Turtle Beach Vulcan II TKL review: Pretty, bright, and mechanical

Tom's Hardware Verdict

The Vulcan II TKL is pretty, well-built, and hot-swappable. The linear switches are on the softer side, but they're still great for gaming.

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    Hot-swappable

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    Premium build and pretty lighting

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    Switches are smooth and accurate

Cons

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    Mushy-sounding keys

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    Default keycaps are cheap/too high-profile

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    Can't remap volume knob

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Intel

Intel details progress on fabbing 2D transistors a few atoms thick in standard high volume fab production environment — chipmaker outlines 300-mm fab compatible with integration of 2D transistor conta

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2D transistors based on 2D materials have been demonstrated in academia and research labs for more than a decade, but none of these demonstrations were compatible with high-volume semiconductor manufacturing, as they relied on small wafers, custom research tools, and fragile process steps. But this week, Intel Foundry and imec demonstrated a 300-millimeter–ready integration

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Corsair MP700 Pro XT 2TB SSD review: the fastest SSD ever has landed with a record 3.3 million IOPS and nearly 15 GB/s

Tom's Hardware Verdict

The Corsair MP700 Pro XT is the fastest, most power-efficient SSD we’ve tested to date.

Pros

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    Excellent all-around performance

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    Very good sustained performance

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    Class-leading power efficiency

Cons

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    No 8TB SKU at launch

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Intel installs industry's first commercial High-NA EUV lithography tool — ASML Twinscan EXE:5200B sets the stage for 14A

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Intel announced that it had installed ASML's Twinscan EXE:5200B, the industry's first High-NA lithography tool with 0.55 numerical aperture projection optics made for commercial chip production. The tool has passed acceptance testing and will be used for development of Intel's 14A fabrication process, which will be the world

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Score an RTX 5080 and 9800X3D pre-built for under £2,300 with this CyberPowerPC deal — save £200 on this 4K gaming PC with 32GB RAM and 1TB SSD

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If you’ve been thinking about replacing your gaming PC, but the doom and gloom about rising prices has had you spooked, then this CyberPowerPC rig has you covered. This machine features elite-level specs, including an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU and Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 GPU, all for under £

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These 16 gadgets under $100 are must-haves for hobbyists and PC builders — these last-minute tech gifts are our personal picks for the tech savvy on your gift list

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It's the holiday season, which means it's gift-giving season. Sure, you could spend thousands on tech, especially if you're looking at a new PC or laptop (or just some RAM, the way things are going), but if your budget is a

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Newegg's triple component combo deal for $459 pairs an Asus X870 motherboard with 32GB of DDR5-6000 RAM, and a 240mm AIO cooler — $780 worth of parts if purchased individually

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Another day, another Newegg bundle deal that gives you a chance to pick up some RAM, with a mix of other components, to possibly build or upgrade a PC. Today's deal pairs an Asus ROG Strix X870-A Gaming WiFi motherboard with 32GB of Corsair Vengeance DDR5-6000 RAM for $45

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Kioxia's next-gen 3D NAND production gets expedited to 2026, report claims — high-capacity 332-layer BiCS10 devices to sate growing demand from AI data centers

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Kioxia will produce its next-generation BICS9 and BICS10 3D NAND memory next year, but will use different fab sites for different types of flash, according to Nikkei . BiCS10 transitions to an all-new 332-layer 3D NAND array to address high-capacity solutions for AI and hyperscalers.

Perhaps the

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Anycubic’s ‘Dual’ Resin Printer, Photon P1 is out — Supports double the color, double the material

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Anycubic recently announced its newest resin printer for the consumer marketplace, the Anycubic Photon P1 . This printer supports dual-color and dual-material printing with an optional upgrade kit. This has long been awaited by many in the resin printing community, as no MSLA printer currently on the market can perform this task.

The Anycubic Photon P1 has a retail price

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Bernie Sanders calls for halt on AI data center construction — wants to ensure that the technology benefits ‘all of us, not just the 1%’

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U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said that he will push for a moratorium on the construction of AI data centers to ensure that the technology will be useful for the greatest number of Americans and not just the few multi-billionaires who are advocating for the widespread use of artificial intelligence. According to the senator’s

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