Month: June 2018
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Western Digital Now Has 12TB Purple Surveillance HDDs
Larger Capacity 12TB Purple Drives for AI Systems Western Digital is expanding their hard disk drive portfolio once again with new 12TB drives. These are specifically for emerging DVR systems that feature AI capabilities. Western Digital’s Purple line has been making surveillance-specific drives for a while now. These can withstand…
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First Benchmarks of 32-Core AMD Threadripper 2 CPU Surface
AMD Threadripper 2 Arriving Soon Details regarding AMD‘s followup to their Threadripper HEDT processor showed up last week, following an announcement at Computex 2018. Now it appears that there are already benchmarks leaking out showing off its performance. This Threadripper 2 is a 32-core monster which uses 12nm+ process. That…
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Vodafone Plan To Test Launch 5G Networks This August
Vodafone Ready To Test Launch 5G Networking This August With the 4G network still being somewhat patchy through the United Kingdom, it seems that rather than getting that established, we’re instead looking to 5G. It seems, however, that for the UK it might be coming a lot sooner than expected.…
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EVGA Reveal Their Latest and Greatest Gaming Hardware
EVGA Computex 2018 It looks like EVGA is finishing up the second half of 2018 in a big way. Ironically, they’re starting small though, with their ultra-compact PSU. This PSU is the worlds smallest 1000W PSU, and yet it still maintains an 80 Plus Platinum rating for efficiency. Supernova T2…
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TeamGroup Get Their RGB SSD Game On
TeamGroup Computex 2018 If you’re a fan of TeamGroup, you’ll be happy to see they brought plenty of great hardware to show us at Computex 2018. First up, we have their latest T-Force Dark RoG memory. Running at 3000 MHz and 32GB, it’s a pretty decent kit, with a custom…
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EK Dazzle With Latest Custom Loop Products
EK Computex 2018 We’re seeing a lot of awesome custom loop gear here at Computex 2018. Now, EK has rocked up with the latest EK-Cryofuel Solid colours. Not only do they provide impressive colours, they also promise great performance. However, it’s their “revolutionary patent-pending formula” that really matters. The most…
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The Next Level of Enthusiast and Extreme Cooling from EK
EK Computex 2018 EK are a custom loop company, that’s what they do best. They’ve been pushing to create premium AIO coolers for a while, with mixed success. However, this could be the model that finally breaks them into that market. Using new custom loop hardware, the CPU block of…
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EK Reveal Custom Wood Finish Watercooling Hardware
EK Computex 2018 We’ve seen a lot of cool custom loop hardware over the years, but EK just went one better in my opinion. Their CEO made his own PC from wood, and that’s his personal computer on the left there (above). This inspired them to create a range of…
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Discover the ASUS RoG Thor PSU and Rylijin Liquid Cooling
ASUS Computex 2018 We’ve already seen ASUS go huge with their ultra-ultra wide gaming monitor, as well as their AMAZING 4K HDR monitor. However, it looks like they’re expanding their product range, as they now have an ROG branded PSU! They’ve gone all out on the design too, as it’s…
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UK Culture Secretary Proposes Schools Ban Mobile Phones
UK Culture Secretary Proposes All Schools Should Ban Mobile Phones I consider myself somewhat lucky that going through school, owning a phone was never a thing. Well, that’s not strictly true. What phone you owned didn’t matter, if you had a mobile phone though, you were pretty cool. I personally…
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Kickstarter Launched For Bizarre PC Tower Backpack
Kickstarter Launched For PC Tower Backpack We at eTeknix would be the first to admit that if you own a mid-large sized PC chassis, moving it around can be quite tricky. Often they are heavy, cumbersome and unless your tower has a handle often hard to get a good purchase…
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AMD Ryzen 2300X and 2500X Pop Up On Geekbench
AMD May Soon Retire Entire Original Ryzen Lineup Earlier in the year, AMD kicked off their Ryzen refresh. With the new Zen+ design, AMD planned to update most of their mainstream CPU lineup. So far, we’ve already received the Ryzen 5 2600X and the Ryzen 7 2700X. However, the budget and mainstream markets have had…
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Asus Gets Ultra Ultra Ultra Wide With Display Tech
ASUS Computex 2018 As one of the biggest names in the PC hardware market and beyond, ASUS has a lot to live up to. Fortunately, at Computex 2018 they didn’t disappoint us. While I’m sure you’re here for the ultra ultra ultra wide monitor, let’s kick things off with their…
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Four New Star Trek Series Are In The Works
Four New Star Trek Shows Being Discussed After Success of Discovery Last year, we were treated to our first new TV series of Star Trek since Enterprise limped off our screens in 2005. For many Star Trek Discovery was a fresh breath of air to the franchise. Similar in a…
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Thermaltake Go Big With RGB, Alexa, and Crazy Chassis
Thermaltake Computex 2018 We’re big fans of Thermaltake, and that’s literally because their chassis are often VERY big. Their new Level 20 VT is the smallest of the new bunch, and even that’s got some meat on it. Following the design of the Level 20, it features those thickly curved…
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