AMD's Steamroller Detailed: 3rd Generation Bulldozer Core
Today at the annual Hot Chips conference, AMD’s new CTO Mark Papermaster unveiled the first details about the Steamroller x86 CPU core. Steamroller is the third instantiation of AMD’s Bulldozer...
126 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/28/2012ASUS UX31A: Putting the Ultra in Ultrabooks
When Intel first came up with their Ultrabook initiative last year—and yes, it was basically just a rechristening of ultraportables with the thin factor of a MacBook Air—they also...
106 by Jarred Walton on 8/28/2012Preparing for the iPhone Next: Rumors Analyzed
While we typically don't comment on rumors we don't know to be true at AnandTech, we often get requests to help set rational expectations ahead of major iDevice launches...
132 by Brian Klug & Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/27/2012Plantronics BackBeat Go Review - Almost the Perfect Bluetooth Earbuds
A few months ago at the Samsung Galaxy S 3 announcement event, I noticed another mobile editor wearing a pair of Bluetooth earbuds that were unlike any other I...
31 by Brian Klug on 8/27/2012AVADirect Quiet Gaming PC System Review Part II: Can Ivy Bridge and Kepler Make Up the Difference?
The last time we reviewed AVADirect's Quiet Gaming PC was in January. I was mostly pleased with it, but it went awry in the places that boutique systems often...
17 by Dustin Sklavos on 8/27/2012HP Envy 14 Spectre Ultrabook Review: Something More Than Envy
It's interesting, we recently met up with HP in San Francisco to see what they have planned for the future (and they do have some very compelling stuff in...
61 by Dustin Sklavos on 8/24/2012Choosing the Best 120mm Radiator Fan: Testing Eight Fans with Corsair's H80
As an enthusiast it can be difficult to just "set it and forget it," to assemble a system and decree "this is as good as it's going to get."...
113 by Dustin Sklavos on 8/23/2012The Archos 101 XS Review: Prettier, Faster, So Much Better
We looked at the Archos G9 Turbo devices just a few months ago, and came away . . . impressed. Lofty promises of being “the world’s fastest tablets” haunted...
44 by Jason Inofuentes on 8/22/2012Four Multi-GPU Z77 Boards from $280-$350 - PLX PEX 8747 featuring Gigabyte, ASRock, ECS and EVGA
With only sixteen PCIe 3.0 lanes available on a Z77 motherboard paired with an Ivy Bridge CPU, when we get to three or four-way GPU solutions these GPUs are...
24 by Ian Cutress on 8/22/2012iBuyPower Valkyrie CZ-17 Notebook Review: MSI and iBuyPower Tangle With Alienware
The overarching recommendations we've had for big gaming notebooks these days have been pretty simple: ASUS G7x series if you're on a budget, Alienware M17x if you're not. Clevo...
35 by Dustin Sklavos on 8/21/2012Corsair Neutron GTX SSD Review (240GB): Link A Media Controller Tested
Not interested in diving headfirst into a market full of teething pains, Corsair held off on its first SSD introduction. Even after it entered the market, Corsair remained conservative...
36 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/20/2012SilverStone Sugo SG05: The Mini-ITX Standard Bearer
We've been looking at a few mini-ITX enclosures as of late, an interest sparked largely by the surprise success of the Bitfenix Prodigy and the general industry tend towards...
70 by Dustin Sklavos on 8/19/2012Western Digital Red Review: Are NAS-optimized HDDs Worth the Premium?
Western Digital (WD) introduced hard drives specifically targeted towards NAS systems under the Red branding last month. We had some initial coverage at launch time, where WD claimed a...
87 by Ganesh T S on 8/17/2012Lenovo ThinkCentre M92 Tiny System Review: Pint-Sized Power
It's hard not to notice the direction computing is going, both in the enterprise and at home. Notebooks are getting thinner and lighter, tablets are taking off, and on...
62 by Dustin Sklavos on 8/17/2012The GeForce GTX 660 Ti Review, Feat. EVGA, Zotac, and Gigabyte
NVIDIA has a bit of a problem right now: their products are a bit too popular. Between the GK104-heavy desktop GeForce lineup, the GK104 based Tesla K10, and the...
313 by Ryan Smith on 8/16/2012Samsung Series 7 NP700Z7C Review
We recently posted our first look at Dell’s new XPS 15, a Windows-focused laptop that took more than a few design elements of the standard MacBook Pro 15. While...
50 by Jarred Walton on 8/16/2012AMD Announces New, Higher Clocked Radeon HD 7950 with Boost
August is not typically a busy time of the year for the GPU industry. But this is quickly turning out to be anything but a normal August. Between professional...
58 by Ryan Smith on 8/14/2012The AMD FirePro W9000 & W8000 Review: Part 1
Despite the wide range of the GPU coverage we do here at AnandTech, from reading our articles you would be hard pressed to notice that AMD and NVIDIA have...
35 by Ryan Smith on 8/14/2012ASUS P8Z77-V Premium Review: A Bentley Among Motherboards
In the car industry, there is a large variety of cars to choose from - both the cheap and the expensive will get you from A to B, but...
43 by Ian Cutress on 8/13/2012HP 2311xi IPS Monitor
HP managed to make the right choices with their 27” ZR2740w monitor, hitting a reasonable price point without sacrificing quality. Now HP has introduced their 2311xi monitor, a 23&rdquo...
68 by Chris Heinonen on 8/13/2012