Acer Predator Triton 500 and Nitro 5 Laptops Get CPU and GPU Refreshes

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Acer’s thin Predator Triton 500 gaming laptop and its affordable Nitro 5 gaming laptop are both getting refreshes later this May, to include Intel’s new 10th gen processors and Nvidia's  RTX 20-series Super GPUs. Starting at $2599 and $749 respectively, these refreshed models are due out in May.


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Gigabyte Aero and Aorus Get RTX Super, 10th Gen Comet Lake-H

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Gigabyte today announced that it is adding new Nvidia GeForce RTX Super GPUs and 10th Intel Core i7 and i9 H-series CPUs to its Aero laptops and Aorus gaming notebooks. The laptops are expected to launch late this month. The Aero 15 will start at $1,599 for FHD and $1,899 for OLED. The Aero 17 will start at $1,699 for FHD and $2,299

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Lenovo Legion 7i and 5i Are First Gaming Laptops With Nvidia Advanced Optimus

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Lenovo’s Legion gaming laptops are getting a rebrand to go with Intel’s latest Comet Lake H-series processors and Nvidia 20-series Super GPUs. The Lenovo Legion 7i will start at $1,199 and go up to an RTX 2080 Super Max-Q . The Lenovo Legion 5i will start at $999 and go up to an RTX 2060.

Both laptops will also debut Nvidia’s new “

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MSI Brings 10th Gen Intel CPUs to GE66 Stealth and Raider Gaming Laptops, Plus Productivity Focused Creator 17

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MSI is officially announcing the specs for the newest entries in its powerful Raider series and modestly designed Stealth series, plus a design philosophy overhaul for its next productivity laptop. All will include Intel's new 10th Gen H Series CPUs.

Earlier this year , we saw the GE66 Raider, the GE66 Stealth, and Creator 17 at CES in Las Vegas, where we were impressed by their capabilities but weren't told many specifics. Now, MSI is

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Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo Revealed With Second Screen, 10th Gen Core

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After wowing last year with the ZenBook Pro Duo , Asus is bringing a second screen to gaming with the Asus Zephyrus Duo announced today. It’s also refreshing its entire ROG gaming lineup with new 10th Gen Intel Core H-series processors and Nvidia RTX Super graphics.

The Zephyrus Duo will start at $2,999.99 in June. It has two screens: a 15-inch main display (

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Nvidia Brings Its Super Game to Laptops: GTX 2080, 2070 Super, Along With Improved Max-Q

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It’s a big day for gaming laptops. Intel is taking the official wraps off its 10th Gen H-Series processors (countering AMD’s impressive new Ryzen 4000 chips). And Nvidia is finally bringing its Turing-based Super cards to laptops, in the form of the new RTX 2080 Super and RTX 2070 Super.

Not content to just deliver new silicon to the portable gaming space, Nvidia is also offering up improvements

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Intel Discontinues a Handful of Haswell Chipsets

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Intel announced via a product change notification document [ PDF ] this week that the Q87, H81, C226, QM87 and HM86 chipsets are hanging up their boots.

The 8-series chipsets , codenamed Lynx Point, emerged in 2013. Intel tailored the chipsets specifically for its 4th Generation processors, codename Haswell, which dwelled on the LGA1150 CPU socket . While Haswell processors were based

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Four Intel 10th Gen Comet Lake CPUs Benchmarked Before Release

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Comet Lake desktop CPUs have been selling ilegally in China since February. A couple of days ago, a user on the Chinese Sohu news portal apparently managed to buy not one, but four Comet Lake-S processors and put them through various benchmarks.

The Intel Core i5-10400, i5-10500, i5-10600K and i7-10700 are the stars of today's

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Raspberry Pi Rave: Music Server Project Lets Friends Vote on Spotify, YouTube Playlists

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With this Raspberry Pi project, you can bust out jams that everyone can enjoy. Raveberry is a music server designed for groups of people to share and vote on songs to build a real-time playlist. The songs with the most votes get bumped to the top.

Raveberry project hit Reddit earlier this week. Raveberry uses both YouTube and Spotify to source music for the playlist. Additionally, using the complimentary app Shareberry , you can add songs to the playlist from your phone


PC Brands Struggle With Shipping Delays as Amazon Prioritizes Essentials

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Right now, PC enthusiasts and consumers struggling to put together a home office are encountering a key obstacle when it comes to beefing up their domestic computing power: toilet paper (and other essentials).

While some vendors, including PC makers, have products available for wanting customers, it's hard to make that happen with Amazon, a key online retailer, only shipping out products that are considered essential, like toilet paper. In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, Amazon is currently on