How to expand the RAM memory of a Windows computer?

RAM memory compatibility and capacity

Before starting the RAM expansion process, it is important to make sure that you have new memory that is fully compatible with your computer. You will also need to verify that it has the capacity you need:

• Compatibility: the compatibility of the RAM memory with the computer must be checked. With this in mind, it is necessary to consult the manufacturer’s specifications or use online tools. It is key to be certain of the type of memory. For example, DDR3 or DDR4. These are the modes that can be used in a computer. It is also necessary to know if it has additional slots available to install it.
• Required capacity: the required RAM capacity must be determined. It is important to determine the user’s needs. If you use demanding applications such as design or editing programs, you may need a larger memory capacity in addition to the type of tasks you will execute and the limit your device can tolerate.

Proceed with installation of the new RAM

First, you need to confirm the type of memory the computer is compatible with. In addition to the maximum capacity, it can tolerate. Finally, it is time to proceed with the installation of the new RAM.

• Turn off the PC and disconnect it: Before installing the RAM memory, make sure to turn off the computer and disconnect it from the power supply. This ensures safety during the installation process.
• Access the memory modules: open the computer case and locate the existing RAM modules. Additional slots may be available. If so, you will have the option to add new modules without replacing the existing ones.
• Install RAM: Carefully remove the existing RAM modules, if necessary. Now place the new modules into the empty slots. It is key to make sure to properly align the notches on the memory connector and press gently until it clicks into place.
• Reassemble the PC: put the PC case back as it was before. Then you must verify that it has been well-adjusted. Finally, connect the computer to the power supply and turn it on.

RAM configuration and verification

After installing the new RAM, it’s important to configure it correctly and verify its operation. To do this, you should perform the following actions:

• RAM recognition: Usually the Windows operating system will automatically recognize the new RAM. However, it may be that if the system does not show the total capacity. Then you have to make a check using the Task Manager.
• RAM configuration in the BIOS: In some cases, it may be necessary to access the BIOS settings. This is to enable full detection of the new RAM memory. This will require a reboot of the PC. Then, during the boot process, press the key indicated on the screen to enter the BIOS. Once there, look for the option that relates to RAM memory configuration and ensure that it is enabled.
• Performance tests: After configuring the RAM correctly, you should perform performance tests. This is to verify that the computer is using the full capacity of its new memory. Demanding applications should be run. Or perform intensive tasks to make sure that the PC’s performance has really improved.

In conclusion, expanding the RAM memory in a Windows PC is an excellent way to improve its performance and responsiveness. By following the above steps, you will be able to select the right RAM memory.

It is worth reiterating that it is very important to conduct a thorough investigation. In addition to following the manufacturer’s instructions. It is always good to take all precautions when handling the internal components of the computer. This will ensure that the component will work optimally.

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Although many people like to update their kernel frequently, the truth is that it is not mandatory. The Linux Kernel has been stable for a long time and in Ubuntu 20.04 there is a mature and recent version of it. However, for newer hardware, it can be convenient.

Before we start I want to warn you that if your system is stable and you don’t have any hardware problems, you should be careful when using another kernel. If, on the other hand, you have some hardware failures, this may be a solution.

On the other hand, I do not recommend you to upgrade the Linux kernel in production environments or heavy use equipment.

So, let’s get started.

Installing Kernel Linux 5.8 on Ubuntu 20.04

The PPA Kernel Ubuntu team compiles and packages the kernel for us. Then, we have to download these files and install them on our system.

The problem with this method is that we have to do it manually. But it can also be useful if we don’t want to add a PPA and just try it out.

Anyway, we have to download these files and then install them.

First, open a terminal and check the current version of the Ubuntu 20.04 kernel

:~$ uname -r
5.4.0-33-generic

As you can see Ubuntu 20.04 incorporates version 5.4 of the Linux kernel.

