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MSI Announces MPG Z490 Carbon EK X Motherboard

June 4, 2020 John Nester 0

Today MSI sent out a press release announcing their latest motherboard, the MSI MPG Z490 Carbon EK X. Partnered with water cooling giant EKWB, the Carbon EK X will be designed for Intel’s latest processors utilizing the new socket 1200.

New Antec Katana DDR4 Announced

May 20, 2020 John Nester 0

Antec has just announced it’s latest product in an already impressive line-up, the Katana. This RGB DDR4 features Dual channels and will be available in frequencies of 3200Mhz and 3600Mhz with CAS latencies of 16 and 18 respectively.

AMD Ryzen 3 3100 and 3300X Review

May 7, 2020 Shawn Jennings 3

We’re back again to have a look at the new Ryzen 3 3300X and 3100X which will round out AMD’s desktop CPU lineup with two 4-core, 8-thread bargains.

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X CPU Review

August 2, 2019 Shawn Jennings 33

We covered the launch of AMD’s new 7 nm CPUs just a couple of weeks back when we reviewed the 3900X and the 3700X. Today we’re dropping down in core count and price and taking a hard look at the Ryzen 5 3600X.

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X and Ryzen 7 3700X CPU Review

July 7, 2019 Shawn Jennings 403

The internet has been ripe with rumors and chatter about AMD’s new 7 nm CPUs and today we have the Ryzen 9 3900X 12-core and the Ryzen 7 3700X 8-core/16-thread CPUs for testing to see just what these things can or can not do.

ADATA XPG SPECTRIX D60G DDR4 3200 Review

June 10, 2019 David Miller 0

Today we are evaluating a new offering in the RGB DDR4 world. ADATA just released the XPG SPECTRIX D60G, which promises more RGB lighting surface area than any other module on the market. A whopping 9,497mm2 of the module’s surface area is covered in visible RGB light, which turns out to be over 60%. It’s clear that ADATA is making a bold statement with RGB lighting, but what does that mean for the performance? With a newly acquired test sample, we are going to investigate the performance and overclocking capabilities of the all-new D60G.

ASUS Rampage VI Extreme Omega Motherboard Review: Taming the i9-9980XE

March 7, 2019 Joe Shields 0

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.

AMD Ryzen 7 2700, Ryzen 5 2600 and StoreMI Review

May 21, 2018 Shawn Jennings 8

Today I have the follow-up review of the Ryzen 7 2700 and the Ryzen 5 2600 CPUs. These are AMD’s lower wattage versions of the new Pinnacle Ridge eight and six-core CPUs. As mentioned in the Ryzen 7 2700X review, AMD has successfully raised the clock speeds, lower latency, and improved memory speeds/compatibility with its updated Zen+ architecture. I’m sure this is going to show in the Ryzen 7 2700 and Ryzen 5 2600 as well since all four CPUs are based on the same Global Foundries’ 12LP process.

AMD Ryzen 7 2700X and Ryzen 5 2600X CPU Review

April 19, 2018 Shawn Jennings 119

AMD is back again with the launch of their second generation of the ZEN core, the Ryzen 7 2700X and the Ryzen 5 2600X, AMD refers to this core as ZEN+.

AMD Ryzen 2700X and 2600X Sneak Peek

April 13, 2018 Shawn Jennings 56

I have the AMD Ryzen+ review kit here and will give a quick rundown of its contents and some of the specifications and features of the upcoming Ryzen+ and the all-new X470 motherboard which has been included in the kit.