Currently I was able to test two of the new Ryzen CPUs with Zen3 core, which could not be more different. On the one hand, there is the Ryzen 9 5900X with 12 cores (24 threads) as the new, two-largest miracle product of the upper class, and on the other hand, there is the Ryzen 5 5600X with 6 cores (12 threads), which confidently removes the image [...]
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The idea of testing power supplies not only synthetically on the chroma, but simply once in the usual setting of a possible user, is actually not even that absurd, but usually fails because of the amount of test objects. And where do you get these power supplies after all? From the manufacturer! And in order for him to overcome exactly this step [...]
Deepcool, or their own gaming brand Gamer Storm, is perhaps better known for their cases with integrated AiO water cooling or eye-catchers like the Quadstellar, less for individual cooling solutions. But already last year they started their attack on the radiator best-lists with a series of water-cooling systems and the air-cooler giant. You can [...]
For the launch of the board partner designs of the smaller ampere cards with the GA 104 I have today the MSI RTX 3070 Gaming X Trio 8GB at my disposal, which MSI also offers with a RRP of 559 Euro incl. VAT. prices. But what the trade will then really approve of will probably also depend on the availability and range of competing graphics cards [...]
A good 5 years ago, the fourth revision of the Double Data Rate memory has become the standard for the broad mass of PCs, and with first information about the market introduction of DDR5 next year, the DDR4 standard will probably soon reach the end of its life cycle again. The production techniques and products of the DDR4 manufacturers are [...]
Oops, I did it again… Okay, I’m not blonde and I don’t jump around the universe like a ball lightning on ecstasy, but sometimes you wonder what’s being packed together in the individual factories. Good for those who have enough pad reserves. Shall we try again? Which means that the card literally screams for it. But [...]
With today’s release of the GeForce RTX 3070 FE (Founders Edition), NVIDIA is simultaneously introducing a smaller chip, the GA104, which is smaller in area and therefore brings all the known advantages. Higher yield rate and thus better availability, improved efficiency and somewhat cheaper to produce. To what extent the GeForce RTX 3070 FE [...]
Our community member Gurdi was able to get hold of several GeForce RTX 3090s (F5 skills!) just in time for the launch and was also kind enough to invest some time to provide you with new knowledge about this map. Among other things, he devoted himself to the question of whether and how this new card could be overclocked. Many have asked themselves [...]
Somehow by chance and rather unconsciously we arrived at the laptop-weeks, but the picture fits together nicely. Yesterday we tested an Apex 15 from XMG and thought about 6 possible CPUs (“A barebone against 6 CPUs – which Ryzen processor fits best in the XMG Apex 15?”). Today I will prove that in many creative and productive [...]
I am as coreZair in various forums and as 3DAndStuff on my YouTube channel. But today I am writing this article for you as a guest author. In addition to my YouTube videos, I would like to share the results of some of my research with you. The XMG Apex 15, a notebook that is equipped with an AM4 desktop socket and supports current Zen2 desktop [...]
After the introduction of Quad Level Cells (QLC), where up to four bits can be written to a cell and thus the capacity of flash media can be increased significantly, things had become quieter for the time being, but there are also considerable disadvantages. With the MP400, Corsair is now launching a series below the MP500 series and the MP600 [...]
With the Palit GeForce RTX 3080 Gaming Pro, Palit’s “butter-and-bread” Ampere card has also been in the trade since the launch, or rather should be. The manufacturer is not responsible for the availability. In contrast to the slim Founders Edition, Palit has opted for the more bulky 2.5-slot design and is putting a card on the [...]
With the Alphacool GPU water block Aurora Plexi GPX-N RTX 3090/3080 I want to start the new round of GPU water blocks, but this time for Ampere and not Turing. A water cooling system makes sense with power losses of over 300 watts and creates real added value. Let’s start now with the Alphacool product, which was the first model available to [...]
You already know the first article, but of course you can read it again here: “GeForce RTX 3080 and RTX 3090 Undervolting – When Reason and Experimentation Meet NVIDIA Ampere“. Due to the demand I have pressed the whole thing once again in tables, so that you have summarized everything clearly at a glance. In order to make all of this [...]
Hi everyone, in our forums, questions such as “why is my graphics card getting so hot” are often answered with a hint towards FPS limiters. But it happened only recently that NVIDIA has finally packed this function into their own driver. Time for dedicated article on this topic from a gaming laptop brand’s point of view. But [...]
Even if the GeForce RTX 3080 is generally only available in smaller quantities at the market, I want to offer nevertheless briefly from the market start of the KFA2 RTX 3080 SG still a suitable test of this Custom solution. In contrast to the rather narrow Founders Edition, KFA2 relies on the well-known 2.5-slot design and puts a card on the [...]
Our community member Gurdi was able to get his hands on a GeForce RTX 3080 just in time for the launch and was kind enough to invest some time to provide you with new insights around this card. Among other things, he also addressed the question of whether and how this new card could be made a little more economical and efficient. This is exactly [...]
The new CPU waterblock from TechN (here as AM4 version for 99 Euro RRP) has to prove itself in today’s test with the quasi classic cooler in the form of the Watercool Heatkiller IV Pro AMD (from approx. 65 Euro) and the expensive Beauty Quantum Magnitude AMD from EKWB. I’ve been using Heatkiller Blocks for what feels like ages and most [...]
Mafia was my favorite for long evenings (and sometimes nights) for 18 years. So a new edition should be quite difficult in direct comparison. But for Mafia Definitive Edition, the actual gameplay would (thank God) not change much. Much of what is new can be deselected or adapted to the old feeling to some extent. The look, on the other hand, has [...]
The discussions about what current flow various 6-, 8- or now even 12-pin sockets can survive are as old as these sockets themselves. But while over the years one could see the odd experiment or two, the 12-pin Micro-Fit 3.0 connector is new. This in turn naturally aroused human curiosity and this is exactly where my longtime friend Aris [...]
