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ARCTIC Expands Its Server Fan Lineup With Two New Models, S8038-7K & S8038-10K
Arctic are a leading manufacturer of cooling solutions who have recently expanded their product line in the server space with two new S8038 fans with 7K and 10K Max RMP models. ARCTIC S8038-7K & 10K The new S8038 follows on from last year’s launch of the S4028 fans and brings…
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AMD, Intel & Nvidia Reveal Next-Gen Server Hardware at Supermicro Innovate
Cooling and computing go together in a big way, and typically, as power levels of computers increase, the heat they generate goes up. Obviously, there are many advancements that improve efficiency too, but largely, all computers generate heat. The faster you can remove that heat from the system and the…
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Arctic P8 Max High-Performance 80mm PWM Fan Review
They say good things come in small packages, right? Well, let’s hope that’s true, as this is by far one of the smallest parcels I’ve ever received for a review sample! I have the Arctic P8 Max, and 80mm PWM fan which promises some seriously impressive specifications for such a…
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Alphacool Eisbaer Pro ES 2U Quad HPE CPU Liquid Cooler Review
We see a lot of consumer-grade products here at eTeknix, which makes sense, that’s really the thing we set out to do. However, every now and then, something a little more serious lands on our desks, such as the Alphacool Eisbaer Pro ES 2U. While most of the coolers I…
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Micron Announces 96GB DDR5-4800 RDIMMs
Micron Technology has today announced its high-capacity 96GB DDR5 RDIMMs in speeds of up to 4800MT/s designed for workstations and server deployments. Micron 96GB DDR5-4800 RDIMMs (PR) By unlocking the next level of monolithic technology, the integration of Micron’s high-density memory solutions empowers artificial intelligence (AI) and in-memory database workloads…
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Dark Souls Prepare to Die Servers Are Never Coming Back!
Starting off with the good news, FromSoftware has confirmed that following an outage of nearly 6 months, the only servers for Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin has officially been switched back on. So, for those of you missing your fix of fight clubs on the Iron Keep’s…
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Upgrading My Plex Server With a new TerraMaster NAS and Seagate IronWolf Pro Drives!
It’s been a while now, but earlier this year we had three storms pretty much back to back. The end result of this was a damaged roof tile, some blown-over garden furniture, and my NAS died. The NAS itself went utterly bonkers and won’t even load the login screen, and…
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FromSoftware Fires Up the Dark Souls 3 Servers Again After 7 Months Offline!
Earlier this year, FromSoftware shut down the online multiplayer servers for all of its Dark Souls titles. – The reasoning for this was somewhat ironic as it was found that the invasion system within the game had a flaw which could’ve potentially allowed people to actually invade your PC. –…
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AMD’s 4th-Gen EPYC Processors to Launch Alongside Ryzen 7000?
As far as we are aware, following the latest rumours, AMD will officially announce the launch of its new Ryzen 7000 desktop processors on August 29th with a subsequent release date being set for September 15th. Now this isn’t, of course, officially confirmed in any way. With many separate sources…
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Ubisoft to Pull the Online Plug From 15 Gaming Titles
As a gaming title gets older and its player base diminishes, it’s never unusual that, sooner or later, the developer/publisher will eventually look to shut down the online aspects they have. In this regard though, it’s usually quite a benign process and generally tends to pass without much notice. –…
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FromSoftware Gives Dark Souls PC Server Update (I Don’t Believe Them!)
Back in January this year, a huge security flaw was discovered within the multiplayer PvP system of Dark Souls (1-3). One that could lead to an unwanted invasion. – No, not an invasion within the game as the mechanic would clearly intend, but rather potentially of your own computer system…
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US Army is Shutting Down its Iconic (and Controversial) Video Game
Released back in 2002, ‘America’s Army’ was arguably one of the most controversial gaming releases of all time. Developed and published by the US Army, the game was, effectively, a recruitment campaign. Basically a means of showing what life in the US armed forces was like with, admittedly, a fair…
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TerraMaster Launches its New 9-Bay T9-423 High-Performance NAS
TerraMaster has announced the launch of its new T9-423 9-bay high-performance NAS designed for small and medium-sized businesses. The TerraMaster T9-423 is ideal for enterprise applications such as file storage servers, mail servers, web servers, FTP servers, virtual machine hosts, and other enterprise-level applications. TerraMaster T9-423 9-Bay High-Performance NAS The…
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Dark Souls Servers to Remain Offline Until Elden Ring Release!
You may recall that late last month, a huge security flaw was discovered with the server system of Dark Souls gaming titles. While the details of the issue have not been disclosed as of yet, largely because they haven’t been fixed, the bottom line is that it seems that a…
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Final Fantasy XIV Gets Temporary Pulled From Sale!
Following the release of the ‘Endwalker‘ expansion earlier this month, Final Fantasy XIV is, once again, right in the middle of a huge boom in popularity. The problem is, however, that with the game seeing more players than ever before, the servers are currently struggling to keep up with the…
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