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A first look at the ATX12VO standard

At the beginning of the year there were indications that Intel would introduce the Single Rail Power Supply Desktop Platform Form Factor ATX 12 VO wants to introduce more broadly. It is already used in many complete systems by numerous manufacturers. But such systems are rarely screwed on and so the contacts with this type… Read more

Best Motherboards 2021 for Gaming, by Socket and Chipset

Home Best-picks (Image credit: Shutterstock) Page 1 of 2: Best Intel Motherboards 2020: Z490, Z390, H370, and X299 Note: For AMD’s AM4 X570, B550, B450 and Threadripper motherboards, see page two or our Best AMD X570 Motherboards page. This first page focuses on Intel, after laying out some basics. Choosing the best gaming motherboard or… Read more

10 great games to play on your new 2020 VR headset

If you received a virtual reality gaming headset this holiday season, congratulations! Whether you’ve got the newly released Oculus Quest 2, one of the last few units of the now discontinued Oculus Rift S, or another headset like the PlayStation VR, there are a ton of video games for you to explore with your new… Read more

Intel's unreleased Core i7-11700K (Rocket Lake) and Alder Lake Engineering Sample in test leaks

The result of the Core i7 – 11700 K is quite convincing, as it leaves the i7 – 10700 K far behind and also overtakes AMD’s Ryzen 7 5800 X with both one and all of its cores Intel is preparing 11. generation of Rocket Lake codenamed desktop processors for release immediately during the first… Read more

CTR 2.0 receives a new UI, Hybrid OC mode and support for Ryzen 5000 CPUs

Home / Component / CPU / CTR 2.0 receives a new UI, Hybrid OC mode and support for Ryzen 5000 CPUs João Silva 2 hours ago CPU, Featured Tech News ClockTuner for Ryzen is getting a 2.0 version, updating its GUI with a new dark theme and introducing interesting new features such as the Hybrid… Read more

11 great apps ready for your new 2020 M1 Mac

This year marked the introduction of the first Macs to be powered by Apple’s own silicon instead of Intel chips. As is evidenced by our reviews of the M1 MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro, and Mac mini, these machines are incredibly powerful and offer wicked fast performance. This is especially true for apps that are… Read more

Laptops AMD Ryzen 9-5900H Beats Desktop Intel Core i9-10900 According to Leaked Benchmarks

The Zen 3 architecture has been a big leap in performance in the desktop CPU market and it seems that little is left to see its reach the laptop market with the family 5000. We already knew leaked details of this family of processors, and now the result of the GeekBench 5 test of the… Read more

Intel Core i7-11700K beats the Ryzen 9 5950X in single-core score Geekbench test

Home / Component / CPU / Intel Core i7-11700K beats the Ryzen 9 5950X in single-core score Geekbench test João Silva 49 mins ago CPU, Featured Tech News A new entry for an Intel Core i7-11700K has been found in Geekbench 5 database. This time around, we have results for the upcoming processor up against… Read more

Sony targets 18m PlayStation 5 sales in 2021 following increased TSMC production

Home / Software & Gaming / Console / Sony targets 18m PlayStation 5 sales in 2021 following increased TSMC production Andrzej 3 hours ago Console, Featured Tech News, Software & Gaming While sales of Sony’s brand new PS5 console have been hampered by significant chip supply issues, the Japanese giant is looking forward to a… Read more

Seagate Exos X18 in review: 18 TB of unbridled enterprise power

Page 1: Seagate Exos X 18 in the test: 18 TB of unbridled enterprise power With the Seagate Exos X 18, 18 TB, Seagate brings out the next size of capacity with the already known technology. When testing the Exos X 16 we actually assumed that Seagate would already use HAMR, the long-awaited, new recording… Read more

10 great games from 2020 for your new gaming PC

Whether you’ve just gotten a new Windows-based gaming laptop or desktop, or you just want some new game ideas, we have ten suggestions to make your gaming experience fun. Not all of them are new or the most graphically demanding, but they should provide you with hours of enjoyment. Unlike gaming on a console, there… Read more

Intel Tiger Lake-H i5 and AMD Ryzen 5000H CPUs spotted on Geekbench 5 database

Geekbench 5 database entries of four Ryzen 5000H mobile SKUs and two Intel Tiger Lake-H processors have been spotted. Expected to be announced in CES 2021, both the Ryzen 5000H and Tiger Lake-H series should be paired with the upcoming Nvidia RTX 30 series mobile GPUs, once they have been released. From the Geekbench 5… Read more

Apple spatial audio: what is it? How do you get it?

Home Advice (Image credit: Apple) During its typically slick, but untypically pre-recorded, WWDC 2020 keynote briefing in June, Apple announced something that really piqued our interest: spatial audio. Basically Apple’s take on Dolby Atmos for Headphones and Sony’s upcoming PS5 3D Audio, spatial audio is designed to deliver surround sound and 3D audio via your… Read more

Pay please! 4 chords and 7 melody tones in a continuous loop

Today 100 years ago German radio started broadcasting “Silent Night”, des famous Christmas carols in the world. That has to be appreciated, even if other songs are now better suited to the taste of radio listeners: five years ago, Antenne Kärnten made “Last Christmas” 24 Send in a continuous loop. In this section we always… Read more

Best running headphones 2021: Top picks that run rings around the competition

(Pocket-lint) – Picking the right pair of headphones for running is anything but easy, with hordes of options all vying to accompany you on your pavement-pounding jaunts. A good pair should be able to comfortably stay in your ear, withstand sweat, wind and rain and, of course, deliver solid sound. However, these factors aren’t necessarily… Read more