Category: PC

The manufacturer specializing in mini PCs and motherboards, ECS has announced the launch of the new addition to its catalog, the new ECS Liva Plus ZE, a mini PC that stands out for incorporating two RS232 ports to make it compatible with old and industrial devices, and equipped of a high power in small format to be able to supply any type of need that the user may have.

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Z390 Express Socket LGA1151 manufactured by SuperMicro has been spotted on SiSoft Sandra benchmark. It is surprising to find indications of this chipset since its launch is scheduled for the second half of 2018, which indicates that Intel may be trying to accelerate its launch. According to the manufacturer’s official launch schedule, the Z390 Express chipset should be launched in the second half of next year, and would come after the H370 Express, B360 Express and H310 Express chipset that will arrive in the first half of 2018. This is the reason why it is strange to see already signs that there are already motherboards with the Z390 chipset, and not only because it seems too early because we should have seen something from the others before, since they will be launched to the market beforehand. 

The Intel Z390 Express chipset adds some improvements to the existing platform (Z370) but nothing particularly substantial. Things like a programmable quad-core DSP audio processor or the SoundWire audio interface are fine, but they can not be considered important. There are other things that do have something more important, such as the integrated USB 3.1 controller, the WLAN controller 802.11ac integrated – yes, with an external PHY, SDIO controller for card readers also integrated, or compatibility with the new controller Thunderbolt 3.0 “Titan Ridge”. They are improvements to the platform that have more or less weight, but as we said nothing that has a real weight on the platform.

We’ll see anyway what happens in the end. Since the manufacturer of the plate is SuperMicro, a manufacturer that usually focuses on OEM and industrial systems rather than the general public, it is quite possible that it was simply an oversight by an Intel engineer who was doing the first tests and forgot to uncheck the option to upload the benchmark result directly to the database after the test.

First HP laptop with Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor and windows 10 has been spotted on popular benchmark website, geekbench that has given us some information on its specifications. Scheduled to be launched at the end of 2017, this HP 12 inch laptop is a convertible laptop with touchscreen display that can be used as slate tablet by folding the screen. Specifications include Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor and it runs Windows 10S / Windows 10 32 bit OS. Processor’s clock speed is said to be between 1.9-2.2GHz backed by 4GB / 8GB RAM so the performance is not going to win any awards.

However, the price is going to be much cheaper than its Intel counterparts. Plus, the battery life is going to be much more than any other Intel processor. We are not saying there are no Intel-powered laptops with long battery life but they are no way as efficient as the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835.

That being said, if you are planning to use your laptop for heavy duty tasks like Auto CAD or Solidworks or gaming, do not even think of buying a laptop with ARM processor like Qualcomm because they simple do not have enough power to run 3D modeling applications smoothly.

Not a day is passed when one does not come across a mini PC vs Xbox console debate. In 2017, mini PC gaming is going get even better thanks to the introduction of pre-built gaming PCs from companies like Valve Corporation which recently churned out Steam Machines. Let us not forget the third player that is giving both of these a tough competition – online gaming. This new type of gaming does not require you to have the latest gaming console or high end mini PC as almost all game processing is done in the cloud – on some very powerful computer on the server end.

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Unlike the Zotac 1060 Mini, the company does not offer a single fan version of the GTX 1080Ti. It does offer a mini variant but it is not as small as the GTX 1060 Mini since 1080Ti mini makes use of two fans. To counter that problem, Zotac has churned out liquid cooled version Zotac 1080Ti graphics card. It is almost as small as the Zotac GTX 1060 Mini and offers same power and performance as the three / two fan GTX 1080Ti. This will allow desktop manufactures and assemblers to squeeze top-of-the line graphics card into small desktop cabinets.

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Renovate, a custom ROM for the Samsung galaxy note 8 is available for download. It runs android 7.1. Support Note 8 variants include G950 and G955 and for some excellent reason, the Knox is set to 0x0 when it first boots. Here are the details of the ROM.

N950FXXU1AQI1
Android 7.1
Knox set to 0x0 when booted
Fully working private mode
Support for G95XF/FD/N
Customizable AROMA installer with option to debloat & remove knox
Choose from no root, magisk or supersu
Optimized for improved battery/perfomance
Tweaks app to control your experience
Device status set to official
5 way reboot menu added
Added outdoor mode to settings
Added LED notifications to settings
Added screen recorder quicksettings tile
Removed OEM unlock toggle from settings to avoid accidentally re-locking device
Enabled SystemUI Tuner, activate by long press settings button in quicksettings panel

• Download the ROM (direct download link)

To install the ROM, download the ROM from above mentioned link. Then copy the ROM to your phone’s external SD card and then boot into galaxy note 8 TWRP custom recovery. After that, browse for the ROM and install it from there. That is it, you have successfully installed renovate’s custom ROM for the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 android phone.

