During CES 2019 Enermax released the StarryFort SF30, a mid-tower case with their newest SquA RGB fans. The SF30 is a steel and plastic case that utilizes a tempered glass side, and front panel. Included are four ARGB fans as well as an ARGB strip located below the glass side panel. If that's not enough they are all addressable for maximum PC dazzle. Let's take a look at Enermax's newest model. Read More
More often than not the PC case is overlooked during a system build. So much time and money are spent selecting the best components you can afford that the budget tends to run a bit short. The last thing you want to do is install these beautiful, shiny new parts into something that just works. Choosing the best case can really make the whole building experience a joy where the wrong one can cause nothing but headaches. We're going to run through some of the biggest pitfalls to avoid and case features that will make your life easier. A good case can span more than one system, a great case could be around for many years. In the end, spending money wisely now can save you money in the future! Read More
Today, we're looking at EVGA's extreme overclocking Z390 motherboard the EVGA Z390 DARK. As in the past, the DARK series is EVGA's top-of-the-line serious overclocking oriented motherboard which has all the bells and whistles you need for going sub-ambient. It's not a flashy board, you won't find any RGB LEDs on this monster, it's real estate is dedicated to extreme overclocking hardware. Read More
Up today is another Z390 Motherboard from MSI, the MEG Z390 ACE. MSI has updated their naming scheme recently introducing the MEG, MPG, and MAG series of motherboards. All three are Gaming centric with the "MEG" sitting at the top of the stack as the Extreme Gaming series followed by the Performance and Mainstream boards. Read More
Today we have the second iteration of Nvidia's pared down Turing Die the GTX 1660, this one is the Gaming X from MSI. After the initial Turing launch and pricing many felt it was a steep price to pay for the new architecture, Nvidia answered with their GTX line of Turing based GPUs. They don't have the Tensor cores or Ray Tracing but do include many of the new Turing features which were covered in our GTX 1660 Ti review. Read More
Today we had a chance to look at another X299 offering, this time from ASRock with its X299 OC Formula. The OC Formula is more of the sports coupe of motherboards with a focus on overclocking and going fast as opposed to gaming or even workstation use. We put the monster i9-9980XE 18c/36t CPU on the board and push it as far as our cooling will take us along with going over the specifications and features. Read More
The premium DDR4 memory market just became a whole lot more interesting! A new kit of memory from Corsair has landed in our hands, and we are going to take a good look at this memory to see what makes it noteworthy. Corsair has added a new member to their flagship Dominator line. Today, we are looking at the Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB. This new Dominator module, which was first introduced back in 2010, has been redesigned from the ground up to achieve the highest Intel XMP standards for modern DDR4 memory. Read More
As part of Antec's focus on the PC gaming market, they are releasing a family of Dark Series cases all with MSRP's under $100. The most recent announcement is the Dark Avenger 601 mid-tower case, which features X-ARGB strips and tempered glass window. Read More
Fast forward to today, Intel has released a new lineup of CPUs, also based on the Skylake-X architecture ranging from the i7-9800X (8c/16t ~$600) all the way up to the flagship i9-9980XE (18c/36t ~$2000). The new processors are all 165W parts, but in testing these have pulled a few hundred watts with ambient cooling during stress testing. Due to increased power use, again we are seeing a couple of board partners releasing new versions of boards with even beefier VRMs and cooling to the new CPUs. ASUS was one of those and have taken high-end motherboard to what initially feels like a whole new level with the new ASUS Rampage VI Extreme Omega. Read More
The Patriot Viper Steel series is designed to bring top performance for the most demanding users. The memory kit contains two 8GB modules rated at DDR4-4400 which is also the highest speed offered by Patriot. Read More
The ROG STRIX RTX 2060 OC is currently priced at $399 which is only $50 over the lowest priced model over at Newegg.com, let's take a dive into this card and see what that $50 is going to get us. Read More
EVGA has a strong foothold in the custom PC market with products ranging from hardware to accessories. They are a well-known, respected, and trusted manufacturer that any enthusiast should be familiar with. EVGA has been kind enough to allow us to test their top RTX 2060 offering, the XC Ultra Gaming. Read More
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