PC Gaming
RAID 1 and 0: Together, forever When you’re trying to get the best performance out of multiple drives, a redundant array of independent disks (RAID) is your best bet. There are plenty of RAID modes levels (modes) to choose from, but many favor RAID 10 for its reliability and speed. RAID 10 is an example…
No gaming system beats the PC E3, or the Electronic Entertainment Expo, is a show held in downtown Los Angeles that focuses on pretty much all things games. But, if you’ve ever been to E3 or followed E3 coverage, you’ll quickly realize that E3 is all about consoles. Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft, all push games…
Let’s get virtual The value proposition of using Epic Games’ Unreal Engine keeps getting better. Just under two months ago, Epic ditched the $19 per month subscription free, opting instead to give budding developers free and unfettered access to its complete C++ source code hosted in GitHub while continuing to collect a 5 percent royalty…
Now with XLR recording and a high-pass filter Razer’s best known for its line of PC gaming peripherals, especially mice, though it’s been branching out into several different directions through the years, including audio recording. The company tossed its hat into the audio recording ring last December with its Seiren digital microphone. Now here we…
Small form factor PC gets new 6-core and 8-core CPU options There was a day when the size of your desktop was a pretty good indicator of the performance inside, or at least potential performance. That’s all gone out the window lately with the emergence of high performance small form factor (SFF) PCs, some of…
Top Deal: Life’s too short to be angry, but try telling that to the wireless router you picked up on clearance. It won’t think twice about dropping your connection, and it get some kind of devious joy out of watching how high it can ramp your pings. Grr! Thankfully, not all routers are junk. Case…
One big ‘appy family Even though Microsoft’s been giving us a glimpse of Windows 10 by way of Technical Previews and a spattering of blog posts, the Redmond outfit kept more than a few tricks up its sleeve. One of those tricks is getting Android and iOS apps to run on Windows 10 without tasking…
Look at the colors! If your livelihood depends on a display with accurate color reproduction, then not just any old monitor will do. The same applies to laptops, and according to MSI, it’s new Prestige Series with True Color Technology offers more lifelike and balanced images than you’ll see on other laptop panels. That’s because…
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Bringing the bling When NZXT partnered with Razer to build a special version of the H440, one of the standout characteristics was that it had a green underglow. Turns out you’re going to see more of that, at least from NZXT, which added an underglow to its newly announced Noctis 450 mid-tower case. This is…