Anandtech compares three low-profile HSF

If you’re not planning to use your HTPC as a gaming rig, opting for a full-height chassis is a waste :). Finding the right low-profile HSF to cool the CPU can be a major challenge though… If you’re in that boat, Anandtech has a look at three different height coolers that might make the selection process easier.  Whether the focus […]

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GIGABYTE GB-BSi7HAL-6500 reviewed @ Anandtech

With two Intel Gigabit Ethernet ports, this might just make the perfect router. Except that it’s noisy, the i7 is probably overkill, and it’s not that cheap (why, oh why, can’t there be a dual LAN i3 “NUC”?). Ultra-compact form factor (UCFF) PCs have become quite popular after Intel introduced the NUCs. They have become powerful enough to be the […]

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MSI Cubi 2 Plus HTPC reviewed @ Anandtech

If you want a NUC like HTPC, but don’t want an Intel branded system this system from MSI looks like a decent alternative. Although, it doesn’t look to have CIR or HDMI CEC capability so… The desktop PC market has been subject to many challenges over the last few years. However, the miniaturization trend (including the introduction of the ultra-compact […]

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Skylake Iris Pro pricing is out, ouch!!!

If you were waiting for Iris Pro to pickup a Skylake system, the prices have come out and they are hefty – although currently they are all Xeon models (so aimed more at enterprise workstation), so hopefully we’ll see some Core branded models in a more comfortable price range soon.  One of our forum members, Sweepr, posted Intel’s latest pricing […]

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NETGEAR R8500 + RN214 + LACP tested @ Anandtech

To get the most out of Link Aggregation, you really need enterprise hardware. Well, that used to be true anyway. NETGEAR has had the technology in their consumer ReadyNAS line for a while, and recently brought it to their high-end Nighthawk X8 R8500 802.11AC router. If you’re curious about what that looks like in real terms AnandTech has tested it […]

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Will hard drives hang on for 20 more years?!

Twenty years ia a long time, especially in the computing world. While I think it’s quite likely that hard drives will still be around, I’m not convinced that no matter how hard companies like Seagate push the envelop that it will be a mainstream consumer technology that far in the future. If I had to guess it will be primarily […]

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