The initial consumer graphics card based on Tonga now is the Radeon R9 285, it has 1792 activated stream processors making it perform at GeForce GTX 760 and Radeon HD 7970 level performance levels but with better thermals and lower...
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I’ll admit I had not previously had much experience of Mionix and it was only when my Logitech G500 failed, and the replacement G500S’ really disappointed me due to a design flaw (high pitched whine) that I had cause to...
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NVidia’s 700 series is almost on its way out with the imminent release of the 800 series next month but there are some strong and inexpensive cards out there still worth a look. If like us you have a few Mini ITX rigs kicking about, heat and space are going to be on your mind when thinking of an upgrade to your graphics power house.
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This is an excerpt from a poem in Cantar de Mio Cid or The Poem of the Cid, and it describes the great power of the Tizona. Even before Ferrán González was struck by the Tizona, he knew immediately that...
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It may have taken just a tad longer for SATA solid state drives (SSDs) to finally hit the performance wall specified by the SATA III standard but the fact that we are here means that PCIex solutions will soon cease...
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September 2, Keelung, Taiwan – Lian-Li Industrial Co. Ltd today announces the PC-V1000L Special Edition full tower chassis. This brushed aluminum chassis features a ventilated front providing high airflow while featuring the high-end versatile tool-less designs for which Lian Li...
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For the last decade, the Penny Arcade Expo has taken place in Seattle, Washington. Officially called PAX Prime, it is a convention centered around everything video game, tabletop, and technology related. Tickets for PAX always sell out in under an...
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(BitFenix Design Lab, September 1, 2014) – The release of the Fury PSU Series has made serious waves in the hardware community with impressive power specifications and cables featuring all Alchemy sleeving. Another great benefit is high efficiency and cost...
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With more people accessing websites via mobile devices such as the Samsung Galaxy S5, iPhone 5s and Optimus L90, ABT has to ensure mobile compatibility. Thanks to wireless providers such as T-Mobile, mobile customers are now able to access a...
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The purpose of this guide is to help speed up your research and narrow down your X99 motherboard choices, so you can focus on more specific motherboard research. While the X99 platform isn’t necessarily a landmark platform, there is an...
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Sometimes i feel that things are moving so fast in the electronics and PC hardware industry that i simply can’t afford to look the other way not even for a minute. Take for example NAS devices/servers. It hasn’t been more...
Read More...Intel has upped the ante for LGA2011 systems with the new LGA2011-V3 specification, comprising the new X99 chipset and Haswell-E CPUs. The top-end Core i7-5960X is Intel’s first consumer 8-core CPU and boasts an amazing 20 megabytes of on-chip cache...
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Some questions have obvious answers. For example, what is the difference between a dress and a skirt? Uhh… actually, I am a guy, so I really did not know the difference until someone told me three months ago. As it...
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The Intel Core i7-5960X and other Haswell-E chips are released on the market September 2014 and based on a new socket LGA2011-V3 infrastructure and DDR4 quad channel memory. The new Haswell-E series being released feature three models, two 6-core and...
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G’day Sir and milady! In this article we review, test and benchmark the all new Core i7 5960X (Haswell-E) 8 core processor and smack it on one of the long awaited X99 motherboards. Intel’s most high-end processor SKUs just got...
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