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Newegg Daily Deals: Fractal Design Arc Midi R2 Case, Sapphire Radeon HD 6670, and More

Posted 05/23/2013 at 8:41am | by The Maximum PC Staff

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You can hand pick all the best components for your next PC build, but if you toss them in a sub-par case, you could end up spending your time troubleshooting errors and heating issues rather than having fun. A case that emphasizes cooling ensures that won't happen. Today's top deal is for a Fractal Design Arc Midi R2 Mid Tower Computer Case for $70 with free shipping (normally $120 - use coupon code: EMCXRVW45). It comes with three Silent Series R2 fans and even sports an integrated fan controller.

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Samsung Touts Over 10 Million Galaxy S4 Sales in First Month

Posted 05/23/2013 at 8:21am | by Paul Lilly

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Fastest selling Galaxy device to date.

The cold, hard truth for companies like Nokia and HTC is that one of their biggest competitors, Samsung, is red hot right now. Apple faces the same concern, though the Cupertino company isn't fighting for scraps like the other guys, it's leaving them behind alongside Samsung, the latter of which just announced it has surpassed 10 million Galaxy S4 sales in less than a month after its commercial debut.

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EVGA Launches New Double Ball Bearing Cooling Solution Dubbed ACX

Posted 05/23/2013 at 8:12am | by Paul Lilly

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How EVGA's high-end GPU keeps its cool.

Nvidia and its hardware partners are all about the GeForce GTX 780 launch, but that's not the only thing on tap from EVGA. The GPU maker is introducing a totally new ACX Cooler with a double ball bearing design that's more efficient at dissipating heat than the company's previous coolers. A large part of the increased cooling performance is due to the 40 percent increase in heatsink volume, allowing for a 15 percent reduction in GPU temperatures.

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GeForce GTX 780 Benchmarks

Posted 05/23/2013 at 6:01am | by josh norem

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Team Green captures the single-GPU crown, again

Today Nvidia pulls the wraps off its $650 GK110-based 700 series flagship card, the GeForce GTX 780. This board slides directly into the yawning chasm that exists between the $500 GK104-based GTX 680 and the $1,000 GK110-based GTX Titan, though despite its price it's actually much closer in specs and performance to the Titan than it is to the GTX 680.

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OCZ's Vertex 450 Solid State Drive Family Runs Barefoot

Posted 05/23/2013 at 6:00am | by Paul Lilly

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New SSD line gets its kicks from the Indilinx Barefoot 3 Series controller.

One thing OCZ had yet to do up to this point was deploy in-house ASIC technology on its Vertex family of solid state drives. That changes with the introduction of the Vertex 450 Series, which OCZ is marketing as a mid-range performer that sits between its value offerings and flagship Vector line. The Vertex 450 Series uses OCZ's Indilinx Barefoot 3 M10 controller, essentially a newer iteration of the Barefoot controller found in the Vertex 4.

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AMD Details Multifaceted Mobile APU Strategy

Posted 05/22/2013 at 9:12pm | by Paul Lilly

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AMD attempts to change with the market.

The rapid shift to mobile seems to have caught x86 chip makers off guard, but on the bright side for Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), this tectonic shift in technology represents a new opportunity to perhaps do things differently than before. Maybe the outcome will be different, maybe not, but either way, we have an early look at AMD's agenda for the changing market place, and it starts with "Temash."

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Vizio CA24T-A4 All-in-One PC Review

Posted 05/22/2013 at 3:55pm | by Michael Brown

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Bringing the sexy back—minus a few key components

Smart TVs are basically dumb PCs, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that Vizio—one of the world’s most successful HDTV manufacturers—plans to grow by jumping into the all-in-one PC market. The Vizio CA24T-A4 is a surprisingly good rookie effort, but there is room for improvement.

Note: This review first appeared in the March issue of the magazine.

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Ask the Doctor

Posted 05/22/2013 at 3:30pm | by The Maximum PC Staff

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The doctor tackles Post-Upgrade Blues, Drive Order, Upgrading an XPS 700 , and more

Post-Upgrade Blues

Question: I upgraded to Windows 8 on my laptop. Can you tell me how to reinstall Windows 7? I tried restoring the system from Windows 8 but did not have any luck. Is there a way to use my recovery discs or will I need to purchase a copy of Windows 7?

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Newegg Daily Deals

Posted 05/22/2013 at 1:25pm | by The Maximum PC Staff

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Top Deal:

One of the biggest upgrades you can make to your PC is to install an SSD. Today's top deal, the Samsung 840 Series drive, is a massive 500GB one that's on sale for $320 (normally $370 - use coupon code: EMCXRVW23). The SSD ships free and comes with a three-year warranty.

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ASRock's Specially Coated 8 Series Motherboards are Waterproof

Posted 05/22/2013 at 12:58pm | by Paul Lilly

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Don't try this at home.

Before self-contained liquid cooling solutions (LCS) became mainstream, water cooling enthusiasts would march over to places like Danger Den (R.I.P.) and order custom parts, fit them together, and then pray to Poseidon that he'd have mercy against leaks. Back then, water cooling aficionados sure could have used a board like any of ASRock's new specially coated 8 Series mobos. Using a layer of "Comformal Coating," ASRock says its treated mobos aren't afraid to get wet, a trait the company hopes the professional overclocking crowd will embrace.

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