TerraMaster D2-310 Storage Enclosure (2x 2.5"/3.5" SATA to USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type C) Mini-Review
Storage bridges come in many varieties within the internal and external market segments. On the external side, they usually have one or more downstream SATA ports. The most popular...
34 by Ganesh T S on 7/5/2017The Enermax Revolution SFX 650W PSU Review: Compact & Capable
High performance SFX PSUs are gaining ground on the market and Enermax joins the train with the Revolution SFX series. The Revolution SFX units are modular, 80Plus Gold certified...
11 by E. Fylladitakis on 6/30/2017AMD Launches Ryzen PRO CPUs: Enhanced Security, Longer Warranty, Better Quality
This morning AMD is introducing their Ryzen PRO processors for business and commercial desktop PCs. The new lineup of CPUs includes the Ryzen 3 PRO, Ryzen 5 PRO and...
76 by Anton Shilov on 6/29/2017Western Digital My Passport SSD Mini-Review
Flash-based external direct-attached storage (DAS) devices have evolved rapidly over the last few years. Starting with simple thumb drives that could barely saturate USB 2.0 bandwidth, we now see...
23 by Ganesh T S on 6/28/2017The Intel SSD 545s (512GB) Review: 64-Layer 3D TLC NAND Hits Retail
64-layer 3D NAND has arrived with Intel as the first to market. The new Intel SSD 545s is a mainstream consumer SATA SSD that greatly improves on last year's...
75 by Billy Tallis on 6/27/2017GlobalFoundries Details 7 nm Plans: Three Generations, 700 mm², HVM in 2018
Keeping an eye on the ever-evolving world of silicon lithography, GlobalFoundries has recently disclosed additional details about its 7 nm generation of process technologies. As announced last September, the...
74 by Anton Shilov on 6/23/2017Lexar Professional Workflow HR2 4-Bay Thunderbolt 2 / USB 3.0 Reader Hub Review
Content creators in the field often have to deal with large amounts of data spread over multiple flash media. Importing them into a computer for further processing has always...
33 by Ganesh T S on 6/22/2017AMD's Future in Servers: New 7000-Series CPUs Launched and EPYC Analysis
The big news out of AMD was the launch of Zen, the new high-performance core that is designed to underpin the product roadmap for the next few generations of...
130 by Ian Cutress on 6/20/2017AMD EPYC Launch Event Live Blog (Starts 4pm ET)
I'm in Austin for AMD's launch event for their new server parts, named EPYC. Come back at 4pm ET (3pm Austin) for the Live Blog on the official announcement!
21 by Ian Cutress on 6/20/2017The Intel Skylake-X Review: Core i9 7900X, i7 7820X and i7 7800X Tested
Building a PC is an experience worth having. Finding out what works with what and putting it all together is an experience, and the first time always gives a...
260 by Ian Cutress on 6/19/2017The Microsoft Surface Pro (2017) Review: Evolution
The Microsoft Surface Pro has undeniably carved out a new segment in the PC space. But what was once a powerful, but heavy, thick, and unwieldly tablet when it...
122 by Brett Howse on 6/15/2017The SilverStone Argon AR07 Cooler Review: Tower Cooling on a Budget
In today's review we are taking a look at the SilverStone Argon AR07 cooler. It is a large tower cooler that is making use of a 140 mm cooling...
31 by E. Fylladitakis on 6/9/2017ADATA SD700 512GB External SSD Capsule Review
Flash-based external direct-attached storage (DAS) devices have been rapidly evolving over the last few years. The USB Type-C interface standard has prompted vendors to release updates to their lineup...
10 by Ganesh T S on 6/8/2017FLIR ONE Pro Thermal Camera Review
We had written about the launch of the third-generation FLIR ONE along with the FLIR ONE Pro (and other professional thermal imagers) as part of our 2017 CES coverage...
39 by Ganesh T S on 6/6/2017The Apple WWDC 2017 Live Blog
We're here in sunny San Jose, California for Apple's annual World Wide Developers Conference. A show of both hardware and software, it's Apple's keynote event of the year.
37 by Ryan Smith & Matt Humrick on 6/5/2017Test Driving Futuremark's PCMark 10 Benchmark
Futuremark is a well-respected provider of computer benchmark applications. Their PCMark and 3DMark benchmarks have been around for almost 20 years, and provide a good indication of the system...
17 by Ganesh T S on 6/5/2017The Fractal Design Celsius S24 & S36 AIO Coolers Review
In this review we are having a look at the newly released Celsius S24 and S36 AIO liquid cooling kits from Fractal Design, the Swedish manufacturer of PC components...
27 by E. Fylladitakis on 6/2/2017Computex 2017: AMD Press Event Live Blog
AMD is having a press conference here in Taipei for Computex 2017. We plan to get as near to the action as possible - come back at 10am Taiwan...
31 by Ian Cutress on 5/30/2017Intel Announces Skylake-X: Bringing 18-Core HCC Silicon to Consumers for $1999
There are days in this profession in which I am surprised. The longer I stay in the technology industry, they become further and further apart. There are several reasons...
203 by Ian Cutress on 5/30/2017Intel Announces Kaby Lake-X Processors: High-End Desktop Getting the Latest Microarchitecture
Anyone following the high-end desktop space lately will have realized that we’ve recently been tripping up over information on upcoming platforms. Intel’s successor to Broadwell-E has been expected for...
54 by Ian Cutress & Anton Shilov on 5/30/2017