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Valve’s Steam Deck is the PRO Handheld that Might Make You SWITCH to Linux

Posted by Sebastian Peak | Jul 16, 2021 | Systems, Mobile | 8

Opinion: Windows 11 System Requirements Actually Make Sense

Posted by Sebastian Peak | Jun 30, 2021 | General Tech | 9

NVIDIA Announces GeForce RTX 3080 Ti and RTX 3070 Ti Graphics Cards

Posted by Sebastian Peak | Jun 1, 2021 | Graphics Cards | 1

AMD at Computex 2021: Radeon RX 6000M Series, Advantage Laptops, FSR

Posted by Sebastian Peak | Jun 1, 2021 | Graphics Cards, Mobile | 0

The XPG XENIA 14 Performs The Same On The Road As When Plugged In

by Jeremy Hellstrom | Jul 28, 2021 | Mobile | 0

The XPG XENIA 14 is 14" ultrabook that weighs under a kilogram, and is touted as offering decent gaming performance regardless if it is running on battery or plugged into mains. Inside…

Chernobylite Has Arrived; A Very Pretty Roguelike

by Jeremy Hellstrom | Jul 28, 2021 | General Tech | 0

Chernobylite started as a Kickstarter, as a survival horror game in the Chernobyl exclusion zone but with an interesting extra feature. The environs the game takes place in are literally 3D scans…

MSI Is Back In The PSU Game With The MPG A850GF 850W

by Jeremy Hellstrom | Jul 27, 2021 | Cases and Cooling | 0

The MSI MPG A850GF is, as the name suggest, an 850W PSU which is also fully modular and carries a 80 Plus Gold efficiency rating. The cables are flat FlexForce style and…

be quiet! Announces Dark Rock TF 2 CPU Air Cooler

by Sebastian Peak | Jul 27, 2021 | Cases and Cooling | 0

be quiet! has introduced their latest CPU air cooler with the Dark Rock TF 2, with the "TF" denoting a top-flow design. Positioned as a high-end offering with the ability to dissipate…

be quiet!’s New Shadow Rock Slim 2 CPU Cooler

by Jeremy Hellstrom | Jul 27, 2021 | Cases and Cooling | 0

There are two main differences between the original be quiet! Shadow Rock Slim and the Slim 2; the first is an aesthetic change to the top plate to a nice looking brushed…

Energy Efficiency Rules Will Make It Even Harder To Get A New Gaming PC In Some States

by Jeremy Hellstrom | Jul 27, 2021 | General Tech | 0

If you live in California, Colorado, Hawaii, Oregon, Vermont or Washington then you are going to have some difficulty getting a hold of new Dell gaming PCs as their higher end models…

The Sabrent EC-SSD2 Dual-Bay NVMe M.2 Enclosure

by Jeremy Hellstrom | Jul 26, 2021 | General Tech | 4

Sabrent opted to abandon the toaster style of dual drive enclosures with the EC-SSD2, instead this dual-bay NVMe M.2 enclosure looks a bit more like a Walkman. The two drives are installed…

Would The PICTEK T7 Be Your Pick For A $20 Mouse?

by Jeremy Hellstrom | Jul 26, 2021 | General Tech | 0

While there are many of us who will spend a fair amount to get the best mouse for our needs on the market there is a larger group of consumers that are…

LemonDuck Still Sucks, It’s A Linux And Windows Miner That Isn’t Afraid To Learn New Skills

by Jeremy Hellstrom | Jul 26, 2021 | General Tech | 0

Lemonduck is not new malware, it has been driving sysadmins nuts since 2019 but some of what it does is rather unique. It started as a cryptocurrency miner which spread...

The Colorful iGame GeForce RTX 3090 KUDAN; $5000 Before Mining Markup

by Jeremy Hellstrom | Jul 23, 2021 | General Tech | 0

The Guru of 3D just reviewed a new Colorful iGame GeForce RTX 3090 KUDAN GPU which brings new meaning to the word excessive; up to and including the suitcase it...

A big.LITTLE Leak Of The i9-12900K

by Jeremy Hellstrom | Jul 23, 2021 | General Tech | 4

There has been a leak of benchmark results which supposedly represent the performance of the unreleased Intel Core i9-12900K, as well as the specifications of the chip. If correct, they...

ID-Cooling SE-225-XT Black Keeps Your CPU Out Of The Red

by Jeremy Hellstrom | Jul 22, 2021 | General Tech | 0

ID-Cooling might not be a familiar name but they have been in the cooler business since 2013 and have a wide variety of cooling products, including the SE-225-XT Black that...

That’s Fantastic, A Bendable PlasticARM Chip

by Jeremy Hellstrom | Jul 22, 2021 | General Tech | 0

PlasticARM is not the first flexible chip that has been designed, however their 32-bit microprocessor has almost 12 times more logic gates than the closest competition. The chip is an ARM Cortex-M0+…

DirectStorage Won’t Need Windows 11, It Just Likes It Better

by Jeremy Hellstrom | Jul 21, 2021 | General Tech | 0

Microsoft have changed their minds about yet another piece of Windows 11, and the news is good for those planning on sticking with Windows 10. Initially Microsoft announced that DirectStorage, as found…

The Terrible Tuesday For Both Linux And Windows Sysadmins

by Jeremy Hellstrom | Jul 21, 2021 | General Tech | 0

There are a pair of newly discovered vulnerabilities to add to the nightmares of sysadmins everywhere, both those running Windows and Linux infrastructures. In one case it is an issue...

What Makes An ASUS ProArt B550 Creator?

by Jeremy Hellstrom | Jul 20, 2021 | Motherboards | 0

ASUS has a variety of Creator motherboards, but there is only one ProArt model at the moment, the ProArt B550 Creator. You have a lot of choice when it comes to CPUs,…

WD Black D30 Game Drive, Take Steam On The Road

by Jeremy Hellstrom | Jul 20, 2021 | Storage | 0

Kitguru just took a look at a portable SSD from WD that is advertised as a way to bring your games with you while you are on the road. The WD Black…

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700G APU Is Soon Generally Available

by Jeremy Hellstrom | Jul 19, 2021 | Processors | 5

When we first discussed the new Ryzen 3 based Ryzen 7 5700G APU it was an OEM only part, though we expected it would find it's way onto the retail market. It…