AMD A10-7870K Godavari APU Review
Introduction Even though AMD is making the final preparations for their hotly-anticipated Zen architecture, there’s still many circumstances which allow existing ...
October 25, 2016 at 9:00 am by John WilliamsonProcessors
Intel Core i7-6950X Broadwell-E Processor Review
Introduction Intel has been dominating the HEDT market for a considerable amount of time as prosumers’ hefty multi-threaded workloads require additional cores which the ...
August 1, 2016 at 2:14 pm by John Williamson
AMD Athlon X4-845 Carrizo Processor Review
Introduction Even though the overwhelming majority of media attention revolves around AMD’s upcoming Zen architecture and AM4 socket, it’s important to not ...
July 8, 2016 at 7:00 am by John Williamson
AMD Wraith CPU Cooler (FX-8350) Review
Introduction The overwhelming majority of hardware enthusiasts invest in third-party CPU coolers with superb thermal dissipation and a wonderful noise to performance ratio. ...
May 13, 2016 at 9:20 am by John Williamson
Intel Core i7-6700K & i5-6600K “Skylake” Processors Review
Introduction Skylake is finally here, after months of speculation that all leads up to a single date in the calendar. Based on the first truly successful 14nm process after ...
August 5, 2015 at 1:00 pm by Rikki Wright
ASRock N3700-ITX Braswell SoC Motherboard Review
Introduction, Specifications and Packaging There comes a time for every enthusiasts when someone asks them to build a computer that is quiet, efficient, small and cheap. I ...
August 1, 2015 at 9:00 am by Rikki Wright
ASRock N3150 Braswell Motherboard Round-up Review
Introduction and Specifications Integrated processors and motherboards aren’t really in the direct interest of the enthusiast, where the focus is more on; in the word of ...
July 22, 2015 at 3:55 pm by Rikki Wright
AMD A8-7650k Kaveri APU Review
Introduction In January 2014 AMD unveiled its latest generation of accelerated processing units dubbed “Kaveri”. The range was formed of the A10-7850K flagship, ...
March 11, 2015 at 8:58 am by Rikki Wright
AMD FX-8370E 95W “Piledriver” Octa-Core Processor Review
Introduction & What’s New? The 32nm “Vishera” processors from AMD have been around for a long-while; since October 2012 to be exact. Vishera was ...
September 22, 2014 at 7:55 am by Ryan Martin
Intel Core i7 5960X “Haswell-E” Processor Review
Introduction & What’s New? The Intel Core i7 5960X, codename Haswell-E, is probably 2014’s worst kept secret. As I am writing this review the full ...
August 29, 2014 at 5:00 pm by Ryan Martin
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 “Ivy Bridge-EP” Processor Review
Introduction When it comes to x86 processors of pure unadulterated power Intel’s high-end Xeon platforms are the only way to go. Intel’s “EP” ...
August 11, 2014 at 7:50 am by Ryan Martin
AMD APU: How Much Progress Has Been Made?
Introduction Cast your mind back to mid-2011 when AMD released its first “APU”. Back then “APU” (Accelerated Processing Unit) was a term not many ...
August 7, 2014 at 8:08 am by Ryan Martin AMD A10-7800 “Kaveri” APU Review
Introduction & What’s New? In January 2014 AMD unveiled its latest generation of accelerated processing units dubbed “Kaveri”. The range was formed of ...
July 31, 2014 at 1:01 pm by Ryan Martin
Intel Core i7 4790K “Devil’s Canyon” Processor Review
Introduction & What’s New? Intel released its Devil’s Canyon CPUs at the start of this month in time for this year’s Computex event. Sadly we were ...
July 1, 2014 at 12:45 pm by Ryan Martin
AMD Kabini AM1 Athlon 5350 APU (FS1b) Review
Introduction Today we are looking at AMD’s new AM1 platform and given that I am writing with the realms of a traditional “tech enthusiast” website ...
April 9, 2014 at 4:53 pm by Ryan Martin
