Buying a Ryzen 5000 series processor hasn’t been easy since they first launched in December of last year, but that’s been changing lately. Unlike RTX graphics cards and other recent tech, some Zen 3 chips have been slowly coming into stock across certain retailers, with one of the most common being the Ryzen 7 5800X.…
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Noctua makes coolers that are primarily known for their quiet fans and efficient design. But no matter how quiet your fans are, they’re still not absolutely silent. To be absolutely silent, you need to go fanless, and that’s exactly what Noctua has done with its NH-P1 cooler. The Noctua NH-P1 doesn’t have a fan yet claims compatibility with…
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Windows 11 has leaked online, revealing a treasure trove of information from those who have downloaded it. First, on Baidu, a Chinese forum. The two screenshots showed off a new, refreshed Start menu as well as the settings screen, which shows the name Windows 11 Pro. The image of the Start menu is the big…
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Aqua Computers just announced a brand new safety device for custom liquid cooling loop builds that is capable of stopping all leaks in your loop. This device is called the Leakshield and is designed to be installed on your reservoir, allowing the Leakshield to manipulate air pressure inside your loop. The genius design of the…
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Windows 10 users might want to install the update that helps them install updates… again. Microsoft has re-released the KB4023057 update it uses to prepare systems for larger updates—such as, say, the next generation of Windows—before release. Microsoft said KB4023057 “includes reliability improvements to Windows Update Service components in Windows 10, versions 1507, 1511, 1607,…
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In a new report, Jon Peddie Research sheds some insight on the impact that cryptocurrency mining has had on AIB (add-in board) sales for the start of this year. Needless to say, AMD, Nvidia and their AIB partners have profited hugely from the high demand on the best graphics cards. The consulting firm estimated that…
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Popular memory maker G.Skill just announced its first PC case ever, the Z5i, a mini-ITX enclosure that features dual tempered glass side panels and a vertical form factor, with enough room to fit a triple slot RTX 3090. So, not-so-mini-ITX I guess. G.Skill’s first go at building an ITX chassis looks very competitive against other…
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It appears that PowerColor has joined Sapphire in ‘leaking’ the unannounced RX 6900 XT Liquid Cooled reference card. As tweeted by @momomo_us, PowerColor has officially listed a new reference RX 6900 XT LC card on its site, but with no pictures at this time. (Note: The picture above is the Sapphire version.) This information comes…
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Pine64 today announced that its Quartz64 single-board computer is now available and revealed a system-on-module (SoM) based on that design called the SOQuartz. The company said in February that the Quartz64 model-A would feature a Rockchip RK3566 SoC, a veritable smorgasbord of ports, and between 2GB and 8GB of LPDDR4 memory in a board measuring…
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Today’s best Samsung 49-Inch Odyssey G9 Gaming Monitor deals Gaming monitors with a 21:9 aspect ratio, aka ultrawide monitors, have established their relevance and usefulness in the gaming genre. A wide variety of sizes and curve radii are available from 34-38 inches diagonally and curves from 1800R to 3800R. But the more extreme specs are…
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