Introducing the Build-A-Rig Project: Company Configured PC Contest, Readers Win PCs
A while back Newegg approached us with an interesting offer. They wanted to regularly give away complete PCs to our readers, and they wanted our help in doing so. While...
68 by on 6/30/2015The MSI Gaming Booth Tour with dGPUs in AIOs and Notebooks plus Motherboards
It has been held as fact that for the past couple of years, gaming is helping to prop up a slowly decreasing desktop PC market. While many casual PC...
50 by on 6/29/2015ECS To Remain in Motherboard Market: Dispels Rumor
As active members of the PC components industry, we tend to try to keep our ear to the ground relating to how the different companies are approaching their product...
40 by on 6/25/2015The ASRock X99E-ITX/ac Review: Up to 36 Threads in Mini-ITX
When things get smaller, compromises have to be made. We've seen this recently in our Core-M deep dive where building a cheaper chassis yields few benefits. In the PC...
56 by on 6/24/2015The ASUS X99 Rampage V Extreme ROG Review
For a number of generations, each motherboard company has had its halo product that pushes boundaries and wallets. For ASUS, the Rampage IV Extreme, based on X79, was a...
41 by on 6/22/2015AMD Demonstrates FreeSync-over-HDMI Concept Hardware at Computex 2015
While AMD wasn’t the first GPU vendor to implement a system for variable refresh, the company has made up for lost time with zeal. Since demonstrating their FreeSync proof-of-concept...
91 by on 6/3/2015AMD Launches Carrizo: The Laptop Leap of Efficiency and Architecture Updates
Perform a small test for me. Close your eyes, and spend 15 seconds considering the state of the laptop market and what devices interest you, are available, or on...
144 by on 6/2/2015Intel Launches Five 47W Laptop Broadwell SKUs
As part of Intel’s batch of announcements today, including Broadwell on the desktop and Thunderbolt 3, the 47W laptop/mini-PC processors that were also launched offers an interesting talking point...
39 by on 6/2/2015The Intel Broadwell Desktop Review: Core i7-5775C and Core i5-5675C Tested (Part 1)
On almost all PC technology forums, it is hard to escape users talking about what Intel’s next processor lineup will be. Due to problems in Intel’s 14nm node, Broadwell...
196 by on 6/2/2015Computex 2015: Intel Keynote Live Blog
We're here at Intel's Keynote, waiting for Kirk Skaugen to announce some new things.
19 by on 6/2/2015The Kaveri Refresh 'Godavari' Review: Testing AMD's A10-7870K
Astute readers will recognize that we recently posted two reviews covering more of the stack of AMD processors with the codename 'Kaveri' which covered the A6-7400K, A8-7650K and the...
140 by on 6/1/2015ASUS Zensation Press Conference Live Blog: Computex 2015
I'm sitting at ASUS' annual press conference here in Taipei. We're set to start at 2pm UTC +8, stay tuned for the latest.
6 by on 6/1/2015ARM Announcements: New IoT Subsystem for TSMC 55ULP and ARM Cordio Radio IP
Today at Computex ARM is announcing a new 'IoT Subsystem' for developers: ARM Cortex-M with ARM Cordio radio IP (see below) with full integration with mBed OS. The principle...
4 by on 5/31/2015ASRock at Computex 2015: Pre-Show PR gives Z170 Motherboards and 4T4R Router
Next week is the annual Computex trade show and we have a substantial number of meetings booked, but as part of the regular pre-show ritual, companies are coming at...
38 by on 5/29/2015Spot the CPU: Russian Baikal-T1 SoC Goes MIPS
If you keep your ear to the ground with the technology press, you can’t help but notice a few news stories hitting the ground when it comes to Russia...
27 by on 5/27/2015The AMD A10-7700K and AMD A6-7400K CPU Mini-Review
In recent months and quarters I have had discussions about why CPU manufacturers offer a number of processors each separated by $7 and 100 MHz. The obvious answer (but...
105 by on 5/27/2015ASRock Rack Announces EP2C612D24 and 4L: Dual Socket Haswell-EP with 24 DDR4 Slots
Two things jumped out at me when I received this press release. Firstly the name, which comes out as a mouthful – it isn’t something you could casually mention...
48 by on 5/23/2015GIGABYTE Server Launches the MW70-3S0, Targeting 3x PCIe 3.0 x16 and LSI 3008
If you’ve been following motherboard coverage over the past few years, you can’t help but notice that all the major consumer players also have their own server based business...
11 by on 5/20/2015ASRock Goes Braswell: Eight SKUs including DC-In Variants
In the wake of the news regarding ASUS’ listing of their Braswell motherboards, both ASRock and MSI have been quick on their heels to also list their model lines...
19 by on 5/19/2015Braswell Motherboard Surfaces Online: Quad Core 14nm Airmont in ASUS N3150M-E
When Intel initially released its Airmont platforms, Braswell for mini-PCs and Cherry Trail for tablets, it was unclear whether or not we would see custom desktop build equivalents, rather...
32 by on 5/18/2015