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Don’t lose your cool BitFenix is best known for its line of cases, though it also offers a variety of accessories, including fans, the newest of which it says are ideal for liquid cooling setups. Yes, even most liquid cooling configurations need fans — at minimum, they’re needed for the radiator. BitFenix says its new…
High on helium Seagate has a new hard drive capacity option, 10 terabytes, to help enterprises stock cloud-based data centers. The new drive is Seagate’s first foray into 10TB territory, and like HGST’s 10TB option, it’s filled with helium. The 3.5-inch drive features seven platters and 14 read/write heads. Helium is sealed inside to create…
Looking to build a Mini-ITX system? Lian Li may have the building block you’ll need with the launch of the PC-Q04, a chassis that promises enough breathing room for your hardware while keeping a compact form factor. The company admits that the PC-Q04 isn’t the smallest case it offers, measuring 194(W)x294(H)x210(D)-mm. But that’s OK, it’s…
Seagate has expanded its line of NAS-focused hard drives with the addition of an 8TB model. That’s the largest NAS drive capacity to date, built for NAS enclosures of up to eight bays. The series actually launched back in June 2013, promising high performance and reliability along with support from top NAS solutions suppliers. The…
The best mix of quality and speed for Battlefront If there was one big theme of the 2015 holiday season, it was John Williams’ Star Wars overture. Star Wars: Battlefront was released to the masses just a few weeks before the opening weekend of Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens, and quickly snapped up…
Lower wattage options If you own an 80 Plus certified power supply, chances are you have a high quality unit (not always, of course). However, if you’re shooting for the moon, 80 Plus Titanium is as good as it gets, and EVGA now has more SuperaNova T2 80 Plus Titanium PSUs to choose from. Initially…
Playing the patent game No other company files for and is granted more patents in the United States each and every year than International Business Machines (IBM). That’s been true of the past 23 years, with IBM leading the way again in 2015 by claiming 7,355 patents. That’s a fraction of the nearly 300,000 utility…
Better accounting is needed Here we go again, both Gartner and International Data Corporation (IDC) released some ugly numbers about how the PC market fared in the final quarter of 2015, along with some doomsday commentary. But what’s not reflected by either market research firm is the number of detachable 2-in-1 PC shipments. Let’s start…
A desk worthy of my desktop, an electric skateboard, and a 4K TV In case you didn’t know, the Maximum PC office has moved from South San Francisco to San Francisco proper (South San Francisco is actually a different city altogether, and is located, well, on the southern edge of San Francisco). While this doesn’t…