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This article was published in the October 2015 issue of Maximum PC. For more trusted reviews and feature stories, subscribe here. Dream Machine 2015 was pitched at the Moon; this rig aims for low-Earth orbit Length of Time: 1-3 Hours | Level of Difficulty: Medium to Challenging The Flight Plan When we build the Dream…
Consumers looking for the latest Wireless AC router that can handle multiple devices without a drop in wireless quality may want to check out TP-Link’s new Archer C2600. This new networking device boasts 4-stream and multi-user MIMO technologies that optimizes speed and connection performance. This router also offers one of the fastest speeds on the…
At a Glance (+) Great Find: Faster than SATA; high endurance; HHHL adapter for older systems. (-) NeVer Mind-e: Not as fast as other NVMe offerings; expensive; short warranty; requires NVMe BIOS support to use as a boot drive. Fly Like an Eagle With all the hullabaloo about M.2 PCIe NVMe SSDs, users of older…
At a Glance (+) Great Find: Faster than SATA; high endurance; HHHL adapter for older systems. (-) NeVer Mind-e: Not as fast as other PCIe offerings; expensive; short warranty; no NVMe support. Fly Like an Eagle With all the hullabaloo about M.2 PCIe SSDs and NVMe, users of older systems might feel left out. Enter…
Top Deal: You don’t need to wait for the influx of official Steam Machines to enjoy PC gaming in your living room. There are several existing console-sized PCs just itching to take residence in your living room, including today’s top deal for an Asus Destkop Computer with an Intel Core i5-5200U CPU for $600 with…
A flashy keyboard Razer on Thursday announced a new mechanical keyboard, the BlackWidow Ultimate 2016. At a glance, it looks similar to last year’s model, though Razer says it’s been redesigned from the ground up with an all-new set of features. Chief among them is fancy per-key backlighting. Each green glowing key has its own…
You won’t find this in Walmart Vizio announced pricing for its new Reference Series televisions with Dolby Vision, and yes, they’re expensive. Crazy expensive, even — Vizio’s aksing $6,000 for the 65-inch model and a jaw-dropping $130,000 for the 120-inch version. No, our zero-key isn’t sticking, Vizio’s price tag of more than a $1,000 per…
This article was published in the November 2015 issue of Maximum PC. For more trusted reviews and feature stories, subscribe here. Is our universe an immense computer simulation? Is everything we perceive an illusion rendered in super-resolution pixels? Are we mere pixels, too? Lately, I’ve seen these questions debated more often in Internet forums, and…
Just weeks before Star Wars Episode VII awakens the sleepy franchise with a new film, Hewlett Packard (HP) introduces a special edition notebook that should make all Star Wars nerds with at least $700 somewhat giddy. This Windows 10 notebook is not only packed with impressive hardware that should make R2-D2 a little jealous, but…