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Moving the Lab at >45°C is not Fun (at all)
After less than a year in the building we rented in Cyprus, our team moved to a new building we bought for this purpose! We
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The best 2.5″ SATA SSDs
Budget SSDs In this list, we suggest the most notable cheap SSDs. They would still do the job but don’t expect top-of-the-top performance. They are
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XPG LANCER BLADE DDR5 Launches with Low-Profile Heatsink & High Price-Performance
Taipei, Taiwan – July 13, 2023 XPG today announced the launch of LANCER BLADE RGB DDR5 and LANCER BLADE DDR5 memory, emphasizing its low-profile heatsink
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Automatic GPU/CPU Testing – A Necessity That Will Trouble Me (A Lot!)
From the moment I decided to start my media, I knew that I had to cover many categories alone because I still don’t have the
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DeepCool unleashes the ASSASSIN IV CPU Air Cooler
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Montech Titan Gold 850W PSU Review
Epilogue The Montech Titan Gold 850W achieves high performance, features a silent operation, and comes with a 600W 12+4 pin connector, which is overkill for
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Software solution for melting 12VHPWR connectors?
A Reddit user known as Mamolengo may have found a solution to the 12VHPWR melting issue. He created a custom monitoring program that triggers a
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VEGER Power Banks Overview – From 5,000 to 56,000mAh
Almost everything we use nowdays requires power, and since we don’t always have access to a socket, power banks are for the save. VEGER has
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NVIDIA Already used 12V-2×6, Before it is Final!
I have already posted an article about replacing the 12VHPWR connector with a new one called 12V-2×6. Recently we discovered that before this new connector
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HP Portable SSD P900 1TB Review
Epilogue The HP Portable SSD P900 1TB is a speedy SSD that will come in handy if you want to increase your laptop’s or gaming
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How to Select a new PSU with the upcoming 12VHPWR change?
Selecting a new PSU now with the 12VHPWR upcoming change is tricky, but if you read this article, you will easily find the proper one.
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FSP Group Announces Availability of HYDRO PTM X PRO ATX3.0 & Gen 5 Series Power Supplies
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No More 12VHPWR Connector! Say hi to 12V-2×6
It all started with NVIDIA’s 12-pin connector, then 12VHPWR (12+4 pin) was released and created lots of noise, and the time has come for the
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Tech things you should know
Sometimes it is easy to get misinformed or half-informed about things in Tech World. In the present article, I will try to clarify some misconceptions,
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XPG Cybercore II 1300 Platinum PSU Review
Epilogue The XPG Cybercore II 1300 Platinum is a high-performance PSU. It uses a solid CWT platform with high build quality and a bulletproof, top-notch
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Uber One Membership Scam!
Uber Technologies, Inc (commonly called Uber) is an American transportation conglomerate that mainly provides taxi services where individuals can hail a taxi (Uber) in an
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Deepcool PX850G PSU Review
Epilogue The Deepcool PX850G achieves high overall performance, close to other PSUs that use the same CWT platform. In noise output, the non-restrictive fan grille,
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Cougar GEX X2 850W PSU Review
Epilogue The GEX X2 850W achieves decent performance but doesn’t fare as well as the GEX X2 1000W in the respective category. I noticed the
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Asustor FLASHSTOR 6 (FS6706T) ALL-SSD NAS Review
Power Consumption Let us now check on just how much power the FS6706T needs in idle and during heavy throughput. I use a GW Instek
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Galax GeForce RTX 4060 Ti EX White Performance, Power Analysis & Noise Output
DOOM Eternal iD Tech 7 Engine by id Software, using the Vulkan API. The game is highly optimized and has good graphics (and many enemies).
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Myth Busted: 12VHPWR Connector Melting From the PSU Side
Our name is Hardware Busters because one of our many jobs is to bust hardware-related myths. Today’s article and video, are a fine example of
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SEA SONIC to Launch New PRIME TX & PX ATX 3.0
Taipei, Taiwan – 19 June 2023 Sea Sonic Electronics., Co., Ltd. is proud to announce the introduction of the new PRIME ATX 3.0 Series power
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The Industry is ON FIRE! (LITERALLY)
Things don’t seem to go well for the Industry lately. PSUs that explode, melting adapters, EXPO might burn your CPU, etc. I think these are
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Deepcool PX1000G PSU Review
Epilogue The Deepcool PX1000G achieves high overall performance, which aligns with most competing offerings. Despite the non-restrictive fan grille and relatively clean PCB design, the
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Your Mainboard’s Sensors Are Lying to you!
A member (Nory) of our discord server threw the idea, to make a video or write an article showing the differences between what the mainboard’s
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Cougar GEX X2 1000W PSU Review
Epilogue The GEX X2 1000W performs well, taking the lead from units like the Seasonic Vertex GX-1000 and the Thermaltake GF3 1000. It is aggressively
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ADX FIREFIGHT CORE 23: An affordable 60% keyboard
Performance As already stated, it is a 60% membrane keyboard with “red-type” switches. The feeling is OUTEMU-like, but I couldn’t find any official records. You
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Powenetics User’s Manual
Firmware update process Users can upgrade the firmware of their boards to keep up with any future updates we might release. This will be done
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be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 850W PSU Review
Epilogue The be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 850 achieves good enough performance and features a silent operation, while its price won’t make you want
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Computex 2023 – Our Best Moments
Computex 2023 has ended and the time has come to give you our best moments there, through a series of photos, which we will comment,
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NoRoot Firewall apps for your Android device
Our smartphone is undeniably the most-used everyday electronic device. It knows more for us than we already see for ourselves. And that may not be
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Why has NOBODY thought of this Before? ASUS GPU Innovation!
I saw something interesting in the ASUS booth, a new graphics card design for better airflow, higher PSU efficiency, lower PSU production cost and easier