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ACER ASPIRE 3 A314 REVIEW AMD RYZEN ON A BUDGET

The ACER ASPIRE 3 is a budget laptop with AMD ryzen 5 processor, but does it give the best bang for the buck laptop in 2021?

price 29990.00

other stores : https://benson.ph/products/acer-aspire-3-a314-22-r8ax-ryzen-5-3500u-4gb-ram-128gb-ssd-1tb-hd Price ₱26,999.00

https://villman.com/Product-Detail/acer_A314-22-R4U5 27,999 Cash Price free 8GB upgrade

maintenance and upgrade KIDATECH https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNA57sxVoFQ

Incoming Price hike for Laptops? ASUS and ACER

Many Demand, Short Supplies, Price hike?

Is it not the best time as price hike will be rising pretty much soon due to silicon shortage and high demand?

as the global semiconductor shortage also has a massive effect on the amount of laptops that these companies can produce.

As 2020 Laptop sales went high during the Pandemic, where technology, electronic industry, which extends from components to end systems and products is one source of an average consumer needs

As COVID-19 Led to a new normal way of working from home and online classes, as Laptops are one of the main assets to the Average consumer that lead the manufacturers to catching up. Furthermore, components suppliers are already facing increasing pressure leading them to raise the prices of these part.

As ASUS and Acer Have seen the Growth on the Laptop market going a really positive approach, from 2020, that works are from home, schools online, and lockdowns are the trend thanks to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

in 2021 we will expect laptop manufacturers to having hard times in supplies and the demands that are high, both Acer and Asus are expected to raise the prices of notebooks in the second quarter of this year.

and due to semiconductor global shortages, this means a 5-10% possible increase of the laptops that will be available in the second half of 2021, while the supply is still catching up. Furthermore, components suppliers are already facing increasing pressure, leading them to raise the prices.

Is it the right time to buy a laptop?

Well. if you have an existing laptop that is still usable, or get on a second hand laptop that still fit by modern standard, is a second option, but waiting for the supplies to revert back to the original price might be a great solution

source:

Acer and Asus to raise the prices of laptops by up to 10% in Q2 2021: Report

https://money.udn.com/money/story/5612/5352631

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Acer-and-Asus-laptop-price-hikes-incoming.530213.0.html

ASUS Launched The ROG Phone 5 5 pro, and 5 Ultimate ( the overkill smartphone with 18gb of ram)

Pure mobile gaming and overkill specs?

ASUS launched the ROG 5 and 5 Ultimate, that will be based as a gaming phone in the mobile platform.

KEy features:

DISPLAY: the Phone uses a 6.8 inches AMOLED 144hz/1ms display with Delta e<1, 24.3 ms touch latency, and ,300 hz touch sampling rate, and HDR, coved in Gorilla glass Victus .

AUDIO: the phone uses a symmetrical dual front speaker and a 3.5mm ess audio jack,

TRIGGERS: The ROG phone’s Triggers are now improved and based on the AIRTRIGGER 5, there are ultrasonic buttons and motion control with different control by the movement similar to a console controller.

PERFORMANCE: Now using the Snapdragon 888 SOC 5G from Qualcomm, the performance is 35% render speed, and 25% CPU performance, that uses a UFS 3.1 for the storage, and the SOC is clocked at 2.84 ghz.

COOLING: the ROG phone 5 uses a 3D vapor chamber cooling system with graphite sheet for better thermal management where the battery is now Split from a single battery to Dual battery, and Aluminum frame. where the SOC is now in the middle part on the phone, and Aero active Cooler 5 is more improved in cooling the phone which is perfect to cool the SOC
that it claims to have lower temperature improvement by 10% for the SOC, and 15% for the surface.

BATTERY: The ROG phone comes in a 6000mah battery with hypercharge “65w”, that the 2 batteries provides better thermals

CAMERA: The camera is similar to the ZENFONE 7 Pro Based on the IMX686 64mp sensor, comes with ultrawide, and macro that sets the phone to a 3 camera setup

ROG PHONE 5

on the previous ROG phone, The looks and design made a more cleaner and simplified that the lighting is a matrix dot that shares the same look on the Zephyrus G14 that comes in black and white variants.

