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OCZ Vertex 450 SSD has 20-nm NAND, tweaked Indilinx controller
— 8:01 AM on May 23, 2013

OCZ's Vertex SSD has a storied history. The original model launched in 2009 and was one of the first consumer-grade SSDs worth buying. ...

Type: News story Tags: Storage

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Nvidia's GeForce GTX 780 graphics card reviewed
— 8:00 AM on May 23, 2013

The first member of the GeForce 700 series promises nearly all of the speed of the GeForce Titan at a much more palatable price.

Type: Feature article Tags: Graphics

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Fingertip-sized Serial ATA SSD boasts 480MB/s data rate
— 6:00 AM on May 23, 2013

Mobile devices like tablets and smartphones typically use solid-state drives with eMMC interfaces....

Type: News story Tags: Storage Mobile computing Personal tech

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Fractal Design lists Haswell-compatible PSUs
— 11:02 AM on May 22, 2013

Intel's upcoming Haswell CPUs have a new sleep state that draws just 0.05A on the 12V rail—one tenth the idle draw of existing Ivy bridge...

Type: News story Tags: CPUs Power

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HGST packs 1.5TB into 9.5-mm, three-platter Travelstar 5K1500 notebook drive
— 2:01 AM on May 21, 2013

Most of today's 2.5" notebook hard drives top out at an even terabyte....

Type: News story Tags: Storage Mobile computing

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The PC graphics market was kind to Nvidia last quarter
— 6:00 AM on May 20, 2013

The folks at Jon Peddie Research have published their estimates for the PC graphics market in the last quarter. Their findings? "The news was...

Type: News story Tags: Graphics

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Deals of the week: IPS displays, graphics cards, storage, and games
— 5:14 PM on May 17, 2013

We've gathered a pretty nice selection of deals this week. We've got a heavily discounted 23" IPS monitor, a Radeon that's on sale and bundled...

Type: News story Tags: Graphics Storage Displays

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Which game is the new champ of PC visuals?
— 2:12 PM on May 17, 2013

If you've seen the latest round of games, you'll know what I mean when I say that we've clearly entered a new era in PC...

Poll Question: • What's the best-looking PC game?

Type: News story Tags: Graphics Gaming

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Coffee Talk with Timmy Cook
— 9:32 AM on May 17, 2013

It's true. I recently won the Charitybuzz auction for "coffee with...

Type: Blog post Tags: Mac

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Release roundup: Flash drives, Thunderbolt, and an arcade controller
— 5:09 PM on May 16, 2013

This week on the roundup, we've got news about flash drives from Adata, a Thunderbolt-enabled Haswell mobo from ASRock, and an arcade-style fighting game controller...

Type: News story Tags: Motherboards Storage Input devices

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Report: Windows 8.1 expected in late October
— 11:35 AM on May 16, 2013

Earlier this week, Microsoft announced that Windows 8.1 would be a free upgrade for Windows 8 users. We also learned that a public preview...

Type: News story Tags: Operating systems Windows

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AMD expands Crysis 3, Tomb Raider availability in Never Settle bundle
— 11:08 AM on May 15, 2013

AMD's game bundling deals keep getting more and more tantalizing. Last month, the company added Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon to the mix. Now,...

Type: News story Tags: Graphics Gaming

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AMD claims fastest mobile GPU crown with Radeon HD 8970M
— 10:31 AM on May 15, 2013

Late last year, when the Radeon HD 8000M series was announced, AMD alluded to upcoming, higher-end offerings that would be out later in 2013....

Type: News story Tags: Graphics

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Seasonic lists Haswell-ready PSUs
— 6:00 AM on May 15, 2013

Add Seasonic to the list of PSU makers that have clarified their support for Intel's upcoming Haswell processor. The next-gen CPU's low-power sleep states...

Type: News story Tags: CPUs Power

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Leaked slides expose Haswell's integrated voltage regulator
— 11:18 AM on May 13, 2013

Intel is slowly but surely moving more platform components onto the processor. Over the years, the graphics, PCI Express, and memory controllers traditionally found...

Type: News story Tags: CPUs Motherboards Power

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Adobe lets you pay now and later and later again
— 9:26 AM on May 13, 2013

The time was January 1995. The smooth, Philly soul and pleated pants of...

Type: Blog post Tags: Mac

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Nvidia's cool human head demo now available to download
— 9:19 AM on May 13, 2013

At Nvidia's GPU Technology Conference in March, CEO Jen-Hsun Huang unveiled the "Digital Ira" demo: an impressively realistic real-time simulation of a human head,...

Type: News story Tags: Graphics Gaming

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Deal of the week: 4TB for $184, and other goodies
— 5:49 PM on May 10, 2013

We'll keep this week's deal post short and sweet, starting with a few hardware bargains: Seagate's Desktop HDD.15 4TB hard drive...

Type: News story Tags: Power Storage Displays Gaming

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