PC Gaming
Consumer variant set for a holiday 2015 launch Valve has begun shipping Vive Developer Edition virtual reality (VR) headsets to, well, developers. According to the company, some big movie studios are among the first batch of recipients, as are triple A game developers and indies “working on their first titles.” “In the box is a…
Still requires a plugin Microsoft introduced a beta version of the Skype for Web app back in November, giving a small number of testers the ability to make voice over IP (VOIP) calls from within the comforts of their browsers. While still in beta (and far from a true web app), the solution is apparently…
Top Deal: Why go with one GPU when you can have two? And why air cool your GPUs when you can liquid cool them instead? While we’re asking questions, why buy two graphics cards to get a pair of GPUs when you can buy one? If you can’t satisfactorily answer those questions, then check out…
A little bit of everything Acer has its hands in multiple markets, and with that being the case, the company brought along a varied sample of products to Computex. One of them has yet to be finalized — a new Predator gaming PC. While the final parts haven’t been selected, Acer says users will be…
Preparing for Skylake Even though Intel just recently added to its Broadwell line with the first LGA socket chips to sport Iris Pro 6200 graphics, the CPUs we’re really waiting for are still right around the corner. We’re talking about Skylake, which will require a new motherboard (due to a socket change) and new RAM…
Big, bold, and expensive We’ve seen chambered cases before, but none like Antec’s new Signature S10. The case sports three separate chambers, which you access by swinging open a two-piece side panel. It’s a big case that can accommodate up to XL-ATX motherboards. It can also fit two 280mm or 420mm radiators and a host…
This Cougar won’t scratch your couch Ever heard of Cougar? The German company has only been on the seen since 2007, which isn’t exactly newcomer status at this point, but still lacks the decades of experience that some of its competitors boast. Nevertheless, Cougar continues to claw its way into the North American market with…
Fill out form, get $5 Comcast is probably the most hated ISP out there, but for customers in the western U.S., the cable giant is making a gesture of penance. On Monday, a widespread outage affected internet customers in when Comcast’s DNS servers were overloaded and took a nose dive. Service was slowly restored to…
We cram two radiators, five fans, a dual-GPU video card, and 850-watt power supply into a micro-ATX cube—no big deal This rig should take two to four hours to build. Difficulty level is medium. The Mission Anyone can put some fancy gear into a regular tower case. It’s like Lego, but not as expensive. With…