Disclaimer: Western Digital provided us with the WD Black 512GB PCIE SSD to do a thorough and accurate review. All opinions are 100% authors and authors alone. If you have a PC, Mac or even a Tablet there is almost a 100% chance you have some sort of storage. That storage can come in the form of a Hard Drive, Removable Storage (SD Card, microSD, memory Stick, DVD/BluRay or even floppy) and if you are … Read more
Every computer, even an Apple Mac has a video card, be it AMD, NVIDIA, Intel, Matrox, and so on. The image you are seeing at this very moment on your monitor is courtesy of a video card. Different video card chipsets and manufacturers create all sorts of flavors of video cards, from integrated, on-die or dedicated, you can thank your video card for all you see on the screen. With that introduction, I have the … Read more
I recently received the MSI GT72VR Dominator Laptop and this beast is an amazing mid range gaming laptop but I was so frustrated upon arrival when I had some very odd crashes, BSOD and other issues around the Killer Network 1435ac dropping the Wi-Fi network and then not being able to see the network at all. Sometimes the Windows 10 wouldn’t even see the Wi-Fi adapter it would simply be missing. So I scoured the … Read more
Glass, Glass, Tempered Glass everywhere, all case manufactures are getting it to now but which does it best? Well, it’s a hard one to gauge because everyone’s taste is different but they are for the most part sexy. Cougar’s gotten into the game with their Panzer case and its nice, functional and its got the curves as well. Today I bring you my review of the Cougar Panzer case, and yeah, it’s got tempered glass … Read more
Over the past year or so, I have noticed a number of windows tablets enter the market. Most have little to no storage capacity which I have learned is not good. I have also seen a fair number of combination android and windows devices that look nice, but for many reasons fail to deliver both the full windows experience, along with the full android expectations we have grown accustomed to. Things like being able to … Read more
While at PAX East 2017 in Boston, I had the pleasure to speaking with Zeke Sparkes, Executive Producer of Brawlhalla over at Blue Mammoth Games. Zeke has been in this sort of work for quite some time coming from being a Lead Developer on the MMO Neverwinter. He was also the Design lead on the very popular Star Trek Online, City of Villains and Champions online, all games you and I love and have played … Read more
I found myself trying to fix some IP and network packet related issues on a Windows 10 PC recently and ran into an issue where when trying to do netsh int ip reset I get an access is denied error. So I did some digging and was able to find online a registry change that was able to resolve the issue and then rebooted my computer after. Here are the steps if you want to … Read more
The competition between keyboard manufacturers is fierce, each one adding a new feature that many might not use, but you can brag about it. Then others copy other manufacturers designs and call it their own, and then some that come out with basic boring keyboards. Today I bring you my review of the Cougar ATTACK X3 RGBa Mechanical Gaming Keyboard, not a clone, not boring and no extra unneeded features here. Talking about features, let’s … Read more
It seems like everyone makes a mouse, throw a billion buttons on it, throw some DPI and a bunch of gimmicks on it and it’s good right… wrong. Many times, these mice are clones, look and feel like every other but many don’t care about the things that mater, but it seems that Cougar does. Cougar has been around for a while now and they have been making keyboard and mice for almost as long. … Read more
Video cards, one of the most wanted upgrades for any PC and tons of them keep getting released thankfully, each bigger and better than the previous. Gamers will drool over the latest gaming GPU, as a gamer myself I loved the chance to get to review Sapphire’s latest gen of AMD’s GPU. Today I bring you my review of the Sapphire Radeon NITRO+ RX 470 4GB GDDR5 OC 11256-01-20G. Before we get to the card … Read more
We all want out computers to be the best PC they can be, be it for Gaming, Computer Aided Design, Basic Internet Browsing, Video and Music production and just about everything. For everything I just mention, we need speed, yes even basic internet browsing needs some speed but some of those tasks require much more, but where do we begin? Well, the processor is one thing, but as applications become better optimized, they are a … Read more
Being a gamer is expensive, I know I have probably paid for a house with all the money I have put into PC’s since I was 13…. a ton of money. Even though I have put so much in and looking back, it hurts to see how much I have but I know it will just be a love affair that will continue. When I started, I didn’t have much money and back in those … Read more
Xbone One has released its latest console and I couldn’t wait to get my hands on it. I thought I would share with a small unboxing blog. Gone are the days of the big and bulky square box. Now it is a slim rectangle box that is about 4 inches thick. Custom Xbox One S 2TB Console and Crimson Omen controller. Everything is nicely packaged. A place for everything and everything in its place. … Read more
As a gamer and for all fellow gamers, we are bombarded with promises of upgrades will change our lives, and for the most part they don’t do much. SSD’s and memory do help tons, but one of the things that get us as gamers are video cards, but they are ALWAYS so expensive. Today I have the pleasure of bringing you my review of the Sapphire Radeon NITRO+ RX 480 8GB GDDR OC 11260-01-20G. Ohh…. … Read more
Have you ever seen that Chassis also known as Case, that just calls your name, it was made just for you? It might have been some time since that happened, but just listen carefully, because maybe,… just maybe this case might be calling for you. It’s got the brains and the beauty all in one package, you cant find it often, but it will make you work for it. Today I present to you my … Read more
Some might like the clickies of a tactile switch and some might not. I myself like the clickies, the louder the better, those around me like my wife, not so much. In this review I am reviewing the Blue Keys. Today I will be reviewing the Cougar Mechanical Gaming Keyboard (AttackX3-4IS). Let’s start off with some of the features and specs of this keyboard. Features and Specifications 108 keys Guaranteed lifetime of at least 50 … Read more
Check out my overview of the KingDian S280 SSD before reading further: Hey guys, coming in pretty late with this, but a few weeks ago I received the KingDian S280 240GB SSD, I have had the chance to install Windows 10 on it, play some games, and use it day to day. What I have experienced with the KingDian S280 is nothing short of great. In this review, I will be discussing some of the … Read more
Many different video editing solutions have come and gone. Very few survive today’s ever growing and demanding needs out of a video editing suite, though it looks like Wondershare’s Filmora might do the trick as it has stood the test of time. Let’s take a look at what it offers and see if it really is worth it. There are a TON of features here, and I used many of them, but not all of … Read more
From the oldest to the newest PC, they all have a few things in common, but the one I am focusing on today is RAM. RAM has been used throughout the PC’s history, usually the more RAM you have or the faster the better your PC runs and the more work you can get done, even consoles have RAM. Aside from the capacity of the RAM, another important aspect is the speed of the RAM, … Read more
Today we have a beast of a tablet to be reviewed. We’ve done a lot of tablet reviews in the past and the one we have from Chuwi has the best specs of them all and most of all It’s a Windows 10 tablet. Chuwi Hi10 is a Windows 10 tablet that is equipped with a Intel Atom X5 Z8300 processor along with 4GB of DDR3 RAM, 64GB of on-board storage and a 1920×1200 pixel display. … Read more