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Philips has introduced its new monitor called BDM3490UC packing massive 34 inch curved IPS display packing 3440 x 1440 pixel resolution that is specifically designed to provide the user with a unique sense of immersion in both games and movies to your PC. Thanks to the curvature on these display panels, it creates a unique feeling of immersion in almost anything you are doing, whether playing or watching a movie.

Philips BDM3490UC specifications include three HDMI video inputs (one is HDMI 2.0, the other two are HDMI 1.4 and one of these is compatible with MHL ), a DisplayPort, audio port and 7 watt RMS stereo speakers with DTS technology.

The only thing not to like about Philips BDM3490UC is its ergonomics, for being a fairly large and heavy panel base. Also, it does not allow any movement except the inclination, and that too very slightly. For now Philips has neither confirmed nor the date for the Philips BDM3490UC but most likely it will arrive in time for Christmas season for around 800 euros.

Transcend SSD370S review was done on the Gigabyte X99 Gaming G1 WIFI; Intel Core i7-5820k; 4 x 4Gb DDR4 2400 MHz Crucial Ballistix Sport and AMD Graphics Card Sapphire Tri R9 290. The operating system used is Windows 8.1.

Here is the crystal mark benchmark result.

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Toshiba Corporation has announced three new families of SSDs with PCIe interface using the protocol NVMe (Non-Volatile Memory Express). All are imed at various applications including high performance portable storage, tablets, computers 2 in 1 and server applications and mass storage. The top SSD models are able to deliver speeds of up to 3250 MB / s. Let us take a look at Toshiba XG3, PX04P, BG1 one by one.

Toshiba XG3 for high performance laptops

It is available in M.2 2280 that supports up to four PCIe 3.1 lanes and bandwidth delivering six times higher than usual SATA 3 format (in this case reaches 2516 MB / s read and 1572 MB / s write speeds). This XG3 family is equipped with QSBC (Quadruple Swing-By Code) technology which is owned by Toshiba and it ensures maximum energy efficiency. You can see their specific technical features in the table shown below.

Toshiba PX04P is for servers and mass storage

This family of SSDs has several technologies specifically designed for servers where the device is one 24 x 7. Therefore Toshiba has layed particular emphasis on energy efficiency without neglecting performance since it assumes that these SSDs will be used in critical environments. That said, it does not disappoint on the performance front, offering up to 3250 MB / s read and 2464 MB / s writing.

Toshiba BG1 is for ultrabooks and tablets

The BG1 is the world’s smallest (16 x 20 mm) solid state drive. In the table below, you can find its technical specifications. As you can see, there are three models: M.2 Type 1620, 2230 and 2280.

So far,Toshiba has not disclosed the prices but we have been told that they will be launched in October this year.

So you have installed Windows 10 by installing the upgrade over Windows 7 or Windows 8 and now you are wondering how to delete Windows.Old, $Windows.~BT and $Windows.~WS in Windows 10. These three folders occupy nearly 20-22 GB of your storage and that is bug you a lot if you are on a SSD drive smaller storage capacities.

First thing, it is safe to delete them IF you are not planning to roll back. Here are three commands to delete Windows.old in windows 10. Start up command prompt using administrative rights and copy-paste them in cmd prompt (Ctrl + C from here and Ctrl + V on command prompt).

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ADATA Technology has announced the latest addition to its range of solid state devices, the Premier SP550 and it has great specifications and offers good performance at low cost. It is a TLC (Triple Level Cell) type SSD and is offered in up to 960 GB capacity.

The ADATA Premier SP550 is the first brand that integrates the SM2256 Silicon Motion controller which uses technology that allows data shaping and LDPC ECC RAID for creating RAID configurations for multiple disks hardware without using an external software or by the RAID controller integrated on the motherboard of the PC. This of course greatly increases the reliability of these SSDs, as well as its stability and durability.

LDPC ECC technology allows correction of errors which helps in increasing the life of the SSD. It will be offered in 120, 240, 480 and 960 GB capacities. Adata has not spilled out any detail on its price tag or release date.