Computex 2018
One of the most impressive motherboard designs coming out of Computex was MSI’s new X399 Creation motherboard. With Threadripper 2 around the corner, sporting support for up to 32 cores and 250W TDP, a couple of the motherboard manufacturers are building X399 ‘refresh’ motherboards that are optimized for the new processors, and this is MSI’s very impressive effort. The headline from this motherboard is the 19 power phases, arranged as 16 for the processor. This is likely a four-phase implementation with two doublers, but still comes in as eight more than the amount of phases for the CPU compared to any other Threadripper motherboard on the market. The effect of using more phases in this way means that the power multiplexing over time that occurs...
Lian Li Launches Strimer RGB PSU Cable
Modern enthusiast-grade PCs can have RGB LEDs in almost all components — from motherboard, to memory modules, to SSDs. Meanwhile, one of the things that is not RGB-lit in...
6 by Anton Shilov on 6/6/2018
EVGA Goes Budget Part 2: H370 Stinger, with 10 PCB Layers
In light of the B360 Gaming already being shown to us at EVGA’s suite at Computex, cue another interesting surprise in the H370 Stinger. The key headline for this...
6 by Ian Cutress on 6/6/2018
AMD Zen 2 Update: 7nm EPYC in Labs Now, Launching in 2019
Rounding out AMD’s slew of product announcements and updates at their Computex 2018 press conference, the company very briefly showed off their first 7nm Zen 2 silicon in the...
15 by Ryan Smith on 6/6/2018
HP Announces ProBook x360 440 G1 Notebook: Slim and Secure Convertible
HP introduced the new HP ProBook x360 400 G1 they say is designed to adapt to the way growing business and on-the-go professionals work both inside and outside of...
2 by Joe Shields on 6/6/2018
AMD Demos 7nm Vega GPU: Betting Big on Machine Learning for Radeon Instinct; Shipping This Year
In a fairly unexpected move, AMD formally demonstrated at Computex its previously-roadmapped 7nm-built Vega GPU. As per AMD's roadmaps on the subject, the chip will be used for AMD’s...
29 by Anton Shilov on 6/6/2018
AMD Reveals Threadripper 2 : Up to 32 Cores, 250W, X399 Refresh
One of the surprises from AMD’s first year of the newest x86 Zen architecture was the launch of the Threadripper platform. Despite the mainstream Ryzen processors already taking a...
205 by Ian Cutress on 6/5/2018
AMD Computex 2018 Press Event: A Live Blog (10am Taiwan, 2am UTC)
Ready to follow along for another press event? AMD is here, with all the senior faces coming on stage. Follow our live blog to hear what is being announced.
17 by Ian Cutress & Anton Shilov on 6/5/2018
We Got a Sneak Peek on Intel’s 28-Core: All You Need To Know
This week at Computex, we saw two big CPU related announcements. The first was the launch of the Intel i7-8086K, a six-core limited edition processor at 5 GHz that...
66 by Ian Cutress on 6/5/2018
Realtek Demos RTS-5260 SD 6.0/UHS-III Controller & Card Reader Prototype
Realtek demonstrated its first controller compliant with the SD 6.0 spec and supporting the UHS-III transfer rate of up to 624 MB/s at Computex. The device seems to be...
3 by Anton Shilov on 6/5/2018
EVGA X299 Micro2: A Refresh of the X299 Micro
Intel has stated that the next generation of HEDT processors is coming later this year. We fully expect these processors to be motherboard compatible with current Skylake-X processors on...
5 by Ian Cutress on 6/5/2018
Geil Announces Super Luce RGB SYNC Series TUF Gaming Alliance Memory
Geil has announced the Super Luce RGB SYNC Series TUF Gaming Alliance memory adding to the existing RGB SYNC series SKUs. Geil’s RGB SYNC series has been around for...
9 by Joe Shields on 6/5/2018
TEKQ Shows Off Rapide TB3 SSD, Preps More TB3 Storage Devices
The Thunderbolt 3 technology has gained ground on the markets of premium as well as special-purpose hardware and is enjoying its dominance there. Yet when it comes to more...
2 by Anton Shilov on 6/5/2018
EVGA’s New BIOS Interface, with Built-In Stress Testing
One of the criticisms over the years is that EVGA has not been on par with the major motherboard manufacturers when it comes to their BIOS/UEFI interface and feature...
7 by Ian Cutress on 6/5/2018
MSI B450 AM4 Motherboards at Computex
AMD's 2000-series Ryzen processors represent an incredible step forward even though they are based on a revamped architecture, but much like Intel's Coffee Lake launch, the company only released...
9 by Joe Shields on 6/5/2018
EVGA Goes Budget: B360 Gaming Motherboard Coming Soon
For as long as EVGA has made motherboards, they have focused almost exclusively at the high-end market. For users that want a product that is full of engineering that...
4 by Ian Cutress on 6/5/2018
Synaptics at Computex: Encrypted and In-Display Fingerprint Sensors in Real Products
Synaptics is one of the companies that have to do its announcements in two stages: initially, it announces its own product and then it showcases its partners’ products that...
8 by Anton Shilov on 6/5/2018
Going BIG: EVGA’s SuperNova 2000W G+ Power Supply
For the systems that run many big PCIe accelerators, multiple processors, and also power a small heating system, EVGA is producing the power supply for you. Coming in at...
6 by Ian Cutress on 6/5/2018
MSI Prestige PS42 Laptop: Made For Business
When thinking of MSI laptops, one probably picture the company's powerful gaming rigs. However, the company that makes heavy-hitting notebooks, with names like the Titan and the Dominator, is...
4 by Joe Shields on 6/5/2018
EVGA Roboclocker: A Water Cooling Loop for LIQUID NITROGEN
One of the more esoteric elements of the technology industry are the extreme overclockers. Much like what drag racing is for cars, extreme overclocking is to computers: trying anything...
14 by Ian Cutress on 6/5/2018
EVGA Next-Gen Power Supply for SFX: Supernova 650 GM
Also on EVGA’s Power Supply list was this little 80 PLUS-rated Gold unit. The aim here for a super small set of power supplies for 450W, 550W, 650W. Obviously...
1 by Ian Cutress on 6/5/2018
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