Benchmarks Show Overclocking Some SSDs Can Boost Your Storage Performance Significantly

Hot Headlines In Tech For Today [HotHardware.com]( Here Are Today's Hot Headlines In Tech [View this email in your browser]( [Benchmarks Show Overclocking Some SSDs Can Boost Your Storage Performance Significantly]( By Matthew Connatser on Jan 22, 2024 02:51 pm [Benchmarks Show Overclocking Some SSDs Can Boost Your Storage Performance Significantly]( While it's possible to overclock PC components like CPUs, GPUs, and even monitors now, one thing you've likely never seen overclocked is an SSD. However, tech enthusiast Gabriel Ferraz has recently detailed how he was able to overclock a decade-old SATA III SSD with real performance enhancements. Although this demonstration proves that SSD [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Go Figure, Apple’s Super Pricey Vision Pro Headset Fails To Sell Out At Launch]( By Nathan Ord on Jan 22, 2024 01:00 pm [Go Figure, Apple’s Super Pricey Vision Pro Headset Fails To Sell Out At Launch]( When the Apple Vision Pro went up for preorder on January 19th at an eye-watering $3,499, we knew it would not be an easy road ahead for Apple. Of course, the technology is rather cool, and the Vision Pro could bring a lot of advances to the augmented reality (AR) and mixed reality (MR) markets, but at the same time, who can responsibly afford [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [China Is Repurposing GeForce RTX 4090M, 4080M Laptop GPUs Into Desktop Cards]( By Thiago Trevisan on Jan 22, 2024 11:49 am [China Is Repurposing GeForce RTX 4090M, 4080M Laptop GPUs Into Desktop Cards]( NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 4090 GPU has been in very high demand since release, thanks to its flagship gaming prowess and AI capabilities. This has resulted in various restrictions on the part of the U.S Government when it concerns exports to the Chinese market of certain powerful products, such as the GeForce RTX 4090 itself. Shortages and price [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Valve Scored A Staggering $1 Billion From Counter-Strike Loot Boxes Last Year]( By Nathan Ord on Jan 22, 2024 11:36 am [Valve Scored A Staggering $1 Billion From Counter-Strike Loot Boxes Last Year]( Valve and its first-person shooter title Counter-Strike had a big year last year, with the launch of Counter-Strike 2 and the sunset of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. However, that might not be the biggest Counter-Strike news of the year as we have now gotten a peak behind the curtain to learn that Valve has drawn in at least $1 billion [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Repair Shop Exposes Fake GeForce RTX 4090 Scam On Amazon, Buyer Beware]( By Paul Lilly on Jan 22, 2024 11:13 am [Repair Shop Exposes Fake GeForce RTX 4090 Scam On Amazon, Buyer Beware]( A customer who purchased an ASUS ROG GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card sold by Amazon found themselves the victim of a GPU swap scam, which was revealed after they sent the non-functioning card to a prominent repair shop. In a subsequent video posted online, the repair shop exposed what was really a GeForce RTX 4080 with quite the unusual makeup. North [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Will Intel's Next-Gen Arrow Lake CPUs Kick Hyper Threading To The Curb?]( By Matthew Connatser on Jan 22, 2024 11:02 am [Will Intel's Next-Gen Arrow Lake CPUs Kick Hyper Threading To The Curb?]( Documents leaked by renowned leaker @yuuki_ans on X reveal that early Arrow Lake samples have Hyper Threading disabled by default, which to some has implied that Intel may be looking to launch its first consumer CPUs without support for Hyper Threading since 2006. However, we've read the fine print, and it seems like the leaked documents may [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [CDPR Provides An Exciting Update On The Witcher 4: Polaris Development]( By Alan Velasco on Jan 22, 2024 10:57 am [CDPR Provides An Exciting Update On The Witcher 4: Polaris Development]( In an interview with Reuters, CD Projekt’s joint CEO Adam Badowski revealed that the company plans on beginning development work on the next entry in the Witcher franchise. Badowski says that the goal is to have as many as 400 team members working on the new game by the midpoint of 2024. This is part of the company’s effort to make Project [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Watch A Fireball Light Up The Sky Moments Before An Asteroid Crashes Into Earth]( By Tim Sweezy on Jan 22, 2024 10:29 am [Watch A Fireball Light Up The Sky Moments Before An Asteroid Crashes Into Earth]( A small asteroid impacted Earth’s atmosphere over Berlin, Germany, with videos of the fireball lighting up social media. The 3 foot (1 meter) asteroid was detected shortly ahead of it entering Earth’s atmosphere. A couple of days ago, NASA posted a tweet, remarking, “A tiny asteroid will disintegrate as a harmless fireball west of Berlin [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Ford's Integrated Android Auto With A Giant Panoramic Display Comes Into View]( By Aaron Leong on Jan 22, 2024 10:13 am [Ford's Integrated Android Auto With A Giant Panoramic Display Comes Into View]( Ford just made a tour de force show of its latest Sync in-car infotainment in a Lincoln Nautilus. Besides sporting an edge-to-edge panoramic display controlled by a central 11-inch touchscreen, the system is the first time Sync will be based on Google's Android OS with graphics powered by Epic's Unreal engine. In case you thought line-of-sight [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Apple Reveals Outrageous Vision Pro Repair Costs Without A $499 AppleCare+ Plan]( By Paul Lilly on Jan 22, 2024 10:02 am [Apple Reveals Outrageous Vision Pro Repair Costs Without A $499 AppleCare+ Plan]( Apple's Vision Pro is already one of the most expensive mixed reality headsets on the market with a price tag that's seven times higher than the Quest 3, and 2.5x more than Meta's premium Quest 3 Pro. That's before adding optional prescription lenses to the mix, and an also-optional (though highly advised) AppleCare+ protection. If you skip [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [TSMC And Samsung Are In A Dogfight To Win Customers For Next-Gen 3nm Chips]( By Alan Velasco on Jan 22, 2024 09:49 am [TSMC And Samsung Are In A Dogfight To Win Customers For Next-Gen 3nm Chips]( TSMC and Samsung are making moves to secure customers for their second generation 3nm chips, in a race to become the top chip manufacturer in the world. The company that can win over prospective clients such as NVIDIA and AMD will have a leg up in securing the top spot. According to a report in The Chosun Daily, Samsung is currently working [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Intel's Xeon Granite Rapids CPUs Tipped For A Huge L3 Cache Upgrade To 480MB]( By Matthew Connatser on Jan 22, 2024 09:46 am [Intel's Xeon Granite Rapids CPUs Tipped For A Huge L3 Cache Upgrade To 480MB]( A recent update to Intel's Software Development Emulator may have inadvertently revealed that the company's upcoming Granite Rapids server CPU comes with 480MB of L3 cache, as spotted by @InstLatX64 on X. 480MB of L3 cache would be by far the most any Intel CPU has ever had, even beating out the 320MB that Emerald Rapids is equipped with. 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