The Be Quiet! Dark Rock Elite CPU Cooler Review: Where Quiet Meets Quality
While stock coolers are adequate for handling the basic thermal load of a CPU, they often fall short in noise efficiency and cooling performance. For this reason, advanced users...
10 by E. Fylladitakis on 12/4/2023
The SeaSonic Focus GX-850 ATX 3.0 PSU Review: Cool, Quiet, and Robust
In the realm of power supply units (PSUs), the core underpinning of any high-performance computing system, seasoned market players have continually raised the bar in delivering efficient, reliable, and...
24 by E. Fylladitakis on 11/29/2023
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X & 7970X Review: Revived HEDT Brings More Cores of Zen 4
AMD's Ryzen Threadripper 7000 processors mark the latest additions to the high-end desktop (HEDT) market, a segment AMD wants to bring back to the mainstream. Based on AMD's proven...
66 by Gavin Bonshor on 11/20/2023
The GAMDIAS Kratos M1-750W PSU Review: For Style Over Substance
GAMDIAS, a substantial player in the realm of PC power and cooling components, has consistently garnered attention for its innovative approach to crafting gaming hardware solutions. The company emerged...
13 by E. Fylladitakis on 11/16/2023
Samsung T5 EVO Portable SSD Review: QLC Sets Sane Expectations, Insane Pricing
The market for portable SSDs (PSSDs) has seen rapid growth over the past decade. Samsung is one of the active tier-one flash vendors in the space, with their popular...
13 by Ganesh T S on 11/14/2023
NVIDIA at SC23: H200 Accelerator with HBM3e and Jupiter Supercomputer for 2024
With faster and higher capacity HBM3e memory set to come online early in 2024, NVIDIA has been preparing its current-generation server GPU products to use the new memory. Back...
14 by Ryan Smith on 11/13/2023
Crucial X10 Pro Portable SSD Review: 20 Gbps Performance in a Budget Offering
The portable SSD market has seen rapid growth over the last decade. Almost all of the tier-one NAND flash manufacturers have jumped in with multiple offerings, presenting consumers with...
19 by Ganesh T S on 11/10/2023
The Enermax Revolution D.F. X 1050W PSU Review: High Power, Highly Reliable
In the realm of power supply units (PSUs), a few names stand out for their dedication to quality, innovation, and performance. Enermax, established in 1990, has been a stalwart...
17 by E. Fylladitakis on 11/9/2023
AMD Unveils Ryzen Mobile 7040U Series with Zen 4c: Smaller Cores, Bigger Efficiency
In May, AMD unveiled their Ryzen 7040U series of CPUs designed for thin and light notebooks, which they codenamed 'Phoenix.' Initially, AMD announced four Zen 4-based CPUs for the...
45 by Gavin Bonshor & Ryan Smith on 11/2/2023
Apple Announces M3 SoC Family: M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max Make Their Marks
Capping off a busy month for new processor announcements, Apple this week has announced a new generation of M-series Apple Silicon processors – and with it, a newly refreshed...
55 by Ryan Smith on 10/31/2023
The Apple "Scary Fast" Event Live Blog (Starts at 5pm PT/00:00 UTC)
Join us here at 5pm Pacific/8pm Eastern/00:00 UTC for what should prove to be an interesting event from Apple. The Cupertino, California company is holding an unusual, evening broadcast...
21 by Ryan Smith & Gavin Bonshor on 10/30/2023
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite Performance Preview: A First Look at What’s to Come
Last week we saw the announcement of Qualcomm’s first post-Nuvia laptop SoC design, the Snapdragon X Elite. A new brand name being anchored by a new, custom Qualcomm CPU...
52 by Ryan Smith on 10/30/2023
Qualcomm Snapdragon Tech Summit Live Blog: Compute Spotlight
We're here in sunny Hawaii for day two of Qualcomm's annual Snapdragon Summit. Yesterday, of course, was the company's prime keynote, where they announced their forthcoming Snapdragon X Elite SoC...
8 by Ryan Smith on 10/25/2023
Qualcomm Previews Snapdragon X Elite SoC: Oryon CPU Starts in Laptops
While Qualcomm has become wildly successful in the Arm SoC market for Android smartphones, their efforts to parlay that into success in other markets has eluded them so far...
84 by Ryan Smith on 10/24/2023
The Thermaltake Toughpower GF A3 750W PSU Review: Mid-Range 750W PSU With 12VHPWR
Thermaltake is a company based in Taiwan that specializes in designing and manufacturing computer hardware components and accessories. Established in 1999, the company's product range includes thermal solutions such...
11 by E. Fylladitakis on 10/23/2023
AMD Unveils Ryzen Threadripper 7000 Family: 96 Core Zen 4 for Workstations and HEDT
Having just recently crossed the one-year anniversary of AMD’s first Zen 4 architecture CPUs – the Ryzen 7000 series – we’re now at the point where the final Zen...
48 by Gavin Bonshor on 10/19/2023
Intel Core i9-14900K, Core i7-14700K and Core i5-14600K Review: Raptor Lake Refreshed
In what is to be the last of Intel's processor families to use the well-established Core i9, i7, i5, and i3 naming scheme, Intel has released its 14th Generation...
57 by Gavin Bonshor on 10/17/2023
GEEKOM Mini IT13 Review: Core i9-13900H in a 4x4 Package
The performance of ultra-compact form-factor (UCFF) desktops has improved significantly over the years, thanks to advancements in semiconductor fabrication and processor architecture. Thermal solutions suitable for these 4in. x...
9 by Ganesh T S on 10/16/2023
ASRock Industrial NUC BOX-N97 and GMKtec NucBox G2 Review: Contrasting Compact ADL-N Options
Intel has been maintaining a low-power / low-cost x86 microarchitecture since the introduction of the Silverthorne Atom processors in 2008. Its latest iteration, Gracemont, made its debut in the...
20 by Ganesh T S on 10/6/2023
Samsung T9 Portable SSD Review: A 20 Gbps PSSD for Prosumer Workloads
Samsung's portable SSD lineup has enjoyed significant market success since the launch of the T1 back in 2015. Despite the release of the Thunderbolt-capable X5 PSSD in 2018, the...
15 by Ganesh T S on 10/3/2023
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