Cyberpower PC is one of the premier Boutique PC companies out there today. Recently they have started diving into the Ultrabook market, and have sent out their Zeus M2 Intel Ultrabook for us to toy with. The Zeus M2 has an Intel Core i5-3317U at its’ core, 16GB of Corsair Vengeance memory and a 120GB Intel 520 Cherryville SSD! Couple this with a 14.1″ screen and a price tag of only $879 and it sounds like a winner! Read on to see if the Zeus M2 holds up to the legacy of the God it’s named after!
When it comes to motherboards, ASUS is pretty much a household name these days. There are few that are as well known, or as reliable. Backed by a history of quality products with their own performance bar set high, they sent us out the ASUS F2A85-V Pro to play with. Will The ASUS F2A85-V Pro continue with the tradition of high quality products? Read on to find out!
GIGABYTE has been a key player in AMD overclocking for awhile now. Their latest generation of motherboards for the AMD FM2 platform aren’t looking to break that streak either. Earlier this week it was announced that the GIGABYTE F2A85X-UP4 was able to set the record for the highest clock speed on the AMD A10-5800K ‘Trinity’ APU. Today we are going take a look at the GIGABYTE F2A85X-UP4 in all of it’s glory and put it through the paces! Read on to find out how well it does!
The LG Optimus G gives you the power to do more, faster. The Optimus G is a 4G LTE Android-powered smartphone rich with features: a 1.5GHz quad-core processor, 2GB of RAM, a 2100 mAh battery and a 8MP camera are just some of the phones main features. Read on to see how the LG Optimus G with its 4.7” True IPS Plus display does when we try it out in the real world!
The new AMD FX processors improve upon AMD’s first 8-core desktop solution thanks to a next generation core architecture developed from the ground up to deliver an entirely new level of performance. The AMD FX-8350 8-Core Black Edition Processor comes unlocked and offers PC enthusiasts the ability to easily overclock the CPU. The AMD FX-8350 Black Edition comes with a 4.0 GHz base clock, but can reach 4.2 GHz thanks to Turbo mode. Read on to see how this new processor performs!
The AMD A8-5600K APU is a quad-core processor that has a 3.6 GHz and can reach 3.9 GHz when in Turbo Boost. The A8-5600K APU uses the AMD Radeon HD 7560D GPU that offers a 760Mhz graphics processor with 256 radeon cores. The A8-5600K APU is a socket FM2 chip and is available online for $100. Read on to see how this APU does in the performance tests!
With the recent release of the new AMD A8 Trinity APU’s, we wanted to take a look at the previous generation motherboards. The GIGABYTE GA-A75-D3H is an AMD FM1 motherboard with all the latest bells and whistles. We are going to take a look at the overall performance compared to a much more expensive platform and see how it stacks up. How does it do? Join us and find out!
Last week we gave you a sneak peak of the new AMD Trinity APU. Today we can bare it all and give you the nitty gritty as we get down and dirty with the latest offering from AMD. The Trinity APU had a very promising start in last week’s preview as it was able to dominate the Intel Core i7 3770K! Will the A10-5800K continue to dominate the Core i7 3770K, or will the Core i7 3770K make a comeback? Read on to find out if the AMD A10-5800K Trinity APU continues to reign supreme!
AMD is allowing us to post a preview article up on the 2nd generation AMD A-Series APU that was formerly codenamed “Trinity”. AMD says this new APU offers improvements across the board when compared to the previous generation thanks to the new “Piledriver” CPU cores and AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series graphics technology. Read on to see how this new APU performs when we put it to the test in some game titles!
BIOSTAR is entering the Hi-Fi audio market with their Hi-Fi series of Intel motherboards. Today we are going to take a look at the BIOSTAR Hi-Fi Z77X motherboard and see how the audio performance will stack up against the performance of the Realtek ALC898 High Definition audio codec. Are we going to be able to see the difference between the BIOSTAR Hi-Fi Z77X and the Realtek ALC898? Read on to find out!