On the case with Corsair Corsair recently announced an aggressively themed case, the Spec-Alpha, intended for gamers. It’s a unique design that’s unlike any previous chassis Corsair has put out, and to get a closer look, we sent out our seasoned CES sleuth Jimmy Thang with camera in hand. He met up with George Makris,…
It’s official: Klaus is coming to PS4 on January 19th! That’s in about two weeks, and we thought it would be the perfect time to talk about the new-and-improved Klaus. Before we get into the details, we’d like to show a cool little trailer we made for the launch of the game. We love making…
VR is actually happening for real now, and you can buy yourself an Oculus Rift today and be part of first few people to try a final Rift. There’s absolutely a lot of excitement now that everyone knows when they’re going to have a finished Rift to play with. But what about that sticker price…
Headsets can be incredibly personal devices, especially when you use them in places besides the computer chair. Polk Audio’s Striker Pro is a headset that we found ourselves wearing a lot, at—and away from—the keyboard. At a glance Hard-hitter: Great build quality; street-friendly styling; comes with connectors for PC, phone, and XBox. Sucker-punched: No surround…
You’ve probably used a Sound Blaster card in your computer at some point. These days, a lot of folks are likely using just the onboard sound on the motherboard. Onboard audio has improved greatly in the last couple of years, but the main component to make it all sound good squarely rests on the type…
CES always brings out some interesting products, and while many of them aren’t directly related to our normal Maximum PC coverage, there’s plenty of overlap. Case in point is Nvidia’s new Drive PX 2 solution, which the company is billing as a one-stop solution for in-car artificial intelligence, deep learning, and autonomous driving. Perhaps more…
Top Deal: Not every system has to cost several thousand dollars and come decked out with top shelf parts. If you’re just planning to mosey around the web and play in Word, you can get by with a more modest setup. For general purpose computing chores, one option with a low footprint is today’s top…
Long live the Chromebook Bargain priced Windows laptops have stolen some of the appeal of Chromebooks, though the cloud-centric devices are still popular in the education market. To keep the good times rolling, Samsung unveiled the Chromebook 3 with improved battery life. The Chromebook 3 measures 11.36 inches by 8.04 inches by 0.7 inches and…
Throwing down the Gauntlet 4 Patriot’s been busy fleshing out its lineup of varied memory and storage products with an eye on cutting edge technology. Following up on its announcement of a pair of PCIe-based SSDs (M.2 SATA and add-in card form factors) the other day, Patriot today added a new SSD enclosure and three…
It’s all about options For the most part, the all-in-one space has been reserved for general purpose PCs. We’ve seen a few gaming oriented AIO systems, but they’re the exception to the rule. Now all of a sudden system builders from every corner are readying big size AIOs for gamers. We already told you about…