Gigabyte recently released a mini version of the GeForce GTX 1080 – the Gigabyte GTX 1080 Mini ITX 8G (GV-N1080IX-8GD). We rarely see high performance graphics cards on a mini or compact form factor. The Gigabyte GTX 1080 Mini ITX isn’t the first small form factor GTX 1080 in the market. The first was the … continue reading
AMD’s new Ryzen processors and AM4 platform is a (huge) success and it has grown quite popular in just a short time. Many are already building their first AMD Ryzen system; and most are coming from an older system. Are you planning to build your own Ryzen system as well? Most probably by now you … continue reading
AMD has finally released their new VEGA graphics cards that are designed for mainstream and gaming use – the AMD Radeon RX VEGA 64 and RX VEGA 56. Both graphics cards aim to compete with NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 1080 and GTX 1070 respectively. In this article let’s compare how the new AMD Radeon RX Vega … continue reading
Overclocking an AMD Ryzen 5 CPU is very easy and the benefit of overclocking it can be beneficial in terms of performance. Luckily, all of AMD’s new Ryzen processor, from Ryzen 7 down to Ryzen 3 (all) can be overclocked and you can do it with either an X370 or B350 motherboard. There are two … continue reading
The new AMD Ryzen Threadripper and X399 motherboard uses a new type of socket, the TR4. This means that people who are planning to get the new system would need a new CPU cooler, or specifically a compatible retention kit. AMD recommends using a liquid cooling solution (or a really good air cooler) since this … continue reading
Gigabyte recently released an X299 motherboard exclusive for Kaby Lake-X processors only (i7-7740X and i5-7640X) – the Gigabyte X299 Aorus Gaming motherboard. If you have been following the launch of the X299 and Core X processors, you may have encountered that some motherboard manufacturers where having problems providing support for both Kaby Lake-X and Skylake-X … continue reading
Recently, the upcoming AMD Radeon RX Vega Limited Edition graphics card was unveiled at two events; Linus LTX2017 and Capsaicin SIGGRAPH. There was very little information (actually none in terms of specs and performance) revealed during the said events. We only get to see Linus unboxing the Radeon RX Vega (64) Limited Edition, together with … continue reading
AMD’s Threadripper is just around the corner and the new X399 motherboards as well. The X399 motherboards use a socket that is uncommon specially to most of the consumers – socket TR4. This socket is big, even bigger than Intel’s LGA2066 socket. This is because the Threadripper processor itself is (really) big; like two processors … continue reading
AMD (finally) released the last two processors on their Ryzen lineup – the Ryzen 3 1300X and Ryzen 3 1200 processors. These two new processors are equipped with true quad-core unlocked processors designed for computing and gaming. The AMD Ryzen 3 1300X is a 4-core, 4-thread processor with a base clock speed of 3.5GHz and … continue reading
EVGA recently announced their flagship GeForce GTX 1080 Ti with KINGPIN’s (or should I say K|NGP|N) name on it – the EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti K|NGP|N Edition. This all-black with copper and gold accent graphics card is an absolute beast! It’s beautiful and a work of art in my opinion. But unfortunately, premium graphics … continue reading
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