Silverstone New Raven Case Revealed

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

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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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TimeToLiveCustom's Video Review of the Corsair Obsidian 750d

Follow up from my previous post, one of my favorite pc youtube channel Time To Live Customs has reviewed the 750d. "Tiny" Tom Logan, the host, is really fun to watch, I like his humor, passion and honesty when reviewing a product. He really goes in-depth in his reviews. Here it is, his video review of the 750d.

 

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The New Corsair Obsidian 750d Full Tower Case

Corsair just announces a new case in it's Obsidian line-up. The new Obsidian 750d full tower. It's the big brother of the case that I use, the 350d, it sports the same simplistic look, the brush aluminum front panel and the big side panel window. It supports atx, xl-atx and eatx, great water and air cooling options and lots of room for storage and expansions.

Corsair Obsidian 750D
•Aluminum front fascia and Obsidian style ID
•9 Expansion slots for longer motherboards or more expansion cards
•Dual front AF140L intake fans and single rear AF140L exhaust fan
•Room for six 3.5” drives, tool free. Cages can be completely removed for extra radiator space
•Sideways mount SSD cages (4)
•Radiator space for watercooling:
•Top – 360mm
•Front – 240 or 280mm
•Bottom – 240 or 280mm
•Full side panel window
•Dual USB 3.0 ports in front
•as well as two USB 2.0 ports

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Wishlist: Corsair Vengeance K65 mechanical keyboard

I still own those on-the-go cheap rubber dome keyboards and I would like to upgrade to the Corsair K65 mechanical keyboard, I really like the design, the aluminum backplate is beautiful and the compact size of it make it fit for my desk and my needs, its layout is tenkeyless and I rarely even used the number pad. The keyboard's switch is cherry mx reds, it has a windows lock key, media keys for volume and playback but it has no backlighting which I don't really need. The only problem I think for this keyboard is availability, I only saw 3 ads from the different sellers from tipidpc.com and sulit and that's not even a guarantee that they will have stock of it. I really like this keyboard and I hope to buy this keyboard soon and maybe have a short review here in the blog.

A little overview from NewEgg

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Rumor: Leaked Config Code Reveals GTA V For PC

It's just a rumor though and it's from a hacker but with the success of GTA V sales I doubt that there aren't going be a port for the PC or even for the next gen consoles. I'm excited to play around the PC version which may be even better in terms of graphics and there's a lot of modifications, I hope it won't be buggy at launch, we will just have to wait and see.

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Personal Rig: Corsair Obsidian 350d mATX chassis

The 350d is the chassis I personally uses. It sit on my desk nicely because of it's compact size. I like this case, it suits my need just fine with no wasted space and it looks really nice, it's simplistic yet elegant. more info about this case  

Tune in for more personal rig updates.

Hello World

Hello world,

This blog is going to cover computers, hardware, peripherals, news, product overview/specs etc. I'm fairly new to this game, the gaming/enthusiast computer scene, I started researching about computers late last year, I learned a lot and I'm continue learning and discovering new interesting things and I hope through this blog I share interesting content that I enjoy researching about and I hope I will discover a lot more, have fun and develop my knowledge and experience through this blog.