With Intel’s Core i9-12900KS launch date fast approaching, Intel’s partners are getting ready to add the new CPU to its prebuilt desktops. Maingear is one of the first to announce integration, with 12900KS coming to three of its current desktop configurations: the VYBE, RUSH, and R1 Razer Edition. The 12900KS will serve as the most…
Toshiba this week announced the industry’s first 18TB hard drives featuring flux-control microwave-assisted magnetic recording (FC-MAMR) technology, that are designed for desktops and inexpensive NAS. The X300 and N300 drives not only offer a very high capacity and enhanced performance, but they also promise enhanced reliability. Toshiba’s X300 18TB HDDs for high-end desktops, as well…
After Dell started marking certain configurations of the Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R10 and Aurora R12 gaming PCs unavailable in several configurations because of legislation regarding energy usage in six states, it seems that few competitors are having similar issues. Dell’s competitors, including Acer, Asus, HP, Lenovo and MSI don’t, as of this writing, have…
The latest Ubuntu release is upon us. Ubuntu 21.04 “Hirsute Hippo” sees many small updates that will be supported for the next nine months. This may not be an LTS (Long Term Support) release but it does offer a few hints as to the direction in which Ubuntu will be heading. You can start the…
When shopping for a new gaming PC, it’s important to have a goal in mind. If portable gaming is key, you obviously want one of the best gaming laptops. But if you do your gaming in one place and you need your system to provide excellent framerates in AAA games at 1920 x 1080, you…