Joe Shields

Joe Shields

Staff Writer, Components

Joe has been playing with computers since the early 1980s with a Radio Shack Tandy TRS-80. After college in the late 90s/early 2000s, he built his first custom PC and got into modding, overclocking, and eventually extreme overclocking, competing at Hwbot.org. Joe started writing around 2010 for Overclockers.com, covering the latest news and reviews that include video cards, motherboards, storage, and processors. In 2018, he went ‘pro’ writing for Anandtech.com, covering news and motherboards. Eventually, he landed here at Tom’s Hardware, where he writes news, covers graphics card reviews, and currently writes motherboard reviews. If you can’t find him benchmarking and gathering data, Joe can be found working on his website (Overclockers.com), supporting his two kids in athletics, hanging out with his wife, catching up on Game of Thrones, watching sports (Go Browns/Guardians/Cavs/Buckeyes!), or playing PUBG on PC.

Articles by: Joe Shields

Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Super Review: Ti-Like Performance for Less

By Joe Shields published

Editor's Choice

Nvidia’s latest Super card continues the trend of offering better performance at a lower price than previous offerings. Does it make the 1660 Ti obsolete?

AMD’s Radeon Pro W5700 Brings 7nm Navi to Workstations

By Joe Shields published

AMD's new $799 Navi-based workstation card will be familiar to those who followed the company's 7nm RX 5700 consumer launch.

Gigabyte X570 Aorus Elite Motherboard Review: Sub-$200 Goodness

By Joe Shields published

Those looking for an affordable entry to X570 will find a lot to like with this board from Gigabyte. It lacks USB-C and debug LEDs, but includes an M.2 heatsink.

Asus TUF Gaming X570-Plus Wi-Fi Review: Solid Features for $200

By Joe Shields published

With a solid feature set including USB-C and Wi-Fi at a budget price for this platform, Asus’ TUF Gaming X570 Plus WiFi is a solid choice for a mid-range AMD build.

Gigabyte X570 Aorus Ultra Motherboard Review: $300 Excellence

By Joe Shields published

Editor's Choice

You can spend more and get extra features you may not use, but for around $300, this falcon board is very tough to beat, with lots of USB and three M.2 slots.

ASRock Debuts Brushed Aluminum RX 5700, 5700 XT RGB Graphics Cards for 1440p Gaming

By Joe Shields published

ASRock expands its AMD graphics lineup with the addition of the ASRock Radeon RX 5700 Phantom Gaming D 8G OC and RX 5700 XT Phantom Gaming D 8G OC cards.

ASRock RX 5700 XT Taichi X 8G OC+ Review: Fast Clocks, Premium Price

By Joe Shields published

This may be the fastest, prettiest RX 5700 XT you can buy. But is it worth the price premium?

Rajintek EOS 360 RBW AIO Brings ARGB, Unique Block Design

By Joe Shields published

Rajintek has released a new AIO CPU cooler, the EOS 360 RBW. It sports a new extra-large CPU contact area and pump, as well as ARGB lighting.

Lamptron's New RGB and Fan Controller Mounts Inside Your PC Case, Dazzles Through Tempered Glass

By Joe Shields published

Lamptron unveiled the SM436 Sync RGB and Fan controller, which has a unique mounting location, attaching to expansion slots inside the PC chassis.

Upcoming XFX RX 5700 XT Thicc III Ultra Graphics Card Is 2.5 Slots Wide With 3 Fans

By Joe Shields published

XFX updates the THICC II RC5700xt to THICC III adding an additional fan and still keeping the same premium styling cues.

Navi Goes Mainstream, Mobile: AMD’s Radeon RX 5500 Aims for Smooth 1080p Gaming

By Joe Shields published

AMD’s Navi GPU architecture gets more affordable with the RX 5500, and will land in gaming laptops as well. But power consumption might be a problem.

MSI's Alpha 15 Laptop: First With AMD RX 5500M Graphics

By Joe Shields published

Alongside the AMD Radeon 5500 series graphics, MSI today announced the Alpha 15 laptop, the first with an RX 5500M GPU.

Cooler Master Unveils ELV8 GPU Brace: Video Card Support, RGB too!

By Joe Shields published

Cooler Master unveils the ELV8 GPU brace designed to support video cards and add some RGB bling to your chassis

Alphacool Debuts RGB Water Blocks for 5700, 5700 XT Graphics Cards

By Joe Shields published

Alphacool's Aurora Plexi GPX Eisblock water blocks include RGB lighting and were designed for Powercolor Red Devil, Sapphire Nitro+ and MSI Gaming X GPUs.

Adata XPG SX8100 M.2 SSD Features PCIe 3.0 x4, SLC and DRAM Caching

By Joe Shields published

Adata has detailed a new M.2 drive, the SX8100, using PCIe 3.0 x4 and NVMe 1.3 protocols with speeds up to 3500/3000 MB/s reads and writes.

Fujifilm Won't Let Tape Storage Die: New LTO-8 Cartridges with 12TB/30TB capacity, 750 MBps Transfer Rate

By Joe Shields published

Fujifilm announces the availability of the LTO 8 Ultrium data cartridge with a capacity of 12TB/30TB (compressed/uncompressed) and increased speeds.

Acer Unveils Predator PowerGem: Claims Thermal Pad Boosts CPU Performance by Over 12%

By Joe Shields published

Acer reveals a new thermal pad that is claims allows 77% more power envelope and boosts CPU performance by over 12%.

Antec Striker Open-Air PC Case Displays Your GPU up Front

By Joe Shields published

Antec released an open-air Mini-ITX chassis with the GPU mount in front and tempered glass panels designed to handle water-cooled small form factor builds.

Gigabyte X570-I Aorus Pro Wi-Fi Review: Ryzen 3 ITX on the Cheap

By Joe Shields published

Editor's Choice

With two M.2 slots, good performance, Wi-Fi and USB-C Gen2, at a price that undercuts the competition, this ITX board is easy to recommend for SFF Ryzen 3 builders.

Lian Li, EKWB Launch 011D Distribution Plate: Res, Routing and Pump in One

By Joe Shields published

Lian Li and EKWB release a distribution plate for its OD11 and OD11 XL chassis for ease of watercooling installation.

Phanteks Announces Glacier Aorus Xtreme Kit and Two New CPU Blocks

By Joe Shields published

Phanteks announces watercooling kit for Gigabyte C621 Aorus Xtreme motherboard and new blocks for AM4 and 2011-v3/115x sockets.

be quiet! Adds White Option to Shadow Wings 2 Fan Series

By Joe Shields published

be quiet! announced the white version of its quiet line of Shadow Wings 2 fans. The new fans come in 120mm and 140 sizes and will be available in about a month.

ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming-ITX/TB3 Review: Full-Featured, Compact

By Joe Shields published

Editor's Choice

Noctua's New Look: All-Black Line of CPU Coolers Slated for Q4

By Joe Shields published

Noctua has again teased the public with a short video showing off its all-black Chromax line of CPU and fans.

Gigabyte X570 Aorus Pro Wi-Fi Review: Well-Rounded Value

By Joe Shields published

Editor's Choice

With an impressive set of features, including front-and-rear Gen2 USB options and Wi-Fi 6, plus attractive looks, this $270 X570 board from Gigabyte is worthy of serious consideration.

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