Gareth Halfacree analyses the recent security news that’s rocked the processor industry The processor market has recently been rocked by the disclosure of two of the biggest security vulnerabilities in history: Meltdown and Spectre. Stemming from hardware design choices made to boost performance, the flaws affect almost every processor on the market going back to the … Read more
Intel Core i3-8350K review – Driving the budget concept in a whole new direction There are two important factors when it comes to Intel’s Core i3-8350K: Firstly, it is unlocked, and secondly. It’s good that you can overclock it, but that’s unquestionably a lot of money for a chip that most of us would perceive as … Read more
AMD INSIDE – An unholy alliance or the inevitable next step? Jeremy Laird investigates Intel’s new processor that includes a high- performance AMD GPU AN AMD GRAPHICS CHIP inside an Intel processor? Not in a million years. But that is precisely what Intel recently announced: a whole new product line that combines an Intel CPU with an … Read more
Asus TUF Z370-PRO Gaming – Oh, how the mighty have fallen Oh, asus, what have you done to our beloved TUF? A brand synonymous with endurance, world firsts, the introduction of dust protection, impeccable cooling, incredible overclocking stability, and a neutral color palette, capable of appeasing even the most accent-phobic of system builders, has been reduced … Read more
Asus ROG Strix X370-I Gaming – Pure engineering genius BENCHMARKS Asus ROG Strix X370-I Gaming MSI X370 Gaming Pro Carbon X265 (Avg fps) 28.3 27.98 Cine bench R15 Multi (Index) 1,635 1,622 Fry Render (Seconds) 152 158 AIDA64 Memory Latency (ns) 76 90 Power Draw Idle (Watts) 81 56 Power Draw Load (Watts) 168 147 CrystalDisk … Read more
Head to head: x86 vs ARM – In this new monthly feature, Jeremy Laird pits two competing techs in a head-to-head battle to decide which one is superior. For pure performance, x86 has a clear edge. “Support for legacy code is another x86 advantage. Allx86 chips must support the original 16-bit registers and instructions.” Microsoft … Read more
Mobile Chips BY JOHN BUREK, MATT SAFFORD Dogs and cats living together? Intel and AMD in one chip? We’d have bet first on the felines and canines hooking up. A blockbuster blog post from Intel’s Christopher Walker, vice president of the Client Computing Group and general manager of the Mobile Client Platform, and backed by … Read more
Intel Core i5-8400 – After months of endless AMD praise, Jarred Walton finally has some good news for Intel and the Blue processor team. Specs »Socket: 1151 »Type: 64-bit » Process: 14nm »Cores: Six »Threads: Six »Clock: 2.8GHz »Turbo: 4.0GHz »Cache: 9MB »RAM: DDR4-2667, two channels 64GB Max »TDP:65W »GPU: Intel UHD Graphics 630 »GPU Clock: … Read more
The MSI Z270I Gaming Pro Carbon is on its own in this month’s group test, being cheaper than the premium offerings, but taking a very different route from ASRock’s similarly priced Fatality Z270 Gaming The Z270I Gaming Pro Carbon sports both Type-A and Type-C USB 3.1 Gen 2 ports, while the ASRock board lacks the … Read more
As the cheapest board on test, the Gigabyte Z270N-WiFi doesn’t have many immediate competitors, with just ASRock offering the Z270M-ITX/ac. Both boards lack the visual pizzazz of other boards on test, instead focusing on features, and In some areas, they’re better equipped than their more expensive peers. The biggest difference between the Gigabyte board and … Read more
VERY GOOD FEATURES FOR A REASONABLE PRICE Last but not least we have MSI’s mainstream gaming/performance Z270 product, the Gaming M5. By now we’re starting to see certain trends that all of the motherboard makers have adopted for these boards at this price point, which makes it rather hard to highlight one over the others. … Read more
Let’s continue Intel’s Kaby Lake’s hype train this month with the ASUS Prime Z270-A motherboard. Designed as the next evolution of ASUS motherboards, the Prime series of shows how ASUS engineers are passionate about empowering everyone to enjoy the benefits of DIY PC customization, tuning, and making advanced enthusiast controls easily accessible to the consumer. … Read more