PC Gaming
Budget doesn’t have to mean cheap When we looked to start building this quarter’s Budget Gamer system, we wanted to build something that was nice to look at, while maintaining the performance we saw in the fall. We think we pulled off a quaint little build that is easy on the eyes, and light on…
We had the chance to talk to John McAfee, computer security legend, about the issue surrounding the FBI and Apple. In case you weren’t aware, the FBI and the DOJ have now demanded that Apple create a version of iOS that contains a backdoor, so that the iPhone belonging to the San Bernardino shooters can…
Top Deal: Ack! Is that a membrane keyboard you’re typing on? Cut that out, your fingers deserve better! Much better, and they’ll get it with a mechanical keyboard. If you’ve never typed on a mechanical plank before, you’re in a for treat. And if you’re looking for one that’s both quite and offers tactile feedback,…
Pushing shoppers towards Prime Are you planning to build or upgrade a PC to handle the glut of VR games that will no doubt follow the release of HTC’s Vive and Oculus’ Rift headsets? If you’re buying your parts from Amazon and aren’t a Prime member, you now need to spend a minimum of $49…
Platform agnostic headsets It doesn’t matter if your gaming platform of choice is a Windows PC or if you prefer to frag on an Xbox One or PlayStation 4 console, Corsair’s new universally compatible Void Surround and Void Wireless RGB headsets don’t discriminate between the three. “Most gamers don’t play on just one platform, so…
Sticker shock? HTC announced that it’s opening pre-orders for the first Consumer Edition of its forthcoming Vive headset on February 29—a week from today—starting at precisely 10:00 AM Eastern. Full commercial availability will follow in early April, which is when the initial batch of pre-orders will ship, though it remains to be seen if the…
Top Deal: Life if full of waiting, isn’t it? You go the DMV to renew your license and have to wait (a really long time). At Disneyland, you stand in line and wait (also a really long time). Same for the grocery store and numerous other places. And to add insult to injury, that aging…
K.O.’d by server issues Street Fighter V didn’t have the smoothest launch in the world. One of the problems is that users reported a myriad of issues with Capcom’s servers—painfully slow matchmaking, outright outages, and disconnects were some of the complaints. Capcom was quick to roll out several fixes, but for many, the problems persisted….
Ships next week If you’re in need of a high-end router, Linksys hopes you’ll consider its new EA7500 Maxtream model, one of several it debuted at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas earlier this year. The EA7500 is a dual-band AC1900 router with MU-MIMO support. There’s a bit to digest there, starting with the…