Mid-range smartphones are hard to get excited about, but the A5 is quietly impressive. Like last year’s model, it has a plain but classy design with a metal frame and tapered back. The 5.2in size feels modern without being too big. It comes in black, gold, pink or ‘Blue Mist’, the nearest option to white, … Read more
Monochrome Class Act – Black and white photos on a smartphone have never & looked this good In early August, a device we’ve wanted to review for quite some time finally arrived. Here’s our take on the Huawei P9 Plus. Inside the box of the P9 Plus was a Fast Charge adapter, USB Type-C cable, basic … Read more
Hailing from MSI’s Arsenal Gaming range in Intel motherboards (a series based on military themes and presenting gaming-centric features), the MSI H270 Tomahawk Arctic also represents the first H270-based board we’ve had in the APC lab. The Tomahawk is also available in a Z270 variant, the aptly named Z270 Tomahawk (black-red color theme) and MSI … Read more
We love Gigabyte Aorus AX370 – Gaming 5 in our recent reviews, and the AM4 equivalent, the Aorus AX370-Gaming 5 looks every bit as good. Making the move from Intel to AMD, Gigabyte has included most of the features from its premium range of Intel boards. You get RGB lighting in the DIMM slots, a clean … Read more
Hints at an integrated GPU future It’s hard to ignore the rivalries that exist in computing. Dogmatic factions stand resolute against logic, faithfully defending their torchlit companies online. Flailing argument after argument attempts in vain to derail some well-conceived post. It’s an age-old fight. Red versus blue. Intel versus AMD, Microsoft versus Apple. And no … Read more
MSI X299 SLI Plus – Recommended 4/5 VERDICT The X299 SLI Plus proves you don’t need to spend a fortune to get a brilliant Skylake-X motherboard LGA2066 MOTHERBOARD THERE’S CURRENTLY NO such thing as a ‘budget’ Intel X299 motherboard, but the MSI X299 SLI Plus is probably the closest thing yet. At it’s cheaper … Read more