Today we’ll dive in deep on the best memory settings for your Ryzen mobile laptop. Sequels don’t always live up to the originals, and that’s true even in the processor world. In AMD’s case, however, it’s the complete opposite. The Zen microarchitecture has unquestionably become an important building block for the chipmaker, and AMD has…
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Apple on Tuesday quietly added a 10GbE upgrade option to its M1-powered Mac Mini desktop computers originally introduced in November last year. Small form-factor systems featuring a 10Gb Ethernet port cost $100 more than PCs with a regular GbE connector. When Apple introduced the Mac Mini powered by its own M1 system-on-chip last November, it…
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Last year Microsoft promised to bring its DirectStorage application programming interface (API) that is currently used exclusively on its Xbox Series X game console to PCs. The company has yet to reveal all hardware requirements of DirectStorage, but from a presentation that it recently showed to developers, it looks like any reasonably modern PCs featuring…
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Twitter user InstLatX64 has discovered a mysterious AMD 4700S processor that’s evidently part of an AMD 4700S Desktop Kit. It’s plausible that the developer kit is the same one that Microsoft was utilizing to develop one of its Xbox consoles. Although not officially a member of the Ryzen family, we suspect that the AMD 4700S…
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Get ready for a whole new generation of USB. First announced in 2019, “USB4” (official spelling lacks a space, but we’re using one in this article to reflect the way readers search) is finally appearing in some shipping computers, including Apple’s new M1-powered iMacs, its M1-based Macbooks and Mac Mini and laptops with Intel 11th…
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Apple’s new in-house M1 chip is officially on the market. The first reviews and benchmarks are starting to pop up, so we’re gathering everything we know about it into one handy place, which we’ll update as we learn more. Apple M1 Cheat Sheet: Key details at a glance Release Date: Ships Week of 11/16 Found…
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It’s hard not to know Acer – it’s one of the more prominent mainstream brands in the computer industry. However, the company’s Predator sub-brand might not ring a bell for the typical computer user that’s not into gaming. Nonetheless, the Predator label is home to Acer’s premium gaming PCs, laptops, monitors, and chairs. To further…
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Apple is continuing its move from Intel to Arm on the desktop, putting its M1 processor new line of iMacs and in the iPad Pro. Both were announced at Apple’s “Spring Loaded” virtual event, and are the first time each of those product lines is using the new chip. Previously, the iPad Pro used Apple’s…
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Update: Today’s Newegg Shuffle is over now, but there’s likely to be another one tomorrow. We typically see these events go live around 1 p.m. EST, so check back around then tomorrow for more potential shuffle updates. Original Story: A Newegg shuffle hitting on Tuesday isn’t too much of a surprise, but today’s raffle comes…
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