Now create a folder to download the necessary files:

:~$ mkdir kernel
:~$ cd kernel

And proceed to start the download using wget. First, with the headers file:

:~$ wget -c https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.8/amd64/linux-headers-5.8.0-050800_5.8.0-050800.202008022230_all.deb -O headers.deb

Then follow the image of the Kernel:

:~$ wget -c https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.8/amd64/linux-image-unsigned-5.8.0-050800-generic_5.8.0-050800.202008022230_amd64.deb -O image.deb

And finally, download the Kernel modules:

:~$ wget -c https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.8/amd64/linux-modules-5.8.0-050800-generic_5.8.0-050800.202008022230_amd64.deb -O module.deb

Once the download of the 3 files is finished, we proceed to install them with APT.

:~$ sudo apt install ./*.deb

Now all that’s left is to reboot the system.

When the system boots, check the version of the Linux kernel you have installed:

:~$ uname -r
5.8.0-050800-generic

Now yes, the Linux Kernel 5.8 is installed on Ubuntu 20.04

Remember if the system is ok, do not upgrade the kernel.

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You probably already know what Arduino is but in case you don’t, I’ll explain it briefly.

Arduino is a company that is behind the manufacture of an electronics platform whose main feature is that it aims to facilitate the use of electronics in all kinds of projects. However, the main novelty of this is that it does so from the philosophy of Open Hardware.

This philosophy allows the devices to publish to the public all the diagrams and specifications of it. This is great for learning and small projects. In short, Arduino gives the foundation for creating other electronic boards.

Another aspect of the Arduino boards is that it is possible to use this board along with other materials such as sensors and create such important projects as a mechanical arm. Of course, this requires software and here is another advantage of Arduino: the entire software kit is free and accessible.

Arduino IDE is a program that will help you program Arduino boards quickly and easily. The Arduino programming language is Wiring based and has a very low learning curve. We will install it today.

Install Arduino IDE on Ubuntu 20.04 / 18.04 / Linux Mint 19.X?

A big advantage of the Arduino IDE is that it is cross-platform and this makes it possible to install on Linux without any problems. However, in this case, we will do it in Ubuntu/Linux Mint.

First, go to the download section of Arduino IDE and download the package for Linux 64 bits.

In my case, I will do it from the terminal using the wget command.

:~$ wget https://downloads.arduino.cc/arduino-1.8.12-linux64.tar.xz
--2020-03-17 10:58:03--  https://downloads.arduino.cc/arduino-1.8.12-linux64.tar.xz
Resolving downloads.arduino.cc (downloads.arduino.cc)... 104.20.190.47, 104.20.191.47, 2606:4700:10::6814:be2f, ...
Connecting to downloads.arduino.cc (downloads.arduino.cc)|104.20.190.47|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 128701172 (123M) [application/x-tar]
Saving to: ‘arduino-1.8.12-linux64.tar.xz’
arduino-1.8.12-linux64.tar.xz              100%[=====================================================================================>] 122,74M  1,10MB/s    in 2m 26s  
2020-03-17 11:00:30 (861 KB/s) - ‘arduino-1.8.12-linux64.tar.xz’ saved [128701172/128701172]

At the time of writing this post, the last stable version is 1.8.12 so check and modify the command.

Then, unzip it using the tar command.

:~$ tar -xvf arduino-1.8.12-linux64.tar.xz

Once you have decompressed the file, navigate to the folder that was created and within it, run the installation script:

:~$ cd arduino-1.8.12/
:~$ sudo ./install.sh
Adding desktop shortcut, menu item and file associations for Arduino IDE...
done!

However, before using it, to avoid problems when using Arduino IDE, add your user to the dialout group.

:~$ sudo usermod -a -G dialout [your-user]

And now we can run it from the main menu or the desktop.

So, enjoy it.

Conclusion

Learning should not stop, and especially if we love technology and open source. And in this Arduino is something wonderful. Thanks to its boards and its software kit we can easily make interesting projects that we can learn and why not, produce.

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Check out Windows tweaks for saving up your SSD’s write cycles.

