AMD Zen 2 Microarchitecture Analysis: Ryzen 3000 and EPYC Rome
We have been teased with AMD’s next generation processor products for over a year. The new chiplet design has been heralded as a significant breakthrough in driving performance and...
218 by on 6/10/2019
Intel Cascade Lake Xeon W-3200 Launched: Server Socket, 64 PCIe 3.0 lanes
One of the quiet announcements that came out of Apple’s new Mac Pro announcement was the launch of Intel’s next generation Xeon W processors. Aside from being completely under...
60 by on 6/10/2019
Spotted at Computex: Triple Monitor Mobile Systems are Back
Notebook users that want another screen often have to carry around a secondary USB display – it’s something that works great for working while travelling, especially in cramped hotel...
22 by on 6/6/2019
More 2TB PCIe 4.0 SSD Options: Patriot with Custom Firmware coming Q4
If you’ve been following our coverage of Computex, you may have seen that there have been several companies with PCIe 4.0 SSDs to show off. These designs have almost...
7 by on 6/6/2019
ASUS Prime Utopia Motherboard Tech Demo, with 7-inch OLED Display
One thing that always amazes me is that the PC tech industry rarely does technology demonstrations. In the car world, the likes of Audi, BMW, Porsche, and others, will...
11 by on 6/6/2019
Azza’s Pyramid Chassis: The Up-Side Down Case, But Also a Table?
The average PC case is fairly non-descript, often purchased based on whatever cost is left in the build. There might be a tempered glass panel, or some noise dampening...
10 by on 6/6/2019
Spotted at Computex: The Ultimate GPU Air Cooling Solution
Graphics cards and PCIe cards come with a limited set of cooling options. Some of the low TDP models are passive, before going up to active cooling on higher...
25 by on 6/5/2019
Galax Goes White: A PCIe 4.0 2TB SSD with a White PCB
There were a number of PCIe 4.0 SSDs on the Computex show floor this year, mostly using the Phison reference design. Galax still used the turnkeys solution, but applied...
11 by on 6/5/2019
Essencore 2 TB PCIe 4.0 SSD Enters The Game
One of the underlying themes of this year’s Computex was the number of PCIe 4.0 SSDs on display (or lack thereof). At present it seems that only drives powered...
6 by on 6/5/2019
ASRock’s Internal External GPU: No Box Needed
If you say ‘Thunderbolt GPU’, it makes it sound like a PCIe device with a Thunderbolt output. Rather than go in this direction, ASRock has developed a GPU +...
16 by on 6/5/2019
Azza 806 Table Mini: I Might Buy This Case, or, Why Bother with a Chassis?
I’m a sucker for a big, powerful system. I want the CPU, the GPU, the fast storage, the lot. As a reviewer, I can change my daily system frequently...
25 by on 6/4/2019
ECS Mini-ITX Ryzen Streaming PC, with M.2 Capture Card
We reported on the SF110-A320 back at CES, where it was a small form factor machine using a 35W AMD APU. ECS had this design at Computex as well...
3 by on 6/4/2019
GIGABYTE’s PCIe 4.0 SSD Uses 77g of Copper Due to 8W TDP, up to 2TB
One of the hot ticket items at this year’s Computex was the range of PCIe 4.0 storage devices available. All of them except one was built on the Phison...
19 by on 6/4/2019
Super Flower Shows 2500W Platinum PSU: It’s Not For You
Last year at Computex we did a round-up of some really crazy 3000W power supplies. These were essentially two PSUs in a single chassis, but the idea was to...
24 by on 6/3/2019
Spotted at Computex: A Ryzen PC in a Threadripper RETAIL box
A common marketing tool at trade show events is for companies to commission custom PC builds to showcase their hardware and products. Modding is an interesting aspect to our...
8 by on 6/3/2019
14nm Comet Lake-U Shipping to OEMs in November
If you’re having a tough time following Intel’s new array of code names, don’t worry, you are not alone. The split between mainstream and U-series and Y-series has us...
49 by on 6/3/2019
AMD Confirms PCIe 4.0 Not Coming to Older Motherboards (X470, X370, B350, A320)
One of the salient points of the next generation Ryzen 3000 CPUs coming next month was the support around PCIe 4.0. As the successor to PCIe 3.0, offering double...
50 by on 6/2/2019
Spotted at Computex: The Worst Fake MacBook Air
It’s a common way to get a cheap laugh: mention that China doesn’t care about IP infringement and that a lot of fake products exist. There are a good...
36 by on 5/31/2019
Spotted at Computex: Let Bygones be Bygons, with a Sugon Hygon
Big credit to Patrick Kennedy from ServeTheHome for spotting this gem on the show floor, but it looks like if you want a Chinese branded EPYC CPU with some...
58 by on 5/30/2019
Rivet Networks Launches E2600 Gigabit Network Controller
This year Computex is full of launches, and the land of network controllers is no exception. Rivet Networks, who makes the Killer line of enhanced NICs, is updating its...
20 by on 5/30/2019
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