AMD Ryzen 5 2600X – 6-Core Zen+ For $229 Last week we took an in-depth look at the AMD’s new 2nd Generation Ryzen processor series by looking at the performance of the flagship AMD Ryzen Continue reading “AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Processor Review”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Apr. 27, 2018 at 8:22pm
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Processor – Zen+ Arrives AMD launched four new Ryzen desktop processors this week, codenamed ‘Pinnacle Ridge’, that are built using the latest 12nm Zen+ architecture. The new processors are the Ryzen Continue reading “AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Processor Review – 2nd Gen Ryzen”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Apr. 20, 2018 at 9:17pm
AMD is allowing retailers to begin taking pre-orders for the 2nd Generation AMD Ryzen processors known as ‘Pinnacle Ridge’ starting at 9 a.m. EDT today, which is six days before their official launch on April Continue reading “2nd Gen AMD Ryzen CPU Pre-Sales Have Already Started”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Apr. 13, 2018 at 12:48pm
Hades Canyon Brings Radeon RX Vega M Graphics To Intel NUCs I hate to break it to the current Intel Skull Canyon (NUC6i7KYK) owners, but your system has been replaced by the newer Intel Hades Continue reading “Intel Hades Canyon NUC8i7HVK NUC Review – Radeon RX Vega M GPU”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Mar. 29, 2018 at 8:38pm
AMD Raven Ridge APUs Arrive AMD launched a new pair of APUs this week that pair the Zen CPU and VEGA GPU micro architectures together to bring more value to the entry and mainstream desktop Continue reading “AMD Ryzen 5 2400G and Ryzen 3 2200G CPU Reviews – Raven Ridge”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Feb. 14, 2018 at 2:40pm
The AMD Ryzen Processor with Radeon Vega graphics (codename ‘Raven Ridge’) came out today and hopes to change the desktop PC market by paring quad-core processors with up to 8-threads and strong Vega GPUs that Continue reading “AMD Ryzen 5 2400G Mining Performance with NiceHash and XMR-STAK”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Feb. 12, 2018 at 2:04pm
AMD announced the desktop Raven Ridge APUs featuring Radeon RX Vega graphics at CES 2018 and now we are just days away from them hitting the market. On February 12th, 2018 you’ll be able to Continue reading “AMD Raven Ridge Unboxing – Ryzen 5 2400G and Ryzen 3 2200G”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Feb. 8, 2018 at 5:39pm
The cryptocurrency market might be down 50% from all-time highs due to tougher regulation in a handful of countries, but miners are still making profits by processing outstanding transactions into blocks and adding them to Continue reading “Mining On The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X Processor With Nicehash”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Feb. 5, 2018 at 6:18pm
AMD kicked off the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to go over their roadmap plans for 2018 and it looks pretty good. AMD will be releasing a number of desktop Ryzen processors along with Continue reading “AMD Shows Off 2018 Ryzen Processor Roadmap and Slashes Prices”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jan. 8, 2018 at 6:14am
Intel announced late last year that they would be rolling out a handful of new processor models that have AMD Radeon RX Vega GPU graphics with HBM2 memory on the same chip package as the Continue reading “Intel 8th Gen Core G-Series Processors With Radeon RX Vega M Graphics Are Here”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jan. 8, 2018 at 2:47am
Intel has just released the most power NUC model they have ever come up with and it is so powerful that Intel is calling it a VR-capable system! This impressive feat was due to the Continue reading “Intel NUC Goes Hades Canyon – Check Out The NUC8i7HVK and NUC8i7HNK”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jan. 8, 2018 at 2:01am
Qualcomm made some pretty big news this week by announcing that the Centriq 2400 series is now shipping. This ARM-based server processor is the first 10nm data-center processor released by any company and is said Continue reading “Qualcomm Centriq 2400 Server Chips Aim to Disrupt Intel Dominated Market”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Nov. 9, 2017 at 9:59pm
Intel Core i7-8700K Coffee Lake Aims To Take On Ryzen Today we are able to show you the benchmark results for the Intel Core i7-8700K and Core i5-8400 6-core Coffee Lake processors! Many enthusiasts have Continue reading “Intel Core i7-8700K and Core i5-8400 Processor Review – Coffee Lake”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Oct. 5, 2017 at 1:33pm
Noctua NH-U14S, NH-U12S and NH-U9 TR4-SP3 Coolers Tested If you are looking at building an AMD TR4/SP3 platform for either a Ryzen Threadripper or Epyc processor you’ll likely find yourself looking for a CPU cooler. Continue reading “Air Versus Water Cooling on AMD Ryzen Threadripper With Noctua Coolers”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Oct. 3, 2017 at 10:48pm
Intel Core i9-7980XE – More Cores For You Today we are able to show you the benchmark results for the Intel Core i9-7980XE Skylake-X processor, which is Intel’s High-End Desktop Platform (HEDT) 18-core, 36-thread CPU Continue reading “Intel Core i9-7980XE 18-Core Processor Review”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Sep. 25, 2017 at 1:00pm