The flaw

Using the flaw in the modern, popular SSDs like Samsung and Crucial, security researchers were able to bypass hardware decryption without a password. Carlo Meijer and Bernard van Gastel from Radboud University conducted the research.

They successfully modified the firmware or used a debugging interface to modify the password validation routine in SSD drives and ultimately, decrypt “hardware encrypted” data without password. The test was successful in getting data out of Crucial MX 100, MX 200, MX 300 and Samsung 840 EVO, 850 EVO, T3 Portable, T5 Portable etc.

According to the report, the researchers were able to reverse engineer the firmware of those SSDs. In theory, the hardware encryption was similar to software implementations. In reality, many of those implementations have critical weaknesses as many models allow complete recovery of the data without any knowledge of any secret.

Windows BitLocker is also vulnerable to this issue as it enables hard drive encryption by default.

How the flaw works

In the case of Crucial MX 100, MX 200 and Samsung T3 Portable, the researchers, using the device’s JTAG debugging interface, successfully modified the password validation routine. Then, the routine would allow access to the data regardless of right/wrong password.

In the case of Crucial MX 300, researchers had to use a modified firmware as the JTAG debugging interface was disabled by default. After enabling, the same method decrypted the password without any problem.

Samsung 840 EVO and 850 EVO SSDs were a bit difficult to crack. Depending on the SED specification in action, the researchers had to connect to the JTAG debug port or issue a wear-level concern, allowing them to recover the cryptographic secrets required for unlocking the drive.

How to stay secure

The SSDs that are currently on the market aren’t secure enough to protect your data once crook(s) get their hands on. Before you dump an SSD, you have to make sure that the drive doesn’t contain any important data.

If you’re using BitLocker, make sure that you disable the hardware encryption feature from “Group Policy Editor”.

Go to Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Windows Components >> BitLocker Drive Encryption >> Operating System Drives >> Configure use of hardware-based encryption for operating system drives.

Change the value to “Disabled”.

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What PortSmash is

PortSmash is also a vulnerability like the previous Meltdown and Spectre that affects almost all the processors in the world having SMT/hyper-threading. It’s a side-channel attack that’s capable of stealing information with a perfectly timed attack.

SMT/Hyper-threading is a very common technique that modern processor manufacturers use for increasing the performance. It divides the physical cores into 2 virtual logical cores, giving a boost in the calculation power. SMT/hyper-threading allows the usage of idle CPU power more efficiently for executing instructions faster.

However, this method is the reason for PortSmash’s presence in the world! The vulnerability was discovered by a group of researchers – Cesar Pereida Garcia, Sohaib ul Hassan, Billy Bob Brumley and Nicola Tuveri from the Tampere University of Technology in Finland and Alejandro Cabrera Aldaya from the Universidad Tecnologica de la Habana CUJAE in Cuba.

How PortSmash works

PortSmash is a side-channel attack. In this type of attack, the attacker analyzes how a thread executes particular instructions and uses that information for working backward to find out what data was used as input.

Here’s a short breakdown of how the attack works from Nicola Tuveri.

“Shortly and simplifying, with SMT and 2 threads per core, a process running on one thread will have its own instructions and data, but will share some hardware resources with a process running on the colocated thread.

Instructions will be decoded independently in simpler microoperations and pipelined in the CPU to the corresponding Execution Units. (Execution Units are the actual silicon areas that are specialized to handle specific operations: e.g., there are a few EU dedicated to integer additions/subtraction, separate ones for integer multiplication, other for floating point arithmetic, etc.) Every core has a complete set of EUs to support the whole instruction set, and threads on the same core share access to the EUs. EUs are grouped together in bundles each accessible through a port: microops from the two threads are issued to the available ports, and another microcomponent, the core scheduler, optimizes for fairness and performance when the same microop can be issued to different equivalent EUs behind different ports.

