The rumor that Intel is preparing Tiger Lake Refresh processors has been officially confirmed: these CPUs are mentioned in the company’s roadmap for the current year. They are designed for thin and light laptops, and, in fact, act as a replacement for the current Tiger Lake-U. Although the release of...
As we previously reported, Apple has released iOS 14.5, iPadOS 14.5 and watchOS 7.4 to its users around the world. We listed the main changes that iOS 14.5 brought with it in a previous post, but one important change remained behind the scenes: the addition of support for two 5G...
The YouTube blog recently posted a post in which the streaming service reveals the details of its device, hidden from users. The global platform faces a daunting challenge – it has to deal with huge volumes of videos that are uploaded, stored, and must be instantly available to millions of...
Acer has introduced the Nitro XV252Q F gaming monitor, which stands out with a record frame rate. By default, the frequency here is 360 Hz, which was previously the maximum indicator, but there are already several such monitors on the market. And the new Acer has an overclocking function that...
AMD Ryzen 5000 processors are officially compatible with motherboards based on chipsets of the 500 and 400 series (in the second case, not with all models), but this does not mean that support for the current line of AMD CPUs cannot appear in motherboards built on older chipsets – through...
New graphics drivers often improve performance in certain games. The new Radeon Software Adrenalin 21.4.1 WHQL driver primarily improves energy efficiency. Interestingly, AMD itself forgot to mention this in the list of changes and improvements, but the difference with the previous driver is sometimes quite noticeable. Source tests have shown...
The ToughArmor MB872MP-B has been added to the Icy Dock range. This is an M.2 SSD cage and is designed to fit into the normally empty 5.25-inch optical drive bay. It simultaneously accommodates 12 SSDs with a length of 30 to 110 mm (2230, 2242, 2260, 2280 or 22110). Note...
Last year, AMD A9-9820 motherboards and PCs based on these motherboards hit the market. The heart is the AMD A9-9820 APU, and it’s the same APU that powered the Xbox One console. It looks like the heart of the Xbox Series has made it to retail a lot faster. There...
As a Chinese source writes with reference to a resource that is very well aware of the plans of video card manufacturers and is practically not mistaken, Nvidia has decided on the date of the official premiere of the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti video card. It will take place on...
Samsung Electronics today announced the industry’s most powerful SAS 24G (SAS-4) solid state drive. The novelty received the designation PM1653. According to the manufacturer, the use of the SAS-4 interface allows it to maintain twice the speed compared to SAS-3. The PM1653 is also the industry’s first SAS-4 SSD based...
According to the source, Intel Rocket Lake processors with a TDP of 35W are seen in retail. These are the Core i9-11900T and i7-11700T models, which appeared in Japan for about $ 555 and $ 415, respectively. The older model is also available in France, Germany and the Netherlands. Due...
ASRock has unveiled an expansion card shown in the illustrations, which allows you to add two 40Gbps Thunderbolt 4 ports to your system configuration. In addition to the corresponding USB-C connectors, the mounting plate has two connectors for DisplayPort 1.4 pass-through, and a pair of cables are included for connecting...
The P7 Neo model has been added to the Antec Performance series of computer cases. In the description of the case, designed for motherboards up to E-ATX, the manufacturer emphasizes the “optimal” location of the air intakes. They are located on the sides of the front panel. The front panel...
In addition to the Vegas SSD Mate (AK-ENU3M2-06), Akasa has added another M.2 enclosure to its portfolio. It is called Portable M.2 SATA / NVMe SSD to USB 3.2 Gen 2 Aluminum Enclosure (AK-ENU3M2-05) and is also suitable for both SATA and PCIe drives, and it uses USB 3.1 Gen...
Akasa has added the Vegas SSD Mate enclosure (AK-ENU3M2-06) to its portfolio for the M.2 drive. It is suitable for both SATA and PCIe drives. The USB 3.1 Gen 2 interface is used to connect to the host. UASP support is declared. The chassis design allows for easy, tool-free SSD...
Building on the Chia cryptocurrency theme, a source confirmed that miners hoping to repeat the Bitcoin story are buying up the hard drives and SSDs they need to mine Chia. Although the situation has not yet reached a global shortage of storage, the hype has already sparked a rapid increase...
