Comet Lake
Collaborations between hardware vendors and Esports teams isn't a new thing, but it is becoming an apparent and common trend within the industry. GIGABYTE and G2 Esports has announced the Z490 Aorus Ultra G2 motherboard which is a limited edition version of its Z490 Aorus Ultra model, but with a few refinements. The new board updates the aesthetics to a mixture of red, silver and black, with an inclusive ESS Sabre ES9280CPRO USB Type-C DAC bundled with the board. Using the GIGABYTE Z490 Aorus Ultra motherboard as its foundation, the limited edition Z490 Aorus Ultra G2 opts for red aluminium heatsink fins which cools the 12-phase power delivery, with a red, silver, and black aesthetic throughout. It includes two areas of integrated RGB LED...
The Biostar Racing Z490GTN Review: $200 for Comet Lake mini-ITX
Small form factor boards are always a key talking point for any desktop market. The usual breakdown on Mini-ITX sales for any given generation is usually around 10%, and...
24 by Dr. Ian Cutress & Gavin Bonshor yesterday
MSI MPG Z490 Carbon EK X: LGA1200 Motherboard with an EKWB Monoblock
In one of the coolest collaborations of the year so far, MSI and EK Water Blocks have come together to create a new Z490 motherboard, the MSI MPG Z490...
16 by Gavin Bonshor 3 days ago
Biostar's Two New H410 Motherboards: H410MHG and H410MH
Not only did Intel unveil its Z490 motherboard chipset for Intel's 10th generation desktop processors, but it also announced its more budget-friendly chipsets. Biostar has announced two new micro-ATX...
23 by Gavin Bonshor on 5/29/2020
The ASRock Z490 Taichi Motherboard Review: Punching LGA1200 Into Life
In our first Intel Z490 motherboard review, the ASRock Z490 Taichi takes center stage. With its recognizable Taichi clockwork inspired design, a 12+2 power delivery, three PCIe 3.0 x4...
59 by Gavin Bonshor on 5/27/2020
The Intel Comet Lake Core i9-10900K, i7-10700K, i5-10600K CPU Review: Skylake We Go Again
The first thing that comes to mind with Intel’s newest line of 10th Generation desktop processors is one of ‘14nm Skylake, again?’. It is hard not to ignore the...
211 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 5/20/2020
Huawei Matebook X Pro and Matebook 13 2020 Models Available For Pre-Order
Back in February this year, we published an announcement that Huawei was planning on refreshing its Matebook X Pro for 2020. Following on from this, Huawei has announced that...
39 by Gavin Bonshor on 5/18/2020
ASRock Rack Announces W480D4U, Micro-ATX for Intel Xeon W-1200
With Intel recently announcing its Xeon-W1200 series product stack for W480, ASRock's server arm, ASRock Rack, has lifted the lid on one its micro-ATX model based on the W480...
10 by Gavin Bonshor on 5/14/2020
Intel Announces Xeon W-1200 Series: Comet Lake for Workstations, W480
Aside from Comet Lake vPro being announced today, Intel is also lifting the lid on a new series of processors: W-1200. This line of parts are analogous to Intel’s...
27 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 5/13/2020
Intel Announces 10th Gen Comet Lake vPro: All 400-Series Chipsets Supported
With every launch of desktop processors, Intel typically follows it up with a series of vPro enabled parts in order for the company to provide solutions through its partners...
13 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 5/13/2020
Dell Revamps XPS 15 And Brings Back XPS 17
The XPS lineup from Dell has been a resounding success and was the first laptop to feature the ultra-thin bezels that have defined the modern laptop. For 2020, Dell...
83 by Brett Howse on 5/13/2020
Dell Gaming Updates: Alienware Goes Super And Dell Adds Ryzen
Today Dell is refreshing the better portion of their gaming lineup, moving to the latest Comet Lake processors on both their Dell-branded Gaming laptops, as well as their Alienware...
17 by Brett Howse on 5/13/2020
The ASRock Z490 Aqua: Thunderbolt 3, PCIe 4.0 Ready, Water Cooled
Following a resurgence of motherboards decked out with custom monoblocks, ASRock has announced details on its Z490 Aqua. It includes a familiar aluminium plated copper custom monoblock, with just...
18 by Gavin Bonshor on 5/5/2020
The Intel Z490 Overview: 44+ Motherboards Examined
After another long wait for a new Intel platform, Comet Lake and the 400 series finally descends. Here we get a new socket, support for up to 10-cores with...
50 by Gavin Bonshor on 4/30/2020
Intel’s 10th Gen Comet Lake for Desktops: Skylake-S Hits 10 Cores and 5.3 GHz
Today we get the full range of its Intel’s 10th Generation processors for desktops. These chips, which fall under the banner of ‘Comet Lake’, will now go up to...
176 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 4/30/2020
XPG Enters the Gaming Notebook Market with the 15.6-inch XENIA
XPG, the gaming arm of prolific storage vendor ADATA, has just announced its first-ever gaming notebook, the XENIA. Designed in collaboration with Intel, the 15.6-inch XENIA is based on...
25 by Gavin Bonshor on 4/22/2020
ASUS Updates Chromebook Flip Series With Intel 10th Gen Comet Lake
With the vast majority of vendors updating its notebook portfolios with Intel 10th generation processors, ASUS has added a new model its Chromebook lineup, the Chromebook Flip C436. Two...
11 by Gavin Bonshor on 4/7/2020
Razer Refreshes Blade 15 Series With Intel 10th Gen Comet Lake
Along with many other OEMs in the notebook segment at the moment, Razer has joined in the fray with the launch of two new models of its Blade 15...
17 by Gavin Bonshor on 4/3/2020
Intel Details 10th Gen Comet Lake-H for 45 W Notebooks: Up to 5.3 GHz*
Two of the big announcements out of CES this year were both mobile related: Intel and AMD announced they would be launching new gaming laptop processors into the market...
158 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 4/2/2020
New Comet Lake Mobile CPU Spotted in Intel Documents: Core i7-10810U
Intel today published a new Product Change Notification today stating that it has started using an additional Assembly, Test, and Finish site to build its mobile Comet Lake CPUs...
22 by Anton Shilov on 3/13/2020
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