Samsung 850 Pro Review

Big fish in a small pond Samsung has built a good reputation for fast and high-quality SSDs. It introduced the 470 to desktops four years ago, and its SSDs were in high-end laptops before that. The company also distinguished itself by designing its own controller chips and manufacturing its own NAND flash memory. Indeed, Samsung’s…

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Acer Announces $200 Chromebook 15 Variant

The cheapest 15-inch Chromebook Not that long ago, the distinction of being the biggest Chromebook belonged to the HP Pavilion 14 Chromebook (14-inch), but that changed earlier this year when Acer introduced its 15.6-inch Chromebook 15 at CES. Acer now plans to outdo itself by launching the cheapest 15-inch Chrome OS-running machine on the market….

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Dropbox’s Online Note-Taking Service Enters Beta

Project Composer becomes Dropbox Notes A few weeks back, some sites chanced upon Project Composer, an Evernote-esque note-taking tool Dropbox was testing silently. Curious as to what the fuss was all about, many flocked to the limited-access service, only to be turned away at the gates. While entry is still restricted, you can at least…

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Intel’s Skylake-S Lineup Reportedly Leaked

Ten Skylake desktop CPUs supposedly outed It may only have been a few months since the first Broadwell CPUs (finally) hit the market, but Intel is already looking set to move on from the Haswell’s troubled 14nm die shrink. Media reports in February suggested that the chip maker could showcase its 6th generation Skylake-S desktop…

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How To Build a New PC

Grab your screwdriver, it’s time to buid a new PC! Build it. DIY. Roll your own. Whatever you call it, there’s nothing more satisfying than putting together your own computer. Sure, you can argue that there’s no point to it anymore—OEMs get such a big price break that at best, your DIY rig will cost…

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