When you’re in the market for a gaming PC, there’s a lot to consider: power, size, components and what resolution you want to play at. (If you’re looking for portability, check out the best gaming laptops.) If all you need is to play a few AAA titles at 1080p, you won’t need the absolute best…
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AMD’s mysterious ‘Van Gogh’ APU promises to offer several significant improvements over its predecessors, with an RDNA 2-based graphics core and DDR5/LPDDR5 being perhaps the most important advances. Now it appears the new APU will also have a new audio processing block. AMD has posted 12 patches for its Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) driver that enable…
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(Image credit: Shutterstock) Cloud storage and data backup company Backblaze published a blog post today outlining its search for the answer to a relatively simple question: Would it make sense for the company to farm the Chia cryptocurrency using the HDDs it keeps as a buffer to allow its cloud storage platform to scale quickly?…
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California-based NGD Systems via its partner SSD Compute is seemingly looking to upend the Chia cryptocurrency farming market with its new computational storage device (CSD), Chia-AutoPlot CSD. Think of it like as an SSD with an integrated FPGA that auto-plots Chia and then moves it to a hard drive. Chia is one of the newest…
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The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) on Thursday reported that Ukrainian law enforcement has pulled the plug on a clandestine cryptocurrency mining farm in the city of Vinnytsia. The perpetrators had set up camp in an old warehouse and stealthily tapped into the city’s power grid to mine cryptocurrency. The Ukrainian authorities reportedly seized up…
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PiSugar Kitchen has released two new low-cost battery add-ons, the PiSugar S and PiSugar S Pro, that promise to power a Raspberry Pi for several hours on a charge. As spotted by Notebook Check, the PiSugar S is a diminutive uninterruptible power supply (UPS) designed for the Raspberry Pi Zero and Zero W. It features…
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Corsair’s 4000D ATX Mid Tower case is down to less than $40 at Newegg, thanks to a discount code and mail-in rebate. This is an immensely good discount, totaling a $55 savings on a case that is normally $95 and offers great airflow and a stylish design for your build. Corsair 4000D ATX Mid Tower…
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PC gamers aren’t the only ones dealing with scarce parts. According to Kotaku this week, last-generation gaming consoles are now equally hard to get as the current PlayStation 5 (PS5) and Xbox Series X/S. That means that the PlayStation 4 (PS4) and Xbox One X/S consoles are now difficult to source, even though they should…
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MSI seems to be planning a resurrection of its HydroGen series, which was canned nearly a decade ago, with a waterblock for die-hard enthusiasts. The new spin will come as its new GeForce RTX 3090 graphics card with 24GB of GDDR6X memory equipped with a water block for custom-built liquid cooling systems (LCSs). At this…
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EKWB today finally extended its Quantum Momentum VRM Bridge to AMD-powered ASUS Crosshair Formula VIII motherboards. Previously only available for Intel systems built around the ROG Maximus XII Formula, the EKWB VRM Bridge essentially functions as a distribution plate, connecting your EK-Quantum Velocity CPU waterblock to the ASUS Crosshair Formula VIII’s built-in CrossChill EK III…
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