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Now open for business Microsoft now has more than 110 retail location spread across the U.S., Canada, and Puero Rico, the newest of which is its first flagship store located on Fifth Avenue in New York City. The new flagship is the biggest to date at over 22,000 square feet. That gives Microsoft plenty of…
at a glance (+) Lego Tiny; dual storage; reasonably priced. (-) Cinder Block Fans a bit noisy; middling performance; not as efficient as NUC. This article was published in the October 2015 issue of Maximum PC. For more trusted reviews and feature stories, subscribe here. This compact PC could make for a great HTPC Small…
at a glance (+) MessiahFast; customizable; solid build quality. (-) Very Naughty BoyNot exactly cheap; FreeSync doesn’t play nicely with overdrive; not as spectacular as a super-side of 4K screen. This article was published in the October 2015 issue of Maximum PC. For more trusted reviews and feature stories, subscribe here. Behold, the messiah of…
at a glance (+) Well-DefinedSuperb build quality; liquid-cooling support; good price; good cable management. (-) FuzzyNo fan controller; not much air flow for drives. This article was published in the October 2015 issue of Maximum PC. For more trusted reviews and feature stories, subscribe here. Does Sir require liquid-cooling support? This case has it in…
at a glance (+) CrackingHandy extension cable; four-pole adapter; retractable mic. (-) CrackedPoor sound quality; no memory-foam padding; garish typeface design; flakey microphone. This article was published in the December 2015 issue of Maximum PC. For more trusted reviews and feature stories, subscribe here. All about the buttery biscuit bass What is it with Razer…
Creative commons photo by Liam Quinn. A few basic concepts every Linux newbie should know Change is hard. It can be intimidating, confusing, and make you feel like a total newb. Migrating to a new operating system can certainly carry that kind of emotional weight. It seems like everyone else is an expert, and the…
Top Deal: First time PC builders will never know the struggle of saving for months and months to afford a solid state drive, only to be rewarded with a low capacity (think 64GB) model with laughable speed ratings (compared to today). Thankfully those days are long gone. NAND flash memory pricing took a dump, the…
aT A GLANCE (+) Outdoor Camping Fast; customizable; solid build quality; TPM support. (-) FPS Camping Expensive; somewhat bulky; mediocre battery life. This article was published in the October 2015 issue of Maximum PC. For more trusted reviews and feature stories, subscribe here. One year later, Nvidia’s GM204 is still the king of mobile GPUs…
This article was published in the October 2015 issue of Maximum PC. For more trusted reviews and feature stories, subscribe here. The Doctor tackles your questions about: SSDs Thunderbolt Mobos Upgrading CPUs SSDs in RAID Hi Doc. I recently replaced my four 300GB Western Digital Raptors in RAID 0 with two Samsung 850 EVO SSDs,…
This article was published in the November 2015 issue of Maximum PC. For more trusted reviews and feature stories, subscribe here. The Doctor tackles your questions about: Prebuilt PCs Outdated GPUs Coil whine PSU Prebuilt Peril Hey Doc, I purchased a great system at a great price: Lenovo’s K450e with a Core i7-4790, 12GB of…