Computex 2014: The ASUS Booth Tour
After two jam-packed press conferences this year, the ASUS booth was brimming with visitors all week every time I walked past. We were given the full tour of...
23 by Ian Cutress on 6/11/2014The Intel SSD DC P3700 Review Part 2: NVMe on Client Workloads
Last week we reviewed Intel's first NVMe drive: the DC P3700. Based on a modified version of the controller in Intel's SSD DC S3700/S3500, the P3700 moves to an...
36 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/10/2014Corsair Vengeance K70 Keyboard Review
Mechanical keyboards are far from a new technology; they are decades old and some of the first mass produced personal computers came with mechanical keyboards back in the 1980's...
61 by E. Fylladitakis on 6/9/2014Advatronix Cirrus 1200: a Storage Server Under Your Desk
The Advatronix Cirrus 1200 tries to distinguish itself from the average tower server offering with a cube shaped desktop that has many hot pluggable hard disk bays. Will the...
44 by Johan De Gelas on 6/6/2014AMD Launches Mobile Kaveri APUs
A couple weeks back, AMD briefed us on their upcoming mobile Kaveri APUs. We've known for a while that mobile Kaveri was coming, and after five months the wait...
125 by Jarred Walton on 6/4/2014Ask the Experts: Krisztián Flautner VP of R&D, ARM
Late last year we did an installment of Ask the Experts with ARM's Peter Greenhalgh, lead architect for the Cortex A53. The whole thing went so well, in no...
62 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/3/2014Intel SSD DC P3700 Review: The PCIe SSD Transition Begins with NVMe
In 2008 Intel introduced its first SSD, the X25-M, and with it Intel ushered in a new era of primary storage based on non-volatile memory. Intel may have been...
85 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/3/2014ASUS ROG Press Conference Live Blog
Kristian and I are here at the ASUS ROG Press Conference, going to start in a few minutes!
18 by Ian Cutress on 6/2/2014Smartphone Audio Testing - HTC One M8 and Samsung Galaxy S5
Since our initial testing of smartphone audio, I’ve had a lot more time to play with the APx582 from Audio Precision. I’ve also received far more feedback than I...
78 by Chris Heinonen on 6/2/2014Crucial MX100 (256GB & 512GB) Review
Computex is officially kicking off today and unlike many of the products announced at trade shows, we actually have a full review of the Crucial MX100 that is launching...
50 by Kristian Vättö on 6/2/2014Apple WWDC 2014 Live Blog
We are at Moscone West in San Francisco for Apple's World Wide Developer Conference. Our live blog begins at 10AM PT/1PM ET.
44 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/2/2014ASUS Press Event Computex 2014 Live Blog
I am here at the ASUS press event at Computex, waiting for the event to start. Just me on text and photos today, stay tuned!
13 by Ian Cutress on 6/2/2014EVGA Supernova 850 G2 Power Supply Review
Diversification is an important strategy for any company that wants to continue to grow, especially if their initial market segments become saturated. We've seen motherboard, memory, and now graphics...
23 by E. Fylladitakis on 5/30/2014AMD AM1 Kabini Part 2: Athlon 5350/5150 and Sempron 3850/2650 Tested
While there is a lot of focus on the mainstream desktop market, we hastily reviewed the new entrant to the low-end socketed desktop from AMD, the AM1 Kabini platform...
87 by Ian Cutress on 5/29/2014JMicron JMF667H Reference Design (128GB & 256GB) Review
Back in 2008 and 2009, JMicron was a relatively big name in the SSD industry. Many OEMs were using their controllers as there weren't many alternatives and JMicron had...
28 by Kristian Vättö on 5/29/2014HTC One mini 2 Review
Last year around this time, HTC had yet to release a mini version of their flagship phones. As OEMs continued to push bigger and bigger displays into bigger phones...
76 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Joshua Ho on 5/26/2014ASRock Z97 Extreme6 Review: Ultra M.2 x4 Tested With XP941
ASRock has a history of bringing new features to motherboards where others can tread conservatively. For the Z97 Extreme6 we have an M.2 slot that runs at PCIe x4...
43 by Ian Cutress on 5/24/2014Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 Performance Preview
Last year Qualcomm announced a new tier in its high end SoC roadmap with the Snapdragon 805. Priced somewhat above the current Snapdragon 800/801, the 805 would be the...
149 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/21/2014Averting Disaster - A Guide To Computer Backups (2014)
We all store more and more of our lives in digital form; spreadsheets, résumés, wedding speeches, novels, tax information, schedules, and of course digital photographs and video. All of...
133 by Brett Howse on 5/21/2014Microsoft Surface Pro 3: Hands On, Display & Performance Preview
Earlier today Microsoft announced its 3rd generation Surface Pro device, aptly named the Surface Pro 3. This is the first Surface model to deviate from the 10.6" 16:9 form...
296 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/20/2014