Silverstone New Raven Case Revealed

A new case in the Silverstone Raven Series, the successor of RV04, the prototype is revealed on Japanese press.

Here are some photos

 

 

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Mechanical Keyboard Switches Guide

I just bought my first mechanical keyboard, the Corsair Vengeance K70, So what do you look for when buying a mechanical, A major one is the keyboard switches, it really vary from people to people what mechanical switch they prefer. Here is a tech quickie video from one of my favorite tech personality Linus Sebastian.

Here is a link for a more in-depth guide on mechanical keyboard on overclock.net forum
http://www.overclock.net/t/491752/mechanical-keyboard-guide

Ubisoft Technical Director Dismissed Watch Dogs Specs Leak as a Mistake

The system requirements for Watch Dogs may be lower than the previously leaked specs of it. Ubisoft technical director Sebastien Viard posted on his Twitter account that specs leaked are not official and that the real specs that will be out soon will be lower, he also dismissed the leak as a mistake.

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Watch Dogs Specs Leaked

Ubisoft accidentally posted the specs for Watch Dogs in their Uplay site.

 Base Specification

• Operating System: Windows Vista (SP2), Windows 7 (SP1) or Windows 8
• Note that we only support 64 bit OSs.
• DVD-ROM: DVD-ROM Dual Layer
• Hard Drive Space: 20 GB
• Sound: DirectX 9.0c Compatible Sound Card with Latest Drivers
• Internet: Broadband connection and service required for multiplayer mode

Minimum Specification

• GPU: DirectX 11 graphics card with 1 GB Video RAM
• CPU: Quad core
• RAM: 4GB

example 1

• GPU: NVidia GTX 460
• CPU: Intel Core2 Quad Q6600

example 2

• GPU: AMD Radeon HD 5770
• CPU: AMD Phenom X4 9750

Recommended Specification

• GPU: DirectX 11 graphics card with 2 GB Video RAM
• CPU: Eight core
• RAM: 8GB

example 1

• GPU: NVidia GTX 560 ti
• CPU: Intel Core i7-3770

example 2

• GPU: AMD Radeon HD 7850
• CPU: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core

 "Ultra" Specification

• GPU: Latest DirectX 11 graphics card with 2 GB Video RAM or more
• CPU: Latest Eight core or more
• RAM: 8GB or more

example 1

• GPU: Nvidia GTX 670
• CPU: Intel Core i7-3930K

example 2

• GPU: AMD Radeon HD 7970
• CPU: AMD FX-9370 Eight-Core
  
  

The game seems pretty taxing on the hardware, you should have a very capable hardware to run this game and it utilizes multi-core processors.

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First Impression: Corsair Vengeance K70 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard

Well I posted here on my blog that I would like to buy Corsair Vengeance K65 keyboard but due to availability issues I ended up with the more expensive and more feature-packed K70, the big brother of the K65, The build quality of this keyboard is just superb, it has an aluminum backplate which gives the keyboard a rigid and solid feel,  it has cherry mx red switch which is optimize for gaming, it has no tactile feedback and it only requires a small force to register, which I find myself committing typo errors but in time I adjusted well and it isn't a problem anymore. It comes with a textured wrist rest that I find really comfortable and useful. Overall the keyboard is amazing, It is really a premium product. It features configurable backlighting, gaming keycaps, media keys, volume wheel and a windows lock key. which are all great and useful. I don't really find a con in this keyboard, not yet and I'm confident I'm not gonna find one in the future. It is a little on the expensive side but you get what you pay for this keyboard, the aesthetics, build quality and functionality is all great.

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Planetary Annihilation Beta Reveal Trailer

This game looks awesome.

Planetary Annihilation takes real-time strategy to a planetary scale. Smash entire worlds, colonize solar systems, and crush your foes in epic battles with multiple players and thousands of units. Don't just win, annihilate!

AMD Unveils "Hawaii" GPUs

AMD announced the Radeon R7 and R9 graphics card, the R7 is for budget consumers while the R9 is for performance consumers.

AMD will launch five chips: the $89 R7 250 (1GB of DRAM / 2,000+ scores in the 3DMark FireStrike benchmark), the $199 R7 260X (2GB / 3700+), the $199 R9 270X (2GB / 5500+), the $380 R9 280X (3GB / 6800+), and the R9 290X (4GB), which wasn’t priced. (The R9 290X reportedly contains four independent tessellation units, close to 3,000 stream processors, and a 512-bit wide GDDR5 memory interface.) An R9 290X bundle with the hit game Battlefield 4 will also be released for an undisclosed price.

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