MSI Cubi Review

This article was published in the September 2015 issue of Maximum PC. For more trusted reviews and feature stories, subscribe here. at a glance (+) CubeHuge amount of expandability; relatively cheap alternative to Intel’s NUC; looks gorgeous. (-) NoobCan be a bit challenging to get to work on certain monitors; SATA ribbon port feels flimsy….

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Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ATX Review

at a glance (+) TitaniumCrisp; good-looking; stunning build quality; superb water-cooling support, feature packed. (-) It’s GrayPerforated PSU floor; front I/O could be better. This article was published in the September 2015 issue of Maximum PC. For more trusted reviews and feature stories, subscribe here. A feature-packed modder’s dream So, why is this Evolv ATX…

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Samsung S34E790C Review

at a glance (+) Bending the RulesSpectacular wrap-around in-game visuals; VA panel packs plenty of contrast and black levels. (-) Just BentCurved geometry looks weird in Windows; poorly calibrated colors; expensive against competition. This article was published in the September 2015 issue of Maximum PC. For more trusted reviews and feature stories, subscribe here. Curved…

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35 Amazing Things About No Man’s Sky

Hello, PlayStation.Blog! I’m Alex, from Hello Games. Hope you’re well! How’s your summer going? Ours? We’re kinda recovered from E3, where Sean showed off live No Man’s Sky gameplay for the first time. It has been a big relief that people seemed to like it. You can’t know just how scary it is to show…

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Windows 10: But what about performance?

We compared graphics performance between Windows 7, 8.1 and 10 with our standard benchmarks. The results? Meh. We were in the midst of running benchmarks and writing the stories for our Budget Gamer, Midrange and Turbo Blueprints builds when Windows 10 launched on Wednesday. So we figured, “Hey, while we’re at it, let’s take a…

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Asus R9 Fury Strix Review

At A Glance (+) Furies: High performance; good cooling; more efficient than stock Fury; less expensive than Fury X. (-) Furries: Still expensive; requires lots of space; less efficient than GTX 980; drivers could use tuning. Asus Strix R9 Fury, aka Rocky II It’s not a stretch to say that the launch of AMD’s Fury…

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