At CES 2015, Linksys has unveiled a slew of new products under the successful WRT brand as well as a new MU-MIMO Router – the EA8500, AC6200 Dual-Band Smart Wi-Fi Router. Following the success of the hugely popular WRT1900AC, which brought back the classic Linksys WRT blue and gray styling and stack-able function. Linksys has decided to double down on …

While walking through the exhibits at Storage Visions 2015, one of the booths that immediately caught our eye was Advantage Video Systems. Their main focus is to produce a customized video system that can be unique for any customer. Specifically on display at their booth was an extraordinary product that was rented by The Discovery Channel, the 4Kase. The Discovery …

The first stop at Storage Visions 2015 is with Kroll Ontrack. Recently we were presented with an issue where a close friend of ours had a USB flash drive that corrupted suddenly. Our first step was to check Google for possible solutions or tricks that can magically give us access to the data on the drive. After endless hours of …

Technology X has landed in Las Vegas Nevada, a couple of days ahead of the enormous technology convention, which we will be showcasing in full! A pre-cursor to the Consumer Electronic Show is Storage Visions 2015, which provides an overview storage in general. Storage Visions allows us to learn about the newest in cloud storage, data recovery, flash storage and …

In the past, overclocking has been seen as sort of “hacking” your hardware to run outside of the manufacturer’s specifications. This type of behavior would have been against the manufacturer’s wishes and likely void your warranty. However, today we live in a world of overclocking competitions and world records. Many of the very same companies that would have forbidden it in the …

Christmas is just around the corner and I haven’t even begun to shop. This is the first time ever, that I am literally going to be running through the stores at the final hour. Second thought, I may be able to squeak a gift or two out of Amazon if I shop quickly.  Here’s hoping. HIGHLIGHT REVIEW Samsung 850 EVO …

Patriot, a longtime leader in storage, has released a new member of their Supersonic family, the Patriot Supersonic Bolt XT. What makes this different from most USB Flash Drives is the built in FIPS 197 compliant hardware based 256bit AES encryption. If that wasn’t enough for you also take into consideration that the drive after failing the password 10 consecutive times …

Ever since the first dual-core desktop CPUs started rolling out in 2005, the race to bring more computing cores to desktop processors has been on. Now, nearly a decade later, Intel has pushed ahead further than ever before with the release of the Core i7 5960X, their first ever consumer socketed eight-core CPU. While, this isn’t the first time we’ve …

Established in 1999, Thermaltake has been in the computer case industry for years. Being a part time computer tech, I built plenty of rigs with their products. They typically offer plenty of value combining a high level of user convenience with their designs at low prices. Their new Core series of cases are no exception. Following the launch of the …

The selection of gaming peripherals continues to grow at a steady pace. Thermaltake, whose TTeSports product line is geared towards gamers, have brought several new mice to market in recent months. Today we have on hand for review ThermalTtake’s TTeSports Ventus gaming mouse. The VENTUS gaming mouse by Thermaltake comes with its own carrying case, stickers to add to your collection and an excellent 2 …

We will be the first to admit, we all hate that cord necessary for charging our smartphones. It’s usually too short, tangled, impossible to plug-in to your phone in the dark and usually means your phone is dead. However, it is necessary for keeping your device fully charged and ready for action. Is there a happy medium? Thanks to Patriot, …

As a long time PC gamer, one thing I’ve heard countless times from non-PC gamers is, that PC gaming is “too expensive” and that you’d need to spend $2,000 just for a respectable system. This week, we’re going to address this by providing our readers with an entry-level gaming build for under $450 USD! ENTRY-LEVEL GAMING PC UNDER $450 BUILD …

We all know that stories don’t always have a happy ending and when it comes to golfing, that magical story land adventure ends for most of us as soon as the fall hits … or when it becomes too cold (unless you are lucky enough to be south for the winter and can reap golf benefits year round). Either way, for …

This week we have something a bit more on the high end side a G-Sync Surround Gaming Build. This will be our first Build of the week to feature the X99 Platform and will feature triple G-Sync monitors. Yes this is a ultra high end gaming system and is not meant for users looking for budget gaming system, or even …

As someone who loves video games, I spend a lot of time discussing them on the internet via various Reddit communities, forums, and when I can stomach it; the YouTube comment section. One topic that seems to keep coming up in the ever-growing battle between PC and Console is the difference between 30 and 60 FPS. or rather the lack …