In a recent interview, Apacer general manager CK Chang mentions that that pricing of 256GB solid state disks are expected to fall under $70 in the second half of this year. Though 128GB models are slowly getting too small imho, these will hit $40.

Interesting, if you have been playing around with the preview build of Windows 10, then you will have noticed that after you updated it to the latest build it now has DirectX 12 support. If you look at the screenshot below, you can see that it is enabled in the OS itself.

For a week or two now in our forums there have been allegations that users of the GeForce GTX 970 have a darn hard time addressing and filling the last 10% of their graphics memory. The 4 GB card seems to run into issues addressing the last 400 to 600 MB of memory, which is significant.

More news from Acer today as later this year they will launch a large curved 34" size, and 21:9 ultra-wide format monitor with G-Sync. The XR341CK which will likely get a 3440 x 1440 resolution. There is apparently going to be a 144Hz + G-sync and a non-G-sync option available.

Alright alright ! Acer will release two new 24"-class screens with IPS panels and 3840 x 2160 Ultra HD resolutions. Yeah, 24" inch though. The CB240HYK (pictured) is 23.8" in size and offers a 60Hz refresh rate, 6ms G2G response time, 1000:1 contrast ratio, 310 cd/m2 brightness and sRGB gamut from its W-LED backlight. 

QNAP announced the TS-x31+ series Turbo NAS for small and home offices. Embedded with a dual-core 1.4 GHz ARM Cortex-A15 CPU, the TS-x31+ series provides a powerful yet energy-efficient solution for file storage, sharing and data backup with hardware-accelerated encryption.

Here an overview of all GeForce GTX 960 releases. The mainstream card has a $199 MSRP and features 1024 CUDA cores, a reference 1127MHz base lock, 1178MHz Boost clock with 128-bit / 2GB GDDR5 memory at 7000MHz. 

We review the KFA2 (GALAX) mid-range GeForce GTX 960 EXOC edition. The product comes factory overclocked with a boost clock of 1266 MHz. The product has a custom and relatively small PCB. GALAX was on a mission, to make the card both silent whilst offering temps in the 65 Degrees C range, and hey... mission accomplished.

You can read the full review here.

There is silent, and then there is SILENT. Join us as we review the MSI GeForce GTX Gaming OC, the card comes with a newly revised TwiNFrozr model V cooler. And that makes it silent and deadly as you will not hear this product. The GTX 960 is introduced in the mainstream space, aiming to be the affordable 1080P alternative. The card has 2 GB graphics memory, is energy efficient and comes factory overclocked for you.

Read the full review right here.

We review not one but two ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Strix graphics cards, in SLI mode of course. This premium version of the GTX 960 comes with an all silent design, good looks, a factory overclock and very nice overclock potential as well. All that whilst the temperatures do not go out of control.

Read the review right here.

Our review of the Gigabyte G1 Gaming GeForce GTX 960 is an interesting one. This product is gorgeous as it is the most silent of all the cards we tested. Next to some fantastic looks including a proper back plate, the product comes factory overclocked, has a WindForce 3X based cooler and was the best overclocker as well.

Read the review right here.

You can now download the Nvidia GeForce 347.25 WHQL driver as released by NVIDIA. The new GeForce Game Ready Dying Light 347.25 WHQL drivers are now available to download automatically through GeForce Experience, and from GeForce.com. With performance optimizations, SLI profiles, expanded Multi-Frame Sampled Anti-Aliasing support, and support for the new GeForce GTX 960, our latest Game Ready drivers are a recommended update for all GeForce GTX users.

Download here.

The SAPPHIRE R9 290X 8GB Tri-X model combines the large 8GB frame buffer with the highly acclaimed SAPPHIRE exclusive Tri-X triple fan cooler, enhanced clocks and dual BIOS, making the large frame buffer option available at a slightly lower cost than the previous model.

That what she said .. ehm that would be the new CEO, Lisa Su. So AMD will release new GPUs and APUs in or after Q2 2015 "Going into the second quarter and the second half of the year with our new product launches, I think we feel very good about where we are positioned there," said Lisa Su, chief executive officer. 

Microsoft has announced that its next operating system will be offered as a free upgrade to owners of devices running Windows 8, Windows 7 and Windows Phone.

Check this report from backup service Backblaze out. They outed a report of their hard drive failure rates, it was done with a very respectable 25,000 hard disk drives. The chart shows a failure rate for all tested HDDs, adn check out the SeaGate 3TB .. topping a failure rate of 40%

Arctic released the Accelero S3 inteded to passively cool low-end graphics cards. The Accelero S3 is capable to cool even graphics cards of the calibre of an R7-260X or a GTX 660 entirely passive. Equipped with an add-on fan, the cooling capacity of the Accelero S3 can be upgraded even to 200 Watts.

ADATA XPG Z1 DDR4 3333 Gold Edition computer memory was able to clock up to 4255MHz CL17 when used with an ASUS ROG Rampage V Extreme motherboard cooled with liquid nitrogen.