Do you want to squeeze out more performance or improve battery life of your Samsung galaxy Note 8? The best way to do is by installing Note 8 custom kernel that enables overclocking and unclocking of CPU clock and cores. For that, you will have to install iron kernel that lets you choose between various CPU governors including performance, powersave, userspace, ondemand, interactiv (default), conservative and schedutil.

To install this Note 8 kernel, follow these instructions:

0. Have a working Note 8 custom recovery and encryption removed.
1. Download kernel and copy it to your sd card
2. Boot into twrp recovery mode (press bixby + volume up + power)
3. Flash kernel
4. Flash any other file which affects ramdisk (Magisk or SuperSU)
5. Reboot

Here are other features of this Note 8 kernel.

* Build with latest 6.4.0 GNU GCC toolchain
* Build with AQI1 kernel source code
* Latest Linux version 4.4.89, is always up to date
* Performance and Batterylife improved
* Includes latest AQI8 ramdisk
* I/O schedulers: CFQ (Default), No-op, Deadline
* NTFS enabled
* TCP (Network) control: Bic (default), Reno, cdg, cubic, dctcp, Westwood, Highspeed, Hybla, HTCP, Vegas, Veno, Scalable, LP, Yeah, Illinois, Lia, Olia, Wvegas, balia
* Selinux is set to permissive
* Supports Private Mode
* F2fs on /data partition
* Init.d support
* All samsung security related configs disabled (as knox, tima, restrict rooting)

A ROM developer has ported Samsung Galaxy S8 ROM to the J7 2016 android phone. The ROM is based on S8 AQH3 Nougat firmware. It has permissive kernel and is fully stock at the moment. However, the developer has debloated and deknoxed it. To install this S8 ROM for the Samsung Galaxy S8 ROM, you will need latest J7 2016 TWRP custom recovery which is only way of installing third party ROMs.

Installation instructions:
1) Put the zip file in your SD Card
2) Reboot in Recovery Mode (use Twrp or Philz Recovery)
3) Wipe Data, Cache, Dalvik Cache and format /System (If running Philz Recovery use the “Clean before install a new rom” option)
4) Install the ROM
5) Install Magisk or Supersu if you want root
6) Reboot

Here are features of this ROM:

* Base Updated to Official J710FN Nougat one
* Ported S8 AQH3 Rom
* Fixed NFC
* Fixed Pin Unlock delay
* Fixed Dual Sim
* Added N8 Launcher
* Added N8 Phone/Contacts
* Added N8 SMS
* Added N8 Keyboard
* Added N8 Livedrawing (is laggy because of our gpu but works)
* Added Native Blur
* Added Full working People Edge

TWRP custom recovery for Samsung galaxy note 8 is available for download. This Galaxy Note 8 TWRP custom recovery is required to flash custom ROMs and all other sorts of hacks that are required to make system-level changes on your new Note 8 smartphone. Right now, the TWRP custom recovery is compatible with only Exynos variants and that means it cannot be flashed to American(U/A/T/P/V), Chinese(0/8/6), Hong Kong(0), Japanese(SC-*), Canadian(W) variants.

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If you own a Asus FX553 VD or VE and find the laptop running incredibly hot, we have a solution for your problem. But first we need to understand why the Asus FX553 runs so hot. The main reason is the fact it comes with a standard voltage processor which has a tendency to run so hot. However, there is a limit to everything and if the temperature crosses a limit, the laptop will turn itself off.

Many users of Asus FX553 laptop say that the processor reaches as high as 88 degrees Celsius and GPU reaching as high as 80 degrees. Excessive heat is not good for either graphics card or the processor and can significantly reduce the lifespan of your Asus FX553 laptop.

Even if you take your Asus FX553 to service center, they would not do anything other than applying some simple thermal paste here and there.

There is a solution to overheating problem though – by buying the IC Diamond thermal paste, the laptop’s temperature will go down considerably. This means you will have open the laptop to get access to the motherboard where you will find both the processor and graphics card. Applying some IC Diamond solves this problem.