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11th-Gen Intel Rocket Lake-S Processor Benchmarked

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Intel's 10th-Gen Comet Lake-S processors might be in the heat of their launch , but that doesn't stop us from being excited for the chips that succeed it: Rocket Lake. This 11th generation of Intel Core processors is expected to bring an architecture change from Skylake, which we've been stuck on for five years now with nothing more than minor changes. Today, an engineering sample of a Rocket Lake processor has been spotted undergoing 3


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Intel Core i5-10600K Review: The Mainstream Gaming Champ

Our Verdict

For gamers looking for the edge of performance, and enthusiasts who like to tune their processors without expensive supporting components, the Core i5-10600K slips in as the new mainstream champ.

For

  • Lower per-thread pricing
  • Leading gaming performance
  • Strong in single- and multi-threaded workloads
  • Overclocking headroom
  • Relatively easy to cool

Against

  • PCIe 3.0
  • No bundled cooler
  • Requires new motherboard

Report: AMD Big Navi GPU Predicted to Launch in September

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Rumors have been ablaze about AMD's supposed Big Navi graphics card, with the biggest relief being that AMD's CEO, Lisa Su, confirmed that it would be landing this year back in January. Now, almost 6 months have passed, and we're starting to get an indication for a launch window.

A report from PCGamer caught the moment that AMD's CFO, Devinder Kumar, stated in a BofA Security Webcast that "There's a lot of excitement for


How to Buy the Right SSD: A Guide for 2020

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Getting a good SSD for your system is key, because the easiest way to slow down a PC with a fast CPU is to pair it with slow storage. Your processor can handle billions of cycles a second, but it often spends a lot of time waiting for your drive to feed it data. Hard drives are particularly sluggish because they have platters that have to spin up and a read / right arm that has to find its way physically to the data sectors you're currently

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Black Lives Matter

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By now, everyone reading this has seen the news. As we write this, across the United States, hundreds of thousands of people are protesting the biased treatment and violence that black Americans face every day from law enforcement and elsewhere in public life. Writing about non-tech topics isn’t normally our thing, but we are human beings first and can’t let this moment pass without voicing our support for those who are speaking out against injustice.

Since videos showed Minneapolis


Our Favorite 27-Inch Gaming Monitor Is Selling for $100 off

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Gigabyte’s fantastic Aorus FI27Q-P, one of the best gaming monitors you can buy right now regardless of price, is on sale for $550 at Newegg after a $20 mail-in rebate.

The Aorus FI27Q-P features a IPS display with a 1440p resolution and 165 Hz refresh rate that trumps the 144 Hz many pricey gaming monitors tout these days. In our Aorus FI2

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Chuwi's Quad-Core Intel-Powered Larkbox Should Be World's Smallest PC, Starts at $169

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Chuwi has revealed the pricing and specifications for the LarkBox, touted as the world's smallest PC. The LarkBox lives inside a 0.6-liter PC case that measures 2.4 x 2.4 x 1.7 inches (61 x 61 x 43mm). Chuwi compares the mini PC to the size of a lemon, and it weighs just 4.5 ounces (127g).

Despite its diminutive size, the LarkBox

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Raspberry Pi-based Kiosk Display Shares Weather, FAA Advisories for Drones

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This Raspberry Pi project is ready for takeoff -- or at least it's ready to plan your drone's next takeoff. We recently spotted this fascinating creation from Sky Horse Tech that uses a Raspberry Pi as the mainboard and shows weather and current FAA advisories on a 32-inch display.

This is extremely useful for anyone planning to fly a drone, as laws and regulations vary across the U.S. and can impact when it's okay to fly


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Leaked Roadmap Points to Intel Tiger Lake NUC, Elk Bay Compute Element Landing This Year

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Two purported Intel roadmaps spotted via @momomo_us might hold the clues to when the chipmaker could be deploying the next round of NUC and NUC Element offerings.

In the Extreme segment, the NUC 9 Extreme (Ghost Canyon) is expected to be the focus throughout 2021. It will supposedly coexist alongside the NUC 11 Extreme (Phantom Canyon), which will arrive to replace the NUC 8 Extreme (Hades Canyon) before the end of this year.

Phantom Canyon ,

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Corsair Recalls SF Series Platinum PSUs Over Failure Concerns

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Corsair has discovered a potential problem with its SF series of Platinum-certified SFX power supplies that can lead to premature failure when the unit is exposed to high temperatures and high humidity. The problem isn't just limited to units inside U.S. soil as foreign retailers, such as Tiyu , Ask Corporation and Links International , have issued a recall on imported SF units as well.

Manufacturing, whether it be by machine or a human, isn't