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Cooler Master Hyper D92 CPU Cooler Review
HIS Multi-View X2 USB Docking Station Review
In Win 703
iPhone 7 rumours, price and specs
Looking At DirectX 12 Performance – 3DMark API Overhead Feature Test
OcUK Ultima Finesse Blackhole Gaming PC Review
PNY GTX 980 XLR8 Pro OC Review
Rig of the Month - March 2015
Windows 10 Build 10049: Meet Project Spartan



Cooler Master Hyper D92 CPU Cooler Review

Enthusiasts likely can’t bring up CPU coolers without thinking about Cooler Master. In the world of computer hardware, Cooler Master is known for an impressive variety of air and liquid coolers, as well as an equally impressive line of cases, power supplies and gaming peripherals. Now, do you recall Cooler Master's N520 CPU cooler? It was released way back in 2009 and it was a great little solution. Cooler Master has finally released an updated version of it called the Hyper D92.

At first glance the N520 and D92 look similar. However, Cooler Master has made some improvements to give the D92 a performance boost by using direct contact heat pipes, more powerful fans, and an improved mounting system.

Read full article @ Neoseeker

HIS Multi-View X2 USB Docking Station Review

The Multi-View X2 USB Docking Station from HIS is a real help when we are frequently on the road or even at offices if using compact laptops/ultrabooks with a low number of ports. With laptops and Windows tablets, we are able to have up to four displays on at the same time (the internal display, the second display via the tablet/laptop HDMI output, third and fourth display thanks to the dock), but also plenty of USB ports for data transfer, quick charging or connecting various peripherals. In case we lack a LAN port, the dock also provides it for us, along with an additional headphone and microphone jack.

Read full article @ Madshrimps

In Win 703

While making a splash with unique enclosures such as the D-Frame, H-Frame or S-Frame, In Win hasn't contributed anything to the mainstream chassis market in a while. The 70X series is here to change all that, and the 703, a chassis for an affordable 70 US dollars, nails more than just looks - price and performance are spot on as well.

Read full article @ techPowerUp

iPhone 7 rumours, price and specs

Everything you need to know about Apple's 2015 smartphone. APPLE MAY have released the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus just months ago, but that hasn't stopped speculation about the firm's next smartphone, the iPhone 7, also rumoured as the iPhone 6S.

Here, we round up everything we know about the iPhone 7's availability, including price and release date. Keep this page bookmarked, as we'll update it with every new detail, feature and rumour that comes our way.

Read full article @ The Inquirer

Looking At DirectX 12 Performance – 3DMark API Overhead Feature Test

Gamers are more than excited about DirectX 12 coming to market later this year and after seeing what other low-level APIs like AMD Mantle could do with regards to lowering the API overhead we certainly understand why. Futuremark recently released a DirectX 12 feature test called the 3DMark API Overhead Feature Test that allows enthusiasts and gamers to look at the draw call benefits of the new DX12 API. The 3DMark API Overhead Feature Test should show how future game titles that were developed 'to the metal' perform.

Read full article @ Legit Reviews

OcUK Ultima Finesse Blackhole Gaming PC Review

Nvidia’s GTX 970 sits in that graphics card sweet-spot where it’s about 10-20% slower than its GTX 980 brother, but retails for only 60% of the price. It’s that alluring balance between performance and value that makes the GTX 970 a smart candidate for constructing a strong SLI configuration.

OcUK realises that multi-GPU potential by offering up to a pair of KFA2 GTX 970 Infinity Black Edition graphics cards in its Ultima Finesse Blackhole system. Forging the path for the GTX 970s are Intel’s competitive Core i7 5820K CPU and an MSI X99S SLI Plus motherboard.

Read full article @ KitGuru

PNY GTX 980 XLR8 Pro OC Review

“Better late than never” isn’t a phrase we hear all that often in technology circles but it describes PNY’s GTX 980 XLR8 Pro OC perfectly.

NVIDIA’s GTX 980 was launched to rave reviews just over six months ago and since then, every single NVIDIA board partner has introduced their own take on custom cooled, overclocked versions. However, at least in North America, PNY’s lineup consisted of a simple reference version that sold primarily to system integrators. Their usually-awesome XLR8 OC series was conspicuous by its absence. Things are changing since PNY is finally rolling out models that are meant hit the enthusiast segment.

One of the first out of the gate is the GTX 980 4GB XLR8 Pro OC which also happens to use PNY’s new yet nonetheless confusing naming scheme which consists of the XLR8 CG, XLR8, XLR8 Pro and XLR8 Elite series. In short, the CG utilizes reference coolers, the standard XLR8 models will boast custom PCBs yet simplified cooling designs and the Pro-branded cards will have higher clock speeds alongside upgraded components and substantially better heatsink assemblies. Finally the Elite cards are billed as the best of the best with extreme out-of-box frequencies.

Read full article @ Hardware Canucks

Rig of the Month - March 2015

We just adore hardware. And sometimes some you guys really make a PC that really stands out. We ask you to answer a few simple questions and send in photo's of your rig. Each month we'll have a look at the entries and perhaps pick you and post your PC with photo's and everything here at Guru3D.com Here you can find out what you need to do and win a nice prize package courtesy of Corsair.

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Windows 10 Build 10049: Meet Project Spartan

Microsoft has released a new build to the fast ring for Windows Insiders today. When build 10041 dropped on the 18th of March, we made note that updates would not be coming at a much quicker pace. Little did we know that we would get a new build only twelve days later. There is big news with this build as well with the public availability of Microsoft’s new browser, codenamed Project Spartan.

Back in January we took a look at some of the parts of Project Spartan. At that time, the goal from Microsoft was to include the new rendering engine which would be the heart of Spartan in both Internet Explorer and the new, as yet unnamed browser. Those plans have shifted though. Internet Explorer will still be available for legacy applications (think business) but it will not include the new rendering engine, which is EdgeHTML. Project Spartan will be exclusively EdgeHTML and not include the legacy MSHTML rendering engine for compatibility. Microsoft’s metrics on compatibility with the new browser have shown them that it is really not necessary. So the new browser should be free of any of the legacy code which caused issues with standards.

Read full article @ Anandtech