Intel i7-13700K CPU Review & Benchmarks vs. AMD R7 7700X, i5-13600K

Intel i7-13700K CPU Review & Benchmarks vs. AMD R7 7700X, i5-13600K

Sponsor: Crucial DDR5 Memory The Intel Core i7-13700K CPU review & benchmarks finally arrived, following-up our Intel i5-13600K and i9-13900K CPU reviews to give a full comparison of the Intel options. We had this one in the pipeline for a…

How AMD is Fighting NVIDIA with RDNA3 - Chiplet Engineering Explained

How AMD is Fighting NVIDIA with RDNA3 – Chiplet Engineering Explained

Sponsor: Thermaltake Core P3 Pro on Amazon We’re talking with one of AMD’s leading engineers (Sam Naffziger) about RDNA3 GPU design and challenges with going to chiplets for a GPU. We only had about 15 minutes to cover the highlights,…

NVIDIA Responds to Melting Cables, Warranty Concerns, & 12VHPWR Adapter Failures

NVIDIA Responds to Melting Cables, Warranty Concerns, & 12VHPWR Adapter Failures

Sponsor: Fractal Pop Air RGB Case on Amazon NVIDIA has responded to the RTX 4090 12-pin power cable concerns pertaining to melting / burned 12VHPWR cables. The company has provided a statement on the situation, given a failure quantity, and…

The Truth About NVIDIA’s RTX 4090 Adapters: Testing, X-Ray, & 12VHPWR Failures

The Truth About NVIDIA’s RTX 4090 Adapters: Testing, X-Ray, & 12VHPWR Failures

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NVIDIA’s Lost It: RTX 4080 16GB GPU Review & Benchmarks

NVIDIA’s Lost It: RTX 4080 16GB GPU Review & Benchmarks

Sponsor: Thermal Grizzly Contact Frame – The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 16GB video card provides a firm visual definition of the word “disappointing,” mostly because its performance does climb from the RTX 3080 in meaningful ways, but the price climbs…

Best AM4 Upgrades for 2022: AMD Ryzen 2600, 2700, & 1600AF Revisited & Benchmarked

Best AM4 Upgrades for 2022: AMD Ryzen 2600, 2700, & 1600AF Revisited & Benchmarked

Sponsor: HYTE Y60 computer case on Amazon – In this 2022 revisit of the Zen+ (AMD Ryzen 2000) CPUs, including the Ryzen 5 2600, R7 2700, and stand-in tests for the R5 2600X & R7 2700X, we look to see…

Impressive: Lian Li Lancool 216 Case Review, Thermals, Cable Management, & Noise

Impressive: Lian Li Lancool 216 Case Review, Thermals, Cable Management, & Noise

Sponsor: Get 10% off Squarespace purchases (https://geni.us/BqEpf) The Lian Li Lancool 216 is a highly competitive case at $100, launching today, and replaces the Lancool 215 while offering cheaper access to Lancool III features. Our review of the 216 looks…

HW News - New GPU Competitor, ASUS RX 7900 XTX, 2-Slot RTX 4090 Blower

HW News – New GPU Competitor, ASUS RX 7900 XTX, 2-Slot RTX 4090 Blower

Sponsor: Lian Li Lancool III Case on Amazon In the news this week, we’re talking about the new Moore Threads GPU, the ASUS RX 7900 XTX & XT cards, an RTX 4090 2-slot blower, and other items. Timestamps below! The…

AMD's $25,000 GPU: Instinct MI210 Tear-Down ft. Level1Techs

AMD’s $25,000 GPU: Instinct MI210 Tear-Down ft. Level1Techs

Sponsor: Fractal Pop Air RGB Case on Amazon Wendell from Level1Techs brought an AMD Instinct MI210 video card to our office to tear-down! Our understanding via Wendell is that this is an AMD MI210 GPU (meaning that the shroud lists…

EVGA RTX 4090 FTW3 Tear-Down & Disassembly: A Major Loss

EVGA RTX 4090 FTW3 Tear-Down & Disassembly: A Major Loss

Sponsor: Thermaltake Core P3 Pro on Amazon We’re tearing down the last video card EVGA ever made – the RTX 4090 FTW3 by EVGA on NVIDIA’s Ada GPU architecture. The company last told us that it had no plans to…