Category: PC

It always happens that the closer the date of release of a highly anticipated product, the greater number of rumors and more weight they arise. On this occasion we get a rumor that the release date of the upcoming graphics cards AMD , based architecture Polaris , could reach the market in late June.

Actually it is quite logical, as AMD promised that the first graphic architecture Polaris arrive in the first half of this year, so the end of June would be precisely the end of the deadline set by the manufacturer. In this case we speak of the theoretical AMD Radeon R9 490 and 490x, which would top end of the new graphics architecture that in this case not only changes lithography but also memory, because in this case we would have graphics memory HBM2 with twice the performance than the previous one.

This is what is supposed, in any case, since it is known that most graphics R9 400 series AMD would graphics memory GDDR5X and not HBM2, reserving the latter only for top graphics cards range that is precisely the first that always rumored to hit the market in late June. Anyway back to remind pair that does not leave doubt that what we are dealing with are mere rumors and no official confirmation of absolutely nothing by the manufacturer.

In fact, in the Capsaicin event that AMD held during the GDC event, the manufacturer showed a release schedule in showing that the HBM2 memory will not come until early 2017, so there is still a possibility that they Radeon R9 490 and 490x GDDR5X come equipped with memory and HBM2, which if I may think it would be a failure for AMD because NVIDIA itself has confirmed that its graphics are also Pascal will have HBM2 falling memory.

Recall that the AMD Radeon R9 490 and 490x form part of the Polaris 10 architecture, focused on the segment of high-end, while the graphics architecture Polaris 11 will arrive a little later will be focused on the mid-range and have graphics memory GDDR5X but will share lithography with Polaris 10.

Riotoro , a new company that is based in California, United States, launches its new box Riototro CR1080 , a model which claims to be one of the smallest on the market but capable of accommodating motherboards in full size ATX case and power supplies that size and graphics cards up to 300 mm thanks to its internal design into separate sections.

Riototro CR1080 specs review: The new CR1080 of Riotoro measures 245 mm wide by 359 mm high by 394 mm deep and is built with SECC steel for its internal structure and ABS plastic decorative elements of the box. Has an I / O panel on the top of it with a button on the system, another reset, two USB 3.0 ports and two mini jack sockets for connecting headphones and a microphone. In its front it has an opening for the installation of a unit in 5.25-inch bay, as well as a fan of 120 mm in diameter with LED lighting, with space for installation of a second 120 mm fan to help cooling of the components that your users choose to install inside.

Continuing the theme of ventilation, the box has space to allow mounting or sink up to 120 mm in height or of a liquid cooling system that uses a single radiator size 120 mm on the front. At the bottom, there is room to install two 120 mm fans and in the rear, space for another 80 mm. At the top there is a generous opening that allows air outlet without too many restrictions, typical of positive pressure boxes.

Box Riotoro uses an internal inverted design by which the area of ​​the processor is at the bottom of the box, just in front of the airstream front fan and or graphics are placed on top of the same.

The box has bays for mounting two units dual 3.5 inch or 2.5 inch, and another for mounting a unit only 2.5 inch. The new Riotoro CR1080 can be purchased at Amazon at the price of $ 79.99.

The virtual reality is on everyone ‘s lips lovers hardware in recent times, and manufacturers are rushing to introduce their products VR Ready for users interested in this business. MSI has its first team “certification” (internal) for virtual reality systems, the MSI WT72 of which I speak in today.

Basically what MSI has done has been to update one of its laptop models aimed at professional CAD design and adapt to new requirements with virtual reality systems to create the WT72. This is a team that has a graphics card NVIDIA Quadro M5500, Intel Core i7 or Xeon sixth generation and up to 64 GB of RAM DDR4 memory, so performance you will not miss with this combination of hardware.

The biggest innovation is the inclusion of the new NVIDIA Quadro graphics M5500, a GPU that provides 35% more performance than the previous generation. Andy Tung, MSI CEO of America said about it that “The MSI WT72 with NVIDIA Quadro M5500 is the world ‘s first notebook that can literally with any task, including graphic design and virtual reality systems.”

To enhance the multimedia experience, MSI has integrated into the WT72 the Dynaudio sound technology, in this case with an audio optimizer Nahimic. They have also introduced new panels Ultra HD 17.3 inch True Color technology with Adobe RGB certification, SteelSeries backlit keyboard, and USB connectivity Thunderbolt 3 and 3.1. As you can see, MSI has taken its professional teams and has integrated them some of the characteristics of their equipment Gaming to create the new WT72. These are its characteristics such as we announced the manufacturer.

At the moment it is unknown when this new team will come to market and price, although seen your hardware can expect prices not suitable for many pockets (we speak of more than 4,000 euros a good insurance).

