NZXT announced the acquisition of San Francisco-based Forge, a pioneer in creating tools for capturing and sharing PC gameplay. Both companies were founded with the goal of developing the PC as the most immersive, most social gaming platform.
Remember that GPP ordeal and all board partners ramping up and pushing. Well at the time MSI was ramping out their new MECH2 line for their Radeon based lineup. And then pooof, NVIDIA halted GPP. So what do you do with that new lineup then?
MSI is proud to announce that MSI B450 motherboards are on shelf now. To satisfy all kinds of gamers and users, MSI has prepared motherboards in Performance GAMING, Arsenal GAMING and PRO Series.
We review the Gigabyte B450 Aorus Pro, optimized for Ryzen processors, and in specific the new Ryzen 2000 / Zen+. The new B450 series chipset based board offer some more appealing value, as budget wise these board sell at a sub 125,- USD/EUR price point, and Gigabyte certainly chucked this board full with features. So much so that you cannot really look at it as a budget offering anymore.
We review the MSI B450 Tomahawk, based on the new B450 chipset it is aimed at for Ryzen processors, and in specific the new Ryzen 2000 / Zen+. The new B450 series chipset based board offer some more appealing value, as budget wise this board sells at a sub 109,- USD/EUR price point. It is a lovely looking value alternative and hey, there's very little LED bling as also.
Logitech acquired the American microphone manufacturer Blue Microphones for the sum of 117 million dollars (over 100 million euros). Logitech already makes microphones for consumers, but with Blue the company would have the means to build more professional equipment.
It's that time of the year again! Welcome, all to the (Late) Summer 2018 edition of Guru3D's PC Buyer's Guide. This article will show you PC builds at various price points that we - as a unit - feel happy to recommend.
You can read the guide right here.
ASRock launches the new motherboard lineup for AMD’s B450 chipset, the new products improves in almost every way on its already powerful predecessor, the B350. ASRock is bringing all those improvements – and more – to users with this powerful new AMD B450 motherboard range.
Gigabyte announced the release of the new B450 AORUS Motherboard series. These new models support the full spectrum of AMD Ryzen™ processors and boast innovative technologies including AMD StoreMI as a way to accelerate traditional HDDs to speed levels only found in SSDs.
The B450 is streamlined for straightforward builds and smaller form factors, and ASUS has a complete collection available now: the ROG Strix B450-I and B450-F Gaming elevate the platform with signature features for serious gamers; the TUF B450-Plus and B450M-Plus Gaming focus on essentials and durability; and the Prime B450-Plus, B450M-A, and B450M-K put a more professional face on the platform.
NVIDIA is currently sending around invitations for an event that will take place August 20th prior to Gamescom in Cologne. We all know that they have a bun i9n the oven, and 1 +1 = 1180 really. The event is called "GeForce Gaming Celebration."
HyperXannounced that it is shipping the HyperX Pulsefire FPS Pro RGB gaming mouse. The Pulsefire FPS Pro features the Pixart 3389 sensor for accurate tracking and utilizes premium Omron switches with 20M click durability, six programmable buttons, and onboard memory to save up to three custom profiles through HyperX NGenuity software.
Game publisher EA next week will release its Origin Access Premier service. With this subscription service, users can play new EA games without restrictions for a fixed monthly fee. Origin Access Premier is the latest addition to the already existing Origin Access subscription.
A new Ryzen tool is available, the Ryzen DRAM calculator helps you with overclocking your memory on the AMD Ryzen platform. It is a handy calculator that will help you make it easier to overclock the memory on Ryzen based systems.
HWBOT is now actively listing three new models Threadripper processors, they are named Threadripper 2990X, 2970X and 2950X. If we can believe the specs, there will be a 16, 24 and 32 core version each with a different TDP. 125, 180 and 250 Watts respectively.
German test lab AV-Test tested many virus scanners for Windows 10. The end result shows that there hardly is a difference in the actual detection rate of them nasty critters. AV-Test tested 18 different home user security products, 11 were rated at “Top Product”, surprizingly among it is Windows Defender (which is free).
A Canadian web store is listing a Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX processor and does so for a price of just 2399 CAD, that is 1835 USD converted. Quite a bit of money for sure, but for 32-cores, I mean that's value at less than 58 EUR per core.
Gaming routers are a hot topic these days, Netgear now offers a 2.6Gbps capable Dual Band Wi-Fi Router. We also check out the EX8000 Mesh extender. But also 10 Gigabit anyone? Sure we'll peek at the all-new SX10 (10 GigE) Switch also.
Check out the review right here.
It's that time of the year again! Welcome, all to the (Late) Summer 2018 edition of Guru3D's PC Buyer's Guide. This article will show you PC builds at various price points that we - as a unit - feel happy to recommend.
Project Lambda will bring Half Life/Black Mesa to Unreal Engine 4, will feature the first chapter from Valve’s classic FPS, and will be made available to the public once it’s complete. Below the fold, screenshots and these look really good.
It's summer, time for an update of the ten top selling titles on Steam for the week as reported by Valve:
No Man's Sky
Monster Hunter: World
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS
Grand Theft Auto V
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Raft
Islands of Nyne: Battle Royale
Monster Hunter: World - Deluxe Kit
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
Jurassic World Evolution
Intel is set to release their Core i9 9900K late August or September, the new mainstream 9th generation flagship model has appeared in 3DMark, with specs and a score and everything.
Guess what? Yep, you guessed it right, one more on Z390. I'm not going to explain what Z390 motherboards are, as really you've read it all by now. But ASUS made a rather sizable mistake, their support pages are list all new Z390 models, to date unannounced.
Will DRAM prices go down in 2019? The chatter indicates it, recent capacity ramps by Micron Technology and the planned kick-off of commercial production by China-based Fujian Jin Hua Integrated Circuit and Innotron Memory (previously known as Hefei ChangXin) could lead to oversupply for the memory in 2019.
Edifier is excited to announce its partnership with Cooler Master. The partnership will enable Edifier to further extend its reach into the world of gaming. As part of the collaboration Edifier will gain access to the many gaming and tech events Cooler Master will take part in across the globe.
Some interesting remarks have been made by Intel during a quarterly financial discussion, an Intel representative mentioned that data center products will be followed by desktop processors fabbed at 10nm at the earliest by 2019. So, long story short, all procs for another year will be based on 14nm.
