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ASUS Announces Z490 Series Motherboards

Marvin Gabriel

Manila, Philippines, April 30, 2020 — ASUS today announced its new range of Z490 motherboards designed to showcase the full potential of the new 10th Generation Intel® Core™ processors. Ideal for gamers, enthusiasts and professionals, every ASUS and Republic of Gamers Z490 motherboard features improvements and enhancements to take clock speeds to the next level.  The 10th Gen Intel Core processors offer a combination of high thread counts and superfast single-core clocks. The Z490 chipset offers plenty of cutting-edge connectivity options, including a built-in WiFi controller, numerous USB 3.2 Gen…

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GIGABYTE Launches Z490 AORUS Motherboards

Marvin Gabriel

Taipei, Taiwan, April 30th, 2020 – GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY Co. Ltd, a leading manufacturer of motherboards and graphics cards, today announced the new Z490 AORUS motherboards which power the 10th Gen. Intel® Core™ processors. Featuring up to 16-phase digital power design and a new and improved Fins-Array II heatsink design so each phase can hold up to 90 amps, GIGABYTE’s Z490 AORUS lineup is geared with the best power and thermal management to optimize overclocking performance on the 10-core K series Intel® Core™ processor. GIGABYTE Z490 AORUS motherboards use Daisy Chain…

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Intel’s Z490 Motherboards are Here! – ASUS TUF Z490 Plus Wifi Unboxing and Overview

Marvin Gabriel

Today, Intel’s Z490 motherboards are finally here, and to start off, we’re going to take a first look at the ASUS TUF Gaming Z490 Plus WiFi motherboard. It features significant improvements from the previous Z390 chipset with better construction, power delivery, higher memory overclocking support, latest WiFi 6, and Bluetooth 5.1. We’ll take a quick tour around this new motherboard and see if it suits your needs. Intel’s Z490 Motherboards are Here! – ASUS TUF Z490 Plus Wifi Unboxing and Overview   Closeup Shots    

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2nd Gen AMD EPYC™ Processors Power New Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute E3 Platform

Marvin Gabriel

Made for high-performance workloads, the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute E3 Platform uses key features of 2nd Gen AMD EPYC™ processors to provide higher core counts and more memory for Oracle Cloud customers SANTA CLARA, Calif. — April 29, 2020 — Today, AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) announced that 2nd Gen AMD EPYC™ processors are powering the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute E3 platform, bringing a new level of high-performance computing to Oracle Cloud. Using the AMD EPYC™ 7742 processor, the Oracle Cloud “E3 standard” and the bare metal compute instances are available today…

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Quarantine Gaming: Top 5 Sades Gear for your Self-Isolation Gaming Needs

Marvin Gabriel

Manila Philippines, April 2020 – Covid-19 has filled the world with worry and anxiety — fortunately, gaming is there to give most of us some space to save our much-needed sanity. In this reality where staying at home is the new normal, Sades stays to be there enhancing your gaming experience even during this time of crisis. So without much further ado, here are the top 5 Sades gaming gear which could be perfect for your quarantine gaming: 1. Sades Locust Plus PC Gaming Headset Play around with your voice…

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GIGABYTE launches the AORUS K1 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard

Marvin Gabriel

Arm yourself. Fight on. Taipei, Taiwan, April 24th, 2020 – GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY Co. Ltd, a leading manufacturer of motherboards, graphics cards and gaming gears, today announced the AORUS K1 mechanical gaming keyboard. AORUS K1 has built-in the gamer ’s favorite German CHERRY MX mechanical gaming RED key-switch. The high-quality CHERRY MX gaming red key-switch can quickly and accurately capture the gamer’s movements into the computer to win every battle. AORUS K1 sculpts some details in its simple and neat appearance so that the keyboard can still show its own personality.…

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GIGABYTE launches the EAGLE series graphics card

