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Liquid-Cooled Radeon RX 6900 XT Surfaces With Puny 120mm AIO Cooler

Home News AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT LC (Image credit: Tmall) User from the Chiphell forums has spotted an interesting Radeon RX 6900 XT over in China. The Big Navi graphics card, forms part of a pre-built gaming PC on Tmall, features an exterior that’s very similar to AMD’s reference design, but with added liquid… Read more

Nvidia Recycles RTX 3080 FE Cooler For Upcoming RTX 3080 Ti FE

Home News GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Founders Edition (Image credit: VideoCardz) VideoCardz has shared alleged images of Nvidia’s approaching GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Founders Edition graphics card. The new Ampere offering looks like a carbon copy of the already released GeForce RTX 3080. Nvidia didn’t go much with the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Founders Edition…. Read more

Phison PS5018-E18 Controller With Micron 176L TLC Preview: Unleashing the Beast

Home Features (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) Page 1 of 3: Features and Specifications Phison’s PS5018-E18 is a high-performance PCIe 4.0×4 NVMe SSD controller that has flooded the market in many of the newest and fastest-performing SSDs. It offers up very fast sequential performance but has been outshined in random responsiveness by top picks like Samsung’s… Read more

Corsair RM750x (2021) Power Supply Review

Our Verdict The new Corsair RM750x (2021) achieves top performance, isn’t noisy, and is equipped with a top-notch ML fan. For + Full power at 47 degrees Celsius + High overall performance + Silent at low and mid loads + Fully compliant with ATX v2.52 + Highly efficient at light loads + Long hold-up time… Read more

Samsung admits that TV production could be affected by the ongoing chip shortage

João Silva 2 hours ago Featured Tech News, General Tech The chip shortage is really causing quite the stir in the electronics industry. Besides GPUs and cars, display panels are also severely affected by the ongoing chip shortage and could end up halting their production. According to Samsung, while this year’s supply is under control,… Read more

Secretlab’s first PC desk keeps your cables under control with the help of magnets

Secretlab, which you may know for its gaming chairs, is announcing its first-ever PC desk — the Magnus Metal Desk — and the company has a smart solution to help you manage your cables: you’ll be able to attach magnetic cable-management accessories right onto the desk. The company will offer proprietary accessories like magnetic cable… Read more

Intel’s 7nm Fab Construction Hit by COVID-19 Outbreak

Home News (Image credit: Intel) Construction of Intel’s 7nm-capable fab near the town of Leixlip in County Kildare, Ireland, was recently hit by a COVID-19 outbreak as approximately 70 out of 5,000 workers were infected. Intel and the Ireland’s Department of Health are monitoring the situation and for now have no plans to halt the… Read more

AMD X570S Motherboard Listings Suggest Impending Chipset Refresh

Home News X570 Aorus Elite (Image credit: Gigabyte) Today, Gigabyte (via Komachi_Ensaka) registered a ton of X570S motherboards with the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC). The new submissions hint to a potential chipset refresh on AMD’s part. EEC listings are a bit hit or miss. Vendors often register their products with the organization, but not all… Read more

SpaceX rocket debris lands on man’s farm in Washington

A pressure vessel from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage fell on a man’s farm in Washington State last week, leaving a “4-inch dent in the soil,” the local sheriff’s office said Friday. The black Composite-Overwrapped Pressure Vessel, or COPV, was a remnant from the alien invasion-looking breakup of a Falcon 9 second stage over… Read more

Nvidia Reportedly Transforming A100 Into a Mining GPU, With a 210 MH/s Hash Rate

Home News Nvidia A100 (Image credit: Nvidia) Nvidia’s A100 accelerator, which is based on the GA100 silicon, might not be hitting the sales numbers the company hoped for–or perhaps the company just thinks there’s room for bigger sales in a different market. Hardware leaker kopite7kimi, who has a solid track record with Ampere leaks, broke… Read more

Leo Says 58 – Intel Rocket Lake and Adaptive Boost Technology

Leo Waldock 1 day ago Featured Announcement, Featured Tech News The news embargo has lifted on Intel 11th Gen Intel Rocket Lake-S so we know plenty about feeds, speeds and prices. In addition we have discussed Core i7-11700K after a few hundred CPUs mysteriously went on sale early in Germany and France. Add in the… Read more

Gamescom plans ‘hybrid’ event for summer, focusing on superfans (but ignoring superspreaders)

Video game fair Gamescom is planning to hold a “hybrid event” combining in-person and digital activities later this summer, despite uncertainty surrounding the ongoing pandemic and the risk the trade show could turn into a “superspreader” event. Like many big events that involve hundreds of thousands of people flying in from all over the world… Read more

Cryptominers Prop Up the Gaming Notebook Market: Report

Home News (Image credit: Shutterstock) Gaming notebook manufacturers may have found a new ally: cryptocurrency miners. DigiTimes today reported that the ongoing GPU shortage has led miners in China, Taiwan, and South Korea to purchase laptops featuring RTX 30 series graphics. The lack of available RTX 30 series graphics cards is only part of the… Read more

Epson EpiqVision EH-LS300B

Our Verdict Epson’s EH-LS300 UST projector is practical for everyday use, with some limitations, as well as for truly immersive bigscreen movie nights. For Powerful bright image Free-to-air TV catch-up services Convenient way to get a really large picture Against No Netflix or Prime support No Ethernet 1080i/50 and 576i/50 issues Sound+Image mag review (Image… Read more

Rotel Michi S5 / P5

Our Verdict With the superb construction, elegant design and perfectly natural sound of the Michi P5 and S5 combo from Rotel, the only question left to ask is ‘how much?’ The pair offer awesomely low noise with huge output and do so in a gorgeous package. For Superb sound Prestige appearance Great built-in DAC Against… Read more