ROG PHONE 5 PRO

the pro version comes with an ROG vision based on a PMOLED display “64*256 color”, Hidden Rear touchpad,

ROG PHONE 5 ULTIMATE
The ultimate is one of the Premium Tier in the ROG phone 5 lineup with a more sleek and modern design similar to the pro’s PMOLED ROG Vision Display, and other technologies from the 5 and the 5 pro, and one overkill feature is the Memory as Asus made the first ROG phone and the worlds first 18gb ram smartphone rated at 6400mbps clockspeed, and 3200mhz ram clock, however this is a limited edition and a special goodies will be included on the ultimate which is the fan gift collection

PRICING:

ROG phone 5 16gb 256gb 999 eur ROG phone 5 12gb 256gb 899 eur ROG phone 5 8gb 128gb 799 eur ROG phone 5 pro 16gb 512gb 1199 eur ROG phone 5 Ultimate 18gb 512gb 1299 eur

Philippine prices will be announced soon.

AMD RX 6700 XT IS NOW OFFICIAL

“TEAM RED IS BACK“

AMD Launched the 6700XT Graphics card yesterday “March 4 2021”. as the supplies of graphics card is very high on demand for gamers, AMD set a more capable 1440P gaming card in the market.

Based on the 7 nm process the RX 6700 XT is based on the AMD EDNA 2 similar to the PS5 and X-BOX Series X and its claimed to be capable to run games for 1440p based gaming powerhouse, and promises a more affordable price tag.

***SPECS***

LEGEND	RX 6700 XT	RX 6800	RX 6800 XT	RX 6900 XT
GPU	Navi 22	Navi 21	Navi 21	Navi 21
Lithography	TSMC 7nm	TSMC 7nm	TSMC 7nm	TSMC 7nm
Compute Units	40	60	72	80
Ray Accelerators	40	60	72	80
Cores	2,560	3,840	4,608	5,120
Boost clock	2,424MHz	2,105MHz	2,250MHz	2,250MHz
Memory capacity	12GB GDDR6	16GB GDDR6	16GB GDDR6	16GB GDDR6
Memory bus	–	256-bit	256-bit	256-bit
Infinity Cache	96MB	128MB	128MB	128MB
TGP	230W	250W	300W	300W
Price	$479	$579	$649	$999

Based on the specs: the RX6700XT also has a lot of feature

• CPU and Gaming Architecture: The AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT GPU is based on 7nm process, AMD RDNA 2 gaming architecture.

• AMD Infinity Cache – 96MB of last-level data cache on the GPU die up to 2.5x higher bandwidth, however it was reduced from 128MB infinity cache on higher cards AMD offers.

• AMD Smart Access Memory – this inlocks the performance benefit when pairing on selected AMD RX 5000 and 6000 series higher performance and AMD 500-series motherboards.

• 12GB High-Speed GDDR6 VRAM – Created to handle texture loads for modern games with higher resolutions and increased graphic settings that AMD aims to be capable for 1440p gaming, and the GDDR6 delivers better performance and efficiency.

• AMD FidelityFX – Integrates 40 game titles and counting, as it is an open-source toolkit of visual enhancement effects that are available at AMD GPU Open making better clarity and quality.

• DirectX Raytracing (DXR) – AMD RDNA 2 graphics cards are optimized to deliver real-time lighting, shadow, and reflection realism similar to ray-tracing.

• Radeon Anti-lag – Supports DirectX 12 API that lowers input latency to get a competitive edge when gaming.

• AMD Radeon Boost – AMD Radeon Boost delivers up to a 27% performance increase, by dynamically reducing image resolution during fast-motion gameplay— increasing the frame rate and fluidity, as Variable Rate Shading is now available.

Ports: Standard 8+6 Pin Power Connectors, Display port 1.4, HDMI 2.1 4k at 120 or 8k at 60 hz

Pricing and Availability will be on March 18, 2021 and for 479.00 dollars is not a bad choice, but due to shortage we will expect if Stocks are available, even for other retail partners

APPLE NOV 10 EVENT

” ONE MORE THING”

APPLE released the next generation for the Mac that will push a new leap on the computing platform, as Apple uses the intel platform on the macbook back in 2006 and the old G series CPU on the Power book, Apple now transitions to the 5nm Apple M1 chip that provides the CPU, memory, Apple T2, I/o Chip, and the Thunderbolt controller into one Chip, similar to the iphone.

This chip uses a unified memory architecture that produces low latency better bandwidth, giving this SOC has 16 billion transistor on a 5nm technology, the SOC has 8 cores that performance and efficiency cores that makes the M1 as the fastest cores in the CPU space,

as the performance it shows a better leap compared to the competition.

The graphics has a 2x the performance and also the neural engine of 11 trillion operations per second on all 16 cores and new technologies,

the secure enclave provide the security needed on the SOC.

