Archive for November 2017

Intel Z390 motherboard spotted in SiSoft Database

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We already talked a little about the fact that Intel would/might be releasing another chipset called Z390 later this year. That is next to Coffee lake 6-core processors on what is to be the Z370 platform. A Z390 motherboard now has surfaced in the SiSoft Sandra database.


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Star Wars Battlefront II PC graphics performance benchmark review

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It's time to check out that PC release of Star Wars: Battlefront II (2017) for Windows relative towards graphics card performance with the latest AMD/NVIDIA graphics card drivers. Multiple graphics cards are being tested and benchmarked. We have a look at performance with the newest graphics cards and technologies.


Review: BitFenix Enso PC Chassis

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We check out the affordable (89 USD) new BitFenix Enso chassis, a PC case for a somewhat mainstream crowd. It, however, is loaded with features and really nice looks, thanks to an embedded RGB lighting system. And yes, it has been fitted with tempered glass. And that does make this chassis look very special. Wanna have a peek?

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BitFenix Enso chassis review

PC Cases and Modding 235 Published by Hilbert Hagedoorn 9

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We review the new BitFenix Enso chassis, a product series that is designed for a somewhat mainstream crowd but still loaded with features and really nice looks, thanks to an embedded RGB lighting system. And yes, it has been fitted with tempered glass. And that does make this chassis look very special. Wanna have a peek?


Acer ET322QKwmiipx 31.5-Inch 4K LCD Monitor

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Gosh, these product codenames.Anyway, Acer launched a new 31.5-Inch monitor, this one is Ultra HD 4K. The VA LED-backlight monitor supports a native resolution of 3840 x 2160 pixels and provides 3000:1 contrast ratio, 300 cd/m2 brightness, 4ms response time and 178/178 degree viewing angles.


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FSP gears up in style with new CMT510 tempered glassgaming case

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FSP is pleased to announce its new high-end gaming case, the CMT510. The new CMT510 mid-tower is the best case for gaming to come out of the FSP labs. Featuring three “galaxy dark” tempered glass panels, the strong, streamlined looks of the CMT510 accentuate the black coated interior and exterior.


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Review: be quiet! Dark Base 700 chassis

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We review probably one of the better PC cases of the year, the new be quiet! Dark Base 700. This enthusiast-class chassis comes with integrated LED and fan controller, tempered glass, sound dampening while offering good space to work in and yeah, very silent quiet airflow. Of course, you can house many kinds of liquid cooling. Have a peek at the product we'll review today. Read the full review here.


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Steam Top Ten Selling PC games 14th of November

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It has been a few weeks since we posted one, here are the ten top selling titles on Steam for the week as reported by Valve, btw the triple COD entry are different editions:

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Call of Duty: WWII
Football Manager 2018
Nioh: Complete Edition / Complete Edition
Assassin's Creed Origins 
Call of Duty: WWII
Call of Duty: WWII
Hand of Fate 2
Assassin's Creed Origins
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

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be quiet! Dark Base 700 Review

PC Cases and Modding 235 Published by Hilbert Hagedoorn 14

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We review the new be quiet! Dark Base 700. This is a new enthusiast-class chassis from be quiet! A truly nice looking chassis with integrated LED and fan controller, tempered glass, sound dampening while offering good space to work in and yeah, very silent quiet airflow. Of course, you can house many kinds of liquid cooling. Have a peek at the product we'll review today...


Intel, Micron To Increase and Expands 3D XPoint Manufacturing Capacity

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Intel and Micron announced the completion of an expansion to Building 60 (B60) at the IM Flash facilities in Lehi, Utah. The expanded fab will produce 3D XPoint memory media, a building block of Intel Optane technology that includes Intel Optane memory for clients, the recently announced Intel Optane SSD 900P Series and new capacities and form factors of the Intel Optane SSD DC P4800X Series.


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Micron Advances Persistent Memory with 32GB NVDIMM

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At the SC17 show, Micron Tannounced a new 32GB NVDIMM-N offering twice the capacity of existing NVDIMMs, providing system designers and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) with new flexibility to work with larger data sets in fast persistent memory.


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Download PCMark 10 v1.0.1403

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Futuremark released PCMark 10 v1.0.1403, a minor update for PCMark 10 that fixes a few issues in the Web Browsing workload. Benchmarks scores are not affected.


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ECS Adds Pocket-sized PC to LIVA Family, LIVA Q

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ECS is proud to announce the new LIVA Q, pocket-sized mini-pc featuring Intel Apollo Lake SOC processors, along with 4GB RAM, 64GB eMMC storage and HDMI 2.0; this little unit is capable of handling 4K video content playback with ease. 


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Gigabyte X399 DESIGNARE EX review

Mainboards 338 Published by Hilbert Hagedoorn 12

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Let's perform some mega-threading with a Ryzen Threadripper processors In this review we take the mighty Gigabyte X399 DESIGNARE EX for a spin.


Intel CPUs since Skylake susceptible to USB vulnerability

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Positive Technologies, which in September said it has a way to drill into Intel's secretive Management Engine technology hideen in its chipsets, dropped more details. The IME is a separate controller on the Intel Platform Platform Controller Hub (PCH), which has access to communication between the processor and other hardware.


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Ubisoft Halts Online Features Older Games

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Ubisoft halted online features of multiple titles on PC, PS3, Xbox 360, and Wii U on November 11. You can check out the full list of titles that are got their online functionality discontinued on November 11


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