PC Gaming

At a Glance (+) Super Nova: Tons of capacity; great price per GB; good performance, endurance, and warranty; SATA is ubiquitous. (-) Black Hole: 2TB SSDs are still expensive; not as fast as PCIe solutions; SATA is limiting. A giant among stars Solid-state drives are a game changer when it comes to the responsiveness of…

A super expensive smartwatch, augmented reality, and virtual reality With the holidays here, my tech wishlist this week is full of expensive and unreasonable things to ask Santa for, but then again, that’s the whole point of our Technolust column. $1,500 Tag Heuer Connected smartwatch Up until now, I’ve been a watch guy, but I…

At a glance Elite (+) Awesome new d-pad; easy-to-use software; premium design; plenty of sticks to choose from; included audio jack. Destitute (-) Expensive; paddle sticks would occasionally fall out; no dual-trigger design; accidentally launches SBP upon shutoff. Best in class The PC is no stranger to high-end gaming peripherals. We’ve got super fancy RGB…

Enthusiasts use 3D printers for great PC mods 3D printers, such as MakerBot’s Replicator, give enthusiasts a new tool to create their own case mods. In case you’ve been living under a rock, old-school PC modding is still alive and well—modders still cut new fan mounts, install custom case windows, or completely gut a case…

This article was published in the November 2015 issue of Maximum PC. For more trusted reviews and feature stories, subscribe here. How games have learned from art, music, and math—and how the world might learn from games And on the third day, God made the world. And He saw that it was quite crummy. And…

At a Glance [+] Redline: Insanely fast; good build quality; overclockable; great features. [-] Meltdown: Insanely expensive; large and heavy; only 1080p (for now). Preparing for battle For the past year, the fastest notebook GPU has been the GTX 980M. With AMD and Nvidia both stuck on the 28nm process node for 2015, most didn’t…

Price Breakdown RC18015xs+: $4,000 (each)RXD1215sas: $3,500Seagate 1200 SSD: $2,800HGST He8 SAS HDD: $600 In the world of business storage, there are so many options that it can make an IT admin’s head spin. What you’ll typically find though, if you’re looking for rackmount business storage solutions, is that there’s often a redundant amount of compute…

The three laws of robotics I’m a child of the ’80s, and even 30 years later I still have fond memories of watching cartoons after school and on Saturday mornings. One of the classics was The Jetsons. For those who aren’t old enough to remember the show, or just never watched it, the Jetsons are…