In depth: Here’s how I came to spend over $200 on a keyboard
Here’s how I came to spend over $200 on a keyboard After a frustrating seven month wait, my custom-made WhiteFox keyboard has finally arrived. It may have only sold 3810 units, but that actually means...
View ArticleAMD has just put an SSD on a graphics card
AMD has announced a new range of affordable Radeon Pro WX graphics solutions for workstations and professional use, along with a fresh graphics card – the Radeon Pro SSG – which runs with a whole new...
View ArticleNvidia unveils most powerful GPU ever
Nvidia has unveiled two new Pascal-based Quadro graphics cards, to follow on from its fresh consumer offerings (which run from the GTX 1060 up to the new Titan). The Quadro P6000 and P5000 are the...
View ArticleYou can now buy the world’s largest SSD for the price of a new car
Remember that 15.36TB SSD Samsung launched a year ago? You can now buy it, for just $9,690 (about £7,400 or AU$13,000), from a couple of US retailers. At £480 (about $630, AU$840) per TB, that’s...
View ArticleWestern Digital’s 3D NAND breakthrough promises bigger, faster SSDs
Western Digital has announced a major new breakthrough in 3D NAND, meaning we can look forward to some tasty new SSDs hitting the market in the future. Working in conjunction with Toshiba, Western...
View ArticleSennheiser reckons it’s made the ‘ultimate’ surround sound gaming headset
Sennheiser has revealed the PC 373D headset, which it claims will give gamers the ultimate audio experience on several fronts, from clarity of sound through to comfort levels. This headset gives you...
View ArticleLeaks show AMD’s Radeon RX 470 owning Full HD gaming
We now have the full specs on the Radeon RX 470 and RX 460 graphics cards, the lesser and more affordable siblings of the already launched RX 480 – assuming the press slides which have been leaked are...
View ArticleAMD’s latest graphics cards could be the perfect for your budget build
AMD wowed us with its affordable VR-ready Radeon RX 480 graphics card but the chip maker isn’t done with its mission to bring capable GPUs to the masses. The Sunnyvale-based company has unveiled some...
View ArticleBuying Guide: Top 10 best monitors and displays for business users
Introduction You may well be sitting in front of your monitor all day, regardless of whether you’ve jumped on the laptop bandwagon or not, so making sure that you have the right one is essential for...
View ArticleNvidia’s new Titan X has arrived – here’s where to get it
Nvidia’s fresh take on the Titan X is a massively powerful graphics solution – in fact, we recently called it irresponsibly overpowered – and the good news is that if you want to get in on some...
View ArticleUpdated: What mouse? 10 best mice 2016
Introduction In the fifty-odd years since its invention we’ve seen the humble mouse improve considerably, with the addition of weight systems, laser sensors and masses of buttons and flashing lights....
View ArticleQuantum computers just took a huge logical leap forward
Quantum computing researchers at the University of Oxford have developed a logic gate with a precision of 99.9%. That’s not only a new record, it also hits the theoretical benchmark necessary to build...
View ArticleHere’s how your monitor could be hacked to spy on you
There’s been plenty happening over at the Defcon 24 hacking conference in Las Vegas, and another worrying development is the emergence of news that the humble monitor can be hacked. A monitor, hacked?...
View ArticleThe best computer mouse 2016: 10 best mice compared
Introduction In the fifty-odd years since its invention we’ve seen the humble mouse improve considerably, with the addition of weight systems, laser sensors and masses of buttons and flashing lights....
View ArticleBuying Guide: The best webcams 2016
Best Webcam What’s the best webcam for you? Despite laptops and all-in-one desktops having built-in webcams these days, regular desktop PCs don’t have this luxury. So, if you want to buy the best...
View ArticleThe worst keyboards of all time
Introduction Keyboards are one of those things that at a certain point someone got so right that everyone else more or less stopped messing with it. It’s like smartphone displays. Someone (and I’m not...
View ArticleCore vs Xeon: Which Intel CPU should you choose?
Choosing between a Core or a Xeon processor is not as easy as one would think especially when there are literally hundreds of versions to choose from thanks to Intel convoluted strategy. Sure, you are...
View ArticleIn Depth: Adventures in 3D printing: what it’s like to make your own...
Adventures in 3D printing There’s no denying 3D printing your own plastic creations is an amazing experience, one that lets you exercise your creative muscles and watch your very own products come to...
View ArticleThis 60TB SSD will blow your mind, but don’t forget to backup
There’s been plenty of storage news emerging, due to the fact that the Flash Memory Summit is currently underway in Santa Clara, and Seagate has certainly come up with a headline-grabbing development:...
View ArticleHere’s how your next SSD could be much, much faster than your current one
You may recall that when 3D Xpoint was first unveiled – the technology which promises superfast SSDs and system memory – as well as Intel, co-developer Micron said it would make products based on this...
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