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ASUS PCE-AX58BT review: Wi-Fi 6 on your desktop PC!

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  • Radu Tyrsina
Wi-Fi 6 or 802.11ax is the new standard that aims to change wireless networks, both for consumers and for businesses. This standard aims to offer significantly improved speeds, especially in crowded places such as airports, train stations, restaurants, or coffee shops. Wi-Fi 6 wireless routers are now launched regularly, and their prices are going to get more affordable as time passes. If you want to have on your PC a

Xiaomi Mi Smart Band 4 review: It offers a lot for little money

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  • Radu Tyrsina
The Xiaomi Mi Smart Band 4 is an affordable health and fitness device that does not empty your pockets and doesn't let you down on hardware specifications. Featuring a color RGB AMOLED screen, a battery that can theoretically last for up to twenty days, water resistance, and an accurate heart rate tracking sensor, all for a low price, you can see why many people are considering purchasing it. If you

Review ADATA XPG Gammix S50: Lightning-fast SSD for gamers!

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  • Radu Tyrsina
ADATA XPG Gammix S50 is a new SSD that uses the latest PCI Express 4.0 interface. That's exciting because it can theoretically reach unprecedented speeds in the world of SSD drives for consumers: read speeds of 5000 MB per second and write speeds of 4400 MB/s. XPG Gammix S50 is ADATA's flagship drive for users who want the maximum performance possible. Read our review, find out what it has to

Review ASUS ZenFone Max Pro (M2): The smartphone with a gargantuan battery

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  • Radu Tyrsina
ASUS ZenFone Max Pro (M2) is an Android smartphone that promises a very long battery life, as well as excellent performance, at a reasonable price that is not going to put a lot of pressure on your budget. Does it deliver on its promise? Is it worth your money? Read this review, and see what you get from the ASUS ZenFone Max Pro (M2), and whether it is worth buying

Review MSI GT76 Titan DT 9SG gaming laptop: A Titan that stands besides the gods

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  • Radu Tyrsina
In this article we are reviewing the MSI GT76 Titan DT 9SG - a gaming laptop "behemoth" that promises to be just as good as the most powerful desktop PCs on the market. It features a desktop Intel Core i9-9900K processor that can reach speeds of 5 GHz and Nvidia's high-end Geforce RTX 2080 graphics card. Are you ready to meet this Titan? Read this review, and see if the

Review ASUS ROG Strix Impact II: Lightweight, fast and accurate

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  • Radu Tyrsina
A few years ago, we reviewed a small gaming mouse from ASUS called the ROG Strix Impact and found it to be a good device. Its descendant - ASUS ROG Strix Impact II - has recently been launched, so we decided to test it and compare it with the first model. The new version comes with a few improvements over the original, such as a better optical sensor, additional buttons,

ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Impact review: A powerful heart for your gaming mini PC!

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  • Radu Tyrsina
The ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Impact motherboard has a special form factor called mini-DTX and it shows off with some impressive specifications and a cool design. If you're looking for a small motherboard to build a small monster gaming computer, and you want to have every "trick or treat" available in the world of AMD 3rd Gen of Ryzen processors, check out our review. You might have found the motherboard

What is IPS, VA, or TN when it comes to displays?

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  • Radu Tyrsina
The last time when you searched the market for a TV or a computer monitor, did you encounter the terms TN, IPS, or VA? Did you wonder what those names mean and whether they matter? If you did, or if you just want to know why some screens are better than others, read this article. We explain the advantages and drawbacks of TN, IPS, and VA, and we also show

ASUS Designo Curve MX38VC review: Meet the beautiful giant!

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  • Radu Tyrsina
ASUS Designo Curve MX38VC is a large computer display, with an elegant design, that aims to impress users. It surely impressed us from the moment we saw its huge box on our doorstep. Seeing this monster on our desk, and turning it on for the first time were other awe-inspiring moments. Not many people are looking for a monitor this big and this expensive. However, some do. If you are

Mercku M2 Hive review: The modular mesh Wi-Fi system!

