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  • AMD Ryzen is here! $500 for 8-core 1800X CPU, undercutting Intel by $600

    AMD Ryzen is here! $500 for 8-core 1800X CPU, undercutting Intel by $600

    AMD Ryzen high-end Summit Ridge CPUs have finally been priced to consumers! Intel has priced their similar i7-6900K chips at around $1,100. AMD is now undercutting Intel by $600! The Ryzen 1800X will cost $500 and will use 45 Watts less than Intel’s chip! AMD is also bringing lower tier CPUs to the market, let’s…

  • Intel invests $7 billion into 7nm chip production plant in Arizona

    Intel invests $7 billion into 7nm chip production plant in Arizona

    Intel is investing $7 billion into a semiconductor factory in Chandler, Arizona that once completed will build chips on a 7nm manufacturing process. Known as Fab 42, the plant is expected to be the most advanced semiconductor factory in the world. It will take three to four years to complete construction of the factory. The…

  • Watch This First: Bitcoin Mining on Your Personal Computer

    Watch This First: Bitcoin Mining on Your Personal Computer

    Bitcoin has been hot in the news lately. It’s picked up steam from being worth around $600 reaching it’s height of around $1200 and now trying to find steady footing once again. The cryptocurrency is based on a peer 2 peer network which relies heavily on users all around the world using their computers, servers…

  • Malwarebytes 3.0 Is Here To Kill Your Antivirus, 3-4 Times Faster Than Antivirus

    Malwarebytes 3.0 Is Here To Kill Your Antivirus, 3-4 Times Faster Than Antivirus

    Malwarebytes is one the few PC-protection software that is actually useful. It’s a leading malware prevention and remediation solution that aims to become the ultimate antivirus replacement. Malwarebytes is here with its latest product, Malwarebytes 3.0. It’s a combination of different modules like Anti-Malware, Anti-Ransomware, Website Protection, and Anti-Exploit. The version 3.0 of Malwarebytes has…

  • Updating Your BIOS Could Improve Your PC’s Performance

    Updating Your BIOS Could Improve Your PC’s Performance

    The BIOS! Wait.. what is your BIOS? Basic Input Output System What does that mean? Your BIOS… “is a type of firmware used to perform hardware initialization during the booting process. and to provide runtime services for operating systems and programs.” Huh? Basically it’s the configuration of the Input devices on a computer’s motherboard, and how…

  • Microsoft bundles spying bloatware with windows 10

    Microsoft bundles spying bloatware with windows 10

    Windows 10 has been around for quite some time. You may not have noticed anything wrong with the OS if you’re a typical user. Power users such as Barnacules an ex-Microsoft employee explains how Microsoft has bundled bloatware software onto your windows 10 enabled computer. That’s fine and dandy as most computer manufacturers such as…