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Ready, fight! Let’s suppose a website got its hands on Intel’s forthcoming Core i7-6700K processor, the flagship CPU in Skylake-S that’s rumored to launch on August 5, 2015, at Gamescom. Then let’s suppose that said site benchmarked the chip and offered up comparisons to Intel’s existing Core i7-4790K (Devil’s Canyon). That would be pretty interesting,…
Better tools for stopping spam Google claims that less than 0.1 percent of email in the average Gmail inbox is spam, with the amount of junk mail landing in the spam folder being even lower at 0.05 percent. Assuming the claims are true, those are good numbers for Google to hang its hat on, though…
It’s only temporary There are three things you can count on in life — death, taxes, and overreactions to the PC market. Nearly every time an analyst or market research firm posts less than stellar shipment figures for the PC sector, sensationalist headlines follow. Gartner’s report that worldwide PC shipments declined 9.5 percent in the…
This article was published in the March 2015 issue of Maximum PC. For more trusted reviews and feature stories, subscribe here. We discover that balancing size and power is a delicate process when building a specialist content creator rig Length of Time 1–2 Hours | Difficulty: Low The Mission Sometimes we build systems in this…
And…it’s gone! Google on Wednesday added a new item to its online store, that being a tiny Ethernet adapter for its Chromecast dongle. Chromecast already comes with 802.11n Wi-Fi connectivity baked in, but if you need a wired connection for any reason, you were out of luck. Not anymore (well, sort of). The Ethernet adapter…
Yes, another Windows 10 Technical Preview Microsoft on Thursday announced a new Windows 10 Technical Preview, which is something that’s becoming a frequent occurrence as of late. The latest build (10166) adds more polish and chases off a few more bugs as Microsoft readies a final release for July 29. Build 10166 has been released…
Giving SSDs some TLC Congratulations if you’re reading this, it means you weren’t scared off by the word “affordable” in the title. For power users, terms like “affordable,” “value,” and “budget” typically translate into low performance, but that’s not necessarily the case with OCZ’s newly minted Trion 100 solid state drive line. The new drives…
photo credit: kennymatic Help diagnosing hardware problems It’s a scenario that everyone dreads: You build a computer, power it on, and then… nothing! Or you install the OS and the system starts acting up before you’ve even made your first foray onto the Internet. Or you’re using your computer and all of a sudden, something…
New Catalyst drivers? Yes, please! You can stop holding your breath now, AMD’s WHQL-certified Catalyst 15.7 graphics drivers are available to download. Yes folks, new WHQL drivers…from AMD! It’s been several months since we’ve been able to say that, and though the wait for polished drivers has been long, the reward for your patience is…
Top Deal: Imagine a world where only the only major CPU player was Intel. That’s right, in this fictional world, AMD is a ghost, leaving Intel to rule the landscape. Do you think innovation would move at the same pace? What about the lack of price competition? That’s not a world we like to envision,…