Oculus will discount Oculus Ready PCs as part of a Rift bundle
Oculus' Rift is almost here, but in case you haven't heard, it's probably not going to run on the old family laptop. For those uninterested in building a new gaming PC from scratch this spring, Oculus...
View ArticleGoogle to phase out Flash display ads in January of next year
Progress towards a Flash-free web continues. Google has announced that as of June 30 of this year, no new Flash-based ads will be accepted for its AdWords and DoubleClick services. As of January 2,...
View ArticleAsh Wednesday Shortbread
Eight is Enough It's official: Intel shuts down the cheap over- clocking party by closing Skylake loophole AMD increases notebook traction WCCFtech: AMD's Zen-based Opteron processors to feature 32...
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Asus releases a trio of colorful B150 boards for smaller PCs
It's still amazing how much horsepower one can cram into a small computer these days. Asus is serving that increasingly popular market with three B150-based itty-bitty mobos. ...Read more...
View ArticleWindows 10 gets new Release Preview ring and detailed change logs
Most users are aware that Microsoft regularly publishes updates to Windows 10 called "cumulative updates." Although that name has a nice ring to it, it doesn't describe exactly what those updates...
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EVGA GTX 980 Ti VR Edition puts 5.25" drive bays to use
EVGA has added to its extensive collection of GeForce GTX 980 Ti offerings with its GTX 980 Ti VR Edition. What sets this beast apart is the inclusion of a 5.25" breakout box that's meant to reduce...
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HP will bring FreeSync to all of its AMD-powered laptops this year
AMD has announced that HP will be offering consumers FreeSync-enabled HP Envy 15z laptops sometime during the first half of this year. Those machines will be powered by AMD's latest Carrizo A-Series...
View ArticleSnapdragon 625 SoC powers up mid-range mobile devices
Qualcomm has announced three new additions to its Snapdragon line of mobile SoCs: the Snapdragon 625, 435, and 425. The numbers suggest that these are intended for entry-level mobile devices rather...
View ArticleSome Zen CPUs may pack 32 cores and eight memory channels
Every time there's an impending CPU or GPU release, a lot of rumors start floating around. AMD's upcoming Zen architecture is no exception to that rule, but now there are a few tasty morsels of actual...
View ArticleWhite Shirt Day Shortbread
Eight is Enough Ars Technica: Moore's law really is dead this time TechnoBuffalo: iPhone 7 A10 processor said to be TSMC exclusive VR-Zone: Gigabyte F2A88X-D3HP mid-range socket FM2+ motherboard...
View ArticleTake a video tour of our Breadbox build
We recently built a small-form-factor PC we like to call the Breadbox with some help from our sponsors at Gigabyte, OCZ, G.Skill, EVGA, and Logitech. We documented this Breadbox on video, and now it's...
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Need for Speed for PC embraces 4K displays and unlocked FPS
After a brief delay, the latest Need for Speed game is coming to PC on March 15. The racing game was released for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 in early November, but developer Ghost Games decided to put...
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AOC Q2963PQ offers 29" of ultrawide IPS on the cheap
How does the idea of a big, affordable workhorse IPS monitor sound? AOC is offering exactly that with its Q2963PQ display. ...Read more...
View ArticleDeals of the week: a $140 850 EVO 500GB SSD and more
It's Friday, and that means it's deals time. Here are the best bargains we sifted out of this week's PC hardware discounts.Those are the best deals we found this week. If we missed something ...Read...
View ArticleNational Hot Tea Day Shortbread
Eight is Enough The Motley Fool has the 3 most important numbers for AMD AnandTech has Micron 3D NAND status update Computerworld: SSDs for PCs could reach capacities over 10TB with Micron's 3D NAND...
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Microsoft targets entry-level business users with its Lumia 650
Microsoft has announced the Lumia 650, a budget Windows 10 phone targeted at business users. The Lumia 650 is another block in the tech giant's efforts to build a Windows 10 ecosystem across multiple...
View ArticleNvidia releases 361.91 driver and improves Linux support
Street Fighter V is coming out tomorrow, and Nvidia is making sure that gamers can hadouken each other with maximum graphical fidelity. The company has just released its WHQL-certified 361.91 drivers,...
View ArticlePresidents Day Shortbread
Eight is Enough VentureBeat: Microsoft patents a modular PC with stackable components DNA India: AMD's new GPU will double performance per watt, says India head Srinivas M Forbes: These are the CPUs...
View ArticleVulkan 1.0 erupts with a hard launch
The Khronos Group released version 1.0 of its Vulkan graphics API this morning. This release is a hard launch, meaning that the Vulkan specification, conformance tests, SDKs, and other resources are...
View ArticleEizo CS2420 and CG2420 displays are ready for color-critical work
Eizo's a well-known name in the professional monitor arena, and its latest pair of monitors continue that tradition. Meet the ColorEdge CS2420 and CG2420.These monitors have 1920x1200 IPS panels, which...
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