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Cooler Masterhas officially unwrapped its X Silent family of power supplies (PSUs) ahead ofCES2024. The name reveals the big attraction here – silent PSUs, which deliver surprising amounts of power, breaking boundaries for fanless power supplies. There are three new X Silent PSUs in all, with power ratings spanning 850W, 1100W, and 1300W, and two of them are entirely passive fanless designs. The fanless and thus completely silent stars of the X Silent family are the Cooler Master X Silent Edge Platinum 850W and 1100W PSUs....

Tom’s Hardware Verdict The Ender 3 V3 is a premium 3D printer with a well-built design and speedy motion system at an affordable price. It gets extra credit for being Open Source with Klipper firmware that can be easily modded. Excellent Auto bed leveling Klipper firmware Cons Creality’s interface is limited Why you may trust Tom’s HardwareOur expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you....

The Compatibility Support Module (CSM) is a mode within the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) that offerslegacy BIOS compatibility. This is the ultimate solution when you’re trying to boot your OS from an MBR-partitioned drive that requires legacy BIOS features. When enabled, it provides BIOS functions that are omitted in the UEFI mode. While most modern systems are pre-built with UEFI, you require legacy BIOS if you wish to install an older OS or reduce its bitness (for example, 64-bit to 32-bit)....

Hugo and Nebula Award-Winning Science Fiction Writer, Robert J. Sawyer, has painstakingly packaged a distribution of WordStar 7.0d for DOS.Sawyer sayshe spent weeks of his time crafting this full install of the seminal word processor, making it possible to be “up and running on a Windows computer in a matter of minutes.” In addition to the software, the Canadian author includes a full-text searchable PDF of all seven manuals that originally came with the word processor, his hints and tips, and more....

TheRaspberry Pihas become deeply intertwined with custom gaming rigs over the last decade. Whether you’re looking to emulate systems on the Pi itself or using it in tandem with other boards, there’s no shortage of possibilities when it comes to what you can do to create the gaming machine of your dreams and no one knows that better than Wim Dewijngaert. If you’re a fan of pinball, you’ve got to check out this incredible table top virtualmini pinball machineDewijngaert built with his father and aRaspberry Pi Picotype board....

A developer is celebrating after booting a Linux system fromGoogle’s cloud storage platform. After overcoming a multitude of hurdles, they successfully booted a storage-less laptop from Google Drive and thus created a “Cloud Native Computer.” Ersei, a Computer Science student at Purdue University and open-source developer, felt compelled to take on thiscloud boot challengeafter a friend recalled how they managed to get Linux to boot from a Network File System (NFS)....

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) is reportedly investigating Supermicro after Hindenburg Research accused the company of manipulating its financial reports and violations of U.S. export regulations to Russia and China, reports theWall Street Journal. Supermicro has denied any wrongdoing, but the investigation is in its early stages, and stock prices have dropped in response. The DoJ and Supermicro have not formally confirmed the ongoing probe. DoJ reportedly probes Supermicro Hindenburg Research published a report titledSupermicro: Fresh Evidence Of Accounting Manipulation, Sibling Self-Dealing And Sanctions Evasion At This AI High Flyerback in August....

Tom’s Hardware Verdict A great couple of cases that have only a couple of issues. Port access for camera / display / PCIe is awkward. Wi-Fi connectivity is impacted by the aluminum mass. Great build quality Easy access to most ports Great thermal performance Low cost Awkward access to camera / display and PCIe ports Big logos ED-Pi5Case-BS / BB Wi-Fi performance isn’t great Why you’re able to trust Tom’s HardwareOur expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you....

Elgato’s iconic 15-button macro pad is now on sale at its lowest price ever on Amazon. Theblack Stream Deck MK.2is currently on sale for $109.99 — a 27% discount that will save you $40 during the last day ofPrime Day 2025. If you’re after aesthetics and have a white-themed desktop, the version is also down to $119.99, giving you a $30 discount. While many cheaper options have appeared on the market over the years, you still cannot beat the first gadget that brought it into the mainstream....

Modern Sleep Number beds are marvels, tracking your sleep, breathing, and heart rate and even maintaining the mattress temperature to your liking. One computer engineer has also figured out how toroot the bed’s control hubto allow local control. Along the way, he also made a discovery that may trouble you: a backdoor-like connection that allows Sleep Number to remotely connect to your bed’s hub at will without your knowledge. Dillan Mills discovered all this after Sleep Number asked him to turn off aHomebridge pluginhe’d developed to deactivate some of the bed’s features and run smart home automation if its sensors detected nobody was laying on the mattress....

Ethernet ports in walls provide users with an efficient way to access high-speed internet in their homes or offices. But as with all hardware, they are subject to damage and other issues, especially after using them for a long time. You can easily fix simple issues by yourself, such as loose connections. If not, you’ll need to invite a technician in case you are not used to repairing the wiring in your house....

Tom’s Hardware Verdict Formlabs Form 4L pairs decent resolution with insane precision to make exceptional prints at a massive scale. It has “paint by numbers” simplicity, speed, and smart sensors to guide your prints. Though we normally aren’t fans of a closed ecosystem, Formlabs gives users plenty of material options from affordable prototyping to engineering and medical-grade resins. This machine isn’t just a business tool, it’s a partner. Excellent resolution...

Gigabyte is expanding its AI-focused SSD lineup to incorporate its Ultra Durable (UD) sub-branding for lower-tier products. The AI TOP UD SSD 1TB is an all-new lower-end version of theAI TOP 100E SSDseries, featuring less performance and lower endurance but still achieving over 100,000 TBW. The AI TOP UD SSD is a PCIe 4.0 drive with a sequential read speed of up to 6,500 MB/s and a sequential write speed of up to 5,700 MB/s....