 

These ports are the object of the discussed port contention. Let’s for example suppose port 5 is used by a victim process during a particular crypto operation: while the victim process is not using port 5, the spy process running on the other thread will have undelayed access to repeatedly execute on port 5; as soon as the victim process issues an operation on port 5, the scheduler will delay ops from the spy process to ensure fairness. The spy process can thus measure the delay in the execution of its operations for port 5, and determine when the victim process is using the same port.

source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-portsmash-hyper-threading-cpu-vuln-can-steal-decryption-keys/

This is the signal that can then be processed to ultimately recover a private key.”

Pretty scary, right?

Affected processors

According to Tuveri, the vulnerability is currently verified on Intel Skylake and Kaby Lake lineup. They also believe that the vulnerability can also work on the AMD Ryzen lineup.

The researchers also shared a proof-of-concept exploit targeting only OpenSSL. The reason behind is OpenSSL is widely used and the attack isn’t hardware-dependent.

Protection from PortSmash

The only way available of avoiding this attack is by disabling SMT/hyper-threading completely. OpenBSD has already performed the action where they disable SMT/hyper-threading by default.

Intel, on their latest 9^th Gen processors, also disabled hyper-threading. This allows protection from Meltdown v3 and L1 Terminal Fault vulnerabilities. Thus, they also successfully defend against PortSmash.

Interestingly, a very few games take the advantage of the SMT/hyper-threading, so disabling

However, SMT/hyper-threading isn’t going to go away completely. There are a number of huge investments in SMT/hyper-threading for improving their enterprise applications.

For the consumers, it’s better to go for processors with no SMT/hyper-threading.

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If you missed, feel free to check out the Intel 9^th processor performance review. Today, we’ll have a look at the “price vs. performance” aspect of the best gaming processors.

In these comparisons, the price of Intel Core i7-7820X is used as the MSRP. The current price is too high for this one, nearly $300 higher! In the charts, the comparisons are performed using processor price only, not including the cooling cost and motherboard cost.

Blender result

In the chart, it’s visible that the Core i7-9700K is a better choice than the i7-8700K in terms of value. However, comparing to the Ryzen 7 2700X, the value is still nothing.

If you’re concerned about the performance, the Core i9-9900K is the obvious winner. However, due to the fact that the price is way higher than the Ryzen 7 2700X, it’s still a worse value. If money isn’t any problem, then the Threadripper 2 2950X is way better than all of the other options.

HandBrake result

HandBrake obviously supports the performance of Intel processors and in this case, Intel 9^th gen processors are the bang for your buck.

AMD Ryzen series fall pretty short in this category.

Adobe Premiere Pro CC result

For those who are content creators, the Ryzen 7 2700X is a perfect choice. It offers the best value and Intel processors are nowhere near to the competition here. A pretty disappointing result in Adobe Premiere.

The final thoughts

There are lots of gamers out there and the biggest claim of this launch was “the best gaming CPU”. Intel holds true to their words with the best performance on gaming. However, in the case of “price vs performance”, Intel processors fall pretty short, even without counting the costs of the motherboards and cooling solutions. For enjoying the most performance out of these processors, Z390 motherboards are the best available option. For cooling, you need a very powerful one to handle all those power usage and heat output.

In fact, the latest AMD processors offer very good performance for gaming as well. With the clear victory for content creators and multi-thread workloads, AMD processors offer the best value. With the saved-up money, you can get a better cooling solution and overclock allows you to extract the most performance out of them.

If you can afford Intel processors and money isn’t a concern, you’re good to go with Intel 9^th gen processors. If your priority is to get the best out of your money, AMD processors are your best choice.

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Today, we’ll have a look at the recently launched Core i9-9900K and Core i7-9700K. The original review is created by Hardware Unboxed – a well-known and reputed YouTube review channel on hardware. Check out the original review on Core i9-9900K and Core i7-9700K. The review is also available on Techspot.

Let’s check out at the summarization of the entire review.

Intel Core-i9 9900K and Core-i9 9700K specs

Before diving deep, make sure that you know the official specs of Intel Core i9-9900K and Core i7-9700K.

