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Close to the Metal Ep. 38: The Ryzen Roundup

The Ryzen 5 chips offer an interesting performance proposition that’s impossible to ignore. We’ll talk over the whole series thus far and let you know where the best chips lie.
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Windows 10 Insider Program: Latest Windows Builds, Updates, and News

Whether you're in the fast ring, or hanging back in the slow ring, there are lots of new features in Microsoft's new Windows 10 beta update.
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Close to the Metal Ep. 37: Does the Windows 10 Creators Update live up to its name?

Ready or not, the Windows 10 Creators Update is rolling out to systems. On this week's Close to the Metal, we'll dig in and assess the damage.
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Close to the Metal Ep. 36: Optane Memory has arrived, but who is it really for?

Intel Optane Memory is right around the corner, but there are still a lot of unanswered questions surrounding its release.
Podcasts Computing

Here are the 5 best new features in the Windows 10 Creators Update

While some of the landmark upgrades in the Windows 10 Creators Update may not have made it in time, there are still great new features to get excited for, from privacy updates to new Edge improvements.
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Microsoft’s Paint 3D shows promise, but it’s more toy than tool

There’s a lot of promise in Microsoft’s redesigned Paint 3D, but taking the complexity out of 3D modeling may have rendered pipe-dreams of mixed reality fun and 3D printed toys unable to hold water.
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Intel’s Optane Memory hopes to give your aging hard disk a kick in the pants

Intel's Optane Memory is finally here, complementing older HDDs with lightning-fast performance. But is it trying to solve a problem that SSDs are already the answer to?
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Intel’s Optane DC 4800X blurs the line between RAM and solid state storage

We've heard a lot about Intel's new Optane drives based on XPoint technology, but they're finally here -- sort of.
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Close to the Metal ep 31: Steam is changing the game for indie developers

Steam is ditching Greenlight in favor of a more direct-to-consumer approach. How will that change affect developers?
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Close to the Metal Ep. 30: For Honor will kick your gaming PC's butt

This week on Close to the Metal, we'll ask why PC games are so much harder to run, and see if Microsoft has a potential solution.
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Technical slides reveal new truths about Ryzen's power management

As an alleged Ryzen launch inches ever closer, more technical details have come to light regarding AMD's upcoming processors.
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Nintendo Switch: Hands On

PC Gaming and Nintendo are tighter than the Mario brothers

Nintendo has spent 40 years building an army of loyal players, and among them are PC gaming enthusiasts looking for something distinctly different - which they often find in the dungeons of Hyrule.
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Razer Project Valerie: Our First Take

After a busy year, packed full of serious product updates and releases, Razer is diving into 2017 with a three-screen concept laptop that falls somewhere between genius and madness.
Computing Reviews
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Cooler Master's behemoth 1,200-watt power supply doesn't come cheap

Cooler Master's 1,200 watt PSU isn't for everyone -- literally, there will only be a few thousand of the MasterWatt Maker MIJ.
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Asus Asuspro B9440: Our first take

The newest Asuspro laptop attempts to bridge the gap between consumer and business machines by bringing together the best of both sides.
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Sit back, relax, and let Intel's Compute Card make your appliances smarter

Intel's new Compute Card lets your favorite appliance brands outsource the smart side by making room for a tiny computer.
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Razer Project Ariana: Our first take

Razer's ambitious and unique projector is more than just an extension of its multi-color Chroma lighting, stretching the game beyond the edge of the screen.
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Linksys’ latest router bakes in Killer Network software for butter-smooth gaming

Linksys is bringing the heat to CES with a trio of powerful routers that are packed with the latest in wireless networking technology.
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Peekaboo: Newegg lists, then pulls, an Asus Chromebook with Type-C

Murmurs of an Asus Chromebook with Type-C have been swirling, but a listing from Newegg that was quickly pulled may have confirmed the system's existence.
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Video encoding benchmarks on AMD Ryzen chip are good news, if they’re true

