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Some say , good things come in small packages , that term might be true because Maingear - a gaming PC manufacturer has unveiled a mini gaming cube that has more power than most gaming laptops . Introducing the new Maingear X-Cube , the mini pc , which has dimensions measuring 12.5 x 10 x 15.5 inches is not as tiny as the Gigabyte BRIX cube , but the system , which has a 3Ghz Intel Core i7 5960x slim core processor and support for upto 64GB or Crossair's Dominator DDR3 Ram and you have the option of getting a desktop class GTX980 (not the M) or a AMD Radeon R9 290x according to your budget and taste.The system supports upto 3 SSD or HDD's (storage is a separate addon , like RAM) and if you dont like the pre-installed Windows 8.1 , you can pay a extra $55 and get the old -but -gold Windows 7 OS . The cube features 4 USB 3.0 Ports ,6 USB 2.0 ports and a Ethernet port on the rear , and of course , you will get two USB 3.0 ports in the front along with a audio out jack , the sy...

Late last month AMD officially announced two new Radeon GPU series including the R9 and R7. At the time AMD didn’t offer a lot of details on its new R7 series of GPUs, but AMD has now come clean with all the details for several new R7 products. AMD says that this new series is ideal for everyday gamers looking for better graphics performance from their computers. The R7 family also supports AMD Mantle technology allowing game developers to take advantage of GCN-powered cores on the PC and console for a streamlined development process. The graphics card family supports DirectX 11.2 and is designed to unlock improved graphics performance and features in the Windows 8.1 operating system. The R7 260X is the high-end part of the family and integrates high-quality audio technology along with graphics performance. This GPU has 896 stream processors within engine clock operating at up to 1.1 GHz. The GPU promises 1.97 TFLOPS of compute performance and has 2 GB of GDDR5 RAM with a price of ...