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AMD to preview the Vega Architecture on Thursday
Corsair Force MP500 480GB Review
Dells convertible XPS 13 laptop starts at $1,000
NZXT Kraken X52 Closed Loop Water Cooler Review
NZXT S340 Elite Review
Shuttle NC02U w/ Intel Celeron 3855U
Task Manager DeLuxe Review
The Worst PC Setups of 2016

AMD to preview the Vega Architecture on Thursday

And it publishes a teaser video asking us to 'make some noise'. AMD has published a teaser video and dedicated microsite over the New Year to whip us all into a tizzy over its Vega GPUs. The video isn't very informative but at the end points to a new microsite dedicated to all things Vega: you can find this at the stubby web address of ve.ga. Here you will find embedded the video that you've just watched, plus a 'Countdown to the Vega Architecture Preview' clock.

Read full article @ Hexus

Corsair Force MP500 480GB Review

A tough act to follow for the competition, even for the likes of Intel, Corsair announced the Force MP500 SSD shortly after the release of the dominating Samsung 960 Series. The Force MP500 is a high-speed NVMe SSD targeting power users available in a variety of capacities: 480GB, 240GB and even a piddly 120GBer.

Read full article @ TechSpot

Dells convertible XPS 13 laptop starts at $1,000

We haven't been shy about our love for Dell's XPS 13 ultraportable -- since it debuted, it's been one of the best Windows laptops on the market. But if you also wanted an ultraportable that converts into tablet orientations, like Lenovo's Yoga series, you've had to look beyond the XPS lineup. That all changes today with the launch of the XPS 13 2-in-1, which was leaked yesterday by Dell's very own product site. But now we've got official details about the laptop.

Read full article @ Engadget

NZXT Kraken X52 Closed Loop Water Cooler Review

The NZXT Kraken X52 balances out form and function. But balancing out form and function does come at a price.

Read full article @ APH Networks

NZXT S340 Elite Review

Based on the low-cost S340, can the somewhat smallish NZXT S340 Elite mid-tower achieve big performance and value? Why would you want a glass side panel behind the motherboard, where the ugly cables are hidden? This oft-asked question has received numerous responses from various manufacturers by way of everything from dark panel tint to cable concealment components, as each of them tries to make the two sides match visually. In one of the most interesting recent approaches, Bitfenix even coated the inside of its right side glass panel with matte black paint. Yet that’s probably not the approach our value-minded buyers had in mind.

Read full article @ Toms Hardware

Shuttle NC02U w/ Intel Celeron 3855U

Shuttle's newest release is the NC02U series whose predecessor is the NC01U line. Today, we will take a look at this line's entry model featuring Windows support, an Intel Celeron CPU and quiet operation.

Read full article @ techPowerUp

Task Manager DeLuxe Review

Task Manager DeLuxe is a free portable task manager alternative for Microsoft Windows that gives you more information and addition system controls. The Windows Task Manager is not necessarily a bad program, but it lacks options and information that users may find useful at times.

Read full article @ gHacks

The Worst PC Setups of 2016

Our monthly “Worst PC Setups” article is one of our most popular. I’m sure at some point you’ve had a bad PC setup. Maybe moving into a new place, waiting for a new desk to arrive or you just ran out of room. I can remember my horrible PC setups from when I was living at the dorms in college. If you have ever ventured over to the Shitty Battlestations sub-reddit you will find a lot of horrible PC setups. We have gone back through the 12 months of Worst PC Setups articles and selected 20 setups which we feel deserve the title of “Worst PC Setup of 2016”. I wish we could help some of these guys out!

Read full article @ ThinkComputers.org