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HyperX has found itself an enviable niche in the PC gaming peripheral space as a maker of surprisingly high-quality products that won't empty your wallet. From its Cloud-branded headphone line, to its Haste gaming mice, the company consistently nails the budget to mid-range market across various product categories.HyperX's Alloy keyboard line might not have the same level of recognition as the aforementioned series. But, the entry we're…

Reported Stream Processor configurations of RDNA 3 have been shared online by popular hardware leaker @Greymon55 on Twitter. Big grains of salt, as these are super light on details, but his "reports" indicate that RDNA 3 will feature a substantial core count buff over current RDNA 2 graphics cards, with shader counts more than doubling compared to RDNA 2 and Radeon RX 6000 series cards.According to Greymon55 — and correspondingly @Redfire75369 who interpreted Greymon's post — AMD's largest Navi 31 die will feature a…

Crew on the WHOI-operated research vessel Neil Armstrong prepare to deploy a sediment corer to the seafloor of the Puerto Rico Trench. Credit: Paul Walczak, Oregon State University A team of scientists, engineers, and ship's crew on the research vessel Neil Armstrong operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) recently collected a 38-foot-long cylindrical sediment sample from the deepest part of the Puerto…

Intel's Core i5-12600K has finally become Newegg's best-selling CPU on the site and sits at the top position on Newgg's leaderboard right now. In addition, the Core i5-12600K is one of the best CPUs for gaming at $277.99. The sub-$300 price, combined with Intel's new Alder Lake microarchitecture, gives the Core i5-12600K a distinct edge over AMD's higher-end Zen 3 counterparts, undercutting CPUs such as the Ryzen 7 5700X and Ryzen 7 5800X by as much as $20-$80 - as of the time of this writing.In our review of the Core…

Intel Core i9-12900KS MSRP $799.00 “The Core i9-12900KS is what peak performance looks like in 2022 -- hot, power-hungry, and ungodly expensive.” Pros Amazing single-core and multi-core performance DDR5 memory support Industry-leading gaming performance Still faster than the best AMD has to offer Cons…

There's a lot to talk about regarding Intel's 12th Gen ‘Alder Lake' processors. The company says this is its biggest architectural change in a decade, and if anything, that's an understatement. Intel frankly hasn't had anything this new or intriguing to talk about in many years (one decade ago is when the much-loved ‘Sandy Bridge' generation debuted), and it's almost like wiping the slate clean. Now, the company gets to start fresh after years upon years of problems that snowballed into each other even as sole rival AMD…

The battle for the best CPU for gaming is on. AMD’s hot new Ryzen 7 5800X3D and Intel’s Core i9-12900K are two CPUs with very different approaches to high-end gaming performance, but both are equally impressive. With eight cores and several hundred dollars separating them, it might seem like a foregone conclusion which is best. But with their unique hardware arrangements, the title of which is the best gaming processor of 2022  — so far — really is up for grabs. Pricing and availability Intel released the Core…

Acer Swift 5 and Swift 3 laptops with the recently-introduced 12th Gen Intel Core processors have been launched. While Acer Swift 5 is a premium offering that is designed for professionals, Swift 3 fits both work and casual profiles and comes in multiple colour options. Both of the laptops sport 14-inch touchscreen displays and come equipped with Intel Iris Xe graphics. The company says that both the machines feature thin and light CNC-machined unibody chassis.Acer Swift 5 and Acer Swift 3 price, availabilityAcer Swift 5…

Lenovo ThinkBook 14s Yoga Gen 2 and ThinkBook 13s Gen 4 i laptops powered by the recently-introduced 12th Gen Intel Core processors were launched at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2022 on Monday, February 28. The new Lenovo laptops have an aluminum frame and come equipped with Intel Iris Xe graphics. Lenovo ThinkBook 14s Yoga Gen 2 sports a 14-inch full-HD display, while the ThinkBook 13s Gen 4 i comes with 13.3-inch display options. Both laptop models feature a Dolby Audio speaker system and a full HD webcam with a privacy…

Realme Book Prime and Realme Buds Air 3 were launched at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2022 event on Monday (February 28). The new laptop and true wireless stereo (TWS) earphones were unveiled alongside Realme GT 2-series smartphones. Realme Book Prime succeeds last year's Realme Book Slim laptop and offer a few upgrades. It comes equipped with an 11th Gen Intel Core i5 processor and features up to 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage. The new Realme Buds Air 3 earphones succeed Realme Buds Air 2. They feature active noise…