Corsair Force MP600 M.2 NVMe SSD Review: Stealthy PCIe 4.0 Speed

Our Verdict

Corsair’s Force MP600 is one of the fastest SSDs on the market, with sequential performance of up to 5,000 MBps. But the speed and slick aesthetics are come at a high price. And many tasks don't benefit from the extra speed.

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  • Impressive performance
  • Large write cache
  • Power-efficient
  • Effective heatsink
  • Attractive

Against

  • Pricey

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AMD Accidentally Reveals New Radeon Boost and Integer Scaling Features for Upcoming Driver

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Eagle-eyed Reddit users on the AMD subreddit have spotted a footnote in AMD's "Gaming Details" page under the names "GD-156" and "GD-158." These two footnotes, respectively, detail which GPUs are compatible with integer scaling and "Radeon Boost" driver features, which have not been officially revealed yet and are expected to arrive with AMD's end of the year driver release.

Integer scaling is a technology that


HyperX's Wrist Rest is the $15 Gift Your Friends Don't Know They Need

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The best holiday gifts are items that your giftee doesn't own and wasn't shopping for, but can't live without once they're in use. Case in point: the HyperX Wrist Rest , an amazingly comfortable accessory that elevates  your typing game and keeps your hands comfortable all day.

If you look through most people's wish lists or ask them what they want, few would mention a wrist rest. That's because many people either don't have

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Intel Releases Bare-Metal oneAPI Level Zero Specification

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Intel has released the oneAPI Level-Zero Interface specification. Giving bare-metal access to accelerators, it complements the API-based and direct programming models of oneAPI, Intel’s open programming model for heterogeneous systems that launched in November.

oneAPI: No Transistor Left Behind

oneAPI is Intel’s ambitious initiative for a unified programming model for performance-driven, cross-architecture applications. It provides code reuse and aims to eliminate the complexity of separate code bases and multiple tools and workflows.

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Report: TSMC's 5nm Process to Power Zen 4, Reportedly Already at 50 Percent Yield

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The China Times reports that TSMC's upcoming 5nm process has already hit yields of 50% , meaning 50% of all processors yielded on a 5nm wafer are fully functional. The report also specifies that AMD's Zen 4 architecture will be fabbed on the 5nm process.

Although the yield rates have reportedly reached 50%, the other 50% of these dies are not totally broken but can be salvaged as processors with fewer cores enabled, for example


Oculus Link Tested: Awesome, But Don’t Sell Your Rift Yet

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At the end of April, Facebook released two brand new VR headsets: The Oculus Rift S, a new PC-based headset to replace the first-gen Rift, and the Oculus Quest, a standalone room-scale headset for people who don’t have a powerful gaming computer.

However, with last week’s release of the Oculus Link beta, the difference between the two devices is less obvious. You can now run PC VR games with an Oculus Quest headset provided you

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Mushkin Helix-L M.2 NVMe SSD Review: NVMe on a Budget

Our Verdict

Mushkin’s Helix-L is an entry-level NVMe drive that offers high-speed performance at a low price. While it doesn’t excel in prosumer workloads , it's a great bang-for-the-buck buy for budget gamers.

For

  • Competitive performance and pricing
  • Large write cache
  • Power-efficient
  • Black PCB

Against

  • Low prosumer/sustained performance
  • No Software package

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Best Buy is offering up the Core i7-9700K for the lowest price we've seen yet: a penny under $300.

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Intel Core i7-9700K: Was $339, now $299 @ Best Buy
With its 4.9GHz single-core boost and eight physical cores, the Core i7-9700K delivers the best frame rates of any CPU we've tested. You can grab it

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Best Cyber Week PC Monitor Deals: Cheap Sales on Gaming, 4K and More

Many Cyber Monday tech deals have now come and gone. Thankfully, we're still seeing tempting deals on PC monitors.

If you’re shopping for a PC monitor this sales season, make sure you know what you're looking for first. For detailed help, check out our instructions for How to Buy a PC Monitor . Remember, just because something is on sale doesn

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Best Cyber Week CPU Deals 2019

When it comes to your precious PC, the two pieces of hardware that have the biggest impact on performance are CPU and GPU. That's why the processor is frequently the main component that you build a PC around. But with the ongoing holiday tech deals season , the good news is you can save a lot of money on this core chip right now, whether your Team AMD or Team Intel.

More Holiday 2019 Deal Roundups

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