aT a Glance Lake Superior: Bold styling; good performance; plenty of storage. Lake Erie: Overpriced; terrible doors; no custom loop. For now, Intel’s new, high-end i7-6700K Skylake CPU is still somewhat hard to track down. You can, however, find them in prebuilt OEM machines, and Origin PC proudly sent us its new Millennium Skylake system…
This article was published in the December 2015 issue of Maximum PC. For more trusted reviews and feature stories, subscribe here. Don’t overheat—get your feet wet with these water-cooling tips For much of recent history, water cooling has been shunned. Only a select few could afford to merrily dance with computing death, taking their chances…
Ethernet connection is fine, but wireless has issues While the review embargo for Valve’s Steam Link won’t lift until November 10, we recently received a unit and thought we would give you our first impressions of the $50 game streaming set top box. We’ll publish our full review when the embargo lifts. The front of…
Asus Republic of Gamers (ROG) introduced on Monday two new monitors for gamers: the Swift PG279Q and the Swift PG27AQ. These panels measure 27 inches diagonally, and feature Nvidia’s G-SYNC technology, which helps reduce both input lag and screen tearing. Asus also says that the PG279Q is the first monitor to sport a 165Hz refresh…
Alex Stamos, the Chief Security Officer at Facebook, posted on Facebook’s security blog that the company will now inform users if their account is the target of a state-sponsored attack. He said that Facebook is alerting users because these types of attacks are more dangerous and highly advanced compared to other attacks. Those who receive…
Top Deal: Saying goodbye isn’t always easy, though it’s sometimes necessary, like sending a son or daughter off to college, attending a funeral, or breaking up with a demonic partner. Sometimes you can delay things. That’s especially true if you’re rocking an LGA1150 motherboard that you’re just not ready to part with. In that case,…
A cheaper Surface Book Lenovo doesn’t have any plans of selling Microsoft’s Surface Pro laptops like Dell and HP both agreed to do, and presumably you won’t see any Surface Book systems in the Chinese OEM’s product catalog, either. But what you will find is the Yoga 900, a convertible laptop that looks a little…
A potent portable MSI on Monday announced the availability of its GS40 Phantom laptop, which it’s pitching as the thinnest and lightest gaming notebook in the galaxy. To make that claim, the thing weighs just 3.5 pounds and measures 0.86 inches thick. “The GS40 Phantom is a breakthrough in design that combines the power of…
High resolution gaming on the go Boutique system builder Maingear has gone and overhauled its Nomad 15 laptop with some high-end options, including a 15.6-inch 4K display with G-Sync support powered by Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 980M GPU. Both are optional upgrades over the base model that includes a Full HD 1080p display without G-Sync support….
at a glance (+) Dog FighterGreat build quality; good-looking design; LED controller; authentic Cherry switches; USB passthrough. (-) Cannon FodderLack of dedicated media keys; still $110; lack of aluminum chassis; no wrist rest; difficult key caps. This article was published in the December 2015 issue of Maximum PC. For more trusted reviews and feature stories,…