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Documents leaked to The Guardian and The Washington Post suggest that...

Type: News story Tags: Internet

Remember the 5GHz AMD "Centurion" processor that was rumored to be in...

Type: News story Tags: CPUs Motherboards

NZXT has some fresh goodies on display at Computex this week. Among them is the H230, a mid-tower enclosure that, in NZXT's words, "brings...

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In April, we learned all about Intel's next-generation Thunderbolt controller, dubbed Falcon Ridge. This controller combines the dual 10Gbps channels of existing Thunderbolt implementations...

Type: News story Tags: Motherboards Storage Displays

When I met with Asus in April to get an early look at its Haswell motherboards, I was briefly pulled into a separate meeting...

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We've drawn the winner from our latest giveaway. His name is Allan Omar, and he's about to become the lucky owner of an XFX...

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This week for our deal post, we've got a trio of hardware deals and a trifecta of game bargains. Let's start with the hardware: ...

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In case you missed our post on Tuesday, we've got a new...

Type: News story Tags: CPUs Power

An updated AMD roadmap spotted by ComputerBase suggests that next-gen Kaveri APUs will use a new socket. One of the slides (PDF)...

Type: News story Tags: CPUs Motherboards

Thanks to our sponsors, we'll be giving away a bunch of hardware over the next few weeks. Keep your eyes peeled. For this...

Type: News story Tags: CPUs Power

We've already gotten a sneak preview of MSI's Z87 MPower mobos, but those aren't the only Haswell-ready boards up MSI's sleeve. The company has...

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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...

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You didn't think MSI was going to sit out this round of Z87 motherboard previews, did you? The firm has revealed its overclocking-oriented

Type: News story Tags: Motherboards

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...

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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...

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Over the past few weeks, ASRock has released small nuggets of information on the features of its next-generation Haswell motherboards. We know that some...

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

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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...

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