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Never run out of cloud storage again The future of cloud storage is likely to come down to price and supplementary features rather than allotted storage space. Looking to push the issue, Amazon today announced a pair of unlimited storage options with Amazon Cloud Drive that are available to anyone and everyone, not just Amazon…
This mouse is as subtly handsome as it is precise Last week, Logitech stopped by the Maximum PC office to show off its new mouse, the MX Master. The device looked pretty compelling, as did the short promo video, but we looked forward to using the mouse to see how it really fared. The Logtech…
Up your speed by linking two or more drives in RAID 0 For serious PC builders, speed is the name of the game. Too often, storage becomes a bottleneck that holds back even the beefiest CPU. Even with the advent of SSDs, leveraging a redundant array of independent disks (RAID) can drastically reduce boot and…
Put the pedal to the metal Cover your eyes if you live way out in the boondocks or anywhere else where broadband Internet access is about as mythical as a unicorn, this might sting a little. It turns out the U.S. is seeing faster download speeds. According to data pulled from Ookla’s Speedtest, the average…
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When air cooling isn’t enough Have you ever tried liquid cooling a graphics card? It’s not the most difficult thing in the world, though between the water cooling loop and delicately removing the card’s stock cooling solution, it can be a little intimidating. And then there’s EVGA’s new GeForce GTX 980 Hybrid with an all-in-one…
Lines have been drawn Some changes are coming to the way Microsoft’s Project Spartan and Internet Explorer browsers will handle the web once Windows 10 ships. As originally conceived, both browsers would use the new rendering engine built for Project Spartan, and both would be capable of switching back to the legacy Trident engine to…
This rodent isn’t fazed by glass or glossy surfaces The hype is high for Logitech’s new MX Master Wireless mouse. Featuring a hand-sculpted design and a “Darkfield” laser, Logitech is billing the MX Master as “the new paradigm for precise, fast, comfortable computer navigation.” Apparently the peripheral is particularly adept at working across multiple screens,…
We invite you in to check out our personal systems In celebration of PC Gaming Week by our sister publications, we at Maximum PC thought it would be good to contribute to the cause, with an article dedicated to exploring the rigs of our editors. The bunch of us gathered together, and you could tell…
Top Deal: New LGA 1150 CPU? Check. DDR RAM? Check. Storage, case, and PSU? Check times three. You’re almost there, but you won’t get far without a motherboard. Don’t believe us? We’ll wait…. See? Finish off your build with today’s top deal for an Asus Z97-Pro Motherboard for $165 with $1 shipping (normally $185 –…