Intel Launches 7th Generation Kaby Lake: 15W/28W with Iris, 35-91W Desktop and Mobile Xeon
The death of Intel’s ‘Tick-Tock’ means that Kaby Lake is Intel’s third crack at their 14nm process. 14nm started with Broadwell (5th Gen, tick), introduced a new microarchitecture with...
44 by Ian Cutress on 1/3/2017The Intel Core i5-7600K (91W) Review: The More Amenable Mainstream Performer
The Core i5-7600K, launched today, is the other unlocked processor from Intel’s 7th Generation line of Kaby Lake Processors. Kaby Lake is Intel’s third set of processors at 14nm...
72 by Ian Cutress on 1/3/2017Qualcomm CES 2017 Liveblog
We're here at CES for our first liveblog of the week, Qualcomm's annual CES presentation.
9 by Ryan Smith & Matt Humrick on 1/3/2017CES 2017 Honor Double Or Nothing Live Blog
We're here at the Honor Double or Nothing event at CES 2017!
34 by Ian Cutress & Joshua Ho on 1/3/2017MSI Cubi 2 Kaby Lake UCFF PC Review
The Kaby Lake-U (KBL-U) series with 15W TDP CPUs was introduced along with the 4.5W Kaby Lake-Y ones in Q3 2016. The first set of products with Kaby Lake-U...
32 by Ganesh T S on 12/30/2016The GIGABYTE Z170X-Ultra Gaming & Z170X-Designare Motherboard Review
In this review we are having a look at GIGABYTE's Z170X-Ultra Gaming and Z170X-Designare, motherboards that were designed with a way of bringing U.2 support to the market. The...
28 by E. Fylladitakis on 12/28/2016Commercial NAS Operating Systems - Exploring Value-Additions - Part I
A comprehensive overview of how various commercial off-the-shelf NAS operating systems address the core requirements was posted last month. From the perspective of addressed features, the core requirements are...
31 by Ganesh T S on 12/22/2016The Apple Watch Series 2 Review: Building Towards Maturity
Back in the first half of 2015 Apple released the first version of the Apple Watch. The Apple Watch was a long-rumored product, often referred to as the iWatch...
126 by Brandon Chester on 12/20/2016Zotac ZBOX MAGNUS EN1080 SFF PC Review: A Premium Gaming Powerhouse
Gaming systems and small form-factor (SFF) PCs have emerged as bright spots in the desktop PC market that has been subject to severe challenges recently. Many vendors have tried...
38 by Ganesh T S on 12/19/2016The Plextor M8Pe (512GB) SSD Review
The Plextor M8Pe is their second PCIe SSD and their first to support PCIe 3.0 or NVMe. The M8Pe is a M.2 SSD based on Marvell's 88SS1093 controller and...
64 by Billy Tallis on 12/14/2016AMD Gives More Zen Details: Ryzen, 3.4 GHz+, NVMe, Neural Net Prediction, & 25 MHz Boost Steps
In the eternal battle to drive more details out of AMD ahead of the full launch of its new Zen microarchitecture based CPUs, today AMD is lifting the lid...
170 by Ian Cutress on 12/13/2016AMD Announces Radeon Instinct: GPU Accelerators for Deep Learning, Coming In 2017
With the launch of their Polaris family of GPUs earlier this year, much of AMD’s public focus in this space has been on the consumer side of matters. However...
39 by Ryan Smith on 12/12/2016The ASUS ROG Strix GL502VS Review: Mainstream GTX 1070 with G-SYNC
ASUS offers a wide assortment of gaming laptops under “Republic of Gamers”, or 'ROG', with models such as the G752 lineup, the liquid cooled models in the GX800 series...
54 by Brett Howse on 12/9/2016AMD Delivers Crimson ReLive Drivers: Yearly Feature Update for Radeon Gamers and Professionals
This time last year we saw the launch of Radeon Crimson. This was AMD’s big attempt to state that a yearly cadence for software features was a good thing...
48 by Ian Cutress on 12/8/2016Extending Home Networks - A Comparison of G.hn, HomePlug AV2 and Wi-Fi Mesh
Over the last decade or so, we have seen a rapid increase in the number of devices connecting to the home network. The popularity of IoT has meant that...
56 by Ganesh T S on 12/7/2016The Fnatic Rush G1 Mechanical Keyboard Review
In this review we are having a look at the Rush G1, the first keyboard from Fnatic, the professional eSports team who is making an attempt in entrepreneurialism. Their...
15 by E. Fylladitakis on 12/2/2016The OnePlus 3T Review
Back in June, OnePlus launched their new flagship smartphone, the OnePlus 3. I've had an interesting relationship with the OnePlus 3 due to certain decisions that were made regarding...
105 by Brandon Chester on 11/28/2016Discrete Desktop GPU Market Trends Q3 2016: GPU Shipments Hit Two-Year High
Shipments of discrete graphics processing units (GPUs) are traditionally high in the third quarter as PC makers and retailers gear up for the holiday season and build up stocks...
53 by Anton Shilov on 11/28/2016The Intel SSD 600p (512GB) Review
Intel's SSD 600p was the first PCIe SSD using TLC NAND to hit the consumer market. It is Intel's first consumer SSD with 3D NAND and it is by...
63 by Billy Tallis on 11/22/2016CRU ToughTech Duo C Storage Enclosure (2x 2.5" to USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C) Review
Storage bridges come in many varieties within the internal and external market segments. On the external side, they usually have one or more downstream SATA ports. The most popular...
25 by Ganesh T S on 11/18/2016