Enermax extends their all-in-one liquid cooler range with two entry-level models. The new Liqmax series provides the perfect balance between performance capability and efficiency. Enermax has integrated technologies and functions of the high-end Liqtech cooler series in order to achieve maximum cooling performance for strong multi-core processors. 

The Guru3D Rig of the Month November 2013 has been announced. It was created by Jacques aka Keenan in our forums, he has made a really remarkable PC to look at really. Project Marshlands is a military style PC with everything modded. Personally I can't help staring at his PC as in each corner there is a little intricate detail different. What a great job on this mod Jacques, well done!

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The Guru3D Rig of the Month November 2013 was made by Jacques de Winnaar and he has made something extraordinary, remarkable to look at really. Project Marshlands is a military style PC with everything modded. Personally I can't help staring at his PC as in each corner there is a little intricate detail different. What a great job on this mod Jacques, well done!

Infinity Ward has released a new Call of Duty: Ghosts patch for the PC which sees the return of nVidia powered smoke and realistic fur effects. The title updates provide a variety of performance and stability improvements, as well as general fixes and support for nVidia's PhysX and Apex technologies.

Gigabyte Technology shipped 17.5 million motherboards in January-October 2013 and will ship two million units in November, and thus is expected to ship 21 million units in 2013, a 28-year highest annual level and growing 10.5% on year, according to market watchers, adding that Gigabyte is expected to reach 2013 net EPS of NT$3.60 (US$0.12) which is its highest since 2004.

With the announcement of the new Kotetsu CPU Cooler, Japanese cooling expert Scythe is going forth to offer a 120 mm tower model with an aggressive pricing and great cost/performance ratio. Progressive development on field of thermal design and improvement of present technology, allowed Scythe to create a low-weight, yet very powerful tower-type CPU Cooler! Easy and fast mounting procedure is possible thanks to the recently introduced "Hyper Precision Mounting System".

Intel has big plans for Thunderbolt in 2014 as it pushes to make the connectivity standard more competitive against USB and now, to some extent, Ethernet. According to documents obtained by VR-Zone, Intel is looking to bring some features found in USB and Ethernet to its high-speed connectivity platform with its 2014 controller. The new features that Intel is including are the ability to charge devices and transfer files between computers using a straight connection.

And it's only  $299.99 (caughs). Razer announced the launch of its new top-of-the-line headphones: the Razer Kraken Forged Edition. Crafted with ear cups that are machined out of aircraft-grade aluminum and finished with a matte texture, the Razer Kraken Forged Edition is carefully hand-assembled, ensuring the build quality matches the premium looks and guts.

ZOTAC today reveals the flagship GeForce GTX 780 TI AMP! Edition graphics card. The new addition to the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 780 Ti family takes the world's most powerful GPU and cranks up the clock speeds for unrivaled smoothness and performance.

We review, test and benchmark the ASRock Z87 Fatal1ty Killer series motherboard. From A to Z. Multiple multi-GPU configurations are possible up-to 3-way, you'll get many USB 3.0 ports and of course an improved and enhanced audio solution (albeit that really is a software layer sitting on top of the Realtek ALC 1150 codec). But lets not forget the included KillerNIC E2205. Oh and of course looks with two-tone black red colors. Be sure to check out this review.

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Toshiba announces the slim, 7mm MQ01ABF solid state hybrid drive (SSHD) series. Equipped with Toshiba's NAND flash and available in 500GB1 and 320GB capacities, the MQ01ABFH series is the first Toshiba SSHD drive family in 7 mm. The series continues Toshiba's legacy of providing world-class storage products, and offers customers a complete lineup of 2.5-inch solid state hybrid drives with the previously announced 1TB2 and 750GB MQ01ABDH series 9.5mm SSHDs for ultrathin and thin and light notebook PCs, multimedia and gaming applications, and traditional laptop PCs.

We review, test and benchmark the ASRock Z87 Fatal1ty Killer series motherboard. From A to Z. Multiple multi-GPU configurations are possible up-to 3-way, you'll get many  USB 3.0 ports and of course an improved and enhanced audio solution (albeit that really is a software layer sitting on top of the Realtek ALC 1150 codec). But lets not forget the included KillerNIC E2205. Oh and of course  looks with two-tone black red colors. Be sure to check out this review.

QNAP hits back by bringing you their newest fanless NAS server, the HS-210. This 2-bay NAS server is equipped with a 1.6GHz Marvell processor, a 512MB RAM, a 16MB of flash memory, two 3.5-inch SATA HDD bays, an SD card slot.

Lian-Li Industrial Co. Ltd, today announces the brushed aluminum PC-Q35 chassis. Designed for users who want to build their own NAS as well as system integrators, the compact PC-Q35 supports Mini-ITX and Mini-DTX motherboards. Small Chassis with Big Hardware Support With a volume around 29.2L, the PC-Q35 supports an outstanding amount of hardware for its size. Up to seven hard drives can be installed: five 3.5" and two 2.5" drives. Expansion cards up to 300 mm and ATX power supplies up to 200 mm are also supported.

Aerocool Advanced Technologies, one of world's leading manufacturers of excellent gaming PC gear, is excited to announce the (market) launch of its innovative Dead Silence case fan series, which includes a 140 and 120 mm axial-fan model. Dead Silence is not simply a name; it's the main focus of the newly established products series, which is bringing forth new technology to innovate the cooling market. After an intensive development period, Aerocool Advanced Technologies was able to create an impressive case fan that combines the sturdiness and advantages of plastic with the flexibility and vibration absorption of rubber.

