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Batman: Arkham Knight for PC sales to resume by the end of October

Warner Bros. pulled down the sales of Batman: Arkham Knight for PC because of series of issues as a result of a crappy PC port variant done by a firm with no PC port experience. After months of wait,...

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Intel adds SGX in newer Skylake, to be out by late October

Intel said that a newer batch of Skylake based processors will have its Software Guard Extensions technology enabled. Intel SGX was first introduced in 2013, which does raise the question why wasn’t...

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AMD Radeon R9 Fury X2 ‘Gemini’ card currently tested in India

Recently it is found out that AMD chipped six units of the dual-GPU core ‘Gemini’ based Radeon R9 Fury X2 to India for internal testing. The import details show that it’s an entire GPU card with a...

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Cyberpunk 2077 will be ‘far, far bigger’ than Witcher 3

It’s been a very long time since we heard anything about CD Projekt Red’s very ambitious RPG Cyberpunk 2077. But recently its visual effects artist Jose Teixeira spoke during an interview. He said that...

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Fallout 4 and Anno 2205 PC system requirements revealed

Two studios have revealed PC system requirements for its games- Bethesda’s Fallout 4 and Ubisoft’s Anno 2205. Both seems reasonable, but I am really eager to see how the game looks like at the end of...

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Researchers working on-CPU direct liquid cooling concept method

The researchers from Georgia Institute of Technology are working on a direct liquid cooling design to push liquid cooling further by having it cool the chip directly, without the Integrated...

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Ubisoft announces Far Cry Primal, arriving this February

After some information leak, Ubisoft revealed its upcoming title Far Cry Primal. A trailer shows that the same set in the stone age, with cave paintings, barbarians learning the art of making weapons,...

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SanDisk Extreme 500 240GB Portable SSD USB 3.0 Drive Review

There are two types of people in this world- one who uses a USB 3.0 drive and one who uses a portable SSD USB 3.0 drive like SanDisk Extreme 500 Portable SSD USB 3.0 drive. Sure, both are USB 3.0...

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WD My Passport X 2TB USB 3.0 Review

This is the WD My Passport X. A drive that’s emphasized for PC gamers for storage, especially the Xbox One and the PC. What is the scenario a gamer would require to have an external storage source?...

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WD Red Pro available in 5TB and 6TB capacity

WD released a newer WD Red Pro drive with two storage variants- the 5TB WD5001FFWX with Rs. 21,250 MRP and 6TB WD6001FFWX with Rs. 22,575/- MRP. Both drives have 128MB cache and runs on 7200 RPM. True...

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WD Blue (WD40E31X) 4TB PC SSHD Review

WD phased out its Green series drives. But at the same time, WD Blue series now has a desktop SSHD drive lineup. This is the WD4031X Blue drive with 4TB drive storage capacity. This drive uses 8GB MLC...

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SoundMagic outs the Vento P55 On-Ear Headphones

SoundMagic, usually known for low-cost but value-for-money earphones for a long time is stepping into Premium headphones segment starting with its Vento P55 On-Ear headphones. Made with a stainless...

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Intel i7-6950X Broadwell-E chip is a 10-core 20-thread CPU

The next-generation HEDT Processor will be based on Broadwell-E architecture. The upcoming HEDT flagship ‘i7-6950X’ will have ten physical cores and twenty threads, clocked at 3GHz with 25MB cache....

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IGX 2015- Day 1 Impressions

Getting to see good technology (or gaming) expos in India is a hit and miss. Despite claims made via official Press Releases, it looks as if everyone is forced to be in an expo, resulting in...

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Noctua releases IndustrialPPC 24v fans for 120mm and 140mm variants

Noctua released 24v-based IndustrialPPC fans, two each for 120mm NF-F12 and 140mm AF-14 models, each with 2,000 and 3,000 RPM maximum rotation speed variants. 24v variants are provided with three-phase...

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SanDisk Ultra II 240GB SSD Review

Solid-State drives have come a long way, especially with those who fabricate their own SSD controller and NAND. PCIe and M.2 SSDs are also on a rise ever since the Intel Z170 chipset, but due to the...

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SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB SSD Review

Solid State drives is a boon for every PC users. I have been reviewing SSDs for a very long time and the progress it has made is very encouraging since the SandForce based Kingston Hyper X days. As...

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Some CPU Coolers may damage Intel Skylake CPUs, Companies respond

Intel Skylake has a thinner substrate compared to the previous generation Haswell Processors. But it seems that some CPU coolers may apply more pressure on the socket once installed that the end result...

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Asetek sends a ‘Cease and Desist’ Letter to AMD and Gigabyte over alleged...

Asetek isn’t happy about its patent being allegedly used in AMD R9 Fury X and Gigabyte GTX 980 WaterForce (GV-N980WAOC-4GD). This is because both the units use water cooling systems from Coolermaster....

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Kingston SSDNow UV300 240GB SSD Review

The Kingston SSDNow series is the first SSD that I’ve got my hands on for review, before starting Hardware BBQ. It wasn’t really a great drive (as with others since that’s when 1st generation SSDs were...

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