The release of Intel’s 10th generation ‘Comet Lake‘ CPUs, which are optimized for gaming, the release of AMD’s Ryzen 3 3300X and XT series CPUs, the soon to come Nvidia Ampere 3000 series GPUs, and, to top it all off, the release of new generation games for the Xbox Series X and Playstation 5, make […]
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80 Plus Gold vs Platinum PSUs: What are The Differences?
With the launch of Intel’s 10th generation ‘Comet Lake‘ CPUs, as well as AMD’s new Ryzen 3000XT and Ryzen 3000 WX Threadripper Pro series processors, now is one of the best times to build a brand-new PC. But if the CPU is the “brain” of your setup, the PSU is its “heart”, and in order […]
PCIe 4.0: What is it? Do You Need it for Ampere Builds?
Nvidia has announced their next-generation lineup of Ampere GPU’s and it’s created a huge storm. These graphics cards will blow the outgoing Turing cards out of the water on both performance and price. One of the big features is that these new GPU’s support PCIe 4.0 standards, but what does this mean for you? Do […]
8 Best Tools for Stress Testing your PC (CPU, GPU, RAM)
So you’ve got yourself a new rig and want to overclock to get the best performance for your money. Maybe you have malfunctioning hardware and need to perform diagnostics? Stress testing your PC rig, including RAM, CPU and GPU stress tests are a great way to help build a healthy and stable system – performing […]
X299X vs X299 motherboards: What are the key differences?
For HEDT users out there, now is a great time to be alive. Threadripper 3000 is on the (near) horizon, and Intel just released Cascade Lake-X (CL-X) CPUs that may not be a revolution in terms of performance, but if early indicators are correct, may be a revolution in terms of pricing. HEDT stands for […]