Category: News

GeForce RTX 4000 “Lovelace“ power draw might exceed 800 W

Graphics, News | | Jan Olšan

GPU TDPs have become a bit unhinged lately. Having breached the 300W barrier and then jumping up to 320-350 W, Nvidia is now even developing a 450 W card in the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti. However this might be nothing in comparison with what is about to come. It seems that not even the scary 600W number that we heard abotu earlier is the final destination. Nvidia’s next-gen is about to set the bar even higher (and not in a good way). Read more “GeForce RTX 4000 “Lovelace“ power draw might exceed 800 W” »

Gigabyte’s B350 and X370 boards get official support for Zen 3

Motherboards, News | | Jan Olšan

It’s taken over a year, but first generation AM4 boards getting compatibility with B350 and X370 chipsets with AMD’s latest Zen 3 based processors is finally becoming a reality now. AMD hinted earlier this year (non-committally, however) that the previously forbidden ability to upgrade these boards to Ryzen 5000 might be allowed. And now support is indeed making its way to boards from yet another brand – Gigabyte. Read more “Gigabyte’s B350 and X370 boards get official support for Zen 3” »

Thin Mini-ITX motherboard with LGA 1700? It’s here, from Asus

Motherboards, News | | Ľubomír Samák

Asus has the first standardized motherboard (Thin Mini-ITX format) with LGA 1700, which is powered by a 19V adapter and is also designed for retail sales. The wait was, naturally, for the power-efficient Intel processors from the 12th Generation Core. The Pro H610T D4-CSM motherboard is designed primarily for enterprise clientele, and its equipment is optimized with this in mind. All Alder Lake processor models with TDP up to 65 W are supported. Read more “Thin Mini-ITX motherboard with LGA 1700? It’s here, from Asus” »

GPUs finally getting cheaper, Radeon prices are lowest in a year

Graphics, News | | Jan Olšan

Although the chip shortage crisis is far from ending with new and potentially dangerous problems arising in the world, some semblance of normality might now be coming to hardware prices. Of those, graphic cards are the most affected by the crisis and also most important to us. The last couple of weeks have seen a promise of the end of the current state of desolation with epic prices and “soviet-style” empty shelves. Read more “GPUs finally getting cheaper, Radeon prices are lowest in a year” »

Alphacool has steel blackplates. Higher pressure, higher durability

Cooling, CPU coolers, News | | Ľubomír Samák

Finally, someone brings up the topic of metal backplates for liquid AIO coolers. There is an ingrained belief among manufacturers that plastic backplates are sufficient for liquid coolers. They are not enough though, for a number of reasons. It is therefore good news that Alphacool is releasing steel backplates as optional accessories for multiple coolers. And if you own any of the supported coolers, you can request one – free of charge. Read more “Alphacool has steel blackplates. Higher pressure, higher durability” »

One of the first: Akasa’s new small top-flow coolers for LGA 1700

Cooling, CPU coolers, News | | Ľubomír Samák

The LGA 1700 mounting hole change sent all the cheap alternatives to Intel’s box coolers into retirement. Akasa is starting to build a selection of third-party coolers from the ground up, with three different models. These, of course, were not created from scratch, and among the first batch of “revived” coolers with larger push-pin spacing, there is also a low-profile model with a height of only 27 mm. Read more “One of the first: Akasa’s new small top-flow coolers for LGA 1700” »

Zen 4 & AM5 will come sooner than thought. Ryzen 7000 in summer

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

Finally getting new architecture in desktop (and finally using a modern manufacturing process) has reinvigorated Intel processors. It looks like AMD is under pressure now, as it has reportedly decided to make a move that doesn’t happen often: its much-anticipated next generation of 5nm processors with Zen 4 architecture may be coming to market much sooner than originally planned. Presumably to respond to Intel’s consolidation. Read more “Zen 4 & AM5 will come sooner than thought. Ryzen 7000 in summer” »

Overclocking 65W Alder Lake processors: which boards can do it?

