Intel Core i5-8400 Review: Six Cores On A Budget By Paul Alcorn, Igor Wallossek Intel's Core i5-8400 is the cheapest modern six-core CPU out there. Can Coffee Lake on a budget hold its own against the mighty Ryzen 5?
MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Lightning Z Review By Igor Wallossek Not yet rated With its GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Lightning Z, MSI takes it up a notch with a big three-slot cooler. But are high clock rates and a binned GPU worth paying extra for?
Intel Core i5-8600K Review: Coffee Lake's Jolting Value By Paul Alcorn, Igor Wallossek Not yet rated Intel's Core i5-8600K races to market with 50% more cores and impressive performance.
Asus ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB OC Edition Review By Igor Wallossek Not yet rated Asus' ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB OC Edition is a solid graphics card, but it's one of the priciest air-cooled boards available. Is the premium worth paying?
Core i7-8700K Review: Coffee Lake Brews A Great Gaming CPU By Paul Alcorn, Igor Wallossek Not yet rated Intel's Core i7-8700K sports the same high frequencies as previous-gen mainstream flagships, but incorporates two more cores to challenge AMD's Ryzen CPUs.
AMD Radeon RX 560 4GB Review: 1080p Gaming On The Cheap By Chris Angelini, Igor Wallossek Not yet rated There's a sweet spot between entry-level graphics cards and the ~$200 mainstream price point where you can still get playable 1080p performance in today's top games. Meet Radeon RX 560 4GB.
Asus ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB Platinum Edition Review By Igor Wallossek Not yet rated Are you a fan of water- or air-cooling? If you don't know, or can't decide, Asus' ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB Platinum Edition enables both options.
AMD Threadripper BIOS Reporting Wrong Temps? By Igor Wallossek While testing a new waterblock for AMD's Threadripper platform, we came across a bug in AMD's firmware and immediately investigated.
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X Review By Paul Alcorn, Igor Wallossek Not yet rated Threadripper 1920X sports 12 fed by 38MB of cache, quad-channel memory, and 64 PCIe lanes - all for $800, compared to Intel’s $1000 Core i9-7900X.
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 8GB Review By Chris Angelini, Igor Wallossek Not yet rated Radeon RX Vega 56 should be hitting store shelves with 3584 Stream processors and 8GB of HBM2. Should you scramble to snag yours or shop for something else?
Galax GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Hall of Fame Review By Igor Wallossek Not yet rated Visually, the Galax GTX 1080 Ti HoF has a lot going for it. Opening the box, it exudes an air of exclusivity. But does the card deliver with our test suite?
Is AMD Vega's Package Construction A Problem? A Closer Look By Igor Wallossek There's been some confusion floating around about the packaging of AMD’s new GPU. New issues continue to arise, and we'll help sort it out.
AMD RX Vega 64: The Tom's Hardware Liquid Cooled Edition By Igor Wallossek We know that AMD’s Radeon RX Vega 64 runs hot. There’s no headroom for overclocking and it’s noisy to boot. But can switching to a liquid cooler change the story? And if so, is the payoff worth the cost?
AMD Radeon Vega RX 64 8GB Review By Chris Angelini, Igor Wallossek Not yet rated Radeon RX Vega 64 is here, and we've been testing the card's performance, power, temperatures, and noise. Should it be your next high-end graphics upgrade?
AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 Unboxing By Igor Wallossek AMD has been trickling out information about its next GPU architecture, Vega, for what seems like forever. We’re only days away, but here’s another drip-drop: Unboxing the graphics card.
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X Review By Paul Alcorn, Igor Wallossek Not yet rated Ryzen Threadripper is here to attack Intel's high-end desktop stronghold with 60% more cores, 36% more PCIe lanes & 68% more cache than Core i9 Skylake-X models.
Thermal Paste Round-up: 85 Products Tested By Igor Wallossek This much-needed update to our thermal paste round-up now includes 85 contenders. It's one of the most comprehensive comparisons available, so we hope you find it useful!
AMD Threadripper: Unboxing By Igor Wallossek Yes, we were looking out the window waiting on Ryzen Threadripper's arrival.
AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition 16GB Review By Igor Wallossek Not yet rated The Radeon Vega FE strives to be all things to all people: a workhorse and expensive toy in one. AMD even allows the FE card to support its Radeon Pro drivers.
AMD Ryzen 3 1300X Review By Paul Alcorn, Igor Wallossek Not yet rated Fresh from the introduction of Ryzen 7 and Ryzen 5, AMD is ready to battle Core i3 and Pentium with its Ryzen 3 1300X and 1200 processors.
Intel Core i7-7820X Skylake-X Review By Paul Alcorn, Igor Wallossek Not yet rated Intel's Core i7-7820X lands on the X299 platform with eight cores, 16 threads, and a $600 price. Let's see if it can match Ryzen 7's strong value proposition.
Intel Core i7-7740X Kaby Lake-X Review By Paul Alcorn, Igor Wallossek Not yet rated Kaby Lake-X brings Intel's latest microrchitecture to the X299 platform with a very Core i7-7700K-like experience.
The Skylake-X Mess Explored: Thermal Paste And Runaway Power By Igor Wallossek Skylake-X presents throttling problems and a seemingly insurmountable cooling challenge. Why? We'll explore a few different reasons in the search for answers.
