Articles by Michael Justin Allen Sexton

Michael Justin Allen Sexton (or MJ) is a Contributing Writer for Tom's Hardware. As a tech enthusiast, MJ enjoys studying and writing about all areas of tech, but specializes in the study of chipsets and microprocessors. In his personal life, MJ spends most of his time gaming, practicing martial arts, studying history, and tinkering with electronics. Follow Michael Justin Allen Sexton @EmperorSunLao. Follow us on Facebook, Google+, RSS, Twitter and YouTube.

Articles by: Michael Justin Allen Sexton

First Interchangeable Mini-STX Cases With ECS Motherboard

By Michael Justin Allen Sexton published 7 June 16

ECS has one important innovation that other mini-STX OEMs do not: the option of interchangeable cases.

Geil's Plans For RGB LED DDR4 RAM

By Michael Justin Allen Sexton published 7 June 16

Geil is just about to release its first series of RGB LED DDR4 RAM modules, but the company is already planning several improvements to make this memory more attractive to customers.

Gigabyte's Got A GPU Dock, But It Is Early In Development

By Michael Justin Allen Sexton published 3 June 16

Gigabyte is preparing its entry into the external GPU dock market, but it is still early in development and we are unlikely to see a finished version soon.

Intel Skull Canyon And PowerColor External GPU Dock Power HTC Vive Experience

By Michael Justin Allen Sexton published 2 June 16

We got a look at the PowerColor Devil Box external GPU dock connected to an HTC Vive and an Intel Skull Canyon PC.

ASRock To Launch Hyper OC Series Motherboards In July

By Michael Justin Allen Sexton published 1 June 16

ASRock, which designed its Hyper OC series of motherboards exclusively for BCLK overclocking, will now release these motherboard some time in July.

ECS Plans Intel Apollo Lake, Kaby Lake Notebooks For Late 2016

By Michael Justin Allen Sexton published 1 June 16

ECS announced plans to update four of its existing PCs with Intel Kaby Lake and Apollo Lake processors later this year.

Gigabyte's Mini-PC Devices Under Development

By Michael Justin Allen Sexton published 1 June 16

Gigabyte entered the mini-STX race with a new motherboard and a case developed by its partner Silverstone. The company also showed off a new SFF PC with a cellular antenna.

Taichi And A Fatal1ty: ASRock Fights Back With X99 Motherboards

By Michael Justin Allen Sexton published 1 June 16

ASRock demoed the budget friendly X99 Taichi and Fatal1ty X99 Professional Gaming i7 motherboards.

Corsair Lights Up Vengeance DDR4 RAM With LEDs

By Michael Justin Allen Sexton published 31 May 16

Asus' Project Avalon: A Functional Modular Motherboard And Chassis

By Michael Justin Allen Sexton published 31 May 16

Asus showed its proof of concept system called "Project Avalon," which is a functional modular motherboard.

Asus Loads Kaby Lake Onto New Transformer 3? Updates Zenbook, Too

By Michael Justin Allen Sexton published 30 May 16

MSI Unchains You With A VR PC Backpack

By Michael Justin Allen Sexton published 30 May 16

MSI Drops Five Graphics Cards Into The GTX 1080 Arena (Updated)

By Michael Justin Allen Sexton published 27 May 16

Geil Introduces Evo Froza DDR4 RAM Designed To Overclock

By Michael Justin Allen Sexton published 27 May 16

Geil announced a new line of enthusiast-oriented DDR4 memory modules that are designed to overclock.

DDR4 Overclock Pushed To 5 GHz With 4266 MHz G.Skill Kit

By Michael Justin Allen Sexton published 26 May 16

G.Skill announced that an enthusiast overclock has succeeded in pushing the company’s DDR4 memory to 5 GHz.

ECS Z170: Who Needs An LED Motherboard When You Can Have A Lightsaber?

By Michael Justin Allen Sexton published 24 May 16

ECS Adds Mini-STX PC To Its Liva Mini-PC Line

By Michael Justin Allen Sexton published 24 May 16

ECS announced that it will produce a mini-STX system as part of its Liva mini-PC product line.

Geil Puts RGB LEDs On DDR4 Memory

By Michael Justin Allen Sexton published 20 May 16

Geil unveiled a new family of DDR4 RAM modules today that come with RGB LED heatsinks. The RAM also operates at competitive clock speeds and is targeted at enthusiasts.

Nintendo's NX Console Is Not A Successor To Wii U

By Michael Justin Allen Sexton published 20 May 16

In an interview, Nintendo’s president Kimishima Tatsumi announced that the new NX console currently in development will not be a successor to the Wii U.

ARM Gains New Image Processing Technology From Apical Acquisition

By Michael Justin Allen Sexton published 18 May 16

ARM announced that it acquired Apical for $350 million. This acquisition helps to grow ARM’s already vast presence in the mobile market with a portfolio of advanced image processing technologies.