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QNAP Launches the World’s First Thunderbolt NAS TVS-871T
QNAP launched the world’s first Thunderbolt 2 Turbo vNAS that is ready for high-bandwidth data. The TVS-871T features 20Gbps bandwidth, 4K video capable Thunderbolt 2 connections and it is fully compatible with the Thunderbolt-ready storage expansion enclosures for even more raw storage capacity. The TVS-871T provides the high transfer speed of…
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Microsoft Confirms That Surface Book Has Twice the Power of a MacBook Pro
When companies release new products, they always come with bold statements that this new thing is so many more times powerful than this other device, but it is a sentence that’s usually followed by an asterisk that explains a very limited test scenario or old comparison product. When Microsoft announced…
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Intel May Increase Mainstream Core Count for Cannonlake
Intel has long limited the mainstream platform to 4 physical cores, with 8 threads due only to Hyper-Threading. This has held true for the longest time, with power users who wanted more cores making the jump to LGA 1366 and 2011. According to an Intel CPU engineer profile, Intel will start…
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BOXX Introduces the World’s Smallest Overclocked Workstation
When we think small and compact systems, we usually think in the direction of HTPCs or low-powered LAN rigs, but there are a lot more possibilities with today’s hardware and BOXX proves that with their impressive new and very compact workstation dubbed the APEXX 1. The APEXX 1 is the…
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Overclockers UK Expand Systems with Storm Range
Overclockers UK already released some pretty impressive pre-built systems this year and it doesn’t look like they have any plans to stop that. They have expanded once more and added the Storm range of system that are designed to be able to handle gaming as well as graphic design and video…
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Gigabyte Unveils Skylake-Powered Gaming Laptops
Gigabyte has announced an updated gaming laptop range featuring Intel’s latest 6th generation, i7 processors, M.2 PCIe storage, DDR4 RAM, USB 3.1 with Type-C connectors and HDMI 2.0 which outputs HDCP 2.2 to provide a stunning 4K experience. The 17″ P37, 15″ P35 and 14″ P35 offer unrivalled gaming performance…
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Intel Prepares Mobile Workstation Xeons
While higher powered CPUs finding homes in mobile laptops is nothing new, Intel looks to be expanding their professional offerings. In the past, those looking for top tier CPU performance were stuck with Intel’s i7 lineup, which while offering great performance, did not support a number of workstation and professional features.…
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Intel Skylake i7 6700K and i5 6600K Boxart Pictured
While the Windows 10 box art from Microsoft was pretty bland, Intel sure is spicing things up with their new Skylake packaging. In a series of leaked images, we are treated to the new box art of the i7 6700K and i5 6600K and boy do they hearken back to…
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Intel i7 6700K ES Skylake Pictured and Tested Again
While Intel may have some of the best CPUs around, they still can’t keep people from leaking information. Today we bring a series of tests done on an i7 6700K Engineering Sample which is compared to the i7 4790K, i7 5820K, and Xeon E3 1231 v3. The test platform appears…
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Intel Faces Severe Supply Issues for Skylake Launch
Despite a much-anticipated launch for Skylake within the next two weeks, Intel looks to be in trouble on the supply side. According to multiple sources, supply for the i7 6700K and i5 6600K is severely limited and the initial stock is not expected to last long. Several unnamed Taiwanese firms…
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ASUS Launches X99M-WS Micro-ATX Motherboard
ASUS showed off their new X99M-WS motherboard back at Computex in June and then there was a bit silence on that regards while users patiently await its release. That time should now be upon us as it’s being reported that ASUS formally launched this new Micro-ATX motherboard with LGA2011v3 socket…
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Intel Skylake i7 6700K Performance Leaked Again Along with Discrete GPU 3DMark
Given the sheer amount of leaks coming out, Intel’s Skylake should be just around the corner. Today, we have more i7 6700K benchmarks to share, this time compared on an MSI board vs an i7 4790K. While the MSI board is not one those fancy schmancy ones leaked earlier, the MSI…
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Intel Skylake i7-6700K Benchmarks Leaked
Another batch of Skylake benchmarks have leaked out a little under a month before the expected launch. This time we have the Intel i7-6700K on an ECS Z170-Claymore paired with 16GB of 2133Mhz DRR4, 128GB SSD and a GTX970. For comparison an i7-4790K on an MSI Z97A Gaming 6 with…
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Intel Skylake and Z170 Motherboard Release Date Revealed
Some people are waiting with high anticipation for Intel to release their newest platform, Skylake, while others don’t care as much as they’ve recently upgraded to the current platform. If you are a member of the first group, then you won’t have to wait much longer as the release date…
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Intel Skylake Will be Limited to just Three SKU Variants at Launch
With the launch of Intel’s next iteration of CPU’s just around the corner, rumours have been circulating media outlets for a short while. This can be in the form of pricing or unreleased specifications or even pictures of the naked PCB. Information is now coming around that the release of the…
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