Folks at XDA have released TWRP custom recovery for the Lenovo A6000. Flashing this Lenovo A6000 TWRP custom recovery will remove the stock recovery from the android phone and will allow you to flash custom ROMs, firmwares and all sorts of third party hacks. Installation guide is given below.

1. Open Fastboot and Minimal ADB from PC. Download link. Also download the twrp image file from here.
2. Set device on bootloader
3. Type in command — adb devices
<if it shows Good if it doesn’t, don’t worry>
4. Type in command — fastboot boot recovery.img (or whatsoever is the file name e.g. twrp.img)

It will take a few seconds to flash to the TWRP onto the Lenovo A6000. That is it, you have successfully replaced the stock recovery with custom recovery on your Lenovo android phone. Go ahead and start flashing custom firmwares to enable extra and new features. 

Plextor has announced the launch of its new line Plextor M7V , a line of SSD drives profitable consumer happening to those already launched the Plextor M6V series last July and how good analysis and praise received by of its members. Available form factors of 2.5 inches and M.2, the units take advantage of the SATA interface 6 Gb / s.

Available in capacities of 128 GB, 256 GB and 512 GB, the M7V series is equipped with the latest Marvell controller, a leading manufacturer of chips SSD controllers. It Includes LDPC (Low Pressure Die Casting) latest technology to ensure data accuracy and a fast and reliable performance.

According to cross-coretech.com, the M7V series also features the highest quality NAND flash memory in TLC manufactured by Toshiba 15nm node, which generates cycles up to 2000 P / E, beating all its competitors. In addition, the exclusive firmware PlexNitro, performance can be optimized in SLC mode without sacrificing space of the SSD; extending the maximum performance.

The new Plextor M7V series represents the newest generation of standard SSDs, tailored to the needs of the general user and offering flawless performance and transfer speed of incomparable data. The M7V series also comes with a longer life time compared to other products of the same level, with the addition of optimal components and the development of a unique firmware combined with advanced manufacturing technology.

All Plextor SSDs undergo rigorous inspections teams most advanced SSD test in the world.not a single mistake or failure (error zero) is not allowed to offer the user the highest level of quality and stability. Through professional reading conditions simulation / actual writing, both M7V series as all Plextor SSD drives offer a measured time between failures (MTBF) of up to 1.5 million hours, significantly outperforming the reliability of long use term and ensuring the security of valuable data.

The units offer speed sequential transfer rates up to 560 MB / s reading in three models, with up to 500 MB / s write for the model 128 GB, 530 MB / s write for the model 256 GB and 530 MB / s write for the 512GB model.

Plextor has not disclosed the prices that will have these new models.

Doogee Y300 review. Doogee X5S review. Let’s start talking about the Y300 – designwise, it is reminiscent of the Sony Xperia but obviously much more affordable and with different characteristics. It is a smartphone 5-inch HD screen (1,280 x 720 pixels) IPS matrix that works with the latest version of Android operating system.

To enhance this display Doogee integrated into the Y300 MediaTek MTK6735 quad-core 64-bit SoC running at a speed of 1.3 Ghz, accompanied by a GPU Mali T720 and 2 GB of RAM to ensure smooth operation in any type of applications. Internal storage as the manufacturer has installed 32 GB of ROM, expandable memory using a micro SD card up to 32GB more.

This terminal input range incorporates a front camera of 8MP, while the rear, signed by Sony (IMX219 model) is 13 Megapixel and includes LED flash, auto focus and stabilizer. The terminal has Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, A-GPS, OTA, OTG, Dual SIM (Micro SIM) and connectivity with 2G, 3G and 4G networks. The battery is 2,200 mAh, ensuring sufficient autonomy for a day of intensive, two to three days with normal use.

On the other hand we have the X5S Doogee, a terminal also input range but lower than the Y300, which is reflected in a much lower price and therefore more suitable for all budgets. This X5S also has a 5-inch IPS display with HD resolution (1280 x 720 pixels), but in this case still has Android 5.1 operating system.

The SoC built-in X5S is the same as the previous model (MediaTek MTK 6735) but functioning in this case a 1 Ghz in its four cores, also accompanied by an ARM GPU Mali T720 but in this case the RAM has been reduced just 1 GB and 8 GB internal storage, but fortunately they are expandable up to 32 additional GB with micro SD memory card.

The cameras are also somewhat lower, because while the front has 5 Mpx, the rear has 8MP, but also has LED flash, auto focus and stabilizer software. Its battery is 2,400 mAh, and since the processor has a lower consumption this means that battery life is a bit higher, about two days intensive and between 3 and 4 days with moderate use.

Renice X9 review. Renice Technology, a Chinese march focused on storage systems , high – end, has launched the first SSD market with 2 TB capacity that has connection RSATA (Rugged SATA), a type of connector especially designed for use in situations where there a lot of vibration, undesirable movements or current peaks.