For running these processors, the Z390 chipset motherboards are extremely recommended for the better power delivery. In the budget Z370 motherboards, the processors seem to choke pretty badly. In the review, MSI Z390 Godlike and Asrock Z390 Taichi Ultimate motherboards were used for consistent results.

Benchmarks

Performance benchmarks

All the benchmarks were performed by Hardware Unboxed. Here are all the available benchmark results.

The memory bandwidth is pretty similar with the previous models like the Core i7-8700K.

Next up, the Cinebench R15 results.

The results show that the i9-9900K easily breaks the 2000 points barrier and comes up about 14% faster than the so-called “competitor” Ryzen 7 2700X. i7-9700K is, as expected, slower than i9-9900K at about 26%.

Next up, the Blender result.

In this result, due to heavy hyper-threading requirements, Ryzen 7 2700X reduces the performance gap down to 23%. The Ryzen CPU is faster than the I7-9700K.

Now, the Corona results.

For rendering, Threadripper series makes more sense for the massive core/thread count. In the case of i9-9900K, it took 96 seconds and Ryzen 7 2700X took 120 seconds.

Next up, the V-Ray benchmark.

In this benchmark, the performance gap between i9-9900K and Ryzen 7 2700X reduced by 18%. The i7-9700K falls short in the competition, resulting in slower performance than the i7-8700K.

Now, let’s have a look at the PCMark 10 results.

This synthetic gaming benchmark relies extremely on the core/thread count. That’s why it successfully matched the result of Ryzen 7 2700X. The i7-9700K was able to beat the older Ryzen 7 1800X.

Productivity benchmarks

If you’re using a lot of productivity works, then this benchmark section is very important.

Here’s the 7-Zip benchmark result.

In the compression, AMD Ryzen processors fall a bit shorter than Intel counterparts. However, in terms of decompression, AMD Ryzen processors beat the Intel ones easily. Yet, the performance gap between Ryzen 7 2700X and i9-9900K wasn’t that much.

Next up, the Excel 2016 Monte Carlo simulation.

Here, the i9-9900K beats the Ryzen ones easily. The i7-9700K also performed way better here.

Now, the HandBrake results.

The i7-8700K was already better in this benchmarking and the i9-9900K and i7-9700K easily beat the Ryzen 7 2700X.

Now, the Adobe Premiere Pro CC results. This is a hugely popular section for all the productivity lovers.

At the first scene, Intel processors scored very well, beating Ryzen 7 2700X really good. However, with CUDA acceleration, the tide changed completely in the favor of AMD processors.

Gaming benchmarks

Intel’s biggest motto for this session of processor lineup is “the best GAMING processors”. Of course, Intel processors have always been a better resultant in terms of gaming. With the latest “Coffee Lake refresh” processors, it’s expected to beat the AMD counterparts.

Here are all the results of gaming benchmarks.

Interestingly, overclocked processors provide nearly no FPS gains!!!

Hopefully, you guys all get a good overview of the new Intel flagship processors. These are obviously the BEST GAMING PROCESSOR, no doubt. Stay tuned for the price vs performance lookup.

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This is one of the best features I love about AMD. Moreover, AMD offers you more cores and threads than Intel counterparts. Of course, in terms of performance, Intel is still the best but for value, AMD is the choice of most people, especially those with a tight budget. Check out more on Intel vs AMD.

Before going deep into overclocking, let’s focus on the requirements and risks of overclocking. I’ll be running all the tests and guide on a Windows machine. Overclocking itself doesn’t require any operating system installation. However, for stress and stability testing, Windows is the best option available.

If you’re a Linux user, I recommend switching to Windows for just a couple of days. Don’t worry; you don’t have to either connect to the internet or install all those

What overclocking means

Before you decide to overclock your AMD processor, you need to make sure that your motherboard has the ability to “overclock” and your processor is “unlocked”. What do these mean, actually?

Whenever you’re buying a processor, you’ll always see something like “3.5GHz” or “7.1GHz” – these are called clock speeds of the processor; essentially, how fast that processor can perform a complete processing cycle. Needless to say, faster clock speed means better overall performance.

