https://pcper.com A Leader in PC Hardware Reviews and News Fri, 12 Apr 2024 22:15:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://pcper.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/cropped-8a2f-podcast163-mp3-image.png https://pcper.com 32 32 https://pcper.com/2024/04/arbiter-polar-65-a-keyboard-with-hall-effect-magnetic-switches/ https://pcper.com/2024/04/arbiter-polar-65-a-keyboard-with-hall-effect-magnetic-switches/#respond Fri, 12 Apr 2024 22:15:51 +0000 https://pcper.com/?p=282916 Move over linear switches, and mechanical switches head back to the shop because the Hall Effect has come to keyboards.  The Arbiter Polar 65 has hot swappable 36g linear Hall Effect switches…]]> https://pcper.com/2024/04/arbiter-polar-65-a-keyboard-with-hall-effect-magnetic-switches/feed/ 0 https://pcper.com/2024/04/dan-clark-audios-new-e3-closed-back-headphones/ https://pcper.com/2024/04/dan-clark-audios-new-e3-closed-back-headphones/#respond Fri, 12 Apr 2024 18:24:35 +0000 https://pcper.com/?p=282911 If you laugh at the $200 in 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https://pcper.com/?p=282674 Thanks to a curious and technically skilled engineer by the name of Andres Freud, Linux admins are living in a bit of a nightmare world.  He discovered a backdoor in the XZ…]]> https://pcper.com/2024/04/some-relief-for-linux-admins-living-in-terror-of-the-xz-backdoor/feed/ 0 https://pcper.com/2024/03/homeworld-3-delayed-for-only-good-reasons/ https://pcper.com/2024/03/homeworld-3-delayed-for-only-good-reasons/#respond Thu, 28 Mar 2024 00:04:49 +0000 https://pcper.com/?p=282637 Homeworld 3 is now due to launch May 13th, about two months after it was first to launch but in this case players might not be overly upset because of the…]]> https://pcper.com/2024/03/homeworld-3-delayed-for-only-good-reasons/feed/ 0 https://pcper.com/2024/03/intel-meteor-lake-gets-socketed/ https://pcper.com/2024/03/intel-meteor-lake-gets-socketed/#respond Wed, 27 Mar 2024 23:30:17 +0000 https://pcper.com/?p=282630 There are rumours of a new socketed Meteor Lake chip thanks to a post 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