ARM A53/A57/T760 investigated - Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Exynos Review
It's been a few months since Josh had the opportunity to review the Note 4. The defining characteristic is that this was the variant with Qualcomm's Snapdragon 805 SoC...
135 by Andrei Frumusanu & Ryan Smith on 2/10/2015Mushkin Reactor 1TB SSD Review
Silicon Motion has practically become the new SandForce. Almost every tier three manufacturer (i.e. one with no controller/firmware IP or NAND fab) has released an SM2246EN based drive in...
69 by Kristian Vättö on 2/9/2015The DirectX 12 Performance Preview: AMD, NVIDIA, & Star Swarm
With the various pieces of Microsoft’s latest API finally coming together, today we will be taking our first look at the performance of the future with DirectX 12. The...
245 by Ryan Smith on 2/6/2015DDR4 Haswell-E Scaling Review: 2133 to 3200 with G.Skill, Corsair, ADATA and Crucial
For any user interested in performance, memory speed is an important part of the equation when it comes to building your next system. This can apply to any user...
120 by Ian Cutress on 2/5/2015The Google Nexus 9 Review
For the past few years, we’ve seen Google place significant emphasis on price as a way of competing with other tablets on the market. The original Nexus 7 managed...
169 by Joshua Ho & Ryan Smith on 2/4/2015Nokia Lumia 735 Review
Back in September, Microsoft launched what would be the last two Nokia branded Lumias. The Lumia 830 was announced as an affordable flagship, and we reviewed the 830 back...
64 by Brett Howse on 2/3/2015Be Quiet! Dark Power Pro 10 650W & 850W PSU Review
Today we're looking at the flagship PSU series from be quiet!, the Dark Power Pro 10. We received two of the models, the 650W and the 850W versions, but...
25 by E. Fylladitakis on 2/2/2015GIGABYTE GB-BXi7H-5500 Broadwell BRIX Review
Over the last couple of years, the ultra-compact form factor (UCFF) has emerged as one of the bright spots in the troubled PC market. Intel's NUC and GIGABYTE's BRIX...
53 by Ganesh T S on 1/29/2015Acer XB280HK 4K G-SYNC Monitor Review
When it comes to gaming, 4K displays present a conundrum (beyond 4K being used incorrectly, but I’ll still use it). On the one hand, all the extra pixels allow...
69 by Chris Heinonen & Jarred Walton on 1/28/2015Transcend SSD370 (128GB, 256GB & 512GB) Review
We got the first glimpse of Transcend's SSD370 at Computex last year and now the drive has been in retail for quite some time. The interesting bit about the...
44 by Kristian Vättö on 1/27/2015GeForce GTX 970: Correcting The Specs & Exploring Memory Allocation
Over the weekend we reported on a statement released by NVIDIA regarding recent concern over unusual VRAM allocation and VRAM bandwidth performance from the GeForce GTX 970. In brief...
398 by Ryan Smith on 1/26/2015ASRock VisionX 471D Review - Evolutionary Upgrades for a Powerful mini-PC
ASRock has been one of the few motherboard vendors to focus on mini-PCs targeting the HTPC and portable gaming markets. Starting from the ION-based nettop days, they have consistently...
30 by Ganesh T S on 1/26/2015Acer Chromebook 13: 1080p with Tegra K1
The Google Chromebook has a rather interesting history, starting as an always connected device with all your data stored in the cloud and slowly but steadily transforming into a...
71 by Jarred Walton on 1/23/2015MSI 970 Gaming Motherboard Review: Undercutting AM3+ at $100
Despite the age of AMD's Vishera CPU architecture, we recently saw the release of two new lower powered 95W quad-module processors. The lower of the two, the FX-8320E, was...
37 by Ian Cutress on 1/22/2015BitFenix Neos Case Review
BitFenix is a company known for their cost-effective products and unique designs. Today we'll look at the Neos, a low-cost case designed primarily with aesthetics in mind. Is it...
54 by E. Fylladitakis on 1/21/2015Samsung Portable SSD T1 Review
The last few years have seen rapid advancements in flash technology and the rise of USB 3.0 as an ubiquitous high-speed interface on computers. These have led to the...
69 by Ganesh T S on 1/20/2015Dell Latitude 12 5000 Series Review
Dell sells the Latitude line as business class notebooks, and the 5000 series that we received is the mainstream line for business. The Latitude 12 is the smallest model...
48 by Brett Howse on 1/19/2015ECS LIVA X Review: A Fanless Bay Trail-M mini-PC
Over the last couple of years, mini-PCs in the ultra-compact form factor (UCFF) have emerged as one of the bright spots in the troubled PC market. ECS first took...
35 by Ganesh T S on 1/16/2015Wearables: 2014 and Beyond
As the year 2014 has come to a close, now is a good time to inventory changes in the consumer electronics market and project those trends forward. One of...
79 by Stephen Barrett on 1/15/2015Corsair HX750i Power Supply Review
Today we will look at the latest revision of Corsair's HX series, the HX750i PSU. Corsair came a long way since their first PSU, the HX520W, with the HX750i...
32 by E. Fylladitakis on 1/14/2015