Will One SSD Perform The Same on Six Different Motherboards? When Corsair sent us their new Neutron NX500 400GB NVMe PCIe AIC SSD to review we weren’t impressed by what we were seeing from Corsair’s Continue reading “Two PCIe NVMe SSDs Tested On Six Motherboards By Intel and AMD”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Sep. 1, 2017 at 6:21pm
Most review sites don’t cover the RMA process, but trying to get a motherboard or video card repaired can be a truly painful experience. We recently had an ASUS ROG STRIX-RX480-8G-GAMING video card fail on Continue reading “ASUS Video Card RMA Experience and Turnaround Time in 2017”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 30, 2017 at 9:11pm
HyperX Predator High Performance Memory For Enthusiasts When it comes to memory, Kingston is one of the first names people bring up. HyperX is Kingston’s high-performance division, that focus’s developing the best peripherals for gamers Continue reading “HyperX Predator 3200MHz DDR4 Memory Kit Review”. …more
By Steven Kean •
Aug. 24, 2017 at 3:28pm
Corsair Void Pro Wireless SE RGB Gaming Headset Introduction Corsair has put out a number of gaming headsets over the years which have continued to evolve and improve as all products do to remain relevant. Continue reading “Corsair VOID PRO RGB Wireless SE Gaming Headset Review”. …more
By Joe Evans •
Aug. 22, 2017 at 1:12pm
Intel is ready to launch their 8th generation processors and are starting by releases a handful of ultra-low voltage 15 Watt TDP U-series processors today. These processors are targeted to laptops, 2-in-1 convertibles or any Continue reading “Intel Launches 8th Generation Processors With 40 Percent Performance Gains”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 21, 2017 at 11:52am
Radeon RX VEGA 56 versus GeForce GTX 1070 On August 14th, AMD announced three new graphics cards based on the ‘Vega’ GPU architecture: Radeon RX Vega 64 Liquid Cooled Edition, Radeon RX Vega 64 with Continue reading “AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 17, 2017 at 8:50pm
Samsung Portable SSDs Get 64-Layer V-NAND Flash Samsung today announced their newest Portable Solid State Drive (PSSD), the Samsung Portable SSD T5. This portable SSD uses the latest 64-layer V-NAND technology and USB 3.1 Gen Continue reading “Samsung Portable SSD T5 500GB and 2TB Performance Review”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 15, 2017 at 10:12pm
AMD Helps Ethereum Miners Keep Hashing Performance Stable AMD has finally released a video card driver for Radeon graphics cards that improves block chain performance! This driver was developed to improve the decreasing hashrate performance Continue reading “AMD’s New Mining Block Chain Optimized Driver Tested”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 15, 2017 at 4:28pm
The AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 and Radeon RX Vega 56 Graphics cards are out now and hopefully you’ve taken a look at gaming performance in our full review of both those cards. There have Continue reading “AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 and Vega 56 Ethereum Mining Performance”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 14, 2017 at 3:51pm
AMD Radeon RX VEGA 64 Arrives For Testing Ready or not AMDs answer for a high-end series of consumer desktop graphics cards is finally here! The Radeon Technologies Group is launching the Radeon RX VEGA Continue reading “AMD Radeon RX Vega Benchmark Review: Vega 64 and Vega 56 Tested”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 14, 2017 at 1:46pm
AMD Ryzen Threadripper Finally Arrives Today we’ll be looking at the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X 16-core and AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X 12-core processors. These processors are the the tip of the spear for AMD and Continue reading “AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X and Threadripper 1920X Processor Review”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 10, 2017 at 1:08pm
We wanted to post a good video showing our unboxing of the AMD Ryzen AMD Threadripper processor, but our attempts at a good unrehearsed video without proper lighting was a fail. So, we apologize to Continue reading “AMD Ryzen Threadripper Unboxing and Installation”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 3, 2017 at 9:05pm
Corsair One Pro 1080 Ti Compact Gaming PC Introduction Just scant days after the announcement that EagleTree Capital bought a majority share of the company, Corsair sent us over one of their new One Pro Continue reading “Corsair One Pro 1080 Ti Compact Gaming PC Review”. …more
By Joe Evans •
Aug. 3, 2017 at 1:20pm
Logitech G413 Mechanical Backlit Gaming Keyboard Recently, I had a look at Logitechs G Pro Mechanical Gaming Keyboard which I liked very much for the intended purpose a lightweight, travel-friendly, no frills, high-quality gaming keyboard. Continue reading “Logitech G413 Mechanical Backlit Gaming Keyboard Review”. …more
By Joe Evans •
Aug. 1, 2017 at 3:23pm
Intel Core i9-7900X – 10-Cores Refined Today we’ll be taking a closer look at the Intel Core i9-7900X Skylake-X processor, which is Intel’s High-End Desktop Platform (HEDT) 10-core, 20-thread CPU (3.3 GHz base/4.5 GHz Boost/13.75MB Continue reading “Intel Core i9-7900X Processor Review”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 28, 2017 at 6:36pm