Hardware

Over the past few years In Win has established a reputation for making some of the most well built cases available. With entries such as the 904, the S-Frame and the original D-Frame, which like most In Win cases, was very well built! It had sharp lines and had craftsmanship that is unheard of from most other chassis manufacturers. Today …

System cooling is very important in high end systems. Gamers and enthusiasts are always looking for another way to push their system to its limit, whether it be by operating system tweaks or overclocking their CPU for every last bit of performance. With CPUs hitting overclocks in the 4.5GHz to 5GHz range, CPU cooling is very important. High performance air …

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a world-leading producer of advanced memory technology devices, is announcing that it has begun mass production of the industry’s first 8 gigabit (8Gb) GDDR5 DRAM that is based on their leading-edge 20nm process technology. GDDR5 is currently the world’s most widely-used discrete graphics memory. Discrete graphics DRAM provides a wide amount of bandwidth for processing high-quality …

After months of waiting, Turtle Rock Studios has finally released the PC hardware requirements for their upcoming asymmetrical shooter, Evolve. The actual specifications are quite reasonable, and most PC gamers shouldn’t have any issues meeting at least the minimum requirements. EVOLVE PC HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: OS: Windows 7 64-bit INTEL CPU: Core 2 Duo E6600 AMD CPU: Athlon 64 X2 …

On our last day at CES 2015 we had the chance to stop by the Plantronics booth, and take a look at some of their new line of gaming headsets. RIG SURROUND The first headset we checked out was the Rig Surround, which is a gaming headset featuring 7.1 surround sound, as well as compatibility for PCs, smartphones and tablets. The headset …

We had the chance to stop by Razer’s booth and saw some really exciting new stuff. Razer is a company that is well-known for making fantastic gaming peripherals, and most recently have ventured outside that market into building actual gaming laptops, wearable’s and various other devices geared toward gaming and gamers. FORGE TV AND CORTEX: STREAM The first of their …

This week at CES 2015 in Las Vegas, we got a chance to check out Ace, a company that specializes in enterprise server solutions as well as high-end Media Servers, which they sell only to re-sellers. As many will know, Media Servers and HTPCs are not as big of a market as they use to be, due in large part …

We had the chance to check out Intel’s Press Conference yesterday, and while interesting it definitely lacked in desktop hardware announcements. Instead, Intel focused on 3D cameras and wearable’s, the latter of which seems to be a running theme of CES 2015. INTEL REALSENSE 3D CAMERA Intel spent the bulk of the show talking about their RealSense 3D camera technology, …

Next up on our extensive CES schedule is Phanteks, which is a well known company in the enthusiast PC cooling and case markets. Phanteks has always impressed us year after year with their new products and this year is no different. ENTHOO MINI XL CASE The first of the new products we took a look at is the Enthoo Mini …

We stopped by AMD’s booth at CES 2015 today and saw a series of AMD hardware demos, including a series of demos running on the some of the recently announced FreeSync monitors by AMD’s partners, Samsung, LG and BenQ. For the most part, much of what AMD showed off today is not new. In fact many of their product presentations at …