Intel is will launch its Core i7 4771 in the fall to take its premium line to 2014 when it plans to launch a refresh of Haswell. The new Core i7-4771 will be the replacement of the Core i7-4770. It has only been three months since the latter was released by Intel is introducing its upgraded version already. The new core i7-4771 has similar specs including the 100 MHz core bump of 3.5 GHz base. Turbo frequency is also at at 3.9 GHz. VR-Zone got its hands on a copy of the chip early to run some benchmarks. 

Released a couple of days ago, Cooler Master has brought a new style aluminum CM Storm Pulse-R gaming headset to the market. Granted not the most sexy looking but with 42mm drivers it should be pushing out the sounds with shocking clarity. It is easy stand out from the crowd with stylish white-LED lighting and customizable removable laser-etched aluminum ear plates. I bet your current headset does not have these features so check out this one that does. 

The Guru3D Rig of the Month July 2013 might not appeal to everybody but dude, does it scream man cave from a to Z. This is room conversion is themed all the way. The rig has been made by Leonardo Akira who is a machine operator at the age of 29 years. His work of art is called Poseidon MkI, and we invite you to take a look at what he has collected, altered and modded over the years, check it out.

Intel is prepping slowly but steadily to release their upcoming  Core i7 "Ivy Bridge-E" processors. According to latest data, Intel will release in September 10 no less than three Ivy Bridge-E processors namely the Core i7-4960X, Core i7-4930K and Core i7-4820K. Ivy Bridge E can be used on Intel X79 socket 2011 based motherboards, even the older ones albeit they all will need a BIOS update.

Here comes a new mobile Wi-Fi router from Elecom, the WRH-H300. Measuring W68.9mm x D64mm x H14.5mm and weighing 35g, this travel-friendly device supports for dual-band Wi-Fi access point (2.4GHz – 300Mbps and 5GHz – 300Mbps), has one Internet LAN port and one LAN port.

Check out the  eather-light MSI GS70 Stealth gaming notebook. Measuring less than 2.18 centimeters thick, the GS70 is the industry's thinnest 17" gaming notebook powerhouse. At just 2.65 kilograms, the GS70 is even lighter than most 15.6" models, so you can conveniently take the action anywhere. With a big 17.3" Full HD monitor packed into a sleek 21.8 millimeters, this gaming platform is equipped with a long-lasting, high-capacity battery that can power nearly four hours of video. 

Phanteks introduces the new PH-F140XP Series premium case/radiator fans. PH-F140XP with PWM functions allows for speed adjustments, higher for performance and lower for silent operation. PH-F140XP also features 140mm mounting hole and is a fan upgrade option for users who want better airflow for their cases and radiators. PH-F140XP’s nine blades with MVB feature produce powerful yet silent downdraft airflow. With the UFB bearing, composed by MOSS and SSC systems, long lifespan and rotation stability are made possible.

Asus’s Jonney Shih has made some crazy bets over the years — teeny-tiny laptops, phones that turn into tablets, and even a seven-inch tablet that can be held to the ear to make phone calls. shih1 But, so far, the only bet that Shih said hasn’t panned out was the company’s move to build products based on Windows RT, the slimmed-down version of Windows 8 that runs on ARM-based processors. Asus is pulling back on Windows RT, Chairman Says.

GTVhacker researcher has found his way into Root Access to explore more about the device. The day they got their hands on the dongle, they got cracking at it and found a bug during their initial code audit. The hacker who goes by the name "CJ Heres (@cj_000)" developed a secure boot exploit and hopes it'll help developers explore the platform and build custom software. He found that, contrary to Google's claim, the Chromecast appears to be more Android than ChromeOS. 

Razer announced the latest iteration of the Razer Naga, a MMO gaming mouse. The Razer Naga's iconic 12-button thumb grid is now outfitted with mechanical switches for increased tactility, speed and actuation assurance. Each button on the thumb grid stands out more pronounced than previous generation models to allow for blind-finding, letting gamers more easily execute commands.

Download the 326.41 Beta driver, it offers support for Windows 8, Windows Vista, Windows XP  and Windows 8.1 both 32 and 64-bit. This is a developer driver and seems to add Opengl 4.3 support. This driver enables GeForce to SHIELD streaming and is also a recommended driver update for the Windows 8.1 Preview. GeForce R326 drivers also provide performance increases for a variety of different games.

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AMD today announced a new low-power Accelerated Processing Unit (APU) in the award-winning AMD G-Series SOC family with the GX-210JA, further reducing x86 power requirements for embedded designs. The new GX-210JA APU, a full System-on-Chip (SoC) design, uses one-third less energy than the previous low-power Embedded G-Series SOC product while providing industry-leading graphics capabilities. 

Gigabyte released the mini-ITX based F2A85XN-WIFI, which we review with a AMD A10 6800K APU processor. The motherboard is only 17x17 CM yet offers great features and is incredible fun. Value and fun is what the platform offers. Pop on a nice series 6800 APU from AMD and for normal daily usage is just fine and heck, it's great for HTPCs and even a game or two.

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Download the 326.41 Beta driver, it offers support for Windows 8, Windows Vista, Windows XP  and Windows 8.1 both 32 and 64-bit. This is a developer driver and seems to add opengl 4.4 support.

Today is the day the headphone becomes "smart" with the launch of Muzik, an innovative company inspired to transform the way music is experienced.  Muzik, founded by disruptive innovator, Jason Hardi, is pioneering a new space called Social Smartware, coined to describe the seamless connection of consumer electronic devices, content and social media platforms to make music instantly discoverable and shareable in an effortless way. 