OCZ is filing for Bankruptcy, however this is a technical bankruptcy, meaning Business continues as usual with the difference that OCZ will become part of Toshiba. The past year OCZ has had a very hard time securing NAND flash modules making their volume shipments of SSDs low. With Toshiba backing them, that at least will be one of the problems that is going to be solved. I also just learned from OCZ that Warranty procedures will continue as normal. This is a technical bankruptcy. 

OCZ Technology Group, Inc., a leading provider of high-performance solid state drives (SSDs) for computing devices and systems, today announced that on November 25, 2013, it received notices that Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc. ("Hercules") took exclusive control of the Company's depository accounts at Silicon Valley Bank and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association.

With a recent study showing that 80 percent of "knowledge workers" experience pain and fatigue after a long working day at their desks, it is clear that user health and wellbeing is a challenge that manufacturers have to take seriously. Reaffirming its commitment to keeping deskworkers healthy, MMD, the leading technology company and brand license partner for Philips Monitors, announces the release of the new 24-inch ErgoSensor display to complement line-up of office displays designed for wellbeing at work.

It's nice looking in a weird way ? Icy Dock is proud to announce its latest creation: The Black Vortex MB074SP-B. Created to exceed the highest level of expectations, the Black Vortex certainly doesn't disappoint. It includes an impressive array of features and functionality such as 4-in-3 storage bay -meaning you can fit 4 x 3.5" drives in 3 x 5.25" slots. The Black Vortex has front access and EZ-Grip handles to give you the ability to swap drives without breaking a sweat. The quiet 120mm fan combined with all metal ventilated design keeps both your drives and system cool. The Black Vortex is a must-have for any system build.

Japanese manufacturer Scythe offers innovative and market leading cooling products for 10 years, and is hereby celebrating the anniversary with a special edition of the award winning high-performance Ashura CPU Cooler! Similar to the last special edition, the Ninja Copper, this spe-cial edition is produced in a very limited quantity. The Ashura Shadow CPU cooler has been optimized for better performance and the all-aluminum heatsink has been anodized black - making the CPU cooler a real eye-catcher!

A few days before the official Launch the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti, there was talk about a supposed Black Edition of the new high-end graphics card. Instead of the 6 and 8-pin connectors, it is said to be equipped with two 8-pin ones, and theoretically consume up to 375 watts. In addition, it was said to have no TDP limit and significantly higher clock rates - provided the cooling would cope with it. It would also feature up to twelve gigabytes of video memory. Recently, more pictures have shown up.

Download Realtek HD Audio 2.73 Driver for Windows XP, Vista Windows 7 and 8

Download the Nvidia GeForce 331.93 Beta driver as released by NVIDIA. This 331.93 Beta download release contains amongst others a SLI profile for Assassins Creed IV: Black Flag, fixes some browser-related stability issues observed with GeForce GTX 400 and 500 Series cards. We have a discussion thread open on these drivers right here. Thanks to Spets for spotting these.

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Download the Nvidia GeForce 331.93 Beta driver as released by NVIDIA.

Razer, the world leader in high-performance gaming hardware, software and systems, along with Evil Geniuses, one of the world's premier eSports organizations, today announced a plan to develop a line of custom-branded peripherals for Evil Geniuses. 

NZXT introduces the Kraken G10, a new mouting bracket that enables you to mount liquid cooling solutions to your GPU. The bracket is sold for $29.99. With rapid developments in the world of all-in-one liquid cooling, CPU cooling has become simple, cost-effective and most importantly, powerful. Unfortunately, the same can't be said for aftermarket GPU cooling. At least not until now.

EVGA has discovered that a small batch of our 1300W & 1000W Power Supplies (P/N: 120-G2-1300-XR, 220-P2-1000-XR, 120-G2-1000-XR) did not meet the quality levels that EVGA stands behind. There is insufficient insulation on the thermal pad by a heatsink which may cause the Power Supply to shut down or be unable to power on.

The fellas at Tech Report found somew new details about AMD's upcoming Kaveri APU, a slide highlights that Kaveri will have a PCI Express interface dedicated to SSDs, but there's no word on the number of lanes or whether it's Gen3. Kaveri is anticipated to be launched on January 14, 2014.

Intel will offer marketing subsidies of US$1 billion to encourage tablet vendors to adopt its processors in 2014 and thereby aims to ship 60 million tablet processors for the year, almost 10 times the estimated 6-7 million units for 2013, according to Taiwan-based supply chain makers. Intel Taiwan indicated that Intel's 2014 target shipments for tablet processors are 40 million units.

This is a new portable mega battery charger from LUXA2 called the LUXA2 P-MEGA. Featuring a silver aluminum enclosure, this compact and lightweight battery charger is equipped with a 4 stage battery level indicator LED light, auto-off function to prevent overcharge.

Microsoft's Julie Larson-Green stated at a recent investor event that having three versions of Windows is too many. She didn't give any exact details about what the software giant plans to do about this, but it seems highly probable that Windows RT and Windows Phone will be merged in the near future. Larson-Green did mention that she sees the need for one full Windows and one more mobile Windows that is more locked down.

Microsoft has released a new video for its Scroogled campaign and it's clear, the gloves are off when it comes to bashing Google. In the clip, posted above, Microsoft has recruited a few of the cast members from Pawn Stars to talk about the Chromebook. The clip is nothing short of throwing mud directly at Google as Rick, the lead character in Pawn Stars, refuses to buy a Chromebook off of a potential customer because it is not a real laptop. Rick says that because the Chromebook applications are web based, when you are not connected to the web, it's basically a brick. Further, Rick says that by having the Chromebook logo, it's not real laptop because it doesn't come with Office or Windows. Microsoft doesn't stop there; they say that when you are connected to the web, the Chromebook will track what you do online to put ads in front of your face.
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