A Reddit user leaked an image from a French hardware magazine with benchmarks from an unreleased AMD Ryzen chip, and they're nothing short of impressive.
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Samsung’s Notebook 9 lineup gets the Kaby Lake treatment

Samsung's Notebook 9 wasn't the most impressive laptop for the price, but upgraded processor and SSD options could help smooth out some of the issues.
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AMD’s ‘Ryzen’ chips integrate neural nets for killer performance

Details may still be slim on AMD's upcoming Zen architecture and Summit Ridge CPUs, but today's AMD event gave us a sneak peek at the upcoming smart CPU.
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Apple strips estimated battery time from the latest MacOS developer preview

Apple is showing off its courage once again by removing the remaining battery life estimations from MacOS.
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It’s snowing in King’s Row: ‘Overwatch’ teases holiday event

As a winter storm descends on King's Landing, the Overwatch team is gearing up for a snowy holiday event, starting December 13th.
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Trimble's SketchUp Viewer lets you use Hololens so you can live inside designs

Trimble's SketchUp is one of the easiest to use 3D-design applications around and it is becoming even more intuitive with a Hololens version.
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AMD looks to conquer your workstation with its latest RX-series cards

AMD proves small GPUs can still work with big applications by releasing a trio of professional GPUs that sip power and only take up a single slot.
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Ragnaros and King Varian Wrynn will soon join the fight in ‘Heroes of the Storm’

Blizzard pulled out all the stops for this year's Blizzcon, but 'Heroes of the Storm' may have gotten the largest update, with Ragnaros and Varian Wrynn.
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Intel's own documents spoil the desktop Kaby Lake, 200-series chipset surprise

With Kaby Lake desktop chips just around the corner in early 2017, it seems like we're a bit overdue for a leak. Thankfully, Intel has it covered.
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Apple and Microsoft announced new laptops this week – which is better?

The MacBook Pro 15, and the Surface Book with Performance Base are very similar, but a few key differences set them apart. We compare the specifications.
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Your friends and family come first in the Windows 10 Creators Update

Windows 10 already has a swath of sharing tools built in, but Microsoft is pumping that up even more and putting people at the center of the experience.
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If the Surface Studio is so advanced, why is it using an old GPU?

The new Surface Studio has a striking design, beautiful, high-resolution display, and advanced feature set. Unfortunately, its graphical power is noticeably limited by last year’s mobile GPU.
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Windows Holographic will be on your PC by the end of 2017

Windows Holographic, the mixed reality side of Windows 10, has been on the horizon since the operating system's launch, but it's time is almost upon us.
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Origin PC’s new laptop is super thin, impossibly light, and totally VR-ready

Ready to bring your VR on the road? Origin's new EVO-15S sports a GTX 1060 and Core i7 CPU, with all the trimming that go along with it.
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Windows 10 Insiders, beware: Build 14946 may break your favorite games

With the Windows 10 Anniversary Update in users' hands, Microsoft is looking ahead. The latest Insider build pushes modest settings updates and bug fixes.
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Western Digital is testing the SSD waters with new midrange and budget drives

If you've ever built a computer, chances are you've reached for a Western Digital hard drive, and now the storage giant is trying its hand at SSDs.
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A rift in the Rift: Why room-scale VR is about to split Oculus fans apart

For the past year, Oculus has been telling users that limiting VR to sitting or standing is for their own good. Now room-scale Rift has been announced – and you’ll have to forgive us for doubting its success.
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Real accountants would throw the book at Squanchtendo’s Accounting VR

From its mascot and press manager Little Splzooshly, to the unassuming first title, Justin Roiland and Tanya Watson’s Squanchtendo is about as unconventional as games get, in all the best ways.
Computing Reviews
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GTX 970 class-action lawsuit website now live for those owed $30 under settlement

Users complaints about the GTX 970's missing memory haven't gone unheeded, and after almost a year and a half the green team is offering cash back.
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