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X86-P6 NAS Features 4 M.2 and Dual 2.5 GbE and Fits in Your Hand
I love my NAS; it’s the heart of my smart home setup, with 5 HDDs in RAID. However, it’s big, bulky, and quite noisy, so I hid it in a cupboard in the kitchen. The new X86-P6 Pocket NAS is so small you could put it in a (large) pocket.…
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Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii PC Requirements Revealed
Sega and Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio have just released the PC system requirements for the next Yakuza game Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii. The requirements don’t look half bad, as the minimum specs should work on most low-end setups. Yakuza Minimum Requirements Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in…
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ASRock Confirms Full Support for Ryzen 9 9950X3D and Ryzen 9 9900X3D CPUs
ASRock has officially announced that its AM5 motherboards will fully support the new AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D and Ryzen 9 9900X3D processors. This includes support for the CPUs’ 3D V-Cache technology, which will be available as soon as the processors are launched. The required BIOS update is already available for…
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Valve to Ban Games on Steam that Force Players to Watch Ads
Valve is taking action against a growing issue in the gaming world: forced advertisements. This practice, often seen in mobile games, has now spread to PC games, potentially fueled by the rise of handheld consoles like the Steam Deck. Many players have encountered games that require them to watch entire…
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MSI Confirms NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Release Date: February 20, 2025
MSI has confirmed the release date for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti, set to launch on February 20, 2025. The confirmation came from an online store page by MSI, which went live briefly and displayed a countdown pointing to the release date. The page mentioned the “GeForce RTX 5070…
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Call of Duty Player Gets 67-Year Ban
A Call of Duty player named Jefedadon762 has just received a ban of 24,488 days, which is approximately 67 years. Now what does a person have to do to get this kind of ban? Simple, it seems you just have to violate the game’s “chat activity” policy. What did he…
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Trust Gaming GXT 1619 Rhox RGB Illuminated Soundbar
SMALL BUT BIG – The Trust GXT 1619 Rhox may look small, but with its 12W of peak power (6W RMS) it sounds big. Save up on space, not the experience LIFE IS STEREO – Even though the Rhox appears to be a single PC speaker, there are two speakers…
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14% of American Gamers Still Play on Consoles Released Before 2000, Survey Reveals
The retro gaming industry is now well-established and continues to grow every year. The ways to play classic titles have increased over time, with many options available today. These include official outlets such as classic games sold in digital stores (think of the variety available for Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation…
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Sony Rejected The Order: 1886 Sequel Due to Negative Reviews, Says Developer
Ready at Dawn, the development studio behind the now failed The Order: 1886, proposed a sequel to Sony, but the project was rejected, according to Andrea Pessino, one of the studio’s founders, in an interview with the MinnMax YouTube channel. The publisher never gave a clear reason for its decision,…
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Xbox Series S Version of Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Helped Optimize All Platforms
Tobias Stolz-Zwilling, the public relations manager at Warhorse Studios, explained that developing Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 for Xbox Series S helped to optimize the game for other platforms as well. In other words, the work done to make the game run on the least powerful console of the generation had…
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Latest Intel ARC GPU Drivers Bring Game On Support for Like A Dragon and Avowed
Intel has just released its latest graphics drivers, bringing them up to version 101.6559 WHQL for its Arc GPUs. This latest release brings with it several gaming enhancements and bug fixes, as you might expect. However, this update focuses on improved performance and compatibility for both dedicated Arc graphics cards…
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MSI Confirms Feb 20th Release Date for RTX 5070 Ti
There’s a lot to love and a lot to hate about the new RTX 50-series cards. On the one hand, they are amazing pieces of hardware, with incredible performance and a wealth of new features. On the other hand, they are crazy expensive and pretty much impossible to buy due…
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Apex Legends Season 24 Patch Notes Revealed
2024 wasn’t the best year for the popular hero shooter Apex Legends, with numerous controversies soaking up all the goodwill of the players through corporate greed, a lack of updates and a cheating epidemic. But despite all this at its core Apex Legends is still a pretty good game with…
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Custom Water Block Reduces RTX 5090 Temperatures by 25°C
A modder has significantly reduced the temperatures of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition by using a customized water block. This modification resulted in a temperature drop of up to 25°C, an impressive improvement for a high-performance card that requires special attention due to its compact design and high…
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GeForce RTX 5090 Users Report Melted Power Connectors
A few days before the release of the new GeForce RTX 5090 graphics cards by NVIDIA, some users on Reddit started reporting issues with the connectors of their Founders Edition models. The connector in question is the 12VHPWR, introduced by NVIDIA with the RTX 40 series GPUs. The images shared,…
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