The folks over at Guru3D appears to have mixed embargo dates and announced AMD Ryzen 5 series processors yesterday (opps)! AMD long ago said that the Ryzen 5 series was coming in Q2 2017 and Continue reading “AMD Ryzen 5 Processors Start At $169 and Launch on April 11th”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Mar. 15, 2017 at 2:32pm
CPU Bottleneck Exposed By GeForce GTX 1080 Ti? Last week, NVIDIA released the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition graphics card. This is the fastest desktop consumer graphics card in the world and we were Continue reading “CPU Bottleneck? GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Tested on AMD Ryzen versus Intel Kaby Lake”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Mar. 13, 2017 at 10:10pm
Answering What DDR4 Clock Speed is Best For AMD AM4 Platforms AMD Ryzen processors are here and the number of people buying AMD platforms has spiked as a result. Those that are running out to Continue reading “DDR4 Memory Scaling on AMD AM4 Platform – The Best Memory Kit For AMD Ryzen CPUs”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Mar. 6, 2017 at 9:10pm
Is The Ryzen 7 1700 8-Core Processor For $329 The Best Value? On Thursday, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) launched their Ryzen 7 processor series and we looked at all three processors in our launch article. Continue reading “AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Overclocking – Best Ryzen Processor?”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Mar. 3, 2017 at 10:57pm
AMD Ryzen – Ready To Put The Pressure On Intel Today marks AMD’s grand re-entry to the high-end processor market after abandoning it years ago when they found that they were no longer competitive in Continue reading “AMD Ryzen 7 1800X, 1700X and 1700 Processor Review”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Mar. 2, 2017 at 2:01pm
The wait for AMD Ryzen is finally over! You can now officially go out and pre-order one of three AMD Ryzen 7 processors, which is being touted as the fastest 8-core processor on the market Continue reading “AMD Ryzen Pre-Orders Start Today – 8-Cores For $329”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Feb. 22, 2017 at 2:00pm
Intel Core i7-6900K Broadwell-E CPU Performance AMD showed at the New Horizon event that their upcoming Ryzen 8-core 16-thread processors running at 3.4 GHz with 20 MB of cache can compete with the Intel Core Continue reading “Intel Core i7-6900K Processor Review”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Feb. 7, 2017 at 4:31pm
AMD FX-9590 Eight-Core Processor AMD’s flagship FX Series processor is the FX-9590 Eight-Core CPU that came out during the summer of 2013. This processor was a beast when it came out as it had 8-cores Continue reading “AMD FX-9590 8-Core CPU Review Last Look Before Ryzen”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jan. 19, 2017 at 5:51pm
In the days leading up to CES2017 we found ourselves most excited to see what AMD would be showing off with Ryzen CPU series. The anticipation for the new processor series for AMD is growing Continue reading “AMD Ryzen – What We Learned At CES 2017”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jan. 11, 2017 at 11:23pm
Intel Core i3-7350K Kaby Lake CPU Performance When Intel rolled out the Kaby Lake desktop processor lineup last week we were excited about the Intel Core i3-7350K processor. The Intel Core i3-7350K is an interesting Continue reading “Intel Core i3-7350K Processor Review”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jan. 10, 2017 at 7:15pm
Intel Core i7-7700K Kaby Lake CPU Performance The 7th Generation Intel Core i7 Kaby Lake desktop processors have been officially announced and the Intel Core i7-7700K is the new flagship LGA1151 processor for Intel! Intel Continue reading “Intel Core i7-7700K Processor Review”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jan. 3, 2017 at 5:00pm
Looking At Intel Kaby Lake Performance We recently got our hands on the Dell XPS 13 9360 laptop with a 7th Generation Intel Core i7-7500U Kaby Lake processor that is the direct replacement for last Continue reading “Kaby Lake Core i7-7500U Versus Skylake Core i7-6500U on Dell XPS 13”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 23, 2016 at 5:03pm
AMD Athlon X4 880K Review – Godavari When purchasing a low cost processor, you need to know what your main use of it will be. Depending on your needs, a low cost processor might not Continue reading “AMD Athlon X4 880K Processor Review & Overclocking to 4.5 GHz”. …more
By Steven Kean •
Nov. 30, 2016 at 4:03pm
Gigabyte Brix Gaming UHD Mini-PC Review Gigabyte launched the BRIX series back in 2013 to cover the growing ultra compact and versatile DIY PC kit market. Gigabyte has offered a broad choice of processors covering Continue reading “Gigabyte Brix Gaming UHD Mini-PC Review – GB-BNi7HG4-950”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Nov. 29, 2016 at 4:01pm
Intel believes that we are on the cusp of a new era for the PC and that the PC continually evolves and adapts to the trends around us. The new PCs coming to market now Continue reading “Intel 7th Gen Kaby Lake Processor Architecture Details Released”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 30, 2016 at 1:00pm