Hardware

Check out these latest hardware announcements for today from around the web. Also included are some hardware news bits, and on some days, a few rumors tossed in for good measure. Click on the links below to read the official press release, visit the products web page, or to an independent news source.

• MSI Launches Next Generation Gaming Machines NIGHTBLADE X2 & MI2
• HyperX Announces Cloud Mav Edition Headset for Gamers
• EK Releases Full-coverage Water Block for Intel 750 Series PCIe SSD
• GELID Announces the GC-Pro Thermal Compound
• Phanteks Releases MP and SP Series Black Edition Fans
• Phanteks Also Announces the PH-NDC Thermal Compound
• BitFenix Announces the Nova Chassis – Budget Evolved
• EVGA Gives Away Free Cooler Shroud Replacement to its HYBRID Series Owners
• MSI Launches the DS502 7.1 Gaming Headset with Active Noise-Cancellation
• Be Quiet! Announces Silent Base 600 Case Series
• Patriot Announces New Viper 4 3600MHz Dual-Channel Memory Kit
• Cougar Announces the Arrival of 700M eSports Gaming Mouse
• MSI Announces GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming Golden Edition

Author: AkG @ Hardware Canucks

MSI has been on a roll lately and their ‘Gaming’ series has been at the forefront of a newly revived motherboard lineup. Much like GIGABYTE’s own Gaming-branded products and ASUS’ RoG brand these boards cater to gamers and overclockers alike with a unique mix of features and capabilities that were specifically chosen for their intended market. Make no mistake about it though, these boards are anything but a direct knockoff of competitors’ solutions; MSI has taken their own approach to designing motherboards they think entice some very picky customers. Is it possible to make a competent gaming grade, feature rich Skylake motherboard for under $200? MSI’s new Z170A Gaming M5 dares to ask that question.

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Source: techPowerUp!

NVIDIA released its latest “Game Ready” driver. The new GeForce 355.98 WHQL comes ready for “Killing Floor 2.” This includes optimization, SLI profiles, and optimal GeForce Experience settings. Killing Floor 2 takes advantage of PhysX Flex to render “realistic” gore (blood, guts) effects in the 6-player cooperative shooter. The rest of the driver’s change-log is built on the previous R355 drivers.

You can download the new GeForce 355.98 WHQL drivers from GeForce Experience and GeForce.com.

Check out these latest hardware announcements for today from around the web. Also included are some hardware news bits, and on some days, a few rumors tossed in for good measure. Click on the links below to read the official press release, visit the products web page, or to an independent news source.

• Arctic Announces Freezer i32 and A32 Semi-Passive CPU Coolers
• G.Skill Launches Ripjaws MX780 RGB Gaming Mouse – VIDEO
• EASARS Announces the Spotter Gaming Mouse and Hellbenter Bungee
• Mad Catz Ships the R.A.T. PROX Gaming Mouse
• EK Releases AMD Radeon R9 Nano Full-Cover Water Block
• EK Unleashes the EK-XLC Predator 240 All-In-One (AIO) Liquid Cooling Solution
• Samsung Announces 950 Pro SSD, Their First Consumer V-NAND + NVMe SSD
• XFX Preparing Custom Radeon R9 Fury
• XFX Readies a Liquid-cooled Radeon R9 Fury
• Cooltek Introduces the X5 Mid-tower Chassis
• Mad Catz Announces The R.A.T. PRO S Tournament Grade Gaming Mouse
• Mad Catz Also Announces The F.R.E.Q. TE 7.1 Surround Sound Gaming Headset
• EK Introduces CPU + VRM Monoblock for MSI Z170A Gaming M7 Motherboard
• SilentiumPC Announces the Aquarius M60W Pure Black Chassis
• Digital Storm Launches AVENTUM 3 Desktop PC

By Hilbert Hagedoorn @ GURU3D

There’s a new AOI player in the arena, the Slovenia liquid cooling gawds from EK are now offering the Predator series liquid coolers. We test the Predator 240 which is an all-in-one liquid CPU cooler for cases with 240 mm radiator mounts, but there will be a 360 model with extra quick connect to add gear in the cooling loop as well. Armed with a nice thick radiator, proper tubing and an excellent water-block the pre-filled and fitted kit is easy to install, and yes really impressive for a 240 mm product in both noise levels and cooling performance.

Read The Review Here

Check out these latest hardware announcements for today from around the web. Also included are some hardware news bits, and on some days, a few rumors tossed in for good measure. Click on the links below to read the official press release, visit the products web page, or to an independent news source.

