AMD’s launch of Zen 5 desktop CPUs was limited to regular models without 3D V-Cache, which is a differentiator of the so-called “X3D” models that significantly improves performance in games. Gamers have no successor for the past generation Ryzen 7 7800X3D, which remains the best gaming CPU. This could change soon though, it seems that AMD is starting talk about the X3D version of Zen 5 and the release is coming soon. Read more “Zen 5 with V-Cache coming soon. Ryzen 7 9800X3D next month?”
QLC NAND SSDs, which have low endurance but should allow for lower prices, have recently been improving in performance more and more, which is the second main criticism of this type of memory. Recently there was the cheap Kingston NV3 SSD, which will apparently feature both QLC and TLC NAND versions, now a new Crucial P310 drive is coming to market. And this module is seemingly the fastest QLC SSD ever to come out so far. Read more “Crucial P310: Surprising performance from an SSD with QLC NAND?”
The next generation AMD GPUs with RDNA 4 architecture should be coming soon. The company has now confirmed the rumors that high-end models will not be released in this generation and it will cover only part of the performance and price range. But the company also discussed their long-term roadmaps for the Radeon and Instinct GPU architectures. It seems we could be in for a change as significant as the transition from GCN to RDNA. Read more “UDNA: Next-gen architecture will unite AMD’s gaming and AI GPUs”
PC cases with prices around 40 EUR are becoming a rarity. It is also the too low margins that discourage manufacturers from producing them. Endorfy (formerly SilentiumPC), however, stays true to its roots, which are associated precisely with more affordable products. The Armis 100 Solid is one such case, designed for simpler gaming or office builds. And look out, it also has a memory card reader and anti-theft features. Read more “Endorfy comes out with really cheap PC case – Armis 100 Solid”
The big advantage of small PC cases can be that they take up minimal space on a desk. If this is to be combined with high performance, the orientation (of the case) must be vertical. As is the case with the DeepCool CH170 Digital. In addition, this new case is also equipped with a panel for monitoring the essential parameters of the components. For example, their temperature, but also the power consumption. Read more “DeepCool CH170 Digital? SFF vertically: Mainly a small footprint”
As recently reported, Qualcomm was about to expand the range of ARM processors for laptops downwards to lower the starting price of Windows ARM PCs. Now, Qualcomm has actually released the new models of Snapdragon X Plus processors, and there are even more of them than expected. More importantly, the cheaper SKUs are now improved quite a bit. They finally have a decent single-threaded boost, which has been a weakness until now. Read more “Cheaper ARM processors with “Nuvia” cores for laptops are here”
Some articles become obsolete faster, others are relevant for a long time. Such, more durable ones usually do not focus on a specific product, but on a topic as a whole, with a pinch of generality. Articles like this have always been given space around here, since the beginning of HWCooling, and it probably doesn’t hurt to bring them up again. Well, at least as part of this selection which would be a shame to miss forever. Read more “We wrote 7 years ago. Tests you may have overlooked”
Last week, Intel officially launched the first of their next-gen Core Ultra 200 CPUs, which brings new architectures as well as more advanced silicon technology. That raised optimistic expectations , but those are getting cast in doubt now. Intel has cancelled its 2nm manufacturing process node (Intel 20A), which was part of its plan to catch up with TSMC. However, the follow-up process nodes are still being developed. Read more “Intel cancels the 20A node, meant for Arrow Lake CPU production”
It used to be unthinkablebut Intel has, in its own words, run into economic problems, or at least a less than satisfactory situation. The company posted worse-than-expected revenue and a big loss in the last quarter, follow-up cuts and layoffs have already been announced. But it looks like this could lead to an even more significant historic turn. Instead of investing in chip technology, it could close its own fabs or end up broken up. Read more “Intel is seriously considering selling fabs due to money shortage”
As previously announced, Intel has formally launched the first second-generation Core Ultra processors (200V), a.k.a. Lunar Lake, at IFA 2024 last week. These CPUs are said to offer the best power efficiency and mobility among Intel’s x86 CPUs to date, aiming to be on par with ARM CPUs in this regard. Intel has now provided a number of benchmarks and performance data, and we now know when Lunar Lake will be available for purchase. Read more “The comeback of Intel? Next-gen Lunar Lake mobile CPU introduced”
We reported that AMD is planning to release a cheaper gaming CPU with V-Cache – the Ryzen 5 7600X3D. AMD has released such affordable models (mainly Ryzen 7 5700X3D) for the older AM4 platform, but this time it’s a CPU with Zen 4 architecture for the AM5 socket. And this rumored 7600X3D model has been officially released. Unfortunately the availability is not global. Read more “Cheap Ryzen 5 7600X3D with V-Cache launched. Available in EU now”
In cooperation with Axagon, we have prepared a cyclical activity for this year, which may be of interest to HWCooling readers. We’ll post a detail of some piece of hardware and you can guess what it is. You can compete (and eventually win something) on a regular basis, with a new challenge every month. But for now, you need to get “to the next round” through the next one, in September. Read more “Axagon Riddle (9/2024). Can you guess what’s in the photo?”
Join us in welcoming Adam Vágner on board HWC today. Of the authors I know, he’s the most experienced with graphics cards. That’s what he’ll be covering. Thus, graphics card testing will be taken over by a tester who’s been doing it for a long time (and intensively). This is the approach we pride ourselves on and will continue to do so. There are plenty of “experts in everything”, but true specialists are slowly disappearing from the map. Read more “Welcome, Adam! 18 years of experience in graphics card testing”
This week, the first leak of a Radeon RX 8000 in the Geekbench database appeared online. It could have been an ES sample of this GPU or a similar early prototype, so it’s unclear how close these GPUs are to launch. But this seems to have kicked off leaks for this new generation of AMD graphics cards. A bit more detail has now surfaced on the web about what to expect from these GPUs, especially the more powerful mainstream Navi 48 GPU. Read more “AMD prepares three Radeons with Navi 48, we have memory specs”
Probably as early as next month, in September, we will release an analysis of the first case that will go through our new testing methodology. We already have a rough outline of it and we would like to present to you what we are going to do and how and why we are going to do it. This is also to give you a chance to comment on things you might think are missing that we could easily incorporate into the standard concept. Read more “Returning to PC case tests (comment on methodology)”
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