Already picked up a fancy Mushkin SSD and paired it with a super sexy pack of Mushkin RAM? Why not make your hardware party the perfect trifecta? Popular SSD and RAM manufacturer, Mushkin, is branching out into uncharted waters today with the announcement of their new line of SD and microSD cards. Starting at the lower end, the Class 2 cards will come only in 2 GB capacities while moving up a level to Class 4 opens the doors to larger 4 GB, 8 GB, and 16 GB capacities. The...
Samsung Electronics announced today that it has officially developed the world’s first DDR4 modules using a 30nm design process, with a transfer rate peaking at 2.133Gigabits per second @ 1.2 volts. Compare that to DDR3′s best attempts of 1.6Gbps @ 1.35V and 1.5V and you can see where the heat and energy savings come into play. For PC enthusiasts, the next frontier of custom computers is on the horizon thanks in part to DDR4′s increased performance and...
Fancy the title “PC Enthusiast” or “Hardcore Gamer”. Chances are if such words flow freely from your mouth, you no doubt spend at least a fair chunk of time in front of or using computers each day. Speaking of computers, there’s also a good chance that the hardware you’re packin’ is pretty high-end, given the proud nature of your relationship with computers. When it comes to high end, we hear about water-cooled hardware. ...
How much RAM does your work project need? How about 32GB of RAM…on a laptop! Yeah, even though 32GB of RAM all things considered, is a lot, it somehow doesn’t have the same luster it might have a year or two ago. Though in retro fashion, all of that new fangled geekery will cost you dearly at check-out time. Equipping a Dell M6500 workstation laptop with 32GB of RAM will cost your company a cool $9,300 when all is said and done. Given that a good chunk of...
With all of the focus on the iPhone, App Store, and mobile sphere in general, it would seem that Apple has forgotten or given up on their desktop clientèle. But a fresh Mac Mini refresh slightly pushes off that belief. The first part worth noticing is the new, $100 higher pricetag, which now pushes the bottom-of-the-line Mac Mini up to $699. Slight criticism aside, what does that extra hundred bones get you? For starters, a new once-piece aluminum body mimicking...