Marvin Gabriel

The best choice of GeForce® GTX 1650 GDDR6 Taipei, Taiwan, April 20th, 2020 – GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY Co. Ltd, a leading manufacturer of motherboards, graphics cards, and gaming gears, today announced the EAGLE series graphics card – GeForce® GTX 1650 D6 EAGLE OC 4G. The EAGLE series graphics card not only provides gamers with the coolest appearance but also the best choice at this price in terms of performance and cooling. The surface of the GeForce® GTX 1650 D6 EAGLE OC 4G is a high-quality matte blue-gray, and a fluorescent blue…

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AMD announces new 3rd Gen Ryzen 3 3100 and Ryzen 3 3300X Desktop Processors and AMD B550 Chipset

Marvin Gabriel

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – April 21, 2020 – Today, AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) announced the newest additions to the 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen desktop processor family, the AMD Ryzen™ 3 3100 and AMD Ryzen™ 3 3300X processors and AMD B550 Chipset for Socket AM4 designed for 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen desktop processors with over 60 designs in development. Taking advantage of the AMD world-class portfolio of technologies, these new Ryzen 3 desktop processors bring the groundbreaking “Zen 2” core architecture to business users, gamers, and creators worldwide, leveraging Simultaneous Multi-Threading (SMT)…

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How to Build a Custom Keyboard – The EASIEST way! – Wooden GK61 + Mars Colony Keycaps

Marvin Gabriel

Today, I’ll share with you the easiest way to build your own custom mechanical keyboard tailored to your personal preference. This is good for both beginners and enthusiasts as it is super easy to achieve while having a ton of flexibility when it comes to further customization and improvements down the line. I’ll make it as simple as possible for beginners while providing enough details for our fellow enthusiasts out there.  Before we dive into it though, let’s take a minute and discuss why you would want to build your…

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Lenovo Legion’s Latest Gaming PCs powered with 10th Gen Intel H-Series Processors and AMD Ryzen 4000 Series Mobile Processors have arrived!

Marvin Gabriel

Cooler thermals, TrueStrike keyboard, immersive displays and improved battery life supercharge performance across the latest Lenovo Legion lineup  The latest generation of Lenovo Legion PCs has arrived, equipping gamers with a smarter class of gear with our unique blend of uncompromised engineering and industrial design. Stylish on the outside, savage on the inside, the new Lenovo Legion generation comes with:   Lenovo Legion Coldfront 2.0 thermal management Lenovo Legion TrueStrike keyboard Dual Burn to optimize CPU and GPU performance together NVIDIA® Advanced Optimus, Hybrid Mode, and Rapid Charge Pro for improved…

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Power up your home network with ASUS multi-core routers!

Marvin Gabriel

MANILA, Philippines, 17 April 2020 – While the world is at a standstill, many companies have adopted a “Work from Home” approach and have let their staff bring home equipment to maintain operations. Because of this, their routers stretched thin with home-use only gadgets. Additional devices will experience degraded network performance. ASUS, with its multi-core CPU router products, can help solve this predicament. Fast internet and a good router go hand in hand What do people usually do when they’re connected to the Internet? It may be browsing, sending emails,…

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My Recommended Peripherals + Work From Home, Game From Home Setup Tour 2020

Marvin Gabriel

Today, I just want to share with you a quick setup tour, an early 2020 setup tour because I know a lot of you guys are currently working at home right now, so I just want to give you some inspiration and tips on how you can improve your setup and have a better overall experience while working at home and of course, for gaming during after hours.   Now, it doesn’t necessarily mean that you need to purchase or upgrade what’s currently on your desk especially during this crisis…

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ASUS Announces the first 4th Generation AMD Ryzen Consumer and Gaming Laptops in the Philippines

Marvin Gabriel

PASIG CITY, Philippines, (April 15, 2020) – In a bold, industry-leading move, ASUS Philippines is the first brand to officially launch the much-awaited AMD Ryzen™ 4000 Series Mobile Processors, powering up the brand’s latest line-up of Consumer and Gaming laptops.  Built on the “Zen 2” architecture with industry-leading 7nm process technology, ASUS and AMD join forces anew to redefine the limits of power and portability. From lifestyle to gaming notebooks, these new products are designed to deliver exceptional productivity and gaming experiences. These new AMD-powered ASUS laptops are set to…