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  • Radu Tyrsina
Mercku is a startup that has successfully run a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to launch what they call "the world's most powerful MESH Wi-Fi router." The product is named M2 Hive, and it is made out of five devices: an M2 wireless router, and four M2 Bees that connect to the router. Together, they create a mesh Wi-Fi system. If you are bored with the old brand names and their

The performance impact of Precision Boost for AMD Ryzen processors

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  • Radu Tyrsina
Modern processors come with two stock frequencies, or clocks if you prefer, which tell us their base speed and their boost speed. To be able to adjust their speed on-the-fly, processors need algorithms that tell them when to do that. For AMD's Ryzen processors, those algorithms are called Precision Boost. It is a feature that's built into them and which, theoretically, has a significant effect on their performance. We were

Does AMD's PBO, and AutoOC increase performance?

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  • Radu Tyrsina
One of the features that increases the performance of AMD Ryzen processors is Precision Boost, which raises the frequency of the processor's cores when the workload increases, while keeping both the energy consumption and the temperature in check. If you look into the BIOS of your motherboard, you can also see other terms like PBO (Precision Boost Overdrive) and AutoOC (Auto OverClocking). You may be confused by what they mean,

Why IoT devices like Amazon Echo are a target for attackers, and how to protect yourself

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  • Radu Tyrsina
Key reinstallation attacks or KRACK are cyberattacks that exploit a vulnerability in the way WiFi networks encrypt and transmit data, with the aim of stealing what is transmitted over the network. Such attacks can result in theft of sensitive information or can be used as man-in-the-middle attacks, serving the victim a fake website or injecting malicious code into a legitimate site. Recently, researchers from ESET have revealed that some Echo

What does TDP mean? How should you interpret this term?

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  • Radu Tyrsina
You may have come across the term TDP when looking to buy a computer processor, a new laptop, or even a new motherboard. If you read reviews on the internet, you've probably seen some writers mention TDP values as either good or bad. Did you think that TDP is how much electrical power a processor or a similar chip-based hardware part needs? If you want to know what TDP is

3 ways to see what processor is inside your PC, its speed, temperature, etc.

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  • Radu Tyrsina
Regardless of what type of computer you have, be it a desktop PC, a laptop, a tablet, or a 2-in-1 device, it has a processor inside that makes it tick. Do you wonder what processor it is? Do you want to find out the exact model of processor that your computer has? Furthermore, wouldn't you like to know how to monitor its speed, temperature, voltages, and other similar details? This

Overclocking the AMD Ryzen 7 3700X: What you get and what you lose?

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  • Radu Tyrsina
Ryzen 7 3700X is one of the best processors released by AMD in 2019. With its eight cores and sixteen threads, running at a base clock of 3.6 GHz, and having the ability to boost to a maximum of 4.4 GHz, the Ryzen 7 3700X offers a great balance between price and performance. It is a high performance processor, both in gaming machines, as well as in multi-threaded situations, like

ASUS ZenBook Pro Duo review: Beautiful innovation!

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  • Radu Tyrsina
I haven't been this excited to test a laptop in a long-time, and when ASUS told us that they wanted to ship their new ZenBook Pro Duo for review, I immediately said yes. That's because ASUS ZenBook Pro Duo is a laptop which innovates in a market crowded with similar devices that do not bring anything new, except for updated hardware. Read this review, and see what you get from

ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Hero (Wi-Fi) motherboard review

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  • Radu Tyrsina
With the launch of AMD's third generation of computer processors, we also got the new and powerful X570 chipset for motherboards. One of the big players on this market is ASUS, and its flagship X570 motherboard is the ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Hero (Wi-Fi). It comes with a plethora of features and promises top-notch performance for PC gaming enthusiasts. After we used and tested it for a while, we want

What is Pantone Validated when it comes to laptops and displays?

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  • Radu Tyrsina
Are you on the lookout for a new laptop or monitor for your computer? Did you hear about novelties such as Pantone Validated electronics? Are you a professional from a design or publishing field who needs to work with accurate colors? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you might be interested to learn more about what Pantone is, and what Pantone Validated devices offer. Read this
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