Mach today launched LX Series USB3.0 flash drives. The MX-LX is based on a native USB 3.0 controller chip and implementing advanced dual-channel technology. It is an economical USB 3.0 peripheral for those who demand leading-edge technology without paying more.

We review the cute and tiny mini-ITX based Gigabyte F2A85XN-WIFI motherboard and arm it with a AMD A10 6800K APU processor. The motherboard is only 17x17 CM yet offers great features and is incredible fun. Value and fun is what the platform offers. Pop on a nice series 6800 APU from AMD and for normal daily usage is just fine  and heck, it's great for HTPCs and even a game or two.

ORIGIN PC announces a brand new member to their line-up of award-winning EON laptops, the EON13-S custom high-performance laptop; the perfect balance of power and portability for gamers, artists, professionals and enthusiasts! Slim enough at a weight of only 4.4lbs, the new EON13-S is upgradable and features a stunning IPS 1920 x1080 high-definition display, Intel's 4th generation mobile processors, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M graphics and up to 3 storage drives including dual mSATA with RAID support; making this one of the most powerful, portable, and customizable laptops in its class.

ADATA today the launch of the latest XPG V2 series overclocking memory, running at a stellar 3100 megahertz. This new product's dual channel is designed to bring ultimate performance to gamers using Intel Core fourth-generation processors and the latest Z87 platform.

NVIDIA sent out a press release announcing CloudLight, a cloud-based "system for amortizing indirect lighting in real-time rendering." They say this new framework "explores tradeoffs in different partitions of the global illumination workload between Cloud and local devices, with an eye to how available network and computational power influence design decisions and image quality."

The thing that you see above, a prototype drone designed by researchers from Switzerland's Lausanne Polytech, could be the first sign that we might see a lot of transformer robots in the distant future. The drone is coming with a capability which sets it apart from all other drones out there: it can walk with its wings. The DALER or Deployable Air Land Exploration Robot comes equipped with wings mounted on shafts that can be locked or rotated. When in the flying mode the wings will be locked, but after landing the wings are unlocked enabling rotation and allowing the drone to move on the ground. 

With UHD making a small revolution in resolution the demand for optical storage capacity will rise in the near future. Both Samsung and Panasonic are now working on a 300GB Blu-ray succesor released by the end of 2015.

Internal AMD documents that have been exposed by vr-zone detail that the company’s HSA APU efforts and show that Kaveri has a target launch date in 2014. While we can’t post the original documents, we can say that they confirm rumors posted elsewhere naming “Carrizo” as the successor to Kaveri, and that Kaveri would be delayed until 2014. 

AOC has introduced their latest mobile LCD monitor, the E1659FWU. Adopting the DisplayLink technology, this new 15.6-inch LED-backlight monitor provides 1366 x 768 native resolution, 500:1 contrast ratio, 200 cd/m2 brightness and 8ms response time.

This format is really getting popular somehow. So yet another upcoming ultra-wide cinematic monitor from LG, the 29EA73-P. Adopting the latest AH-IPS panel, this new 29-inch LED backlight monitor provides 2560 x 1080 native resolution with 21:9 aspect ratio, 5,000,000:1 (DFC 1,000:1) contrast ratio, 300 cd/m2 brightness, 5ms (GTG) response time and 178/178 degree viewing angles. Not to mention, it also has two built-in 7W stereo speakers and features DVI-D, 2x HDMI (1x MHL), DisplayPort, USB 2.0 and 3x USB 3.0 connectors. The 29EA73-P will go on sale from early August for unannounced price yet.

Microsoft is really keen on you spending cash to purchase an Xbox One, the sweeten up the deal Microsoft is giving all Xbox Live users free unlimited cloud storage for their Xbox One gaming data. Previous generation Xbox users had to subscribe to an Xbox Live Gold account to be able to make use of this feature.

We're nearing the end of the month, time for an overview of the top ten selling titles on Steam for the week as reported by Valve:

1.Shadowrun Returns
2.The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Legendary Edition
3.Civilization V: A Brave New World
4.Civilization V Gold Edition
5.BioShock Infinite
6.Borderlands 2
7.Kerbal Space Program
8.Dishonored
9.Prison Architect
10.Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

In a new roadmap is seems that Intel will focus a lot on Ultrabook and “2-in-1” devices. Intersting is Intel’s desktop efforts on 2014 for the  Z97, which will be based on a refreshed Haswell architecture. Intel is also planning to launch Ivy Bridge – E in September, which should take the architecture to the 4.0 GHz level on turbo. Come H2 2014, its forecasted that Intel will refresh the channel with Haswell-E that features DDR4. 

Apacer the global leading memory manufacturer- will once again bring overclocking techniques to a new level! Apacer introduces the industry-leading ARES DDR3-3000 series with record-breaking clock rate reaching DDR3 3226 MHz at 2013 Computex Taipei. This series also offer 2800 MHz, 2933 MHz, and other specifications with strictly tested high-end guaranteed memory chips. Two packages (8 GB Kit [4 GBx2] and 16 GB Kit [8 GBx2]) are available to bring extreme lightning speed experience to overclocking players.

The holographic technology startup Provision 3D Media has successfully produced 3D floating virtual images up to 52 inches large, and now it's setting out to develop a working life-sized hologram. The startup is trying to raise $950,000 on Kickstarter to develop and test the prototype. "From the moment Princess Leia materialized in 1977, Holograms would forever be tied to the vision of our future," the Kickstarter page says. "Science Fiction has shown us what's next. Now it's time to make it happen."