As ASUS announced its AREZ-branded AMD Radeon RX graphics cards and over the coming weeks, you can expect to see more add-in board partners launch new brands carrying the AMD Radeon name. AMD just issued a press-statement that you can read after the break.
Well, it is official now. Asus has confirmed that it will release and rebrand AMD Radeon GPUs under the Arez brand, and move it out of the ROG branding. Apart from the new brand name, there are no differences between the current Radeon models and the video cards that appear under the Arez name. Same cards, different box.
Ballistix has announced the availability of Ballistix Tactical Tracer RGB DDR4 memory. The new Tactical Tracer modules, available in 8GB and 16GB densities with speeds up to 3000MT/s, allow gamers to light up their systems with 16 RGB LEDs in 8 zones on each module.
Cooler Master introduces addressable RGB (AIO) liquid CPU coolers. The MasterLiquid ML240R RGB and ML120R RGB are compatible with ASUS, MSI and ASRock motherboards with addressable RGB LEDs.
MSI continues to innovate its workstation line with the Vortex W25 and updated WT75, WS63 and WE series of mobile workstations. The Vortex W25 is the world's first 2.5L desktop powered by NVIDIA's Quadro P5200 GPU.
A new slide leaked today, it shows all AMD chipset, including one called Z490. That's interesting as it's the first time we've heard of it. The new chipset would add more PCIe lanes, but also make them faster.
NZXT super-sized their Kraken series liquid coolers, meet the x72 for cases with 360mm radiator mounts. Armed with three 120mm PWM fans and a nice radiator to go with it, the performance is really good.
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NZXT just super-sized their Kraken series liquid coolers, meet the x72 for cases with 360 mm radiator mounts. This new cooler is compatible with CAM software. This allows you to program, customize and monitor this all-in-one liquid cooling solution for your processor. Armed with three 120mm PWM fans and a nice radiator to go with it, the performance is really good, next to being extremely silent, NZXT probably has got the best-LED lighting system implementation in the industry as well.
Alright, so like ASUS shared a couple of screenshots that indicate some new features they will be introducing for ROG motherboard BIOSes. One of them, the ability to turn off RGB lighting, but also an in-BIOS search function that (English).
Yes, you read that right, basically Intel will be using the GPU, to offload the CPU for virus and malware scanning. The first program to utilize the new features will actually be Windows Defender for enterprises.
Toshiba announces two new surveillance and video streaming Hard Drives to the consumer internal lineup, the S300 and V300. The S300 surveillance Hard Drive series is available in capacities up to 10 TB and offers support for up to 64 high definition camera streams.
It's time for an update in the ten top selling titles on Steam for the week as reported by Valve:
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Far Cry 5
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Game of the Year Edition
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Far Cry 5
Divinity: Original Sin 2
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
Warhammer: Vermintide 2
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR
As expected with the new Core+ packages, Intel is releasing Core i5/i7/i9 processors paired with an Intel Optane SSD. Initially this will be 8th generation Core processors combined with the low capacity ‘Optane Memory’ caching SSDs.
Kingston announced it is shipping the UV500 family line of SSD products. UV500 is powered by the Marvell 88SS1074 controller, and combined with 3D NAND Flash, delivers read/write speeds of up to 520MB/s and 500MB/s.
Lian Li is thrilled to announce its latest chassis PC- O11 Dynamic which focuses on flexibility with plenty of space for watercooling options with support for up to three sets of 360mm radiators.
The Seasonic SnowSilent Series has been a favorite of modern, tech savvy audiences, with its chic, yet minimalistic look. The Series continues on as member of the new PRIME Family with three models: the SnowSilent 750 Titanium, SnowSilent 650 Platinum and the SnowSilent 550 Gold units.
Yeah I know, the LN2 overclocks are getting a little out of fashion. But hey, this is pre-launch stuff that gets out and at least worth a mention. An overclocker called TSAIK has had access to Ryzen 5 2600X and the Ryzen 7 2700X, he is liquid Nitrogen to cool them and reaches 5.8 GHz
Good news for anything with NAND Flash storage in it. Due to an oversupply in the NAND flash memory market, prices of the chips will continue to decrease, according to market research company DRAMeXchange.
Paid microtransactions for aesthetic upgrades are coming back to Star Wars: Battlefront II. Game publisher EA makes the controversial 'crystals' available again, starting April 18th.
Netgear released their newest wireless LAN extender, the Nighthawk EX8000. Designed to extend the radio range of the wireless LAN into out-of-reach areas of the home, the Nighthawk EX8000 is equipped with a WPS button and 4x Gigabit LAN ports.
Yes, you read that right, a nostalgic sounding 8086 processor. So then, Intel might be planning a special processor to be released with the 40th anniversary of the 8086 processor?
