PNY Announces CS2130 M.2 NVMe SSD

PNY today rolled out the CS2130 line of M.2 NVMe SSDs. Available in 500 GB, 1 TB, and 2 TB capacities, the drives are built in the M.2-2280 form-factor, take advantage of PCI-Express 3.0 x4 host interface, and NVMe 1.3 protocol. The drives feature 3D NAND flash, although the company won't specify if it's TLC or QLC. All three capacity variants offerNone
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(PR) TerraMaster Announces Availability of qBittorrent and Transmission BT Apps

TerraMaster, a professional brand that specializes in providing innovative storage products, including network attached storage (NAS)devices, announces the availability of qBittorrent and Transmission applications to select TerraMaster devices. Both qBittorrent and Tranmission are popular and easy to use free BitTorrent clients. qBittorrent is a free and reliable P2P BitTorrent and an open-source software alternative to major BT clients. On the other hand, Transmission BT is also an open-source, volunteer-based BT client and doesn't play games with its users toNone
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AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT Put Through AotS Benchmark

AMD's upcoming Ryzen 7 3800XT 8-core/16-thread processor was put through "Ashes of the Singularity" (AotS) benchmark, as uncovered by HardwareLeaks (_rogame). Paired with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 graphics card, the processor is able to put out CPU frame-rates of 113.2 FPS (averaging all batches); 135.9 FPS in the normal batch, 115.31 FPS in theNone

Only one Laptop in 2020 will have AMD's SmartShift Technology

At CES 2020, AMD detailed a new technology called SmartShift. With the launch of the Ryzen 4000 Series "Renoir" processors, AMD has brought this technology to the processors powering the next generation of laptops. Designed to bring better performance to the overall system, the technology uses TDP balancing to boost the performance of processors. What that means is that the technology dynamically relocates the TDP budget to where it is most needed. For example, if the application is CPU intensive, the CPU willDell G5 15 SE

TSMC Accelerates 2 nm Semiconductor Node R&D

TSMC, the world's leading semiconductor manufacturing company, has reportedly started to accelerate research and development (R&D) of its next-generation 2 nm node. Having just recently announced that they will be starting production of a 5 nm process in Q4 of 2020, TSMC is pumping out nodes very fast and much faster compared to competition like Intel and Samsung. Having an R&D budget of almost 16 billion USD, TSMC seems to be spending the funds very wisely. The 5None

ASRock Rack Intros TRX40D8-2N2T ATX Motherboard for Threadripper-powered Servers

The AMD Ryzen Threadripper HEDT processors support up to 2 TB of quad-channel ECC memory, which means some companies can choose to cut costs by opting for 3rd gen Ryzen Threadrippers over EPYC "Rome" processors, if they're okay with a narrower memory bus. There weren't any server-grade AMD TRX40 chipset motherboards, until ASRock Rack picked up the challenge, with the new TRX40D8-2N2T. This motherboard is designed for high-uptime use,None
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SilverStone Intros CS330 Case for Video Editing Rigs and Home Servers

SilverStone today announced the CS330, a Micro-ATX mini-tower that looks geared toward video editors or home/small-business server builds, thanks to its eight 3.5-inch drive bays that let you cram dozens of terabytes of storage. The case offers three 3.5-inch hot-swap caddies with SATA and SAS 12 Gbps backplanes; four internal 3.5-inch bays, and an additional single 3.5-inch/2.5-inch bay,None
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Rendered By Fan

Last week we reported on the leaked NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 reference card images which showed a large departure from the designs of previous NVIDIA reference cards with a dual-fan aluminium fin-stack cooler. Reddit user u/JDSP_ has created some high quality renders of the card which were shared online, the renders are missing power connectors, NVLink, and PCB material but other than that may be a good look at what's coming from NVIDIA.
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AMD Declares That The Era of 4GB Graphics Cards is Over

AMD has declared that the era of 4 GB graphics cards is over and that users should "Game Beyond 4 GB". AMD has conducted testing of its 4 GB RX 5500XT & 8 GB RX 5500XT to see how much of a difference VRAM can make on gaming performance. AMD tested the cards on a variety of games at 1080p high/ultra settings with a 3600X & 16 GB 3200 MHz ram, on averageNone
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DeepCool Also Intros GAMMAXX 400 Pro CPU Cooler

DeepCool today also rolled out the GAMMAXX 400 Pro tower-type CPU cooler. This cooler is nearly identical to the GAMMAXX 400 EX that the company announced in May, with the exception of the included pair of 120 mm fans. Besides the obvious distinguishing feature being the blue LED illumination, the fans included with the new GAMMAXX 400 Pro spin up to 1,650 RPM (compared to 1,500 RPM of the GAMMAXX Pro EX), pushing up toDeepCool GAMMAXX 400 Pro
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