Close To The Metal

Axing ports has become a trend in modern device design, including laptops. Some of the best new laptops have just one or two USB Type-C ports. Can you really get by with one port, and if so, how? We take a closer look.

Western Digital has released the WS Blue Solid State Drive and we give you a live, hands-on review of the new technology, including price, endurance and performance. From there, we cover the limits of SATA and the rise of PCIe hard drives and the differences between the two. Finally, we'll let you know what our recommendation is for your computer.

The 7th-Gen Intel Core processor (Kaby Lake) will be hitting store shelves in laptops soon. We go in-depth with a review of what this will mean performance-wise. Then Matt will let you know what laptops you'll see the new tech in this holiday season and what his recommendations are in the long run.

Nvidia's GTX 1060 is the latest in the company's line of mid-range cards, with a MSRP of $200. Today we give a review of this GPU and go a little further into the strange pricing of all cards. Why do they seem to always be priced so high and supply such an issue? We'll let you know that, when/if you should buy one of the newer cards and which ones are our favorites.

Apple has changed the name of their Operating System from OS X to MacOS, in order to fall in line with their cross-brand marketing strategies. But, with the release of MacOS Sierra, is anything really different? We go in depth with a review of the update, what features have improved, where it stands compared to Windows and what Apple could add in the future.

Virtual Reality is primed to be huge this holiday season and we give you the details on the best sets available. With Samsung's Gear VR,  Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, PS4 VR and even the smaller random sets, there are is a lot of variety out there. We cover the specs, the price, the games and even the option of building your own. Ultimately, we answer the question; Should you invest in VR this holiday season?

The big PlayStation Meeting announcement let us know that the PlayStation 4 Slim is now the standard PS4 and the PS Neo was not the correct name, all along. The PS Pro will debut in November, with approximately double the graphics power, but a glaring omission. How will this new system compare to the potential of the upcoming XBox Scorpio? Will the VR capabilities be up to par with the industry standards? Also, would it be better to simply build your own PC gaming system, rather than go with a console? We go in depth with all of these questions.

Intel has released the latest in their line of CPU's, with Kaby Lake. We'll go into detail on the history of their processors in general and what this new edition brings to the table. Also, tackled are how Core M is effected, what the change from Tick-Tock to Modern revision means and where we'll see the Kaby Lake pop up first. Finally, we'll let you know when the right time is to upgrade your CPU.

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is primed to be a huge release. However, some gamers are surprised by the hardware requirements, to run the game at an optimal level. We go in depth with the necessary GPUs, compare it to similar releases and discuss what this means for the future of PC gaming.

The Intel Developer Forum is in full swing and introduced us all to Project Alloy, a fully untethered VR headset. We go into the finer details of the new technology and the RealSense Cameras. Then we discuss Windows Holographic and how the Skull Canyon NUC could integrate with it.  

AMD is doubling down on budget PC gaming, with the introduction of the RX 470 and the RX 460, to go along with the previously released RX 480. We go in depth with a review of all 3 cards, what AMD is aiming for, comparisons to Nvidia and answering listener questions.