Review: MSI MEG X570 Godlike Ryzen Series 3000 motherboard

By Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 07/15/2019 02:28 PM | 13 comment(s) ]

MSI offers something incredibly extreme with this X570 motherboard, meet the MSI MEG X570 Godlike. We check out this piece of hardware loaded with features, in combination with a Ryzen 7 3700X processor, AMD prepped the 570 chipset, that offers a more fine-tuned experience for your Ryzen Generation 3 processor. The new MEG, however, is taking things to an entirely new level. Including PCIe Gen 4.0 and AX Wifi and 10 Gbps Ethernet.

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Review: Corsair MP600 (2TB) PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD

By Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 07/10/2019 01:23 PM | 37 comment(s) ]

We review the holy grail of next-gen M.2. NVMe, yes the Corsair MP600 PCIe Gen 4.0 SSD. If you place thus bad boy into a Ryzen 3000 / X570 based PC, some magic happens as you are running 4000 MB/s numbers (and higher), thanks to the new PCIe 4.0 interface and a little TLC from Phison, well Toshiba strictly speaking.

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AMD Ryzen 7 3800X overclocked to 5.9 GHz on LN2 / DDR4 at 5774 MT/s

By Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 07/15/2019 06:27 PM | 4 comment(s) ]

Well, one thing is a certainty, there's isn't a lack of news on AMD products lately. A pro-overclocker (Tsaik) subzero cooled a Ryzen 7 3800X with LN2. The 8-core processors was able to reach 5.9 GHz using an MSI motherboard.

AMD Offers Free ‘Boot Kit’ for Struggling Ryzen 3000 Owners

By Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 07/15/2019 08:12 AM | 15 comment(s) ]

The launch of Ryzen Generation3 has been positive overall. The processors are hard to get as they are in high demand. Some of you purchased one, installed is on a Series 300 or 400 motherboard but never updated the firmware. Another batch of you would have already sold their old processor.

Ghost Recon: Breakpoint PC Gameplay

By Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 07/15/2019 08:01 AM | 7 comment(s) ]

BooredGamer has posted a video showing 50 minutes of gameplay footage from the PC version of Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Breakpoint. This video also gives us a small glimpse at the various options that Ubisoft has implemented in its preview build. The game appears to have an Extended FOV setting, Resolution Scaling, Foreground Framework, Framerate Limit, a Sharpening filter and will support HDR. Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint will be released on October 4th.

AMD RADEON VII graphics card has been declared end of life?

By Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 07/12/2019 05:05 PM | 50 comment(s) ]

France based Cowcotland reports that the Radeon VII has been declared at the end of its life. And yeah if that is true, that would be fast and quick as the card launched early March this year. They guys noticed no availability.

Review: Corsair NightSword RGB gaming mouse

By Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 07/12/2019 02:25 PM | 8 comment(s) ]

In this article, we review the Corsair NIGHTSWORD RGB Gaming mouse. It’s a mouse from the higher end of the market; higher than, for example, the recently reviewed M55 RGB Pro. This time, it’s not an ambidextrous layout, but rather a dedicated right-handed design.

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Review: ASUS GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER Strix

By Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 07/12/2019 02:24 PM | 5 comment(s) ]

It is a bit of an exclusive, as we've been promised to have the one single media sample of the STRIX in the entire EU. Yes, we review the ASUS GeForce RTX 2060 Strix, NVIDIA has launched graphics cards in their new Super series, as in super-charged. And the RTX 2060 certainly is. ASUS adds a factory tweak, custom design PCB and a spiffy cooler.

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Promo: URCDKey Starts Its Summer Sale: Get Windows 10 Pro for $11

By Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 07/12/2019 11:41 AM | 0 comment(s) ]

URCDKey is a license sites available for various platforms, whether for software or games. This time URCDKeys brings an offer at a competitive price, Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM and Office 2016 combo.

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Ryzen 3000: Asus opens up PCIe 4.0 support for selected X470 and B450 boards

By Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 07/12/2019 08:44 AM | 38 comment(s) ]

Despite earlier rumors, it seems that even motherboards without X570 chipset can offer PCIe 4.0 on the Ryzen 3000 CPUs. AMD denied this during computex bit, Asus has now published a list of various X470 and B450 motherboards that should at least offer partially PCIe 4.0.

Download NVIDIA Frameview v0.9.4124.26691055

By Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 07/12/2019 08:25 AM | 17 comment(s) ]

FrameView is NVIDIA's own benchmark software for graphic cards based on PresentMon and can measure frame rates, power consumption and frame times. The company offers the release as public beta of the...

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PC market growing again the past few months

By Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 07/12/2019 08:10 AM | 8 comment(s) ]

After a long decline in PC sales, the market seems to be slowly growing again. According to Gartner and IDC it has a lot to do with the move from Windows 7 towards Windows 10 with its support ending, as well as Intel being able to keep up better with demand of processors.

Free to grab: Age of Wonders III on Steam

By Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 07/12/2019 08:09 AM | 2 comment(s) ]

Age of Wonders III is the sequel to the award-winning strategy series. Delivering a unique mix of Empire Building, Role Playing and Warfare, Age of Wonders III offers the ultimate in turn-based fantasy strategy for veterans of the series and new players alike!

Denuvo 6.0 has been cracked

By Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 07/12/2019 08:04 AM | 34 comment(s) ]

It has been many months since Denuvo updated to v6. And during that time a lot of game publishers have been successful in securing their PC games by using the latest version of the Denuvo anti-tamper tech. And while it has taken crackers a while, it appears that this latest version, which is now called Denuvo 6.0, has been cracked.

AMD Starts Selling Ryzen 9 3900X and Radeon RX 5700 directly to consumers

By Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 07/11/2019 07:31 PM | 26 comment(s) ]

AMD on their website started direct sales of processors and graphics cards, much like what NVIDIA is doing with he founder edition graphics cards. So if you yearn that Ryzen 9 3900X and there is no availability in etail, hey check the AMD on stock and you can purchase it there.

Intel Comet Lake 10 Core Procs in 2020 - Socket 1200?

By Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 07/11/2019 05:40 PM | 15 comment(s) ]

One does wonder where these roadmaps come from. Over at XFastest a new one was posted, indicating that the procs mentioned yesterday will not arrive before 2020. Comet Lake does have a design with a maximum of 10 cores and 20 threads, the pin count now is rumored to be LGA 1200.

Samsung closes in on 5nm production in 2020

By Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 07/11/2019 03:08 PM | 5 comment(s) ]

Samsung is currently producing chips on a 7nm euv process, which is used, among other things, for a few current Exynos chips in the Galaxy S10 series. However the Samsung Foundry is one step closer to mass production of an even smaller production process, 5LPE (5nm low-power early).

Wolfenstein: Youngblood PC Requirements

By Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 07/11/2019 08:14 AM | 15 comment(s) ]

Bethesda has revealed the official PC requirements for Wolfenstein: Youngblood. According to the specs, PC gamers will at least need an AMD FX-8350/Ryzen 5 1400 or Intel Core i5-3570/i7-3770 with 8GB of RAM and an NVIDIA GTX 770 (current available GPU GTX1650) or AMD equivalent.

EK Offers new MSI MEG Z390 Ace Monoblock

By Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 07/11/2019 08:12 AM | 0 comment(s) ]

The EK-Momentum MEG Z390 ACE is engineered specifically for the MSI MEG Z390 ACE motherboard. The addressable D-RGB LED in the monoblock is compatible with Mystic Light RGB control, thus offering a full lighting customization experience for every single diode at any given time.

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