What happens when the AMD thermal engineering team and Cooler Master team up to create an air cooling solution for the 2nd Gen Ryzen Threadripper? You get the behemoth known as the “Wraith Ripper”, that will be available to purchase from Cooler Master when the new Threadrippers come to market in Q3 2018. This CPU …more
Most computer builds these day have some components that have RGB LED lighting, but Lian Li is showing off something at Computex 2018 that will help your RGB-lit enthusiast system reach the next level. Lian Li noticed that power supply cables are not RGB-lit, so why not come out with some cable extensions that have …more
Asus has rolled out all sorts of cool stuff at Computex this year including that ROG Phone for mobile gamers. ASUS has also rolled out a new WiFi router that is claimed to be the first 10Gbps wireless router in the world. That router is called the ROG Rapture GT-AX11000 and if you want the …more
Lenovo has shown off its new Yoga Book 2 at Computex the device looks very slick and high tech. Rather than having a normal keyboard attached to the bottom section of the machine as you would expect in an ultraportable machine, Lenovo has ditched the traditional keyboard. The machine has dual displays and appears to …more
AMD just wrapped up their COMPUTEX 2018 press conference and shared a number of updates on AMD products and technologies. AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su kicked off the briefing by announcing that AMD has sold over 5 million Ryzen processors to date and most of those are in the DIY market. AMD also noted that Radeon …more
To enable the latest DisplayPort 1.3 / 1.4 features we just learned that NVIDIA Maxwell and desktop Pascal graphics cards may require a firmware update. Without the update, systems that are connected to a DisplayPort 1.3 / 1.4 monitor could experience blank screens on boot until the operating system loads, or could experience a hang on boot. This update only …more
Qualcomm announced the ‘Always On, Always Connected’ PC to consumers last year and created a new market niche for Qualcomm Snapdragon powered tablets and notebooks running various versions of Windows 10. These new PCs feature LTE and WiFi connectivity to keep you connected to the internet at all times with all day battery life. The …more
Have you heard about the $100K custom wall PC that is being shown off at Computex 2018 in the Cooler Master booth?It looks to be the wildest water cooled PC build at Computex 2018. The total cost of all the parts and I’m guessing the labor added up to being $100,000 USD. The project was …more
When Intel showed off their upcoming 28-core desktop processor at Computex this morning it appears they did so with the help of ASUS. The motherboard used for the first public demo appears to be the ASUS ROG Dominus. Intel is looking to solidify the corporations High-End DeskTop (HEDT) market share with new processors like the one …more
On stage at Computex, Intel’s Client Computing Group head Gregory Bryant showed off the never before seen Intel Optane SSD 905P 380GB drive that uses the M.2 form factor. This Intel Optane SSD 905P M.2 NVMe drive uses the PCIe gen 3 x4 interface and will more than double the capacity offered by the Intel …more
NVIDIA has released GeForce 398.11 WHQL game ready drivers that have been optimized for Jurassic World Evolution and Vampyr. It also has a couple fixes, with one ensuring the best possible experience on G-SYNC HDR monitors. You can download these new graphics card drivers here. Fixed Issues in this Release [SLI][Hitman Pro: DirectX 12]: With …more
At Computex 2018 Intel unveiled the 8th generation Core i7-8086K Limited Edition Processor. This processor was built to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Intel’s introduction of the x86 architecture that formed the foundation for modern computing. The 8086K is the first 6-core, 12-thread processor with integrated graphics in an 1151-pin package that supports a 64-bit …more
AORUS announced at Computex 2018 that they will be entering the DRAM market with the introduction of RGB DDR4 3200MHz memory modules. The 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 3200MHz kits feature 16-18-18-38 timings at 1.35V when XMP is enabled. AORUS is using Samsung B memory ICs on this dual-channel memory kit and it is life time warrantied. …more
ASUS unveiled a new ultraportable notebook computer at Computex 2018 and the machine was named Best Choice of the Year and a Best Choice Golden Award winner at the show. The machine has an interesting hinge design called ErgoLift that angles the keyboard of the machine at 5.5-degrees for ergonomics, better cooling, and improved audio. …more