Win a DeepCool (PX1000G) PSU for powerful builds

Giveaway, News | | Editors

If you are planning on building a more powerful PC with higher power draw, take a pause. In exchange for a moment of your time (to answer quick hardware questions), you can win a 1000W DeepCool power supply. That’s just enough to efficiently run an “unrestrained” Core i9-14900K CPU with a GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card. You can already connect the latter with a single connector, as the PX1000G is an ATX 3.0 power supply. Read more “Win a DeepCool (PX1000G) PSU for powerful builds” »

This is the complete ATX 3.0 power supply test lineup

Preview, PSUs | | Ľubomír Samák

Recently, in fact for most of 2023, we’ve been collecting various ATX 3.0 power supplies. In total, twelve have been collected, which is also the final number with which we are now leaving for measurements. Before we start publishing the tests, you can check out a comprehensive overview of all the models. Or leave a comment, which we can eventually incorporate into our analyses. Read more “This is the complete ATX 3.0 power supply test lineup” »

GeForce RTX 5090: no 512-bit bus, but with DP 2.1 and on 3nm node

Graphics, News | | Jan Olšan

Nvidia is yet to release the refresh of the current generation of GeForce RTX 4000 GPUs, which will be released in 2024, but after that (according to some sources in 2025) it’s time for the next generation GeForce RTX 5000 with Blackwell architecture. Information is slowly appearing about those GPUs – currently about the most powerful model, which will be based on the GB202 chip. But it looks like it has been “downsized” a bit. Read more “GeForce RTX 5090: no 512-bit bus, but with DP 2.1 and on 3nm node” »

Gigabyte GP-UD850GM PG5W: Let’s make it bright!

Preview, PSUs | | Ľubomír Samák

The last of the dozen ATX 3.0 PSUs that we’ll be looking at in comparison tests is the Gigabyte GP-UD850GM PG5W. We have this one available in the “rarer” white variant, and if there’s anything else these Gigabyte (UD850GM) PSUs have going for them, it’s an attractive price. It is decidedly the cheapest PSU we will test. And among other things, it also has a smaller footprint with extra compatibility. Read more “Gigabyte GP-UD850GM PG5W: Let’s make it bright!” »

Nvidia’s new fastest AI GPU: H200 with 141GB of HBM3E memory

Graphics, News | | Jan Olšan

Last year, Nvidia launched the 4nm H100 accelerator with Hopper architecture. It has since been the company’s fastest GPU for AI. Now the company is launching its successor dubbed H200. It isn’t quite a new generation yet, but something of a refresh that will lead Nvidia’s lineup until the next generation with the Blackwell architecture is released. The H200 relies on the use of faster memory, but that should also lift overall performance. Read more “Nvidia’s new fastest AI GPU: H200 with 141GB of HBM3E memory” »

When to choose which Axagon (SSD) cooler? A little guide

Extra tests, PR article, SSD coolers | | Ľubomír Samák

Axagon’s SSD coolers are some of the best value on the market. They always have an extremely attractive price-performance ratio and, at the same time, clever technical implementation of design details. There are several options, or variants of coolers to choose from to suit different needs. For better orientation, we will now go through each model in turn and indicate for which situation which one may seem to be a suitable choice. Read more “When to choose which Axagon (SSD) cooler? A little guide” »

Ryzen 8000G APUs launch in two months, Gigabyte reveals date

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

It looks like we finally have an answer to the question of when AMD will finally release “APUs”, or power-efficient monolithic processors with a beefy integrated GPU for the AM5 platform. It was revealed by Gigabyte, and while that isn’t directly from AMD, Gigabyte should be well informed (although the information likely wasn’t supposed to be shared publicly). The company announced the release date of the APUs in a press release. Read more “Ryzen 8000G APUs launch in two months, Gigabyte reveals date” »

SilverStone DA850R Gold up close. 471 watts per liter

Preview, PSUs | | Ľubomír Samák

SilverStone also makes ATX 3.0 PSUs. The DA850R Gold model is, among other things, remarkable for its smaller than usual dimensions. It is only the “basic” 140 mm in length, the same as, for example, the Enermax ERT850EWT (the other tested power supplies are larger), so for owners of cases with worse PSU compatibility, a thematic micro-comparison arises. Read more “SilverStone DA850R Gold up close. 471 watts per liter” »

