Intel Core i7-7700K, Core i7 Kaby Lake most powerful resort to 4K as hook for everyone

Intel Core i7-7700K

After the break that marked the launch of the Broadwell-E with its model 10 cores and 1800 dollars, Intel has used the CES in Las Vegas to continue the landing on the market of its seventh – generation processor, 14 nm and the Expected models at the top.

We talk about the Core i7 for the most powerful desktop computers for gamers and overclocking enthusiasts. We have already tested for a few days the king of this generation: the Intel Core i7-7700K. Enough to consider a change from a very recent 6700K?

Kaby Lake’s turn to desktop PC

Ivy Bridge, Haswell, Broadwell, Skylake and now it Kaby Lake . Since last summer we met the chips that would make up the seventh generation of Intel processors and today we have done the same with the most anticipated models of this generation: the Core i7 and i5 for more powerful computers.

The generation Kaby Lake is based on technology of 14 nm, with micro architecture very similar to that we know from Skylake although improved, so we can consider it as a second tock, before the next tick will be Cannonlake and now points to the Second half of 2017.

These new processors waiting for the eighth generation and the long – awaited step to 10 nm are therefore an optimization of current Skylake. Why throw it then?

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Dell XPS 13 has become a 2-in-1 convertible

Dell XPS 13

I anticipate it yesterday and have spent a few hours to be made official; this is the new XPS 13 convertible. The laptop was already the most striking option – also interesting – in the complete catalog of Dell and now becomes more versatile thanks to its new configuration.

With an early presentation at CES 2017 in Las Vegas, at first glance we discover that has sat well become a 2-in-1, as virtually retains all the ingredients that have made him a powerful laptop, adding The possibility of being used as a tablet.

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Xiaomi laptop upgraded: Intel Core i7 processor and 4G connectivity

Xiaomi laptop

One of the surprises of the season in the world of computers was undoubtedly laptop Xiaomi, a fantastic device by price, specifications and design. You may know him better in our recent analysis, but what brings us here today is the emergence of a new version of the computer: Mi Notebook Air 4G comes with more power, better connectivity.

The main novelty we have in the 4G connectivity, integrated teams, speak in plural because it is something that the two models are available to date, which differ in size 12.5 and 13.3 inches. There is some more change that we will comment, but in principle, what they decided in Xiaomi is to create a more competent product in mobility, an authentic portable office.

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If you are looking for a laptop to play that is not dead, check out the Gigabyte Aero 14 with Nvidia GTX 1060

Gigabyte-Aero-14

A laptop to play more or less in a position is quite difficult to find, and if you always find there are different fault the face: the price is very high, the designs are quirky, and in terms of size, is usually dead. Except for Razer and some other specialized brands, the market is pretty short if you’re picky.

Not long ago we present the Gigabyte Aero 14, a very interesting product in this complicated world: you have a pretty decent size, design inside and out is quite good, without fanfare, and well, its specifications are first. If the above updated and will put a new batch Nvidia card, it becomes a good deal.

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Raspberry Pi Zero becomes a tiny lethal hacking system thanks to PoisonTap

Raspberry Pi Zero

Samy Kamkar is an engineer who takes time demonstrating how small conventional devices can have much more danger than usual. Its latest creation is PoisonTap, software that converts the small Raspberry Pi Zero in a lethal device for the safety of our laptops.

This tool achieves that by connecting the RPI Zero to any USB port of a computer all web traffic unencrypted intercepts, including authentication cookies that are used to log in all types of private accounts, and that information is then sent to a Server that is under the control of the attacker.

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The new Samsung Chromebook with Chrome OS

samsung-chromeboo

This weekend we have spoken about the Chromebook Pro. It is a surprisingly powerful and complete portable Samsung is finalized for launch soon, and has attracted the interest of all those who have spent some time waiting for a strong commitment by Chrome OS.

Because make no mistake, Chrome OS had a vast low – end and high -end powerful, but almost no mid – range notebook with to try to seduce a wider public. Now it seems that this is beginning to change, which could help Chrome OS definitely off … if you get rid of the burden posed by rumors about his possible replacement.

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A minicomputer plate for $16? CHIP Pro is new competition for Raspberry Pi Zero

minicomputer

The tiny computer CHIP has become quite popular since it appeared last year, mainly because of its price: $ 9, rapidly rising to $ 30 if we put shipments, adapters and cables. Costs aside, has become a decent competition for Raspberry Pi Zero.

With it we can do many things, one of the most famous is the use as a handheld brain PocketCHIP. The developer team has considered that it was time to upgrade to the microcomputer, and do so in two ways : a version CHIP Pro which costs $ 16 and a chipGR8 SIP (processor and RAM) that goes for $ 6.

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MacBooks with ARM micros! Sierra prepares macOS support the ARM architecture

macbooks

A few days ago we talked about the new Apple A10, powerful processors iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus count showing some surprising benefits. While some micros we noted that these could be the heart not only of their phones, but also hypothetical MacBook ARM.

This hypothesis is strengthened again after the discovery that has been made in Sierra macOS code, the desktop operating system Apple that until now was totally oriented x86 processors. A new line, however, shows that support ARM processors is a fact.

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If you like speed, you will like the new Samsung 960 EVO reach 3,500 MB/s

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The explosive evolution of SSDs is turning these units into a continuous surprise in terms of capacity and performance is concerned. Every time we have more economical solutions in cost per GB, but what really sets these devices is their speed transfers, leaving the bitumen to traditional hard drives.

That has again demonstrated with the launch of the new Samsung 960 PRO and Samsung 960 EVO, units in M.2 PCIe SSD format with which the manufacturer again offers transfer speeds of vertigo: up to 3,500 MB / s in reading and up to 2,100 MB / s in writing.

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When that old floppy drive dusty, again be useful has come FloppyFlash

FloppyFlash

For those who do not remember, some years ago all computers have floppy drives which we used to store, transport and share information with others, with the passage of time it became obsolete because our storage needs increased, so who arrived new smaller, faster and with greater capacity formats.

However, there are still people who have computers with these units, where many of them are no longer used and are just taking up space that could be used for another activity. If this is the almost anyone who is reading this, there is good news, because a company has designed a device that can replace the floppy drive and give it a new utility as Compact Flash card reader.

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