How to Choose the Right Memory: A 2020 Guide To DRAM

The amount and specs of your system’s memory, or RAM, can make a significant difference, from the number of running programs (or just open browser tabs) that you can have open before your system starts getting sluggish, to the frames per second (fps) you can squeeze out of your CPU’s integrated graphics when playing the latest popular esports title.

If you’re shopping for some memory for a new build, or an upgrade to your existing laptop or desktop, and you’re confused


How to Buy a Gaming Laptop: A Guide for 2020

While the desktop remains supreme among many PC gamers, sometimes you just need something a bit more portable. A gaming laptop is a rig on the go, with the power to play games in a size you can take with you.

But when you’re buying a gaming laptop , you’re not just looking at specs. You’re looking at a whole computer, including a built-in keyboard and display. Here, we explain all of the decisions you’ll have to make when buying a gaming

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Intel Reveals PL1, PL2 and Tau Values For 10th-Gen Comet Lake-S Processors

10th Generation Comet Lake-S Processors

10th Generation Comet Lake-S Processors (Image credit: Intel)

Intel has released a new revision of the datasheet for its 10th-gen Comet Lake-S processors. The June 2020 edition (PDF) details the PL1 (Power Level 1), PL2 (Power Level 2) and Tau values for the new 14nm chips, information which were not available in the previous revision.

Enthusiasts have often called out Intel for not publicly advertising the peak power consumption for


This Raspberry Pi Robot is Controlled by Users on Twitch

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If you're looking to connect with others during quarantine, this Twitch controlled Raspberry Pi robot project is a fun way to do it. It was created and shared by Reddit user Omantn, and lets users work together to steer a Pi-based robot around his backyard.

The robot is built on top of a Raspberry Pi 4. The more memory you can dedicate to this sort of project the better when it comes to performance, making the Pi 4 an ideal candidate. The Pi


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Asus X570 Motherboard Delivers First-Gen AMD Ryzen Support

Asus ROG Strix X570-E Gaming

Asus ROG Strix X570-E Gaming (Image credit: Asus)

AMD doesn't officially support Ryzen 1000-series (Summit Ridge) chips on the X570 chipset, but Asus has added it to its motherboard. The latest firmware, spotted via @Komachi , for the ROG Strix X570-E Gaming brings full support for Summit Ridge chips and the long forgotten Raven Ridge APUs .

The motivation for not supporting previous generations of Ryzen CPUs on some AMD motherboards

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How to Buy a PC Monitor: A 2020 Guide

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The monitor is the window to the PC’s soul. Without the right display, everything you do on your PC will seem lackluster, whether you’re gaming, viewing or editing photos and video or even reading text on your favorite websites.

Hardware vendors understand how the PC experience changes with different display specs and features and have flooded the market with a bounty of options. But which features and specs are most valuable for the ways you

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How to Build a Raspberry Pi Body Camera

Raspberry Pi Zero-Powered Body Camera
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There’s nothing quite like the power of real, first-person video. If you’re at home playing with your children or pets, wearing a body camera lets you save those special memories, without sticking your face in your phone. And, if you’re attending a protest and want to capture malfeasance on anyone’s part, it also fits the bill.

While you could go out of your way to buy a dedicated body camera, it’

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Surprise: EK Water Blocks Shows off a 'Normal' CPU Cooler

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EKWB's is busy with its Cooling Expo right now, and one of the things it spawned was the arrival of a CPU cooler -- but not a liquid one. This is rather unusual for the company, as EK Water Blocks typically produces, well, water blocks.

At this time, not much is known about the cooler. The one pictured spots a single-tower design along with an EK-Vardar EVO 120ER RGB fan (as you can tell from


How to Choose the Best HDR Monitor: Make Your Upgrade Worth It

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For gamers, movie-watchers or creative professionals, monitors that support high dynamic range (HDR) content are the next step toward a more lifelike display. When you play a familiar game or movie in HDR for the first time, you’ll likely notice more colors and detail, such as brighter highlights and deeper shadows, than what you were able to see on your regular standard dynamic range (SDR) display.

But

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Report: China-Based YMTC Could Launch SSD Brand Soon

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YMTC, a relative newcomer to the NAND market, may be starting its own SSD brand in Q3, according to a report from DigiTimes today. The Chinese-based company recently started mass production of its own design 64-layer 3D NAND, which it will purportedly use in its SSDs.

DigiTimes' report cites unnamed industry sources claiming that YMTC will initially focus on building PCIe 3.0-based SSDs but might work on PCIe 4.0 drives in the future -

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