LG has officially announced its first gaming laptop, the Ultra Gear 17G90Q. The laptop measures 17-inches with top-notch hardware, including an 11th Gen Intel Tiger Lake H CPU and an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q graphics chip, configurable memory up to 32GB, and 1TB of storage.
This past Black Friday, which occurred almost a month ago, has yielded great deals on tech gadgets and hardware. So the tech enthusiasts in me had to take full advantage of the great discounts offered by various vendors. My Black Friday purchase, you ask? Razer's Basilisk X HyperSpeed wireless gaming mouse. Since my purchase, the mouse has endured the rigors of daily computer tasks and gaming. Oh, if you're interested, the mouse still retails for just $34.99 on Amazon. Here's a fun fact about Razer's Basilisk mouse product line made its debut in 2017. The primary target, of course, is the casual or staunch gamer.
NVIDIA has just announced a significant software update to GeForce NOW that will enable Mac users to engage in high-end gaming across the entire Apple ecosystem.
Finally, we have new custom covers for the PS5 from Sony. The console covers will come in various colors, black, red, pink, blue, and purple, fitted for regular PS5 and PS5 Digital Edition. Sony will be releasing the black and red console covers starting in January in most markets where the PS5 is sold. In addition, Sony will release other color options first half of 2022.
I'm betting the most sort after device for this Xmas shopping season will be the gaming monitor. But finding one that is reasonable in price yet loaded with features will be a daunting task. So finally, here's a monitor that may fit that budget gaming monitor criteria, AOC G2490VX 24-inch frame-less gaming monitor. Frameless monitors give the illusion of immense size. Just observe this monitor; it does appear to be bigger than 24-inch.
For months, there have been speculations, leaks, and rumors of an upgraded GeForce RTX 2060, including increased memory and other critical upgrades. However, Nvidia's latest GeForce driver update on their website has pretty much confirmed a new graphics card will hit the consumer market.
Each year a manufacturer is pushing the frequency boundaries on their memory modules—the latest is Neo Forza, with their new 16GB memory kit running at 5000MHz CL19 1.6V. The caveat to a memory module with a high-frequency speed is limited DIMMs of 8GB storage capacity. Also, there is currently a limited selection of motherboards that support it.
PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD'sare no longer a dime a dozen; they're now plentiful as many SSD's make the transition to the new-gen interface. The latest PCIe 4.0 NVMe that has gained traction is Kinston KC3000 1.3 SSD, storage capacities available from 512GB to 4GB having a decent amount of RAM cache.
It's not often Apple products make the hardware Breakdown unless, of course, it has an intriguing feature or hardware. Lately, the new MacBook Pro has been the talk of the tech community posting impressive benchmark numbers. Apple computers aren't known for being gaming systems as their catered more to content creators and designers. But because of the MacBook Pro's impeccable hardware, it can handle some of the known visually stunning gaming titles.
Last week, Kioxia launched their new series of Ethernet SSD's. Once again, the company is making headlines by launching an all-new BG5 series NVMe product line.
Admittedly I've never heard of Ethernet-connected SSD's, that is, until I stumbled upon a published article entailing the hardware. Nonetheless, the hardware has trended on the Internet circuit because, Kioxia the company that makes this hardware, has begun to ship a new line of Ethernet solid-state drives for the enterprise market, the EM6 series.
The title of the post is a bit confusing from the start. Let me explain. See, there's a big misconception that you need just one storage drive in your desktop computer, adding an external drive, or cloud base storage for backup. Because let's face it, no computer is impervious to system failure. If you own a desktop computer or are new to building a computer, you should know that PC builders like myself craft systems with more than one hard drive. Your main boot drive, install and launch applications with the second drive, and the third drive can be used as a backup, storing large files.
We just published an article that entailed things you need to know before buying a mouse (click the highlighted text) if you want to read that article. In researching that article, I noticed a trend many manufacturers are following is the cutout design. Not sure what purpose it serves regarding performance; nonetheless, it does bring some uniqueness to the overall design.
Simply put, there is no functioning operating system without the keyboard and mouse as it's the direct connection to any computer system. The essential features of the mouse are the sensor, located on the bottom, two buttons on the top (left click-right click), and the scroll wheel.
You read the title of this post correctly; we at Tekspecz have gathered new information on Intel's soon-to-be-released 12th Gen processor regarding pricing and specification. Before we even discuss pricing, let's examine the specs.
Suppose you have, say, an aged laptop that's four years old slow to a crawl regarding performance. Speed things up by replacing that spinning HDD with a speedier SSD storage drive. If you don't want to spend an exuberant amount of money on a new hard drive, and storage capacity is not a big deal to you, I may have found an SSD that not only meets the budget but offers optimal performance. I present you the Kingston A400 Series 240GB SSD, retailing for just $27 on Amazon.
Apple has officially announced its next-generation SoC design made specifically for the upcoming new MacBook Pro product line. Launched around the end of 2020, the M1 processor will join the M1 Pro and M1 Max. In addition, the chip is now more powerful and constructed on a 5nm process node.
When buying RAM, what usually decides your purchase is the capacity and speed. Users should also focus on CL Timing, which is an acronym for Cas Latency. An example of CAS latency numbers is CL16-18-38 or CL 14-4-34. The numbers after the "CL" represent the CAS Latency of the RAM kit. But what does it all mean? And how does it impact performance? Let's talk about it in this newly written episode of Explanation Needed.
Along with the iPhone 13, iPad, and iPad Mini, Apple announced the new Apple Watch Series 7, overtaking the SE and Series 3 as the new flagship smartwatch—featuring a marginal revamped design with a larger display. The Series 7 size options are 41mm and 45mm, retail price starting at $399. When Apple announced the Apple Watch Series 7, details of a launch date were vague, "later this Fall," as stated by Apple. We now have a confirmed release date, October 15. You can now preorder the Apple Watch Series 7( which started on October 8).
It's been a while since we at Tekspecz have penned a must-have gadget or hardware you should purchase. So, we continue this series with Top Three budget gaming Monitors that will be well worth your purchase and should be sitting on your desktop.