Renice X9 review. The usual SATA connector consists of a line of pin planes is very easy to connect and disconnect, but it is also quite sensitive to movements or vibrations that could cause the connector to move. The RSATA connector is specially designed for situations in which there is unwanted movements, resolving intermittent contact between the connector and the result of vibration and shock device.

Basically it is intended for use in cars or industrial systems moving as it solves these potential problems using a two-layer connector with elongated pin instead of the flat line standard SATA connector pins. Certainly this connector is single side SSD to the motherboard connects to the SATA connector standard so it is compatible with any motherboard with a standard SATA connectors. Of course the manufacturer provides the necessary connection cable.

The launch of Renice X9 RSATA provide a reliable storage solution for high capacity and the situations we have explained above. The device employs a controlling own SATA3 RS3502-IT and NAND chips manufactured by Toshiba to ensure, according to the manufacturer, durability and lifetime of the device between 2 and 3 times higher than current market SSDs (non-industrial).

The manufacturer that itself has not disclosed device performance data, but would be expected the usual 500 MB / s reading and writing (there will be around the thing). Nor has it said anything about the price or release date, a fact that would be interesting to know since the end of the day increasingly are becoming more common devices solid state these capabilities and is expected fierce competition in the market.

Intel Core i7 6770HQ benchmark and review. The Core i7 6770HQ is a very powerful processor based on the skylake architecture and was launched in early 2016. Core i7 6770HQ specs include four CPU cores including hyper threading support. The CPU is clocked at 2.6 GHz but can go up to 3.5 GHz under turbo boost mode. Core i7 6770HQ benchmarks are coming soon.

Core i7 6770HQ specs

Series    Intel Core i7
Codename    Skylake
clocking    2600 – 3500 MHz
Level 1 cache    256 KB
Level 2 Cache    1024KB
Level 3 cache    6144 KB
Number of cores / threads    4/8
Max. Power consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power)    45 Watt
manufacturing technology    14 nm
Max. Temperature    100 ° C
socket    BGA
features    Dual-channel DDR3L-1600 / DDR4-2133 memory controller, AVX, AVX2, Quick Sync, Virtualization, AES-NI, TXT
GPU    Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580 (350-950 MHz)
64 bit    64 Bit is supported
Hardware Virtualization    VT-x, VT-d
Initial price    $ 434 US
Launched on    01/24/2016

Intel has announced the launch of its first complete NUC Gaming oriented system. Intel codenamed NUC6i7KYK, the NUC has a considerably larger size than its predecessors and is equipped with a processor Intel Core i7-6770HQ based architecture Skylake , although Intel has christened as a NUC Skull Canyon. Intel NUC Skull Canyon PC review. Also see Intel Broadwell powered NUC.

Let’s start talking about the design, it is what we have found most striking. As you can see in the pictures of this article, the NUC6i7KYK has a size that is approximately twice as common in NUC Intel systems. Thanks to this, not only can install various additional storage options, but the manufacturer has been able to install a far more potent than with the rest of NUCs, cooling system since the installed processor has a TDP of 45 watts, considerably higher than what Intel had been using so far in their mini PCs and therefore need better cooling.

Turning to the field of hardware, this new Intel NUC seems to have enough muscle to move without too much trouble any game at resolutions 720p, and even many titles in full HD resolution. Yes, since Intel has been involved in the development of XConnect technology , it seems clear that this equipment has been designed with this in mind since among other things incorporates a port Thunderbolt 3 ​​(40 Gbps) that would allow the use of external GPUs with devices like Razer Core.

As we noted above has an Intel Core i7-6770HQ processor, equipped with four physical cores and 8 processing threads (thanks to hyper threading technology) operating at a base of 2.6 Ghz and 3.5 Ghz turbo up to speed. This processor features 6MB of L3 cache, 128 MB of cache L4 and is accompanied by Intel Iris Pro 580 graphics with 576 cores running at 950 Mhz, 72 TMUs and 9 ROPs, more than enough for most games resolution sub- 1080p.

Intel will sell this new NUC in barebones version and full version with different hardware configurations. For example, the barebones version (diskless or RAM) will be priced at $ 650 (very cheap if we consider only the processor and costs $ 435 in OEM), and a full version with 16 GB of RAM DDR4-2133 mhz and 256 GB SSD with Windows 10 preinstalled cost $ 999.

Asus K20CD is a slim tower style mini desktop PC packing sixth generation Core i5 or i7 processor. Asus K20CD specs include Intel Core i5 6400 2.7GHz or Core i7 6700 3.4GHz processor, 4GB DDR4-2133 RAM (or up to 8GB), 1TB HDD with windows 10 home operating system, DVD super multi drive and a slew of ports.

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