When you “overclock”, you are basically forcing your processor to perform a complete calculation cycle even faster. When you overclock, your processor will run at a forced state that will consume more electricity and generate more heat.

Think of it like this – an average human can run at 30-40 km/hour. That’s the base performance of your processor. Now, you can charge that human with adrenaline and lots of foods to push the limits – 40-45 km/hour. That’s the overclocked state of your processor.

Dangers of overclocking

You’re pushing your processor beyond what’s it meant to perform. That’s a pretty big thing for the processor. It’s not a biological object that would gain strength over time to overcome that wearing. In the above analogy, think of the human running at that overclocked speed for a long period of time. That person will eventually wear out and may get some serious physical damage! The same thing applies to the processor.

A processor is a carefully-designed state of trillions of silicone and other materials. When you overclock, that structure is under a huge load. That pushing can eventually break down the entire system. Of course, any electronics will die after a certain amount of time but overclocking speeds up the process. You may even end up with a dead one.

Another thing to consider is the longevity of your motherboard. If you overclock, your motherboard is also under load to provide more power to your processor. This overdoing can also hasten the degradation of the motherboard’s IC, transistor, capacitor or other parts.

Then, what about all the big tech savvies out there pushing their processors well beyond? Well, overclocking can harvest you enormous benefits if you stay within the safety zone. For each overclocking processor, there’s a safety zone. If you stay within that zone, your processor and motherboard (yes, the motherboard will be delivering the fuel to your processor) won’t have any issue in the long run.

Prerequisites of overclocking AMD processor

Do you still wish to overclock your processor? Good. At first, make sure that you have all your system specification at hand. Get Speccy. The free version is more than enough for the job.

Here, you’ll have to note your processor and motherboard model. In my case, the processor is AMD Ryzen 3 1200 and the motherboard is MSI B450M BAZOOKA PLUS.

Whatever motherboard you’re running, check out on the internet whether the processor is “unlocked” and your motherboard supports “overclocking”.

You also have to update your system’s UEFI/BIOS to the latest version. This is very important, especially for overclocking. Different motherboard manufacturers offer a different method of updating your UEFI/BIOS.

Overclocking the processor

When overclocking, you have to tweak the voltage and clock speed of your processor. You have to gradually increase the voltage and clock speed and then, check the stability of the system. This is a lengthy process, so you have to be patient.

For overclocking, the UEFI/BIOS method is the best option. It guarantees safety and ensures that your system will be running the configuration you declare. You also need a few other tools – HWMonitor, CPU-Z, Prime95 (stress testing) and IntelBurnTest (stability test). Download and install them in your system as we’ll need them later on the guide.

The following screenshots are for my motherboard and other MSI motherboards (almost). Depending on your system, you should be able to find equivalent/similar options.

Getting into UEFI/BIOS

When your system boots, you have to press “Del”, “F11” or other keys for entering the UEFI/BIOS setup. Note that the buttons can differ from motherboard to motherboard. Check out your motherboard tutorial on the option.

Once you’re in the UEFI/BIOS, find out the overclocking section.

Change the overclocking mode from “Normal” to “Expert”.

Now, we’re ready to tinker with the “CPU ratio” and “CPU Core Voltage”. The ratio is the multiplier that the UEFI/BIOS uses to multiply the base clock of the processor. Generally, the base clock is 100MHz. So, if you input CPU ratio to 40, you’ll get 4000MHz or 4GHz core clock.

The ratio is set to “Auto”. Let’s start with “33.00”.

Then, change the voltage of the CPU to 1.3V. According to AMD, the highest voltage you should go is around 1.4V. Don’t you dare exceeding that voltage, or you’ll kill your hardware.

Then, exit the UEFI/BIOS and boot into Windows.

Now, fire up HWMonitor and CPU-Z to identify that your applied configurations are properly working.

Fire up Prime95. Go to Options >> Torture Test.

