The NZXT C1500 is a powerful and high-performance power supply that can deliver up to 3000W of power for short periods of time if required. With the upcoming NVIDIA RTX 5090, you are definitely on the safe side with a 1500W ATX v3.1 compliant power supply. Reason enough for me to once again let my friend Aris from Hardwarebusters have his say (and [...]
Summer is in full swing and temperatures are rising. But what’s the best way to cool down? In addition to a cold bath or an ice cream, there is now a technological refreshment: the new B650E AORUS STEALTH ICE mainboard from Gigabyte, which not only provides visual cooling with its white design, but is also intended to attract customers. At [...]
The Thermalright TF8 is actually more than just an insider’s tip, especially as this outstandingly performing paste is currently almost unbeatably cheap at just 5 euros in a 2-gram pack. Today you can find out how and why this paste is, in my opinion, almost the maximum of what is technically feasible. Of course, there is always some shadow [...]
The company Minisforum recently presented its new mini PC: the “world’s first AMD Advantage certified” AtomMan G7 PT. This compact and powerful mini PC could be of interest to those who are looking for a space-saving device that still packs a punch when used as a Zwerk. Let’s take a look at the technical specifications. The [...]
New leaks from Benchleaks, igor_kavinski prove the impressive performance of the upcoming AMD Ryzen 9 9950X processor. In Geekbench 6 benchmarks and Blender tests, the 16-core chip with Zen 5 architecture shows clear advantages over its predecessor, the Ryzen 9 5950X, while also impressing with remarkable efficiency. In contrast to previous [...]
The AMD Ryzen 5 9600X is a six-core processor of the Zen 5 generation that has been leaked and boasts an impressive clock speed of up to 5.5 GHz and a performance increase of 14% compared to its predecessor, the Ryzen 5 7600X. Model number: 100-000001405 Cores/threads: 6/12 Base clock: 3.9 GHz Boost clock: 5.4 GHz (up to 5.5 GHz with PBO) [...]
Six months have now passed and Samsung has already carried out several firmware (FW) updates since then. My main criticism was that the Odyssey OLED G8 could only develop its full HDR potential – the 1000 nits peak – with an NVIDIA GPU. Despite a FreeSync Premium Pro certification. The FW updates released in the meantime have basically [...]
Just a while ago, we reported on the BIOS update from MSI, which included various stability improvements as well as improvements to support AMD’s Ryzen 9000 “Granite Ridge” CPUs. Now Gigabyte is following suit and presenting its new AGESA 1.2.0.0a BIOS update, which also targets the AMD Ryzen 9000 CPUs. In fact, there’s not [...]
In the meantime, I have already presented various of these small systems with N-series processors here, so there are really no more big surprises. That’s why I decided not to test any more mini PCs of this type unless they have something special to offer. And I think it’s obvious why I said yes to this model. So let’s see [...]
ASRock has expanded its Intel Arc lineup and introduced the new Arc A770 and Arc A750 Challenger SE models, which could be of interest to many users, but everything in order… Since ASRock has announced two new graphics cards, we are definitely interested. First, let’s take a look at the Arc A750 Challenger SE. This graphics card has [...]
I actually didn’t want to test the PCGH Gear Carbonite Ultra at the beginning, because it is always difficult to objectively evaluate products from colleagues. Not because I lack objectivity, but because third parties are quick to assume the opposite. It doesn’t matter whether the result is good or bad, there is always a reason to [...]
According to reports, the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X will be the first CPU of the Zen 5 architecture and will be able to boast a maximum clock frequency (FMAX) of up to 5.85 GHz. This would give it the same FMAX value as its predecessor, the Ryzen 9 7950X. Technical data Cores/threads: 16 cores / 32 threads L3 cache: 64 MB Base clock: 4.5 GHz Boost clock: [...]
According to reports from @Kepler_L2, AMD plans to launch its next generation of Radeon RX 8000 GPUs, based on the RDNA 4 architecture, in the first half of 2025. Two new chips, Navi 48 and Navi 44, will focus on mainstream performance and efficiency. The Navi 48 GPU aims to match the performance of the current Navi 31 chips at a competitive price [...]
The graphics card market continues to be a single mesh of numerous cards from every price range or functionality. As a buyer, you don’t even know what is really good or which card will convince you. Perhaps the company Palit can help, as it has unveiled a new teaser on its social media channel via Twitter, which presents the newly planned [...]
We recently tested two visually appealing mini systems from the Geekom brand. According to the comments, you also liked the elegant aluminum housing, although it doesn’t only offer advantages. Both times an AMD processor was used, but with the GT13 Pro this changes today. So let’s take a look together at what this gray version has to [...]
AMD is reportedly gearing up to launch its next-generation Ryzen AI PRO 300 “Strix Point” series in October. reports Hoang Anh Phu via X, which will include two variants: the Ryzen 370 and the Ryzen 360. This new series of PRO (Accelerated Processing Units) APUs will target the needs of enterprises and professionals, offering cutting [...]
This time it really is the mysterious “Gaming Paste A” from the basic article and so today we are also solving the mystery surrounding the Arctic MX-6. And as a spoiler: Arctic pushes the self-imposed performance envelope to the max and is the most “thermally conductive” paste in the test so far. You can read later in the [...]
According to the renowned overclocker 1usmus, the upcoming AMD Ryzen 9000 “Zen 5” CPUs come with a new overclocking function called Curve Shaper. This extension of the existing Curve Optimizer enables much finer control over the voltage-frequency curves (VFCurves) of the CPUs and thus promises more precise overclocking and improved [...]
After our previous water block retest, which hopefully dispelled some untruths and rumors, here is the second part with a few improvements and implemented change suggestions from the community. Corsair has also asked us to test the successor to the XC7 Pro, the XC7 Elite LCD – and we’re happy to oblige. As a reference, I would [...]
Perhaps some of you will remember. AMD made a number of announcements at this year’s Computex. Be it its new Ryzen 9000 “Granite Ridge” series or its new AI Ryzen 300 chips. But alongside all these announcements, a new update has also been released. This is the Ryzen 5000XT series, in which AMD has given the AM4 socket another [...]