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ASUS ROG Strix 2070 Super Advanced Edition Review

Marvin Gabriel

A couple of weeks ago, I built a mini-ITX build with a goal of being able to edit 4K videos and game at 1440p resolution. And one of the essential components that I used is the ASUS ROG Strix 2070 Super Advanced Edition graphics card, and today, I just want to highlight it more and talk about its features, design, construction and all that good stuff. Because there’s a lot more to it than just the raw performance it can provide to your system. It packs a ton of features…

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1more Spearhead VR BT In-Ear Headphones Review

Marvin Gabriel

Last month, I did a review of the 1more Spearhead VR Gaming Headphones and I’d say, it is definitely unique and offers a ton of features while also sounding good. Today, we’re going to take a look at its little brother, the 1more Spearhead VR BT In-Ear Headphones. I still don’t quite understand the reason behind the model names but it doesn’t matter as long as it gets the job done. With that being said, let’s get into it. MY EARLY BREAKDOWN Pros: Decent sound quality, Environmental noise cancelation, Quick charge,…

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Ultimate RGB Mechanical Keyboard! – Womier K66 Review

Marvin Gabriel

Today, we’re taking a look at something that pukes rainbows and unicorns when it comes to mechanical keyboards, were going to do an unboxing and review of the Womier K66 from banggood.com. A mechanical keyboard that is made of acrylic body and has RGB illumination that’s brighter than anything else on your desk. With that being said, let’s get into it. MY EARLY BREAKDOWN Pros: Unique design and layout, Super bright LED illumination, Vibrant colors, Decent Gateron switches, Detachable USB Type C Cons: Missing some nav cluster keys, Rattly spacebar and modifiers,…

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Top 5 Essential Gears for a Work From Home Setup

Marvin Gabriel

It’s sad to admit that all of us are crippled right now due to the ongoing Covid19 pandemic. Anyone from individual employees, business owners, corporations, and in the large scale of things, our economy. A lot of us whether we like it or not have to resort to working from home or in skeletal mode, just to keep things going and still meet our SLA’s and target commitments and to keep our jobs and businesses. Almost a month in, I know a lot of us are still struggling to find…

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NVME Tested in Real World Performance featuring XPG SX8200 Pro 512GB

Marvin Gabriel

Today, we’re going to find out if it’s really worth it to invest on an NVME drive if you already have a SATA SSD, were going to focus on real-world performance tests such as boot times, game load times, real-world file transfers, benefits for video editing and of course some synthetic benchmarks to give you valid information and justification should you choose to upgrade to an NVME drive. This is also the perfect opportunity to test the current bang for the buck NVME which is the XPG SX8200 Pro.With that…

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Edifier R1280DB Unboxing, Quick Review, and Sound Test

Marvin Gabriel

For a long time until now, I was just listening to music from a pair of super cheap Logitech Z120 stereo speakers and for the most part, it gets the job done, the sound quality is pretty decent, and it is extremely affordable, not to mention quite minimalist as well. However, as time goes by and as I slowly get opportunities to explore different types of audio devices from in-ear monitors, headphones and speakers, I started to get hook deeper into the realm of audio and the impact it gives…

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Ultralight GPW Alternative? Fantech Hive UX2 Review!

Marvin Gabriel

Remember back in the day when gamers prefer heavy gaming mouse with adjustable weights? well, that’s a thing of the past now as today, the hype is making a gaming mouse as light as possible while maintaining a good structural integrity and comfort. And almost all the gaming peripherals brand now has their own version of an ultralight gaming mouse, some are unique, and some decided to copy others whether it is for the proven shape, design or a little bit of both.  Today we’re going to take a look…

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