All in Hardware Review
Toshiba’s Chromebook 2 has quickly become the gold standard in a deluge of sub-par entries into the Chromebook market, but does the latest model in its lineup live up to the lofty legacy left by its predecessor? Read on in our Toshiba Chromebook review (2017) to find out.
Gaming mice are a dime a dozen these days, with hundreds of non-descript companies on Amazon flooding the market with cheap, extreme looking mice promising “the best in gaming accuracy around”.
But what about old-school manufacturers who have been in the game for decades, like Logitech? Are they still able to produce quality products for their high-quality price? Or have one of the kings of the industry finally been usurped? Read on in our guide to find out.
In a marketplace that’s becoming increasingly more and more crowded with devices that don’t have enough extra features to distinguish themselves from the competition, entries like TP-Link’s touchscreen-enabled wireless router are a refreshing take on a decades-old piece of technology.
But will its shiny gimmicks be enough to make up its lackluster download speeds and shoddy wireless reliability? Read on in our review of the P5 to find out.
When buying a new router, there are a few different metrics you want to keep an eye on when making your final decision. The basic stuff like how fast is it or what kind of range are important enough on their own, but what separates a regular WiFi hub from the greats like Linksys’ new 1900ACS is the added features you get as a part of the complete package. That sense of polish, history and prestige is something that only a few brands in the wireless router space have, and Linksys continues to show it deserves its top spot among others like D-Link, Cisco, and Netgear.
As the bandwidth demands for multiplayer games continue to rise and 4K movie streaming starts to dominate the media market, router manufacturers have begun releasing a whole new range of high-end, high-powered routers that can handle the network requirements of the modern household.
Ever since the movie Her came out in 2013, tech geeks everywhere have been dreaming of the small, discrete earbuds that the main character uses to communicate with his AI assistant. And while the era of AI helping us schedule our meetings or lulling us to sleep with a bedtime story may still be a few decades away, thanks to products like the Earin, the moment of truly wire-free is finally upon us.
The newest in what’s sure to be a long and storied lineup of budget 4K monitors by the end of 2015, AOC’s fresh U2868PQU 4K display is a screen that’s full of contradictions. The U2 (the shorthand we’ll be using for reference from now on, not to be confused with the Irish band), enters itself into the range of sub-$600 4K displays that are reducing the impact your wallet might feel from splurging on higher-end models, and joins the ranks of other enticing choices like Dell’s P2715Q and CTL’s X2800.
It seems going micro is all the rage these days. Custom PC builders continue to test the limits of how much power they can squeeze a small of a footprint.
You won’t find me complaining. Time and time again manufacturers like Origin, Northwest Falcon, and Digital Storm have proven that you don’t need to take up a lot of room to make a lot of boom. Now Velocity Micro is getting in the game. With an i7-4790K, 16GB of RAM, and a GTX 980 to boot, its new Raptor Z40 attempts to find the perfect compromise of price, size and power.
Starting at $1,099 ($2,699 as tested), the Raptor Z40 is Velocity Micro’s attempt to live up to the latter half of their namesake, without sacrificing the former. Will this compact computer prove the manufacturer has what it takes to battle in the increasingly competitive micro-PC battlefield?
A few weeks back, I was a bit excited about a new product that would be hitting the security scene in the next couple of months. Small, white, and unassuming, the BitDefender Box was on my top five list of most anticipated releases this year, and represented (in my eyes at least) a possible revolution in the world of personal Internet security.
In that gush-fest, I listed several ways in which traditional antivirus solutions had failed to keep pace with the constantly evolving landscape of Internet security, and with great exuberance began to usher in the era of hardware-assisted protection as the next great hope for personal privacy on the internet.
For over two decades the engineers at Falcon Northwest have set the standard for personalized, customized PC gaming rigs built just to your specifications. As other companies flood the market with cheap competitors and budget builds, few have stayed true to their mission as staunchly as Falcon, and this dedication is nowhere more evident than in the new Tiki Z.
With the Winter Steam Sale in full swing, there are a few questions that are fresh on the minds of PC gamers. What happened to the release of Steam OS? Why is Big Picture such an unstable mess? And when, if ever, will we see our first glimpse of Half Life 3?
This is what we get for depending on Valve to release a product on schedule.
First announced back in September of last year, Steam OS was on track to take the console industry by storm, closing the gulf that has existed between mid-range gaming PCs and their living room equivalents for too long.
As the biggest companies in the PC industry have poised themselves for an explosion in demand for everything UHD, each is feverishly whipping its marketing and development divisions into shape to jockey for the top spot in what will inevitably become an all out slugfest for the coveted title of 4K king.
