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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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In the past days and weeks, there was a lot of talk about Intel’s problems with the next production step in 10 nm. Just recently, Intel had to admit again that it has manufacturing issues at 10 nm and that mass production for desktop and server processors must be postponed again and is now scheduled for sometime in 2019. At yesterday’s 2018 Annual Stockholders’ Meeting, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich had to answer some awkward questions. With the  Core i3-8121U a first processor in small series in 10 nm is manufactured, but this is missing on a working graphics unit and so should the also  emergent Core m3-8114Y be the first fully functioning desktop processor from this production.

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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.

Sonnet has introduced a Thunderbolt 3 adapter that allows 10Gbps connectivity to the network. Already earlier this year, the Japanese manufacturer Akitio presented a network adapter for Thunderbolt 3, which is compatible to 10GBase-T and NBASE-T (IEEE 802.3bz-2016). However, this also costs almost 300 dollars.

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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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ASUS ZenBook 15 Pro has been launched with new hardware and it is being called UX550GD. The ASUS ZenBook Pro 15 UX550GD laptop will be powered by an Intel Core i9. On the one hand, the new Coffee-Lake H processors are characterized by lower energy consumption and yet, still offer more power than the predecessor models. In addition to the top-of-the-line Core i9-8950HK , the ZenBook 15 Pro can be chosen with the Core i7-8750H or i5-8300H. For the i9 and i7 models, six cores are used, which also means multi-threaded calculations with more power can be done.

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PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 Nano Edition has been released and will probably be on display at the upcoming Computex 2018 event. Note that it is RX Vega 56 and not the RX Vega Nano SKU. This also implies that there would not be an AMD RX Vega Nano graphics card. While PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 Nano Edition specifications were not released to the public, its picture was unveiled.

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The new mining graphics of INNO3D have the same power as a GTX 1080 Ti and a Titan Xp. As graphic cards for mining: they do not have video output, so they can not be resold for use in computers. They only serve to undermine our favorite cryptocurrency. For example, they achieve an efficiency in Ethereum of 47 MH / s.

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The Chinese manufacturer Lenovo, has just introduced its new Ideapad 330 cheap laptop. This new model of the manufacturer will be the first, globally, to mount an Intel Cannon Lake processor. The Intel Core i3-8121U is part of the new processors that will be manufactured using the troublesome 10nm node that Intel has been developing these years ago. It seemed that they were reluctant to go to the market, but we can already see that Intel has solved the manufacturing problems for the 10 nm node. At least enough to start manufacturing some processors of its range of laptops. However, we are scared enough that Intel has not officially introduced these new processors with Intel Cannon Lake kernel.

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