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Ultra-high performance memory modules are a staple of of Computex, and it looks like this year G.Skill is showing off the highest performance dual-channel memory module kit to date. The company is demonstrating a DDR5 kit capable of 10,600 MT/s data transfer rate, which is a considerably higher speed compared to memory modules available today. The dual-channel kit that G.Skill is demonstrating is a 32 GB Trident Z5 RGB kit that uses cherry-picked DDR5 memory devices and which can work in a DDR5-10600 mode with CL56 62-62-126 timings at voltages that are way higher than standard. The demoed DIMMs are running the whole day in a fairly warm room, though it does not really run demanding applications or stress tests. Traditionally, memory module makers like G.Skill...
ASUS’ AMD AM1 Approach: AM1I-A and AM1M-A Announced
Hot on the heels of the AMD announcement regarding socketed Kabini systems, ASUS has released information on two of their main contenders in this segment. While AMD are...
26 by Ian Cutress on 3/5/2014Bay Trail-D from ASUS: The J1800I-C
We previously reported on Bay Trail-D motherboards coming from ECS, GIGABYTE and Biostar, but today it is ASUS’ turn to add in a SKU to the mix. The...
28 by Ian Cutress on 3/4/2014The AMD Radeon R7 265 & R7 260 Review: Feat Sapphire & Asus
The launch of the Radeon R7 250X earlier this week and today the Radeon R7 265 are part of a larger refactoring of AMD’s mainstream desktop product family. AMD...
52 by Ryan Smith on 2/13/2014ASUS Chromebox: Fanless Haswell in a NUC-like Form Factor, Starting at $179
With hopes of chipping away at the low end Windows PC market, Google enlisted ASUS' help in putting together a small form factor desktop machine running Chrome OS. The...
64 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/4/2014ASUS TUF Z87 Gryphon Review
The TUF range from ASUS is a different sort of blip on the motherboard radar – they come with a five year warranty. ASUS will mention that the...
62 by Ian Cutress on 2/3/2014Retesting the ASUS Rampage IV Black Edition Audio and the Pitfalls of Audio Testing
In the motherboard section of AnandTech, we rarely touched the audio section of the motherboard until fairly recently. Audio is a delicate issue, and knowledge on the subject...
59 by Ian Cutress on 1/31/2014Quantenna's QSR1000 Wave2 802.11ac Chipset, ASUS Gets First Dibs in the RT-AC87U
Quantenna's products are not new to AnandTech. We had reviewed Netgear's 3DHD Wireless Home Theater Networking Kit back in 2011. The kit was based on Quantenna's 802.11n solution. Despite...
7 by Ganesh T S on 1/14/2014ASUS P9X79-E WS Review: Xeon meets PLX for 7x
Alongside their line of channel and ROG motherboards, ASUS also has business (B/Q chipset) and Workstation (WS) lines for professional markets. The goal of these products is compatibility...
53 by Ian Cutress on 1/10/2014ASUS at CES 2014: ROG 27” 1440p 120Hz G-Sync Monitor, Tablets, Smartphones, and a new Transformer Book
This year at the Consumer Electronics Show, ASUS are attacking mobile in more ways than one. We have bodies/editors on the ground to get hands on with all...
57 by Ian Cutress on 1/6/2014ASUS CES 2014 Press Event Live Blog
Stay tuned for live coverage from ASUS' famed CES press event!
6 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/6/2014ASUS Rampage IV Black Edition Review
When Ivy Bridge-E arrived, there was discontent at the lack of a new chipset. Users who wanted to migrate to the high performance end of the spectrum received...
21 by Ian Cutress on 1/5/2014Best Gaming Laptops and Notebooks - Holiday 2013
We're in the midst of updating all of our "best of" guides for the holiday season, and we've already covered what is likely the most popular category: Budget Laptops...
67 by Jarred Walton on 11/29/2013Best Budget Laptops - Holiday 2013
Introduction Over the past decade, we've seen a dramatic slowing in the rate of performance increases on PCs and laptops. Where it was typical to see a doubling in performance...
30 by Jarred Walton on 11/28/2013Gaming Motherboards under $175: Holiday 2013
Glad tidings we bring, and this time it comes in the form of gaming oriented motherboards. As an ex-semi-serious gamer (local clan matches, LANs), the motherboard in my...
10 by Ian Cutress on 11/27/2013ASUS Maximus VI Impact Review: ROG and Mini-ITX
In previous generations, the ASUS Republic Of Gamers (ROG) range has been split across three models – the micro-ATX Gene, the gaming oriented Formula and the more overclocker friendly...
69 by Ian Cutress on 11/22/2013The AMD Radeon R9 270X & R9 270 Review: Feat. Asus & HIS
Launching today is the latest member of AMD's Radeon 200 series family, the R9 270. Today we'll be looking at it alongside AMD's first 270 series card, the R9 270X.
59 by Ryan Smith on 11/13/2013ASUS Announces Rampage IV Black Edition, Coming 11/19
The extreme end of Intel’s performance platform is a relatively small end-user market, but despite this we had requests back at Sandy Bridge-E launch to test a good number...
15 by Ian Cutress on 11/8/2013ASUS Launches Xonar Essence STU USB DAC
One of the stalwarts of ASUS' audio program has been the Xonar Essence ST/STX sound cards - these are sound cards with a multi-year development cycle to ensure compatibility...
23 by Ian Cutress on 10/21/2013ASUS Transformer Book T100 Review: Redefining the Entry-Level Windows Notebook
I started out our Chromebook 11 review with a reminder that we are in the midst of a netbook renaissance. Armed with better hardware, a better sense of materials/industrial...
158 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/18/2013ASUS MX299Q Monitor Review
The panel does not make the monitor. As I saw in my last 21:9 monitor review, even if you have the exact same panel in two displays, a whole...
46 by Chris Heinonen on 9/23/2013