PC Gaming
At a Glance (+) Speed Freaks: Fast; compact; great for laptops. (-) Speed Limits: High price per GB; limited capacities; BIOS support for booting; OEM-only. Compact, fast, and built for OEMs Last week, we posted our new SSD test suite and set our baseline expectations. Our baseline SSDs consist of one of the fastest SATA…
10 gigabit Ethernet in your home in about two hours Chances are high that if you’ve ever tried moving a file larger than 1GB from one device to another over your Wi-Fi network, you’ve noticed that you have just enough time to floss your teeth, clip your nails, and stare at that old pencil mark…
Top Deal: Not everything you save is mission critical. You know the stuff we’re talking about — all those selfies, food pics, and anything else that wouldn’t shatter your world if you lost it. Nevertheless, if you store such things, they take up space and can fill up a hard drive in a hurry. The…
Lighter than a MacBook Air Apple’s 11-inch MacBook Air weighs 2.38 pounds while the 13-inch model weighs 2.96 pounds. Both are incredibly light for a laptop, though not as light as LG’s new Gram notebook. Despite having the biggest screen of the bunch at 14 inches (there’s also a 13-inch model), the Gram barely budges…
Aggressive name, aggressive specs Boutique builder CyberPower PC today announced its new Fangbook 4 Xtreme line of gaming laptops with Intel Skylake hardware inside, DDR4 memory, and display panels that support Nvidia’s G-Sync technology. The Fangbook 4 Xtreme is essentially a desktop replacement. While CyberPower PC didn’t mention weight or dimensions in its announcement, a…
Get rid of ads (for a fee) YouTube, the most popular free video streaming service on the web, is about to offer a subscription option for viewers who’d rather pay a monthly fee than sit through ads. It’s an idea Google and YouTube have been kicking around for a long time now, and come next…
Over the last several weeks, we’ve taken a close look at several network attached storage (NAS) units from QNAP and Synology, including the Synology DiskStation DS2415+ and the QNAP TurboNAS TS-451. NAS storage solutions typically play host to more than one hard drive and have access to the local network. They resemble small, boxy PCs,…
Brendan Iribe Just a few blocks away from the Hollywood Bowl at the Dolby Theater (the same theater that hosted the 2014 Academy Awards) in Hollywood, California, developers and journalists poured into their seats for a keynote address hosted by Oculus CEO Bredan Iribe. Most of the first half of the keynote was dedicated to…
VR hype train picks up steam Nearly threes year after it debuted on Kickstarter, Oculus Rift, now a Facebook project, is almost ready for prime time. It has the potential to flip PC gaming on its head (in a good way), and despite the long journey from concept to retail product, hype remains high. To…
Top Deal: There are three keys to living a long and happy life: Eat healthy, exercise, and play video games. To be honest, we’re only sure about two of those things, but why risk it by leaving one out? That would be crazy! So, here’s what you do. Stock up on fruits and veggies, join…