PC Gaming
Upgrade to Skylake without investing in new RAM Now that Intel’s Skylake architecture is here, you might be contemplating a new build. You might also be fretting over the cost of new RAM — up to this point, piecing together a Skylake build meant ditching your old DDR3 RAM and buying new DDR4 memory. Biostar…
Keep it cool It’s summertime, which means that not just you need to stay cool—your PC does, too. If you’re looking into how to chill down your PC, this guide will help get you started. We’ll cover what generates heat and what effects heat has, ways to cool off components that need it, and tidbits…
Top Deal: Imagine buying a sports car, opting for all the fun accessories, filling it up with high octane gas, and then slapping a set of square wheels on the thing. That’s essentially what it’s like to build a performance PC and use a mechanical hard drive for the OS. Don’t be that guy/girl. Instead,…
Out with the old design, in with the new It seems that Dell is working on a new version of its XPS 12, a 2-in-1 device that currently sports a swiveling display and unique flip-hinge design that allows it to function as an Ultrabook or tablet. For the next version, Dell will switch to a…
Finding new markets for Google Fiber Google on Thursday said it has identified three new potential markets for its 1Gbps Google Fiber service. Two of those cities are located in California — Irvine and San Diego — with the third possible location pegged as Louisville, Kentucky. This doesn’t mean that Google Fiber will roll out…
For several years now, we’ve heard unnamed insiders talk about Apple’s so-called “iTV” project and how it will revolutionize the way we consume movies and television. While the company didn’t launch an actual HDTV on Wednesday, Apple CEO Tim Cook did echo a lot of what we’ve heard regarding the iTV project, such as the…
Top Deal: You can store your data in the cloud, but what happens when your Internet connection takes a dump? Or your file hosting service is hacked? Or the data center is hit with lightning and goes offline? Or, or, or (the list goes on). That’s when you’ll be glad you setup a local NAS…
Coated to protect against moisture Buying a graphics card isn’t always easy. First you have to figure out what level of performance you’re after and how much you can spend, which will hopefully narrow your choices down to two or three graphics card series. Then you have to choose one, select a manufacturer, and sort…
Temporary future proofing It seems inevitable that the moment you fork over your credit card information and purchase a computer part, a new model is announced. Such is the way it goes in the fast moving world of technology, though with Intel having recently launched an army of Skylake processors, many of which are aimed…
Have you updated to Windows 10, or are you still rocking Windows 7 or Windows 8/8.1? If you’re in the latter group, chances are that you already have Windows 10 stashed away on your hard drive whether you want to upgrade or not. Why? Because Microsoft wants to make the upgrade process quick and easy……