Hardware Breakdown Presents: Sony's PlayStation 5

This week Sony officially launches their next-generation gaming console, the PS5, which has been the topic of conversation for the past couple of months amidst all the rumors and image leaks. The PS5 undoubtedly the most powerful and fastest console Sony has ever produced, and more than ever, it will draw strong comparisons to the PC.

Should you buy Crucial's X8 external SSD hard drives? The answer is yes

Today, external drives have come a long way, with storage capacities exceeding well past 500 GB. Many external drives on the market are more compact and sleek in its design and ultra-fast read speeds. Crucial's X8 Portable SSD meets my standards in what I look for in a quality external storage drive. It has an excellent elegant design; it's supremely fast, and it has up to 2TB of storage space.

My Top Three Budget $80 or less CPU coolers

No longer is there a need to use an excessive amount of money to construct a PC. Hardware is now cheap, enabling anyone to put together a high-end system for under a thousand dollars. So if you just happened to stumble upon this post and are in the process of building a PC, lucky you, I've found three quality budget CPU coolers for $80 or less.

Hardware Breakdown Presents: iPhone 12 Pro

If you have been living underneath a rock or engaged in a month-long cryogenic sleep, you should know by now Apple last week unveiled their highly anticipated iPhone 12. Of course, the hardware and features have piqued interest here at Tekspecz studios, so much, its core components certainly deserve an in-depth examination. In this new segment of Hardware Breakdown, let's take an in-depth analysis of the iPhone 12 Pro.

Sony Presents: The a PS5 Teardown Video

No, this isn't a tear-down video from iFixit—instead, this tear-down video is produced by Sony. We have an in-depth look inside the design and hardware of the console, weeks before the November 12 market launch. I'm a little late to the game with this post, but here's a look at what seemingly is a well-built gaming console and hardware, piece by piece.

Western Digital Unveils The WD_BLACK SN850 NVME PCIE GEN4 SSD

Western Digital has an exciting piece of hardware coming down the pipe, unveiling the new WD_Black G2 controller; the SN850 posting speeds of up to 7000 MB/s read and 5300MB/s write, with a storage capacity exceeding up to 1TB. I might add this particular Gen3 model is compatible with PCI Express 4.0, which explains why the drive has blazing read/write speeds. Before we go on, here's a word from the company;

NVIDIA's WHQL 456.55 GeForce GPU Update Will Enhance Call of Duty Performance

If you're currently playing Call of duty via PC and are using the RTX 30 series graphics card, then prepare yourself for a significant Game Ready driver update for GeForce GPUs (WHQL 456.65). Featuring Reflex support for the latest COD titles, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Call of Duty: Warzone, right along with optimization of Star Wars: Squadrons. The company states the driver update quote: " improves stability in certain games on RTX 30 series GPU".

Apple Releases an Update For iOS 14 Addressing Bug Fixes For Default Settings and More

A few days ago, I published a post entailing the iOS 14 default app bug. As expected, Apple addressed the issue with their latest update, iOS 14.1. The update addresses several issues, but the one glitch that had everyone gripe via social media is the default app setting bugs. When you set third-party apps such as email and web browsers as default, when you reboot your device, it reverts to Apple default apps.

The iOS 14 Reset Default App Bug

It seems when Apple releases its new mobile OS, users, as usual, share their displeasure's on a wide scale via social media, regarding software bugs. The latest glitch? User's inability to set mail and web browser applications as a default third-party alternative. Here's the issue, once you reboot your iPhone, it reverts to Apple's default apps. We have this statement from Apple; it goes as follows;

We have a Intel i7-1185G7 Tiger Lake Prototype Laptop Sighting

It's been a couple of weeks since Intel debuted their next flagship processor, Tiger Lake. Yet we already are seeing laptop prototypes show up online. Ars Technica, one f my favorite tech publications, got hold of a prototype laptop featuring an Intel Core i7-1185G7, which contains four-core and eight threads with a base clock of 1.2GHz and a Turbo Boost clock of 4.8GHz. The laptop features the new Xe graphics chip, probably the most pinnacle hardware on the computer. What's so impressive is how iGPU outperforms the seven cores on the Ryzen 7 4700, making it all too remarkable.

These FCC photos shows how big the PS5 really is

There is no doubt the PS5 is an enormous gaming console, the biggest of its kind ever produced. Dwarfing Microsoft's Xbox Series consoles. But if you observe photos from the FCC, it is clear the PS5 will be a challenge trying to situate it alongside your home theater setup; I mean, look how big it is. Interestingly enough, it appears users can vertically stand the console on both sides.