming X870 and X870E motherboards from MSI. This is rather exciting, as the X870 family are the first new chipsets since the initial launch of the Socket AM5 platform. While AMD hasn't said...
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Netgear has just announced that it is adding new RS200, RS500, and RS600 models to its lineup of Nighthawk Wi-Fi 7 standalone routers. The new routers are being released so more households have access to Wi-Fi 7 and all the benefits it offers while still offering plenty of network security. The new RS200 will bring...
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As if we didn't have enough leaks about Intel's upcoming Arrow Lake CPUs, today we see another online retailer listing prices. That's right, Canadian retailer shopRBC has listed pricing for five Arrow Lake CPUs. Previously we saw the supposed UK pricing thanks to the retailer LambdaTek briefly listing it on their...
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As if mini PCs with desktop processors and built-in touch screens weren't crazy enough, here comes FEVM with a mini PC that could feature a GeForce RTX 4090M GPU. That’s right, while it’s not official yet, Redditor “mentalsojin2” has done some digging and was handed some critical info.
We are still waiting on the...
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Minisforum is back with yet another mini PC that boasts enough horsepower for multi-monitor configurations and PC gaming. The UM760 Slim is packing an AMD APU with 6 cores and 12 threads based on the Zen 4 architecture with integrated Radeon (RDNA 3) graphics. A few months ago, Minisforum launched its MS-A1 which the...
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Despite flying a bit under the radar, one of the bigger announcements at IFA was that of the AMD Z2 Extreme processor. The Z2 Extreme is the successor to the current Z1 Extreme, which powers some of the current flagship gaming handheld devices, such as the Lenovo Legion GO and the ROG Ally X.
Few details are...
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AMD's Ryzen 5 7600X3D is finally starting to appear in the wild, and we are already starting to see some benchmarks. First reports are looking quite promising as far as gaming is concerned, thanks to its onboard 3D V-Cache. Unfortunately productivity performance isn't amazing due to the Zen 4-based 7600X3D only having...
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Acer has just announced a new gaming laptop to rival all gaming laptops. That's right, Acer's Project DualPlay is here to shake things by offering a controller that's cleverly (and conveniently built right into the touchpad. This joins a series of other impressive announcements this week from Acer, which include...
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If you've every thought thermal paste was a bit boring, you would have been right...until today! Cooler Master for some reason or another has decided to paint a CPU using its multi-colored Cryofuze 5.
As seen in the video Cooler Master posted on its X account, the company is taking the marketing for its Cryofuze 5...
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MSI has recently announced its newest handheld gaming device, the Claw 8 AI PLUS. The upgrades may seem a bit familiar and lackluster but for those who have yet to pick up one of these devices, it may be enough to tip the scales in its favor.
We know the Claw 8 AI PLUS is getting a new CPU, we just don't know...
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