Select the first option and click “OK”. This will stress your processor nearly 100%. Keep a sharp look on the temperature on HWMonitor.

Wait for 3-5 minutes to let the temperature saturate and stabilize. The safe temperature for a stable overclocking is 75°C at full stress. Going beyond isn’t recommended and will hurt your system badly.

Stop the stress test and fire up IntelBurnTest.

Set the value of “Times to run” to 5 >> hit “Start”. This will perform a fixed calculation and show the result.

If all the results are same, that means that your system is stable at that point.

This is the entire process of overclocking. You have to gradually increase the core voltage and CPU ratio. Then, check for heat and stability for that point.

If your system crashes, don’t worry. Boot into your UEFI/BIOS and reduce the CPU ratio and voltage at the previous stable point. If your system doesn’t boot at a certain unstable point, you may need to reset CMOS. It’s the memory of the UEFI/BIOS that holds all the configurations. For each motherboard, the process is different. Check out your motherboard’s manual for an in-depth guide on clearing CMOS.

The final thoughts

Overclocking itself is surely a lengthy process. However, you can easily enjoy a better performance with overclocking.

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Intel has always been the top processor manufacturer in terms of the market share. Intel offers better CPU performance along with powerful cores. Despite Intel isn’t nearby AMD in terms of multi-threading, with the release of their 9^th gen lineup, Intel is surely giving AMD a nice answer. Let’s check out all the information we know so far.

Intel announces 9^th gen processors

October 8, 2018 – Intel announced their 9^th gen processors at their “Fall Desktop Launch Event”. No, these aren’t based on the 7nm process. Instead, Intel is going with their existing 14nm process. According to reports, Intel is definitely having a hard time with their production of 10nm Cannon Lake chips.

In the event, Intel announced a bunch of different processors. Here are all the specs we know.

The list is long but interesting, right?

All the processors listed above are unlocked, meaning that you can overclock them without any problem. However, for overclocking any Intel processor requires “X” or “Z” series chipset motherboard.

As always, the Xeon processor is for workstations.

Hilarious pricing!!!

At first, there’s Core i5 processor with 6C/6T and Core i7 processor with 8C/8T. These are the lowest in price and it’s safe to assume that general consumers and gamers are the target of these processors. Starting from the Core i9 series, the price jumps up a LOT, nearly $200!

My personal opinion on the price is – NOT RECOMMENDED unless you really need those features or you’re an Intel ENTHUSIAST. Starting from sub $600, the price goes up to nearly $2000! There are still reviews awaiting for the real-life performance of the processors, though. But yet, the price is surely high. There’s also the concern of whether Intel will be able to provide enough supply of them into the market.

These processors are also BEASTs in terms of energy consumption, being the lowest TDP at 95W. Make sure that your CPU cooler and PSU is beefy enough to keep the temperature in check.

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The bug

This bug is really funny. This bug exposes the SMS text open to the browser when searched using various terms.

For example, the initial report was when a user tried to access the URL “the1975..com”. Then, Google Pixel Launcher app returned the data of his SMS texts instead of the search result. The bug went public on Reddit. Eventually, there were also other Android-centered blogs who were able to reproduce the bug successfully.

The bug also worked on other Google apps. Here are some of the terms to try out for yourself –

the1976..com
thw1975..com
the1974..com
the1975..com
Izela viagens
Vizel viagens
Zela viagens

Google apps fixed

Such glitch wasn’t supposed to be present. Generally, Google apps have the ability to return user’s SMS text, but that requires permission from the user himself.

As it appears, it’s more a “glitch” rather than a security flaw. It’s not exploitable remotely, so you’re completely safe against any possible threat due to this issue. Even if someone has physical access to your smart device, he/she is more likely to log into your Message app instead of typing some garbage & meaningless text into your phone’s browser.

As of now, Google has already fixed the issue and released updates for Google Assistant, Pixel Launcher, Google Search and other related apps. Those should appear on your Play Store’s update section.

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