• MSI and Corsair Announce GeForce GTX 980 Ti Sea Hawk Graphics Card
• Scythe Announces Third Version of Grand Kama Cross CPU Cooler – VIDEO
• Cooler Master Announces New V Series Power Supplies
• MSI Launches B150M NIGHT ELF and Z170I GAMING PRO AC Motherboards
• Lian Li Announces The PC-X510 Tower Chassis – VIDEO
• ASRock Unveils B150M Combo-G3 Motherboard
• CRYORIG Releases the M9i and M9a Ultra Compact Tower Coolers
• GIGABYTE Unveils G1.Sniper B7 Socket LGA1151 Motherboard
• G.Skill Announces RIPJAWS KM780 Series Mechanical Gaming Keyboards
• MSI Offers Turbo U.2 Host Card
• Kingston Announces HyperX Savage DDR4 Memory
• Aerocool Adds Aero-800 and Aero-500 to the PGS-A Series
• Dual DIMM Support: Biostar’s Hi-Fi H170Z3 Offers Both DDR3 And DDR4
• GIGABYTE Announces Force K83 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard
• EK Releases GIGABYTE GTX 980 Ti WF3 Full-Coverage Water Block
• EK Releases MSI® GTX 980 Ti TF5 Full-Cover Water Block
• AMD Readies Radeon R9 380X, XFX Ready with Card
• AudioQuest Announces NightHawk Headphones
• ASUS Republic of Gamers Unveils the G20CB SFF Gaming Desktop
• AquaComputer Outs Full-Cover Radeon R9 Nano Waterblock
• ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Extreme/Assembly and Matrix GTX 980 Ti Platinum on Display

Author: Brent Justice @ HardOCP

ASUS has just released its new hybrid air/liquid cooled video card based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB GPU. The ASUS ROG Poseidon Platinum GTX 980 Ti can be run with liquid cooling to make this a cool and quiet GTX 980 Ti and hopefully give us some good overclocks. We’ll test it, and find out how it does on air and liquid.

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The AMD Radeon R9 Nano is now available. The Radeon R9 Nano is the fastest Mini ITX graphics card ever, to enable 4K gaming in the living room through ultra-quiet, ultra-compact PC designs. A number of reviews have become available featuring this latest release from AMD. You can check out the reviews via the links posted below.

• ANANDTECH
• HARDWARE CANUCKS
• LEGION HARDWARE
• HARDWARE HEAVEN
• LEGIT REVIEWS
• HOTHARDWARE
• GURU3D
• TOM’S HARDWARE

Check out these latest hardware announcements for today from around the web. Also included are some hardware news bits, and on some days, a few rumors tossed in for good measure. Click on the links below to read the official press release, visit the products web page, or to an independent news source.

• EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti FTW Video Card Announced
• PowerColor Launches Radeon R9 Nano Graphics Card
• XFX Radeon R9 Nano Starts Selling
• GIGABYTE Debuts Brand New XTREME GAMING Graphics Cards with GTX 950
• ASUS Announces STRIX Series Sound Cards
• Lian Li Now Offers PC-Q21 Series PC Chassis
• CRYORIG Releases the C7 Ultra Compact Cooler
• Be quiet! Dark Power Pro 11 PSU Series Gets Three New Models
• AMD Readies A10-7890K, A8-7690K and Athlon X4 880K Socket FM2+ Chips
• GELID Antarctica CPU Cooler Now Available For $42 USD
• Cooler Master CM Storm Quick Fire XTi Now Available
• GIGABYTE Intros H170-Gaming 3 D3 Motherboard for Budget Upgrades
• ASUS Announces H170 Pro Gaming and B150 Pro Gaming D3 Motherboards
• ASUS Announces ROG G11 Gaming Desktop

Check out these latest hardware announcements for today from around the web. Also included are some hardware news bits, and on some days, a few rumors tossed in for good measure. Click on the links below to read the official press release, visit the products web page, or to an independent news source.

• Razer Updates The Diamondback And Orochi Gaming Mice, Releases Mobile Version Of Kraken Headphones
• GIGABYTE Unveils the Z170X-UD5 TH Thunderbolt 3 Certified Motherboard
• PowerColor Launches Radeon R9 390 X2 Devil13 Dual-GPU Graphics Card
• MSI Unleashes New H170/B150 Skylake Based GAMING Motherboards
• New Lenovo Y Series Gives Gamers More Choice
• ASUS Republic of Gamers Announces Poseidon GTX 980 Ti
• GELID Announces GP-Extreme Thermal Pad
• MSI Announces PRO Series Motherboards Based on H170, B150, and H110 Chipset
• Intel Expands its 6th Gen. Core Processor Lineup
• Patriot Memory Announces New Viper 4 DDR4-3400 MHz Dual-Channel Kit
• Toshiba Introduces New Powerful and Efficient SSDs
• Philips Monitors Brings the Era of Quantum Dot Monitors to Europe
• Acer Announces 35in Predator Z35 Ultrawide Display
• Acer Announces Predator XB271HU XB271HK and XB281HK Monitors
• Dell 27-inch S2716DG Gaming Monitor Announced with NVIDIA G-Sync