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Intel’s New Driver Targets Overheating in Revolutionary PCIe Gen 6 SSDs
Intel is pushing the boundaries with its next-generation SSDs but facing significant challenges with overheating. The tech giant is developing a driver aimed at managing the excessive heat that PCIe Gen 6 devices are expected to generate. This solution, primarily for Linux users, adjusts the PCIe link speed based on…
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EK Releases Pass-Through PCI Slot Making External Radiators Easier To Use
When making a water-cooled system sometimes you run into a scenario where you’d place your radiator outside of your case, this can either stem from having an ITX build or simply wanting to make use of a larger radiator such as the massive MO-RA3 radiator. To accommodate these types of…
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Sabrent Releases Quad NVMe SSD to PCIe 4.0 X16 Card
Sabrent has released its new Quad NVMe SSD to PCIe 4.0 X16 card allowing you to add up to 4 NVMe SSDs within a single X16 PCIe adapter. Sabrent Quad NVMe SSD to PCIe 4.0 X16 Card This adapter allows you to add up to four PCIe Gen 4 3…
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ASUS Shows Off RTX 4070 With No Power Cables
ASUS has shown off an RTX 4070 card which does not use any power cables or adapters at all, possibly a new standard for GPU power. ASUS RTX 4070 Megalodon Concept The ASUS RTX 4070 Megalodon Concept with no power cables has been shared by wccftech on their tour of…
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World Exclusive! – PCIe Gen5 Graphics Card Power Connector Pictured!
Editors Note We are aware that there has been some confusion regarding this post and the possibility that the cable itself is an Nvidia Founders Edition cable (such as the one used on the 3080). Having spoken with ASUS, however, they seem to still confirm that this is a Gen5…
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Creative Sound Blaster Audigy FX V2 & DBPRO Review
There are many great audio solutions on the market these days, and actually, many modern motherboards have extremely competent solutions built into them. For most people, plugging your speakers straight into the motherboard is fine, or just using your favourite headphones. However, not every motherboard will meet your standards for…
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Thermaltake Launch its TT Premium PCIe 4.0 Extenders
Thermaltake has announced the release of its new PCI-E Extender 4.0 series, with the launch of the PCI-E 4.0 Extender 300 mm/600 mm and PCI-E 4.0 Extender 300 mm (with a 90-degree adapter). Promising an easy installation, these PIC-E 4.0 Extenders are perfect for dealing with larger and heavy graphics…
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AMD Borrows Reddit Fixes for 500-Series MB USB Issues
A few weeks ago AMD finally confirmed that there were indeed USB connection issues with some of their 500-series motherboard designs. Rather than being a problem with any particular AIB partner, however, the issue lurked somewhere within the AMD aspect of the design. Well, while they have acknowledged the problem,…
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Corsair Preparing PSUs with 12-pin PCIe for Ampere
We’ve heard for a while now that some of the flagship cards from Nvidia will require a funky 12-pin power cable. Not to worry, there will be adaptors provided for those who need them, so nobody should be left behind when it comes to upgrading. Of course, there is another…
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Creative AE-5 Plus PCIe DAC and Amp Review
Creative has long been a leader when it comes to desktop audio. I’m sure most of you have owned or do own some Creative hardware. It’s likely you don’t even know it, as they product chipsets for all kinds of hardware too. I’m a big fan of what they’ve been…
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Kingston Launches the KC2500 NVMe PCIe SSD
With the arrival of Solid State Drives (and particularly their NVMe designs), making the upgrade to this storage platform has proven to be a very popular (and wise) decision for many PC owners. Offering blistering fast data transfer speeds (when compared to standard HDDs), once you’ve tried it, you’ll likely…
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PCI-SIG to Confirm Final PCI-E 6.0 Specs Next Year
While PCIe 4.0 is still, relatively speaking, in its infancy, we know that the future will see the release of even faster forms of this technology. In a report via Videocardz, however, while PCI-E 5.0 hasn’t even made its debut yet, it seems that the PCI-SIG (Peripheral Component Interconnect Special…
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Gigabyte Z490 Motherboards will (Mostly) Support PCIe 4.0
Given that the AMD X570 motherboards saw us make our first transition to PCIe 4.0, it was always a matter of curiosity as to what would happen with Intel’s Z490 platform. Why? Well, despite the numerous leaks we’ve seen (which you can check out here), we’ve not heard much concrete…
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Sabrent Rocket 4.0 PCIe 4 NVMe SSD Review
Today we take a look at another Gen.4 PCIe SSD which allows us to take performance to a whole new level. While the impressive performance is limited to the latest AMD system so far, there are a lot of people with those systems. Today it is the Rocket 4.0 from…
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TeamGroup MP33 512GB M.2 NVMe SSD Review
Today we’re having a look at a more budget-oriented drive. It isn’t everyone who needs the best and fastest drive, nor can afford it. And there’s no shame in that. Sometimes you just need a good and affordable drive which brings us to the MP33 M.2 NVMe SSD from TeamGroup.…
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