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Genius X-G510 gaming mouse is good for righties and lefties

, Apr 24th 2013 Discuss [0]

If you're a PC gamer one of the things you need is a good gaming mouse. If you happen to be a left-handed PC gamer, finding a good gaming mouse can be more difficult than you might expect. A lot of gaming mice on the market today are designed specifically to be used in the right-hand. Read The Full Story

NEC P242W professional LED backlit monitor debuts

, Apr 23rd 2013 Discuss [0]

NEC has pulled the wraps off a new professional series LED backlit monitor for computer users. The computer monitor is called the NEC MultiSync P242W. The display comes in two different models including the standard P242W-BK and the P242W-BK-SV. The screen size is 24-inches and the display uses a white LED backlit AH-IPS panel. Read The Full Story

Intel offers new details on Atom SoC and Xeon processors

, Apr 10th 2013 Discuss [0]

New details have turned up about some the new Intel processor families during the Intel Developer Form in Beijing, China. Intel offered details on its Atom SoCs for the data center when it launched the processors back in December of 2012. At the time, the processors including the S1200 product family representing the world's first 64-bit SoC for servers operating at 1.6 to 2.0 GHz. Read The Full Story

Asus rolls out new P9X79-E WS mainboard with support for four-way graphics

, Apr 2nd 2013 Discuss [0]

Asus has announced a new motherboard that gamers and computer enthusiast's building up a high-end PC will certainly lust over. The new motherboard is called the Asus P9X79-E WS and has support for up to four-way Nvidia GeForce SLI or AMD CrossFireX using x16 links. The board also supports Asus Dr. Power to help prevent sudden shutdowns using power supply health monitoring and event notifications. Read The Full Story

NVIDIA unleashes GeForce 313.95 driver in time for Crysis 3 beta

, Jan 29th 2013 Discuss [0]

In case you hadn't heard the news, the open Crysis 3 multiplayer beta kicked off today. Those playing on PC will be pleased to know that NVIDIA is just as excited as you are, releasing its new GeForce 313.95 beta driver that's said to increase multi-GPU performance by as much as 35% in Crysis 3. Naturally, the boost you get from this beta driver will vary depending on your setup, but those with a serious gaming rig should expect at least some improvement when trying to run the Crysis 3 beta. Read The Full Story

Western Digital posts fiscal Q2 revenue of $3.8 billion

, Jan 24th 2013 Discuss [0]

2012 was a difficult year for hard drive makers after flooding in Thailand seriously impacted hard drive availability. With hard drives in short supply, prices went up which meant hard drives and SSDs were closer together in price giving a boost to SSD sales. It took several months for hard drive supplies return to pre-flooding levels, but the damage had been done to many in the hard drive industry. Read The Full Story

Satechi unveils new USB 3.0 aluminum external hard drive enclosure

, Jan 17th 2013 Discuss [0]

If you're a computer user that builds your own machines somewhere around your house, you have old hard drives that you didn't want to throw away, but you don't use. I think I have four or five around my house sitting there collecting dust. They are still full of data and on occasion, I get curious about what's on the drive and go through the hassle of plugging them into my computer to see. Read The Full Story

Mushkin unveils 480 GB Atlas mSATA SSD upgrade drive

, Jan 16th 2013 Discuss [0]

If you have a compact notebook or ultrabook, there's a good chance the device uses a very compact mSATA SSD. There is also good chance that you have used all the storage space available on the small SSD that many of these machines come with. Mushkin has announced the US availability of a new upgrade drive for any device using a mSATA SSD with lots of storage later this month. Read The Full Story

Foremay unveils 2 TB 2.5-inch SATA SSD

, Jan 16th 2013 Discuss [0]

One of the biggest drawbacks to using a SSD has always been the fact that they tend to be available in smaller storage capacities compared to traditional hard drives. While you can find drives with multiple terabytes of storage if you go with a traditional hard drive, most SSDs top out at around 500 GB. SSD manufacturer Foremay has change that with the announcement of a new SSD in its SC199 family. Read The Full Story

Mushkin launches enterprise class SSDs

, Jan 9th 2013 Discuss [0]

Mushkin is a company that has been offering computer hardware, specifically memory, for quite a while. The company is on hand at CES 2013 and has announced the launch of a new line of enterprise class SSD storage devices. The new line of solid-state drives is called the ProSpec series. Read The Full Story

iKey unveils ultra-compact SWB-86-TP keyboard

, Nov 16th 2012 Discuss [0]

iKey has announced the latest model in its line of ultra-compact keyboards: the SWB-86-TP. This rugged unit is part of the company's WaterBoard line of keyboards, and is aimed at the public safety market, particularly for in-vehicle use. The SWB-86-TP is completely plug-and-play, meaning you can just grab it and go, no drivers required. Read The Full Story

AMD unveils new FirePro S10000 server graphics card

, Nov 12th 2012 Discuss [0]

AMD has announced a new server-grade graphics card called the FirePro S10000 will. The graphics card is described as the industry's most powerful server graphics card and is designed specifically for HPC workloads in graphics intensive applications. AMD says the video card can exceed 1 Tflops of double-precision floating-point performance. Read The Full Story
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