With Huawei dominating the news this week, Apple has quietly gone about its business by implementing updates to their MacBook Pro, expanding CPU options for both the 13-inch and 15-inch models. This is the second time in almost a year Apple has instituted updates to their flagship laptops. The 15-inch MacBook will advance to an Intel 9th generation 8-core processor the first ever in its product line. While the 13-inch model won't see a significant bump up in its processor like it's 15-inch mate but still will see modest upgrades. The new changes to the MacBook Pro will not impact the current price point.

Who said who can't cram impeccable hardware into a small package? Well ZOTAC is known for producing small form factor PC's that is on the level of being a powerful workstation. The company has just announced a pair of two new ZBOX PCs that includes an Intel Xeon processors along with NVIDIA Quadro graphics into a tiny compact chassis, measuring only 8.86-inch x 7.99 x 5.04.

Without monitors pretty much PC's are useless. They offer views to everything from games, photos, and video, and also its a viewing guide to all the apps you have stored on your computer. Knowingly, manufacturers are aware usage is different with each; that's why the market is saturated with several options.

Either way, what's important is how your computer used in terms of what you're looking for in a monitor. If you're engaging mundane task on the PC such as web surfing, reading and sending emails, you'll likely elect for the cheaper monitor. Graphically intense gaming, viewing HD video, depending on your budget, lean towards getting a 5K, 4K, Quad HD or HD would be your best option. With that said, you need to ask yourself several questions before purchasing a monitor. What I'm looking for in regards to refresh rates and response times? Do I need a flicker-free, low blue light, G-Sync, or Free-Sync monitor? The answers to these questions are in this written post.

Enough with the rambling, now its time I aid you readers on what you should look for when buying a PC monitor.

What if I told you there's a gaming keyboard on the market that not only is capable of displaying full RGB lighting, but your smartphone can fully control it. Now with skepticism you’ll probably say BS. But for real, this keyboard actually does exist, and its brand is Thermaltake.

While scouring the world wide web, I came across what I consider to be the most impressive system I've seen to date, the Falcon Northwest Tiki gaming PC. It has everything I'm looking for in an impeccably built system that has a Great chassis design infused with impressive hardware as expected.

The Samsung Galaxy S 10 plus has been in my possession now for two weeks now, and I know I’m a bit late in the game with my opinionated take on this device which has now been on the market for three months. And trust me, there are tons of reviews on the web for your choosing. Rather than give my review on the whole device, I decided to examine an essential feature that lends uniqueness to the smartphone overall. For me, by far the most impressive hardware in the Galaxy S 10-Plus is the camera or camera’s plural as there are several on this device.

I’m in the process of putting together a high-end PC which I'll use for content creation and 4K gaming. One piece hardware I have sights on is the Gigabyte Z 390 Designare motherboard. One of the few boards by the company based on the Socket-1151 platform constructed entirely for Intel's latest 8th and 9th generation Coffee Lake processors. From a design perspective, the motherboard is very sleek yet has an intimidating look sporting an all black aesthetic with a hint of silver highlights scattered all over the board. Even the VRM heat-sink is deck with a silver and black motif color scheme. What you don't see with this particular motherboard is an overabundance of RGB lighting which for me is a personal preference.

It seems gaming consoles have a 6 to 7-year life cycle before companies (Microsoft and Sony) manufacture a whole new iteration that includes new and advanced hardware and design. Look no further than current Xbox One and PS4. Both gaming consoles made their market release in 2013 with the PS3 the enjoying it's six-year cycled run. Sony has officially given full details on the PS5 hardware, expected pending release will be in 2020. If this is so it will follow another six-year cycle. Components revealed by Sony's chief of hardware, Mark Cerny will be nothing short of being impressive.

By chance, if you're in the process of purchasing an Amazon Echo, then you stumbled upon the right post. I was given the awhile back Echo device as a gift and partook in the whole setup which isn't difficult at all. Still there many who don't have the tech savvy or confidence to set up such a device. So it's my obligation to you readers to put together a detail step-by-step guide on how to set up Echo. My particular model is the Plus variant which is the 2nd Gen version.

It's quite some time since I've posted a hardware breakdown that always included PC related hardware or I would do an examined observation on a computer entirely. Admittedly, I was running out ideas which are why I haven't posted this feature on this website. Then a thought entered the brain, why not do a hardware breakdown on a recently purchased wearable tech. The Samsung Galaxy smartwatch has been on my wrist for two weeks. I must say, the engineering feat achieved in this watch piece is quite impressive.

Hardware breakdown presents, the Galaxy smartwatch, let's get out the tools and use the imagination a bit and take a look at some of the more impressive core components.

What’s a custom built gaming system these days without RGB lighting, you most certainly will find them pre-installed in some PC cases, but now they're making its way onto memory modules and cooling apparatuses. This trend is now seeing itself on storage devices. Proof of such claim is what you have with Gigabyte latest SSD. Announced at CES 2019, Gigabyte's Aurora RGB AIC NVMe SSD is now primed and ready for consumer purchase. It made its official debut on the company's website available in two storage variants, 512GB and 1TB.

For those who loathe playing FPS games using the console's controller, good news Razer has you covered as they just released its branded Turret gaming keyboard and mouse which was announced back 2018 for the Xbox One. The combo keyboard and mouse has several exciting features that include a Razer Chroma, 5G advanced optical sensors, and 2.4GHz wireless connection.

In an un-Apple-like move last week the company decided to cancel AirPower. This wireless charging device was capable of charging the iPhone, Apple Watch and AirPods simultaneously.

But there are fully functional devices similar to AirPower already on the market. Now the caveat is most of these devices don't do what the AirPower was promised; you have to place your device on dedicated spots for the charge to take place. Nevertheless, you might want to take a look at these three wireless charges I've listed below this intro.

The much anticipated AirePower wireless charger, sadly is a no go from Apple. The wireless accessory main function was supposed to simultaneously charge the iPhone, Watch and AirPods which by the way was announced when the iPhone X made its debut back in September of 2017 and was supposed to make its market launch in 2018. Well, we're three months into 2019 yet still no AirPower.

Amazon Prime subscribers, please read this post, I'm about to present you what I think is a good deal for anyone who's shopping around for an external drive. The 4TB WD (western-DIGITAL) My Passport portable external drive is listed on Amazon for just $99. A pretty good deal, but the caveat is you have to Prime member to purchase this drive at that price from this site. The external drive originally retails for $159.99.

You can find the best gaming keyboard under $50, I mean the market is flooded. I have several myself, and yes it cost me just $50, give a take a few dollars and cents. A good gaming keyboard needs to be user-friendly packed with a bevy of features that should aid you in destroying opponents while playing the latest military style first person shooter. Now a regular keyboard will not give you the advantage needed to outlast the competition. The majority of budget gaming keyboards on the market do have a wide variety of programmable keys that should help you get most out of your PC game-play.

With all of that said, here are three gaming keyboards you might be interested in for under $50