The Desktop Kabini Review Part 1: AMD Athlon 5350 (AM1) Tested
Last month AMD announced their Socketed AM1 Kabini platform to focus on the low-end desktop market where low cost, low power and upgradability are important factors for system integrators...
126 by on 4/9/2014
MSI A88XM-E35 Motherboard Review: Micro-A88X for $68
While the desktop PC industry has been reported as shrinking these last few quarters, the dichotomy rests in a drive towards the smaller form factors while the large under-the-desk...
27 by on 4/3/2014
MSI Extends its Gaming Motherboards to B85I and B85M
Word from MSI suggests that sales of their Gaming motherboard range are better than projected and there is an enthusiasm for the brand across PC building forums. We...
6 by on 4/2/2014
GIGABYTE GA-6PXSV3 Review
Server motherboards, unlike consumer motherboards, are never bought for looks. It is all about function, and the GIGABYTE GA-6PXSV3 we are reviewing today is aiming to supply enough at...
12 by on 3/31/2014
Facebook To Acquire Oculus VR Inc for $2 Billion
Back in September 2012, a $2.4 million Kickstarter campaign finished to help develop the next wave of immersive gaming in Oculus Rift. The premise behind Oculus Rift is...
46 by on 3/25/2014
GIGABYTE F2A88X-UP4 Review
In terms of motherboard output, there seems a clear dichotomy between AMD based motherboards and Intel motherboards. Innovation starts on the higher selling Intel ATX products, whereas AMD is...
18 by on 3/24/2014
Intel Announces Ready Mode Technology: Using C7 for Syncing and Streaming
Intel’s conference call this week featured some elements on the progression of the desktop. Lisa Graff, VP and GM of Intel’s Desktop Client Platforms Group tells us that while...
4 by on 3/19/2014
Intel 2014 Enthusiast Processors: Unlocked Haswell Pentium due mid-2014
The next of Intel’s enthusiast level announcements this week is more like a reach into history. For enthusiasts who were present during the Core2Duo days, it was common enough...
19 by on 3/19/2014
Intel 2014 Enthusiast Processors: New Haswell K with Overclocking Enhancements
Rewind back to the launch of Intel’s 3rd generation processor, Ivy Bridge. Enthusiasts and gamers who overclock the top end model were a little disappointed with the maximum CPU...
23 by on 3/19/2014
Intel 2014 Enthusiast Processors: Haswell-E To Feature 8 Cores, X99, DDR4
The second of Intel’s enthusiast-based announcements after the unlocked Iris Pro coming to Broadwell is one regarding Intel’s new high performance platform. Currently we sit with socket LGA 2011...
45 by on 3/19/2014
Intel 2014 Enthusiast Processors: New Unlocked Iris Pro CPU Coming to Broadwell
In a somewhat uncharacteristic turn from Intel, we were hooked up and loaded in to a press conference call this week regarding the announcement of some exciting new products...
64 by on 3/19/2014
ASRock FM2A88X Extreme6+ Review
For the AMD Kaveri launch, a number of review publications received the FM2A88X Extreme6+ from ASRock. This is a motherboard that was released several months before the Kaveri processors...
44 by on 3/19/2014
LEPA Releases 1700W MaxPlatinum Power Supply, EU Only
In the major PC component spaces, there comes a time when a product stack fits nicely with what needs to be done. In the GPU area, we have had...
16 by on 3/19/2014
ASRock’s AM1 Kabini Motherboards Announced, including 19V DC-In Model
With the socketed version of Kabini formally announced by AMD, motherboard manufacturers are in full swing in announcing their line up to AMD’s budget range. AMD’s goal is...
31 by on 3/18/2014
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 and Xeon E5-2687W v2 Review: 12 and 8 Cores
Intel’s roadmap goes through all the power and market segments, from ultra-low-power, smartphones, tablets, notebooks, desktops, mainstream desktops, enthusiast desktops and enterprise. Enterprise differs from the rest of...
71 by on 3/17/2014
CeBIT 2014: Sapphire Shows Two R9 290X 8GB GDDR5 GPUs
Back when the 8800GT was launched, 512MB of video memory is all we needed. To have 2GB, 3GB or 4GB on a video card seemed like overkill. Fast forward...
26 by on 3/13/2014
Razer Announces the New Razer Blade: 14” QHD+ with GTX 870M
Gaming based laptops have boomed in recent months and quarters. There are plenty of companies getting their feet wet and some are trying to push the limits. QHD+ is...
56 by on 3/12/2014
Xirrus to Offer Low Cost 2x2 802.11ac Upgradable Enterprise AP
A good number of companies play in the enterprise Wi-Fi market: Aruba Networks, Ubiquiti and Ruckus Wireless to name a few. Enterprise Wi-Fi looks at markets that have...
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CeBIT 2014: MSI Shows New Intel Motherboards, R9 270X Gaming ITX
While we do not have anyone on the floor of CeBIT this year, manufacturers are showcasing several new products worth mentioning between now and Computex in June. MSI...
6 by on 3/11/2014
ZOTAC Goes For Iris Pro in Their New ZBOX E-Series Gaming Mini-PCs
So far there have been only a few ways to get hold of an Iris Pro 5200 enabled machine. The first CPUs with these processors were in laptops, until...
24 by on 3/10/2014
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