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PSA: Save $20 on an Amazon Kindle Fire HD for Father's Day

Posted 06/04/2013 at 12:23pm | by Paul Lilly

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A gift your pops will like more than a tie.

Father's Day is only a couple of weeks away, and one way to celebrate the occasion is by getting your dad a gift. You could go with a tie (again) or some other piece of clothing, take him out to dinner, or wait for us to finalize our gift guide (hang tight, it's coming). One of the items that has a high chance of making the list is Amazon's Kindle Fire HD, and if you' don't procrastinate, you can save yourself $20 with the purchase of one.

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Toshiba Touts Qosmio X75 Laptop for Enthusiasts and PX35t All-in-One

Posted 06/04/2013 at 11:59am | by Paul Lilly

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Yes, there's still a market for 17.3-inch laptops!

Between the Computex Taipei convention in Taiwan and Intel's recent Haswell launch, PC makers have come out in full force announcing new products. Count Toshiba among them. Toshiba this week unveiled its new Qosmio X75 laptop for enthusiasts and PX35t all-in-one (AIO) for the mainstream crowd, and though they target two completely different market segments, both have Haswell hardware inside.

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Phanteks Previews Stealthy Enthoo Primo Chassis with Hidden Drive Trays

Posted 06/04/2013 at 8:55am | by Paul Lilly

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Dude, where's my storage?

Phanteks isn't a name that jumps out when you think about computer cases or peripherals. Somehow the company has managed to fly mostly under the radar since it was established in 2007, but if its upcoming Enthoo Primo case lives up to the hype, it will have to get used to sitting in the limelight. The Enthoo Primo is an exercise in stealthy case design, and one of its main features is that it hides your hard drives out of view. It's also the company's first crack at a chassis, as it's been focused on cooling products up to this point.

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Dell Dishes Up a Bevy of New Haswell Infused Desktops and Laptops

Posted 06/04/2013 at 8:03am | by Paul Lilly

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Haswell invades Dell.

Haswell is here, and if you haven't already, be sure to check out our in-depth review. We'll wait. (Twiddles thumbs). Up to speed? Great, now let's take a look at what Dell has been up to with Intel's latest microarchitecture. Turns out the OEM has been quite the busy body refreshing a plethora of products, everything from its XPS 27 all-in-one (AIO) to its console-esque Alienware X51 small form factor (SFF) gaming PC.

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Computex 2013: Gigabyte Announces Ultrablade Gaming Laptops

Posted 06/04/2013 at 7:19am | by Pulkit Chandna

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Powered by the latest 4th generation Intel Core “Haswell” processors

PC peripheral maker Razer is not the only “aichmophiliac” in the PC industry. Apparently, Taiwanese company Gigabyte is also pretty serious about cutting through the competition, and to this end has announced a new line of “Ultrablade” gaming laptops.

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Haswell Review

Posted 06/03/2013 at 3:00pm | by Gordon Mah Ung

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Haswell: Can a laptop CPU keep enthusiasts happy?

Faster hardware shouldn’t be this somber. Yet we can’t help but furrow our brow in concern over Intel’s fourth-generation Core i7 CPU. Yes, in typical Intel fashion, it’s a tour de force of technical achievement and features that’s the envy of the free world. It’s also, by the way, quite fast.

How fast? *Spoiler alert* Let’s just say that the new Core i7-4770K easily unseats the previous midrange sweetheart, the Core i7-3770K, as the best all-around performer, and even gives the high-end hexa-core part a hard time.

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SanDisk's Extreme II SSD Uses "Two Tier Caching" to Improve Performance

Posted 06/03/2013 at 12:07pm | by Paul Lilly

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Sequel is faster than the original.

SanDisk today unveiled its Extreme II SSD series, a follow-up to the original Extreme SSD that we reviewed last year (we evaluated the 240GB model). The Extreme II SSD line is supposedly faster than the original in most instances, part of which is due to the use of a select amount of single-level cell (SLC) NAND flash memory for what SanDisk describes as a "two tier caching" setup.

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Intel Core i7 4770K Processor Selling for $280 at Micro Center

Posted 06/03/2013 at 10:41am | by Paul Lilly

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Haswell has landed!

Do you hear that noise? If it sounds like a "Tock!," that's because Intel's 22nm Haswell refresh is here, though calling it a refresh may not do justice to the new microarchitecture. Haswell is a Tock in Intel's "Tick-Tock" cycle, meaning it's a major new microarchitecture that will set the foundation for new and upcoming desktop processors. Several Haswell chips are now available to order, including the high end Core i7 4770K part, which you can snag for just $280 if you happen to live near a Micro Center.

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NZXT Launches Silent H230 Computer Case at Computex 2013

Posted 06/03/2013 at 10:09am | by Paul Lilly

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Low noise, low price.

The Computex Taipei convention in Taiwan kicks off today, hence the barrage of product announcements, all of which underscore the fact that the PC market is alive and thriving. Just ask NZXT, who today unveiled its new H230 computer case for users looking to build a quiet system. It's also for penny pinchers who don't want to spend more than $100 on an enclosure, as it's "aggressively priced" at $70.

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Western Digital's 1TB WD Blue 7mm Hard Drive is the Thinnest Terabyte HDD Ever

Posted 06/03/2013 at 8:46am | by Paul Lilly

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Super thin and capacious.

Bulky hard drives, be gone! Western Digital today announced it's begun shipping what it claims is the world's thinnest 1TB-class hard drive, the new 2.5-inch WD Blue 7mm. The WD Blue hard drive family is available in smaller capacities too, down to 320GB, all of which measure 7mm in height. They're designed to usher in increasingly slimmer and lighter notebooks, though they're also compatible with industry standard 9.5mm drive slots, WD says.

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