Mac OS big Sur?

the Mac os Big sur improved from waking up, performance on task, and better power and power management, for security also provide a new set of security and usual security features, as universal apps provides apps that is usable for intel based and the rosetta 2 provides a useful feature, that the apps is also compatible from the iPhone apps on the mac

Apple introduced the Macbook air with the M1 chip

The macbook air provided 3.5 performance on the cpu and 5x on the GPU giving the best performance compared to other laptops, a better ssd, fanless design, better battery life compared to the previous air, better webcam, better display, and touch id on the power button
the air starts at $999 dollars and $899 for the education

Apple introduces the mac mini. with the M1 chip

similar the the air, it shares a better performance on a small form factor and providing thunderbolt 4 capability.

starting at $699

Apple introduced the macbook pro 13 with M1 chip

the upgrades shares the same on the air but better battery, screen, security, studio quality mic, better performance $1299 $1199 for education.

available next week and preorder starts today, as big sur will be available November 12

Source: APPLE Youtube channel

FREE GAME GTA V IN EPIC GAMES STORE on May 14.

“BEST SELLING GAME, LOVE BY MILLIONS, NOW FREE”

Grand theft Auto 5 is one of the most beloved game franchise by many, as this game supports Online that millions of players play in this HD universe open world, where Rockstar games Still supports the game with full blown DLC’s, plenty of missions, in Grand theft Auto Online, it’s going to be the best experience for new players to have a free copy of GTA V, to play offline, and online.

As of today Rumors are speculating that this mystery release of a free game from EPIC games, as GTA V leaves x box game pass and GTA 6 is still along way away, we Will see later for this mystery game that epic games store will reveal, as this “second chance will give new players a more gaming enjoyment at home.

As of May 14, 2020 you van get a free copy of GTA 5 for free, until May 21,2020

as specified from a twitter post that was automatically deleted saying that “Get Grand Theft Auto V free on PC until May 21. Tours to keep forever on the Epic Games Store.”

In 11 pm PST, we will be receiving the 990 php game for free. so register to epic games and start playing. HAPPY Gaming.

Death Coming Available for free

Non-linear puzzle for free during Quarantine?

Death Coming is a non linear puzzle game that you must harvest humans in a death based simulation in final destination style/

giving this game a positive review, this is not safe for kids, but its a fun game to just chill around and relax
from 4.59 dollars. it is a great game to enjoy from quarantine, however you can download this game for free today until 11:00 PM

https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/product/death-coming/home

source: https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/product/death-coming/home

TOP 10 GAMING LAPTOPS UNDER PHP 50000 SUMMER 2020

Due to whats happening lately. lets light the mood with the best laptop deal this years 2020

1.Acer Nitro 5 AN515-43-R6DJ

http://villman.com/Product-Detail/acer_nitro5_AN515-43-R6DJ

2. MSI GF63 Thin

https://www.lazada.com.ph/products/brand-new-msi-gf63-thin-156-gaming-laptop-i5-8300h-8gb-ram-256gb-ssd-gtx1650-max-q-i478834526-s1249722055.html?spm=a2o4l.searchlistcategory.list.38.671c4830BIAiue&search=1

3. Lenovo Ideapad L340-15IRH

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4. Acer Nitro 5 AN515-43-R41A http://asianic.com.ph/product/acer-nitro-5-an51543r41a-156inch-fhd-ips-amd-ryzen-5-3550h-w-256gb-ssd

5. Dell G3 15 3579

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6.Lenovo GAMING IdeaPad 330-17ICH 81FL004VPH

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7. MSI GAMING PRO GF63 Thin 9RCX-1014PH

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8. Dell G3 15 3590

http://villman.com/Product-Detail/dell_g3_3590_i5-9300blck

9. Acer Nitro 5 AN515-54-56VR

http://villman.com/Product-Detail/acer_nitro5-56vr

10. Asus X571GT-BQ582T

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World war Z is now Free on Epic games for a limited time

While Call of Duty Warzone is now the best Battle royal game, this time /a game is now free from its ~~$22.99,~~ to free of charge.

For a limited run the heart-pounding four-player cooperative third-person shooter World war Z is now free on epic games for a limited run time until 4/2/2020 at 11:00 PM.

WINDOWS

Minimum	Recommended
CPU Core i3-3220/AMD A10-5700	CPU Intel Core i7-3970 @ 3.50GHz
RAM 8 GB	RAM 16 GB
OS Windows 7 and later	OS 64 bit Windows 10, DX11
Video Card GF650Ti/ Intel 630/ Radeon HD 5870	Video Card GeForce GTX 960 / Radeon R9 280
Storage 35 GB	Storage 35 GB