Author: Tarandeep Kaur

ECS Elitegroup at Computex 2018 is pretty much about Amazon’s smart voice assistant Alexa, but it’s also about Liva’s in-house ultra-compact PCs. At the Computex stand at ECS shown there are the first Liva systems with integrated touchscreen and integrated battery. The reason: They should be able to control Amazon’s voice assistant Alexa, even away from the Android smartphone or their own echo systems. Of course, all features that Alexa offers are supported. It is possible, among other things, playing music, controlling smart home devices and of course ordering at Amazon via voice control.

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The Shuttle SZ270R9 means a clear evolution in terms of the design that Shuttle was developing in its barebones. It is true that it does not renounce the high quality materials such as aluminum but as true as the previous statement is that Shuttle is one of the last manufacturers in which we would think that it is going to point to the fashion of LED RGB lighting. And that is called Marketing or, as some say, renew or die. There is a growing desire to give that touch of originality to the PC and, in a world where everything is invented, that touch of originality is obtained with designs, at least, carefree, cheerful and, why not, a little aggressive.

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We are in full week of Computex 2018 and we hoped that NVIDIA would reveal new data and dates on the launch of the new GTX 1180 and the rest of the models of the GTX 1100 series. However, the CEO of the company, Jenson Huang, has hinted that there is still – ample time – for us to see a new generation in the market.

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Today, we have come to know more about the specifications of the new models Ryzen 3 2300X and 2500X Ryzen 5, as well as energy – efficient models E. The names of these processor models are not a novelty for anyone, they have been appearing for some time on some pages of motherboard manufacturers, but today we fill in some gaps in their specification tables.

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Cryorig has announced its new H7 Ultra RGB heatsink and its new Crona 120 fan that will show us at the Computex 2018 in Taiwan. This presentation has been an overview for the media to know what to look for in their stand. The brands get to work to show us all their artillery for this new event and Cryorig has already presented several very striking components for next week.

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The motherboard is one of the main components of our computer and, unfortunately, it is usually also one in which people tend to skimp on expenses, spending a fortune on a processor, RAM, NVMe units, a top graphic of range and leaving the plate as a less important component, this is how bottlenecks begin to be born. Depending on the type of components that we are going to assemble and our full budget we must choose a base plate or another to not spend more money from the account and not be able to have performance problems. So, if we are setting up a mid-range computer and we do not intend to overclock it, we have a great choice on the  Aorus B360 GAMING 3 WIFI board.

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Sony may never release Android 7 Nougat for the Xperia V but XDA community does not care. Their developers have churned out a custom ROM that not only brings Android 7 to Sony Xperia V but offers it in vanilla flavor which means no bloatware – nothing.

Installation instructions for installing Nougat 7 on Sony Xperia V:

– Download the latest build
– Download Gapps
– Take a nandroid backup
– Recommended – Full wipe and factory reset
– Flash ROM using latest TWRP 3.x Recovery
– Flash Gapps
– Reboot.
– Enjoy

Keep in mind that Gapps do not come pre-installed in the ROM but you can immediately install them after installing ROM. Do not reboot after ROM and install Gapps immediately.

Here’s what is working:

RIL (Calls, SMS, Mobile Data)
Display
Audio and video
Wifi
Bluetooth
BT Audio
OpenGL rendering
Sensors (accelerometer,compass,light,proximity)
Sdcard
auto brightness
notification led
Wifi,Bluetooth and USB tethering
NFC
GPS
Adoptable storage
Auto rotation

So while everything is working, there can be bugs here and there. This ROM is tested but nothing is bug-free – not even the official Sony ROM.

The peripheral manufacturer, Logitech, has just introduced its new G305 wireless gaming mouse. This new model has been designed with participants in eSports-type games in mind, when creating a mouse with a very aggressive price. But, above all, its battery management is so fine tuned that it can last up to 9 months. The eSports has become a billion dollar industry, and in the window of most companies looking to have some presence in the market. These brands are dedicated to sponsoring the different teams of this huge sport, as a way to be seen by thousands of potential users. The fact is that most of the major brands have a department dedicated to eSports, and to gaming, in general.

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With the Vardar series, EK Water Blocks also offers its own fans for water cooling. Of course, they are designed especially for being used on radiators. Even the Slovenian water cooling specialist can not evade the RGB trend and is now launching a new, RGB-illuminated version with the EK-Vardar EVO 120ER RGB.

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