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Top PCIe 4.0 SSDs of 2020!

2020 was the year that PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 SSDs truly arrived on the scene, bringing with them blisteringly fast performance. Unsurprisingly they make up the best SSD drives we seen this year. The only rather large fly in the ointment with PCIe Gen 4 drives, is that you need to (at the time of… Read more

Crucial Ballistix Max DDR4-5100 C19 2x8GB Review: Blazing Speed Demon

Our Verdict The Ballistix Max DDR4-5100 could easily be anybody’s dream memory kit. However, the hardware requirements and the kit’s eye-watering price tag make it an extremely niche product. For Fastest memory kit on the market Fantastic XMP performance Fun to overclock Against Costs a small fortune Plug-n-Play is out of the question Steep hardware… Read more

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition Review: A Huge Generational Leap in Performance

For Fastest Graphics Card (until 3090 arrives) Priced the same as RTX 2080 Super Delivers true 4K 60+ fps gaming Runs reasonably cool and quiet Major architectural updates for future games Against Highest TDP for a single GPU (until 3090) Potential for CPU bottlenecks Needs a 1440p or 4K display to shine We’re not sold… Read more

HP EX950 1TB Review

Introduction to HP EX Features 950 1TB The technical advantages of these HP units is that they have TLC memories, which makes them more suitable for those Users looking for higher quality Flash memory drives that can last for years. it is also properly configured, with buffer memory for the write allocation table, allowing it… Read more

TSMC will stop offering volume discounts due to high demand on its 5 and 7 nm nodes

by Pablo López 1 hour ago … It seems that TSMC is going to stop offering discounts to companies that request the chip manufacturing, which may lead to an increase in numerous products with the latest technology. According to Taiwanese Central News Agency, TSMC is no longer going to lower the prices of the manufacture… Read more

SSD Prices Set to Drop in Q1 Due to Oversupply of 3D NAND

Home News (Image credit: Micron) As leading makers increase their 3D NAND bit output, prices of flash memory drop due to oversupply. This leads to sinking prices for solid-state drives as other types of NAND-based storage devices. Analysts from TrendForce predict that next quarter prices of client and server SSDs will drop by another 10% to 15%… Read more

Yamaha GT-5000

Our Verdict With stunningly minimal looks and exceptional performance, Yamaha’s GT-5000 could be the turntable to rule them all. If you don’t already have a tonearm of choice that you’d prefer to use, you’re missing out by not picking yourself up this beauty. For Superb performance Fabulous looks Against Plus-sized Fiddly tonearm adjustment Aus Hi-Fi… Read more

Chip industry: Intel undisputed at the top of sales, AMD in 15th place

Intel is expected to hold first place among the top-selling semiconductor companies this year. The market researcher IC Insights estimates that by the end of the year the chip manufacturer 73, 89 will earn billions of dollars. With a sales increase of 4 percent compared to the previous year, Intel would grow at a below-average… Read more

PlayStation 5: It looks like the graphics memory has a heat problem

A YouTube video from Gamers Nexus now shows that the GDDR6 memory of the new PlayStation 5 is apparently getting very warm. As the YouTuber test showed, the memory of the next-gen console already reaches room temperatures of around 23 ° C an operating temperature of 93, 3 ° C. So this should cause problems… Read more

The Crucial Ballistix Max was overclocked to over 7,000 MHz – it's an OC record

A new record for DDR4 RAM overclocking has been set. It was achieved on the Crucial Ballistix Max bones, which managed to spin to dizzying speeds exceeding the “modest” 7000 MHz! This is not the first breakthrough memory record from Crucial. Professional overlockers very often use Ballistix bones. Suffice it to mention that the previous… Read more

Crucial Ballistix Max over 7 GHz thanks to liquid nitrogen: new record for RAM

The Chinese overclocker baby-j hit a new overclocking record in memory: it brought a Crucial Ballistix Max memory module from 16 GB at over 7 GHz with liquid nitrogen cooling. by Manolo De Agostini published 24 November 2020 , at 09: 21 in the Memory channel Crucial Ballistix Micron Chinese overclocker baby-j got a new… Read more

Review – Corsair MP400 4TB NVMe M.2 SSD

Corsair MP 400 4TB NVMe M.2 SSD I was telling you 1 year ago about the top of the range in the range of NVMe SSDs from Corsair, more precisely MP 600 available on market in maximum capacity of 2TB. We were talking then about the Phison E controller 96 PCI-Express Gen 4 and TLC… Read more

Logitech G introduces the Pro X Superlight wireless esports gaming mouse

João Silva 3 days ago Featured Tech News, Mouse Logitech G has announced its lightest wireless esports gaming mouse yet. The Logitech G Pro X Superlight sets a “new standard reference for the world’s elite esports professionals” by using Logitech’s Lightspeed wireless technology, the company’s Hero 25K sensor, and a refined ergonomic design to increase movement… Read more

Crucial Ballistix Max RAM Hits 7,004 MHz For New World Record

Home News Crucial Ballistix Max (Image credit: Crucial) Chinese overclocker baby-j has established a new world record for memory frequency. The record-setter pushed Crucial’s Ballistix Max DDR4-4000 (BLM16G40C18U4B.M8FB1) memory under liquid nitrogen (LN2) to 7,004.2 MHz, an impressive 75.1% overclock. The user’s shared screenshots show a frequency of 7,006.4 MHz, however, the validated result points… Read more

Market Researchers Make Predictions: DDR5, GDDR6, GDDR6X, LPDDR5, LPDDR5X Examined

Home News (Image credit: SK Hynix) Adoption of any new technology by the market takes time. Earlier this year JEDEC published the final DDR5 specification, which marked the start of an industry-wide journey towards transition to the new memory standard. But this journey is going to take several years, according to analysts from TrendForce. While the… Read more