Intel

Noctua Confirms LGA115x Coolers Are Compatible With Intel Comet Lake-S LGA 1200 Socket

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Cooler manufacturer Noctua revealed today that Intel’s upcoming LGA 1200 CPU socket for Comet Lake-S CPUs will be compatible with all existing LGA115x heatsinks , confirming speculation from a  report last year .

For those who need catching up, LGA 1200 is an upgrade to Intel’s LGA115x socket, which the chipmaker introduced with Skylake back in 2015. True to its name, it has 4

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Corsair H100i RGB PRO XT Review: Business as Usual

Our Verdict

Corsair’s H100i RGB PRO XT entices system builders with an attractive, right-priced $120 thermal solution for nearly every Intel and AMD CPU available in 2020.

For

  • High-performing 240mm AIO cooling
  • iCUE software suite allows for customized cooler and lighting control
  • Priced well for premium performance

Against

  • Noisy fans at 100% speed
  • Awkward, small screws used to secure fans to radiator
  • RGB lighting is pump-only
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Crucial Releases Its Fastest SSD Ever in the P5

Crucial P5

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Having recently introduced the P2 SSD , Crucial is back with another update to the its SSD portfolio. The storage expert has now taken the curtains off the new P5 SSD, which comes with some impressive speeds.

In its announcement, Micron's VP of consumer products called the P5 the brand's "fastest and most innovative SSD product to date." On the outside, the P5 looks just like any other M.2 2280

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AMD Ryzen 4000 Desktop APU Surfaces

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AMD Ryzen 4000 mobile APUs already arrived this year, but according to a tweet from hardware detective @_rogame , it's possible we'll soon see AMD Ryzen 4000 APUs make their way to the desktop with AMD's Zen 2 microarchitecture.

AMD has pretty much flushed out its processor product stack with 7nm parts. Only the desktop APU hasn't received the Zen 2 treatment. AMD's current desktop APUs , (codenamed Picasso)


Raspberry Pi 4-Powered Pi-Top 4 PC Gets Sensor Pods With an Earth Day Twist

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This Earth Day, make a difference while you tinker. The makers at Pi-Top have released a new series of sensor kits called Sensor Pods that go with their pi-top [4] , the latest in a line of Raspberry Pi -based computers. Not only do the sensors come in a literal pulp pod for growing a plant, for every sensor sold, One Tree Planted has promised to plant a tree.

There are eight new kits to choose from, such

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Intel

AMD Ryzen 7 3800X Drops to $340 for Mother's Day Sale

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Mother’s Day is coming up soon, and Newegg is celebrating the occasion by offering a whole new slew of tech deals for computer-savvy Moms (or anyone else), including $60 off the AMD Ryzen 7 3800X CPU and three months of Xbox Game Pass thrown in for free.

For the next 6 days, good children can buy their doting mothers an AMD Ryzen 7 3800X for 339.99, down from

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Gigabyte Z490 Motherboards Are Seemingly Ready For PCIe 4.0

Gigabyte Z490 Aorus Xtreme WaterForce (Image credit: VideoCardz)

News outlets VideoCardz and BenchLife have leaked images for various upcoming Z490 motherboards from Gigabyte. More importantly, the evidence suggests that while the motherboards support the PCIe 4.0 interface with Intel chips, the functionality isn't accessible yet.

Intel's original plan was to finally bring PCIe 4.0 support on this generation of motherboards. Sadly, the chipmaker ran into some problems with the Comet Lake chipset and just decided to abandon

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Blue Yeti X Review: Can the Best Desktop Mic Get Better?

Our Verdict

The Yeti X brings welcome updates to its controls and light customization for aesthetically minded streamers compared. But owners of the already-excellent standard Yeti don’t have much incentive to upgrade.

For

  • Fundamentally great sound
  • Useful multi-function dial
  • Four polar patterns give it versatility
  • Blue Vo!ce software suite punches vocals up

Against

  • Not much new for existing Yeti owners
  • Dials feel a little loose and plastic
  • Attracts smudges
  • Expensive
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Nvidia RTX Voice Works Fine On Non-RTX GPUs

Nvidia RTX Voice

Nvidia RTX Voice (Image credit: Nvidia)

Last week, Nvidia released a new and exclusive noise-canceling feature called RTX Voice for the company's GeForce RTX 20-series products. However, a Guru3D forum user discovered a workaround to get the feature working on non-RTX graphics cards, even on Windows 7.

The simple workaround consists of running the RTX Voice installer normally until an error message pops up that tells you the application isn't supported on your graphics card. Although the installation


Cyberattack Steals PC Data Through Fan Vibrations

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As more and more security vulnerabilities get patched up, researchers are turning to rather unique methods of siphoning data from PCs. The latest technique comes from Mordechai Guri at the Ben Gurion University in Israel. The researcher found that it is possible to use a mobile phone to measure your PC's fan vibrations. Yes, you read that right. The program is called AiR-ViBeR.

The core concept of Guri's work consists of overcoming the air-gap between a phone and a

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