Month: December 2020
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Mikes Rant Christmas Edition – 5 Tech Predictions for 2021
Let’s be honest, putting technology to one side, 2020 has been a bit of a crap year. All going well though, 2021 will (generally speaking) prove to be a lot better. And not only in terms of new releases, but also the basic fact of actually having things both in…
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Retailer Briefly Lists Nvidia 30XX Laptops For Preorder
January is set to be a pretty exciting month for new tech announcements and releases and particularly so for laptop designs with new models anticipated to be launched featuring both AMD Ryzen 5000 CPUs and Nvidia 30XX mobile GPUs. – Now, as is often the case with gaming laptop designs,…
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Epic Games Launcher Releases Hotfix for CPU Usage Bug
Earlier this week we reported on a rather concerning issue surrounding the Epic Games Launcher. Specifically, that even when running in the background, the application would have the rather unfortunate habit of tapping into some of your CPUs power causing unnecessary load spikes and, by proxy, putting your processor’s temperature…
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EKWB Unveils Water Blocks for ASUS 3070 ROG STRIX GPUs
EK Water Blocks (EKWB), a leading computer cooling solutions provider, is ready to offer its premium high-performance GPU water block for ASUS ROG 3070 Strix graphics cards. This new block is named EK-Quantum Vector Strix RTX 3070 D-RGB and it shares the same backplate with the 3080/3090 Vector Strix water…
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Mikes Rant Christmas Edition – What I Got Right/Wrong in 2020
I’m certainly not afraid to have opinions. Just ask anyone who knows me. In something of a Christmas tradition here at eTeknix, however, when the year comes to a close I put my supposed expertise and knowledge on the line and make a number of major predictions for the coming…
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Creative Outlier Air V2 True Wireless Headphones Review
Creative has been leading a charge when it comes to mobile audio hardware, backup by their decades of experience in the PC audio market. Over the last few years, they’ve continued to deliver innovative technologies, such as their SXFI audio processing, as well as multiple award-winning mobile products that support…
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AMD Ryzen 9 5900H Beats the 4900H by 20%
As one of the key product reveals at CES 2021, we fully expect new laptop designs to be announced featuring both AMD’s new Ryzen 5000 processors as well as Nvidia’s mobile 30XX graphics cards. In regards to the former, however, with this launch seeing the transition to the Zen3 architecture,…
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MSI Unveils AMD 500/400-Series Motherboard BIOS Updates
MSI, a world-leading gaming motherboard brand, has today announced the release of its new and latest BIOS update for their AMD 500-series and 400-series motherboards. The latest AGESA Combo PI V2 1.1.9.0 beta BIOS has initially been released for MEG X570 GODLIKE, MEG X570 UNIFY, MEG B550 UNIFY / UNIFY-X,…
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Gigabyte Unveils its AORUS C700 Glass Chassis
I will freely admit that Gigabyte isn’t the first name I think of when it comes to PC chassis designs. While that shouldn’t, of course, diminish anything from their excellent range of products, I think many would agree that there are other manufacturers out there who do seem to grab…
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Thermaltake Launches the TOUGHFAN 12 Turbo Fan
Thermaltake, a leading PC DIY premium brand for Cooling, Gaming Gear, and Enthusiast Memory solutions, has today announced that the new TOUGHFAN 12 Turbo High Static Pressure Radiator Fan is available for purchase. The TOUGHFAN 12 Turbo is a PWM controlled fan that now performs at a maximum speed of…
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Mikes Rant Christmas Edition – 5 Tech Losers of 2020
So, at the risk of telling you something you probably already know, 2020 has, by and large, been a pretty crummy year. While COVID-19 has been used by many companies as the primary excuse for delays, lapses, or downfalls, I still think it’s fair to say that there have been…
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Intel i7-11700K Beats Ryzen 5950X on Geekbench
Within the next 2-3 weeks, Intel is expected to formally confirm the launch of its brand new 11th-gen Rocket Lake-S processors, and, quite frankly, of the news that has leaked about them so far, I have to admit that I haven’t been overly optimistic about them. Don’t get me wrong,…
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ASUS Accidentally Leaks 20GB 3080 Ti and 12GB 3060
It is definitely something of an open secret at the moment that Nvidia will, in the very near future, officially announce the launch of its 3080 Ti and 3060 (non-ti) graphics cards. With the former set to feature 20GB of VRAM and the latter with a surprisingly beefy 12GB, there…
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Cyberpunk 2077 Mod Offers Optimization for ‘Low-End’ PCs
Putting all of the Cyberpunk 2077 controversies to one side, and we’ll admit that there have been plenty of them to talk about since it’s December 10th release date, it’s hard to deny that in terms of visuals, it’s one of the best looking games around at the moment. With…
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Mikes Rant Christmas Edition – The 5 Tech Winners Of 2020
There are many reasons why 2020 may have been more than a little disappointing to you, but despite the overwhelming negative feeling most people will have in wishing good riddance to 2020, that doesn’t mean to say that it’s been bad for everyone. – Let’s, therefore, take a look at…
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