Motherboards, News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

Last month, we were pleasantly surprised by the news that Intel’s new desktop platform (Core 12th Generation/Alder Lake) CPUs can be overclocked via BCLK. Despite Intel seeking to only allow OC  on the more expensive K-series enthusiast models. We took a look at which boards currently make it possible and if it’s worth it. Because whether BCLK OC helps or not depends on the cost of the overall setup more than anything else. Read more “Overclocking 65W Alder Lake processors: which boards can do it?” »

Nvidia 12pin, PCIe 5.0 GPU power connector and interoperability

Graphics, News | | Jan Olšan

In 2020, Nvidia introduced a new power connector with GeForce RTX 3000 (Ampere) graphics. This originally seemed to be a proprietary Nvidia design that was only used by their own Founders Edition cards (and it required getting adapters/new cables for most PSUs). But now it seems to be turning into a standardised power connector under PCI Express 5.0 – well, almost. The situation around these cables is a bit more complicated. Read more “Nvidia 12pin, PCIe 5.0 GPU power connector and interoperability” »

New highend Radeon replacing RX 6900 XT could come out in April

Graphics, News | | Jan Olšan

The purported details of the Radeon graphics cards refresh – the new performance–boosting 7nm GPU RDNA 2 models that AMD is reportedly preparing – seems to be constantly changing. Not long after the very first more solid sources emerged, the leaks are growing in number. A few days ago we reported that these cards were expected in June or July, but actually, the highest performance model could come a lot sooner than that. Read more “New highend Radeon replacing RX 6900 XT could come out in April” »

Cooling newcomer that may surprise – Akasa Alucia H4

Cooling, CPU coolers, News | | Ľubomír Samák

Akasa’s latest CPU cooler doesn’t look bad at all. It oozes drive for the highest possible efficiency at the lowest possible price within the mid-range. And this particular segment doesn’t have a representative that clearly stands out. The Alucia H4 cooler has a very solid fan, as evidenced by our wind tunnel. We don’t have standard cooler tests yet, but unless there is some hidden bad news in the heatsink, your jaw might still drop. Read more “Cooling newcomer that may surprise – Akasa Alucia H4” »

New Thermalright Macho Maxx: Lower weight, higher performance?

Cooling, CPU coolers, News | | Ľubomír Samák

Thermalright has released a new Macho cooler, which has seen the most significant changes in fin geometry between generations. It is still a wide single tower cooler, but the intention seems to have been to increase the efficiency of the design. In other words, to make more sensible use of the available material from which the cooler is made. Macho Maxx does have a lower heatsink weight than its predecessor (Macho rev. B), but it will probably not be weaker. Read more “New Thermalright Macho Maxx: Lower weight, higher performance?” »

Nvidia will launch a new RTX 3060 Ti with GA103 die, photo is out

Graphics, News | | Jan Olšan

Nvidia’s Ampere graphics were initially based on the GA102 (RTX 3090, 3080) and GA104 (RTX 3070, 3060 Ti) chips, with the smaller GA106 and GA107 coming later. Interestingly, there was aslo talk of GA103 chip from the very star that didn’t show up. A year after Ampere’s release, it came to life in the form of mobile GeForce RTX 3080 Ti. Now we’ve got its first photo, as well as news that it’s making its way to desktop cards… Read more “Nvidia will launch a new RTX 3060 Ti with GA103 die, photo is out” »

The era of PCI Express 5.0 SSDs will begin in Q3 2022

News, SSDs, Storages | | Jan Olšan

Several SSDs using PCIe Express 5.0 have already been unveiled. So far though, these have been only announcements of products with no store availability information given whatsoever. Teamgroup has also announced their PCIe 5.0 SSDs now, but in this case, the company has shared when are they supposed to come to market. Thanks to this, it’s finally becoming clear when will you have a chance to make Alder Lake’s PCIe 5.0 useful. Read more “The era of PCI Express 5.0 SSDs will begin in Q3 2022” »

Patriot P400 with Innogrit controller: just 2.5W PCIe 4.0 SSD

News, SSDs, Storages | | Jan Olšan

Patriot P200 SSD was a notable SATA drive a few years ago, with 1 TB capacity for cheap and decent performance despite being DRAMless. After the NVMe switch with P300, this lineage has produced another interesting SSD: Patriot P400, with the 4 in the name indicating a move to the PCI Express 4.0 interface. For users with suitable motherboards, P400 could prove to be very intersting SSD, and one of the most power efficient yet. Read more “Patriot P400 with Innogrit controller: just 2.5W PCIe 4.0 SSD” »

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