Intel discontinues Cryo Cooling Technology, ends the app updates

Cooling, CPU coolers, News | | Jan Olšan

Three years ago, when Comet Lake processors came out – the very last of several Skylake architecture refreshes produced in the troubled 14nm era – Intel tried to boost it with cryogenic cooling technology, or rather cooling with an auxiliary thermoelectric element that lowered the temperature of the “coldplate”, cooling the processor below the ambient temperature. This technology is now yet another activity that Intel has cut back on. Read more “Intel discontinues Cryo Cooling Technology, ends the app updates” »

End of Polaris and Vega GPU support: AMD provides a redux driver

Graphics, News | | Jan Olšan

Recently, it has been reported that AMD may be preparing to discontinue driver support for older Radeon graphics cards with Polaris and Vega architectures (pre-RDNA cards based on GCN lineage). AMD has now released the first new version of drivers for these graphics cards in two months, so it seems that the full end of updates for them is not yet here, but at the same time it is confirmed that support for them is moving to the back burner. Read more “End of Polaris and Vega GPU support: AMD provides a redux driver” »

How well do you know MSI coolers? CoreLiquid E360 giveaway

Giveaway, News | | Editors

In collaboration with MSI, we’ve prepared a quick quiz for you to enter to win the MEG CoreLiquid E360, a powerful AIO liquid cooler with a 360-millimeter radiator. The only requirement is to correctly answer three questions that will either test the insight you have when it comes to MSI cooling stuff, or complement it. Either way, it’s not going to be anything complicated. Read more “How well do you know MSI coolers? CoreLiquid E360 giveaway” »

Intel Core i9-14900K: The most powerful for desktop

Extra tests, Processors | | Ľubomír Samák

The top model of the 14th generation of Intel Core (Raptor Lake Refresh-S) processors has outperformed everything that has come out for desktop computers so far. In speed, but also in power draw. On the one hand, the 6 GHz metric for single-threaded applications has been reached and the clock speeds are very high even under all-core boost, the side effect is that the Core i9-14900K’s power draw can sometimes spike up to 400 W. Read more “Intel Core i9-14900K: The most powerful for desktop” »

Enermax cuts prices of Liqmaxflo (SR) liquid coolers

Coolers, Cooling, News | | Ľubomír Samák

The Liqmaxflo and Liqmaxflo SR AIOs came out just last month and they’ve already had their original prices reduced. These have gone down for selected models by around 4 to 16%. The biggest price drop is on the top model with a 420mm radiator, which owners of the most powerful processors shouldn’t overlook. But smaller, more popular models for mainstream cases are also cheaper. Check out the full overview. Read more “Enermax cuts prices of Liqmaxflo (SR) liquid coolers” »

Corsair RM850x Shift: Everything different than the others

Preview, PSUs | | Ľubomír Samák

I guess it can be said that Corsair goes a bit against the mainstream in many elements with their power supplies. However, it is important to highlight the superb amount of experience of the development team, which is reflected in the design of the RM850x Shift. The use of “their own head” is often seen on the design features of this power supply, but it seems that this could only be to the benefit of things. Some without question. Read more “Corsair RM850x Shift: Everything different than the others” »

Big.LITTLE Ryzen out officially: Phoenix 2 APU with Zen 4c cores

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

In the summer, we reported that AMD started using Zen 4c cores in its Ryzen 7000 laptop processors. AMD appeared to use a new die with small (or compact) Zen 4c cores known as Phoenix 2 or unofficially Little Phoenix to make four and six-core models, alongside the standard versions based on a stripped-down Phoenix chip containing eight big Zen 4 cores. But the release of these APUs has been officially announced by AMD only now. Read more “Big.LITTLE Ryzen out officially: Phoenix 2 APU with Zen 4c cores” »

1 … 7 8 9 10 11 … 63