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When Intel launches a new family of desktop processors, it typically unleashes its high-end unlocked SKUs first, including the K and KF models. Not only does this give users a glimpse of its performance enhancements throughout its product development cycle and roadmap in the best possible light, but it also allows enthusiasts and high-end performance junkies to get their hands on the latest and most potent processors from the very beginning of the product cycle. For the rest of the consumer market, Intel has finally pulled the proverbial trigger on its non-K series SKUs, with sixteen new Raptor Lake-S series processors for desktops. Varied across a mixture of bare multiplier locked SKUs such as the Core i9-13900 and Core i7-13700 with a TDP of 65...
Lenovo ThinkStation P620 Review: A Vehicle for Threadripper Pro
The workstation line of machines from Lenovo have been extremely successful for the company. While ThinkStation might not have as much brand identity as the more recognizable ThinkPad, for...
48 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 2/16/2021
ZOTAC’s Streaming Mini-PC, the MI553B, with Integrated AVerMedia Capture Card
With the advent of streaming video games online being a core market for computer hardware manufacturers, a new initiative was announced at TwitchCon 2018 to develop smaller form factor...
7 by Ian Cutress on 1/22/2019
CES 2019: Digital Storm Spark, a ‘Mini-ITX’ with MXM RTX 2080
We may already be a week beyond the annual CES show, but there is still plenty to discuss. One of the exciting systems I saw at the event was...
9 by Ian Cutress on 1/22/2019
A Quick Look at the Subor Z+ Console/PC Hybrid: A Custom AMD SoC Called FireFlight
One of the most interesting things in August (there were a lot) was that a company in China invested the best part of 400 million RMB / $60 million...
42 by Ian Cutress on 9/19/2018
Acer Wants To Sell a Dual Xeon Predator X System: Please No
Acer’s leading gaming branding, Predator, is all about maximizing performance, particularly around gaming. In the modern era, that now extends into content creation, streaming, video editing, and all the...
37 by Ian Cutress on 8/29/2018
More Details About the ZhongShan Subor Z+ Console, with Custom AMD Ryzen SoC
One of the exciting elements from last week’s coverage was the announcement of the upcoming Chinese market PC and Console, from Zhongshan Subor, featuring some AMD custom silicon. Through...
36 by Ian Cutress on 8/6/2018
AMD Creates Quad Core Zen SoC with 24 Vega CUs for Chinese Consoles
AMD has cornered the x86 console market with its handy semi-custom mix of processors and graphics. While we slowly await the next generation of consoles from Microsoft and Sony...
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Acer Announces AMD Gaming Lineup For Computex 2018
With Computex getting underway, Acer is announcing a couple of new devices in their gaming lineup which feature AMD processors. Acer’s new Predator Helios 500 is a gaming laptop...
6 by Brett Howse on 6/1/2018
HP Envy 27-Inch AIO Updates: Six-Core Coffee Lake, 4K Display, NVMe
HP on Monday announced new versions of its Envy AIO systems with 27-inch displays. The latest all-in-ones are upgraded across-the-board with the newest six-core Coffee Lake CPUs as well...
6 by Anton Shilov on 5/14/2018
ASUS ROG Spring System Updates: Gaming Big and Small
With this week's major launch of the rest of the 8th Generation Core lineup, virtually every last major OEM is issuing significant updates to large parts of their product...
17 by Anton Shilov & Joe Shields on 4/6/2018
Acer Announces the Aspire S24 AIO: 8th Gen Intel CPU, Wireless Charging
Another announcement coming out of IFA this week from Acer is their new All-In-One, the 23.8” Aspire S24. The goal for the S24 was to be Acer’s slimmest ever...
7 by Joe Shields on 9/1/2017
Samsung ArtPC: Cylindrical PC with 360º audio, i5/i7 plus NVMe, Preorders from $1200
For most PC enthusiasts, if you ask them to name a cylindrical machine, the Mac Pro comes immediately to mind. Not to tread too heavily on Apple’s toes on...
46 by Ian Cutress on 10/10/2016
An Anecdotal Musing of Brick and Mortar AMD Notebook Offerings
For any technology journalist deeply embedded an analytical content, knowing your field is a key element to how you work. If all the focus goes into the high-end, it...
40 by Ian Cutress on 9/19/2016
Hands On with ASUS ROG Avalon: A Teardown Video
During Computex 2016, as part of their 10-Years of the Republic of Gamers’ celebrations and showcase, ASUS surprised me with a new take on the PC: the ROG Avalon...
41 by Ian Cutress on 9/2/2016
CES 2016: ASRock Shows mini-STX 5x5 for Business and Education
Ever since Intel announced their 5x5 platform (that’s 5-inch by 5-inch), we have had several requests from users saying ‘when?’. At the time of the announcement, it was difficult...
29 by Ian Cutress on 1/21/2016
ASUS Booth Tour at CES 2016: 10G Switches, External GPU Dock, USB-C Monitor and more
When ASUS emailed a couple of weeks before CES announcing that they had cancelled their press event for the show, we had a few question marks. Previous shows involve...
50 by Ian Cutress on 1/19/2016
CES 2016: MSI’s Vortex Gaming PC on Display and It Looks Almost Like a Mac Pro
One of the most interesting PC designs to come out in recent years was that of the Mac Pro. Sure, it looked like a cylinder into which one might...
28 by Ian Cutress on 1/14/2016
CES 2016: 34-inch 3440x1440 AIO Hands-On at GIGABYTE
One of the notable elements of CES this year has been the march of the 34-inch 21:9 3440x1440 all-in-one PC. An all-in-one is what it says on the tin...
27 by Ian Cutress on 1/14/2016
CES 2016: MSI’s 27-inch 4K Gaming AIO with Full Sized Discrete GPU, the 27XT 6QE
Back at Computex in 2015 we saw and reported on MSI’s first design ideas surrounding an all-in-one computer (where the PC is essentially in the frame of the monitor...
13 by Ian Cutress on 1/14/2016
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