Asus
Asus this week has become the latest PC video card manufacturer to announce a sub-75W video card based on NVIDIA's recently-released low-power GeForce RTX 3050 6GB design. And going one step further for small form factor PC owners, Asus has used NVIDIA's low-power GPU configuration to produce a half-height video card that can fit into low-profile systems. As Asus puts it, the GeForce RTX 3050 LP BRK 6GB GDDR6 is a 'big productivity in a small package' and for a low-profile dual-slot graphics board, it indeed is. The unit has three display outputs, including a DVI-D, HDMI 2.1, and DisplayPort 1.4a with HDCP 2.3 support, which makes the graphics card s viable option both for a a dual-display desktop and a home theater PC (Nvidia's...
Analyzing B450 for AMD Ryzen: A Quick Look at 25+ Motherboards
One of the secondary stories from Computex was that AMD and its partners were set to launch a new generation of mid-range chipsets and motherboards with the new lower-power...
62 by Gavin Bonshor on 7/31/2018ASUS Publishes List of Upcoming Intel Z390-Based Motherboards
ASUS has published a list of its upcoming motherboards powered by Intel’s yet-not-announced Z390 chipset. As expected, the company will offer several families of platforms featuring over a dozen...
32 by Anton Shilov on 7/28/2018ASUS Launches WS C246 PRO: 4 PCIe 3.0 x16, Two M.2, Optional SAS RAID
ASUS has introduced its first Intel C246-based motherboard for Intel’s Xeon E processors. The WS C246 PRO platform is aimed at rather serious machines that use up to four...
21 by Anton Shilov on 7/27/2018The ASUS X399 ROG Zenith Extreme Motherboard Review: Top Tier Threadripper
Today we are having a look at the most expensive motherboard for Ryzen Threadripper processors, the ASUS X399 ROG Zenith Extreme. The motherboard has a very impressive list of...
25 by E. Fylladitakis on 7/17/2018Multiple AMD B450-Based Motherboards Listed in Europe Ahead of Launch
AMD still has not formally announced its B450 chipset, but it looks like everything is ready for the launch. Pre-orders and listings for B450 boards from three major motherboard...
8 by Anton Shilov on 7/6/2018The ASRock X399 Professional Gaming Motherboard Review: 10G For All
Today we are taking a look at ASRock's most advanced AMD X399 motherboard for Ryzen Threadripper, the Fatal1ty X399 Professional Gaming. As its name suggests, it is a motherboard...
45 by E. Fylladitakis on 7/5/2018Comino Crypto Mining Rigs: Liquid-Cooled 16 GPUs in a 4U Server
Cryptocurrency mining has made quite a dent in the hardware industry in the last couple of years. Motherboard manufacturers have built special platforms for mining rigs, video card vendors...
59 by Anton Shilov on 6/27/2018The GIGABYTE X399 DESIGNARE EX Motherboard Review
In this review we are having a look at GIGABYTE's currently best AMD X399 motherboard, the Designare EX. The specifications of the motherboard are impressive, and the design of...
21 by E. Fylladitakis on 6/22/2018My Face on a CPU Cooler: Two Minutes with ASUS’ Ryujin CLC
One of the first events of the Computex week was ASUS’ Republic of Gamers press conference. In typical ASUS fashion, a glut of about 11 press releases landed in...
21 by Ian Cutress on 6/20/2018The AnandTech Podcast, Episode 48: Computex 2018
Wrapping up Computex 2018 with discussions about AMD's Threadripper 2 with 32 cores, Intel's new limited edition Core i7-8086K, and that really odd 28-core 5 GHz demo where Intel...
23 by Ian Cutress on 6/15/2018Geil Announces Super Luce RGB SYNC Series TUF Gaming Alliance Memory
Geil has announced the Super Luce RGB SYNC Series TUF Gaming Alliance memory adding to the existing RGB SYNC series SKUs. Geil’s RGB SYNC series has been around for...
9 by Joe Shields on 6/5/2018ASUS CG32UQ: 4K Console Gaming LCD with FreeSync & Halo Sync Lighting
ASUS has been offering displays designed especially for console gaming for over 1.5 years now, primarily targeting mainstream PlayStation 4 and Xbox One machines and thus offering a Full...
9 by Anton Shilov on 6/5/2018Asus ZenBook Pro 15 (UX580): A 5.5-inch Screen in the Touchpad
Asus’s new ZenBook Pros, announced at Computex in Taipei, each have two screens: the big laptop display you expect, and then a new 5.5-inch display built into the touchpad...
11 by Ian Cutress on 6/5/2018Asus ZenBook S (UX391): ZenBook Gets a Lift
At their press conference at Computex in Taipei, Asus has announced the ZenBook S (UX391), a new clamshell laptop with an ergonomic design and a variety of colors. The...
4 by Ryan Smith on 6/5/2018Asus VivoBook S14 (S430) and S15 (S530): Mid-Range Options
At its Computex press conference in Taipei, Asus announced its new VivoBook S14 and S15 notebooks with quad-core processors, minimal bezels and fun colors that are far more vivid...
2 by Ian Cutress on 6/5/2018ASUS Zen Press Event Live Blog (11:30am Taiwan, 3:30am UTC)
Anton and I are at ASUS' consumer press event, more often called the 'Zen' press event. We expect a quick flurry of launches from Jonney Shih, so stay tuned...
5 by Ian Cutress & Anton Shilov on 6/4/2018ASUS Announces a Complete Lineup of 802.11ax Routers
ASUS has announced a family of new routers designed to satisfy the ever-increasing bandwidth demands of the modern household. ASUS unveiled the ROG Rapture GT-AX11000 (ASUS says is the...
20 by Joe Shields on 6/4/2018ASUS Displays New TUF Gaming Products
In another Announcement from Computex today, ASUS has shown four new peripherals designed for their new TUF gaming products in the TUF Gaming M5 mouse, K5 keyboard, H5 headset...
2 by Joe Shields on 6/4/2018ASUS Launches VG49V: An Ultrawide Curved 32:9 49-Inch FreeSync LCD
Last year Samsung released the industry’s first ultrawide 49-inch gaming display which proved that rather exotic products could be quite a success. At Computex, ASUS introduced its own ultrawide...
8 by Anton Shilov on 6/4/2018ASUS ROG Strix Hero II & Scar II GL504 Laptops: CFL, 144 Hz, GTX 1070, New Chassis
ASUS on Monday introduced its new ROG Strix Hero II and ROG Strix Scar II gaming laptops. Originally, ASUS positioned the ROG Strix family of notebooks as its entry-level...
8 by Anton Shilov on 6/4/2018