PC Gaming
Top Deal: That single-core Sempron chip was a great buy back in the day. But now? Not so much. It’s time for a platform upgrade, and if you’re sticking with AMD, you can snag the polar opposite of that Sempron part by checking out today’s top deal for an AMD FX-9590 Vishera 8-Core CPU for…
Get touchy-feely with Office today Are you rocking a copy of the Windows 10 Technical Preview? If so, you can kick the tires on three of Microsoft’s Universal Office apps — Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. All three are immediately available to download in the new Windows Store beta, which you can gain access to if…
A big win for net neutrality advocates The war over net neutrality isn’t over, but it did just swing somewhat in favor of those who support a level playing field, one that’s devoid of paid fast lanes. Tom Wheeler, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), confirmed today that he wants to reclassify and regulate…
A mechanical plank with an aluminum faceplate Over the past few years, mechanical keyboards have surged in popularity, expanding a category that was once defined by just a handful of models to one that’s beginning to overflow with options. And we’re not complaining. An interesting side effect of this growing popularity is a desire by…
A number nerd’s wet storage dream If you’re a regular reader of Maximum PC, then a name you’re likely to remember is Backblaze, a cloud-based backup firm that routinely shares its data about hard drive failures and various operations. The level of openness is pretty rare, as not too many companies offer the same level…
G.Skill Ripjaws 4 memory kit hits 4355MHz You know that friend of yours that can’t help but to go over the speed limit at every opportunity? That’s G.Skill, a memory maker that’s heavily involved in the overclocking scene, and with DDR4 RAM being relatively new, there’s plenty of uncharted memory frequency territory to explore. A…
Reinventing Wi-Fi If nobody ever bothered to reinvent he wheel, we’d all be riding around on four semi-circular stones with uneven surfaces and poor braking performance. Keeping that in mind, we won’t necessarily dismiss a startup’s attempt to reinvent Wi-Fi as you know it. In short, startup Eero wants to blanket your home in fast,…
Another bottleneck bites the dust Out with the old and in with the new, or in this case, MSI is anxious to bid a fond farewell to the Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) and get cooking with Non-Volatile Media Express (NVMe). To get the party started, MSI issued a round of BIOS updates for a…
Top Deal: Not yet ready to invest in a 4K or 5K panel? Holding out for when 8K panels become mainstream? No problem, though that 15-year-old CRT is a bit of an eyesore, don’t you think? While you wait for whatever super-duper-ultra-high resolution monitor it is you’re after, a nice Full HD 1080p can the…
Secret deals come to light You’re not supposed to know it, but Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Taboola have been paying the developers of Adblock Plus to stop blocking ads on their respective websites, according to a paywalled article in the Financial Times. The deals are confidential in nature, though FT says it was able to…