In this article, we’ll show you how to overclock the Intel Core i9-10900K (Comet Lake) from the default speed of 3.7GHz to a whopping 5.4GHz on all 10 cores, by simply changing a few BIOS settings on the ASRock Z490 Steel Legend motherboard. And what’s even better … this was all done using just a standard AIO CPU cooler (no LN2 or dry-ice).
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Today’s review unit of the Patriot Viper RGB DDR4-3600 2x16GB arrived from Patriot’s American offices in Fremont, California. Traveling with UPS and their Standard ground service, this package arrived in great condition with no real issues to speak of. This shipment came to our APH Networks offices in Calgary, Alberta.
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We’ll be testing at 1080p, 1440 and 4K at both medium and ultra presets. We said in the RTX 3080 review that it’s a card primarily designed for 4K gaming, and that it starts to hit CPU bottlenecks at 1440p. That applies even more at 1080p with medium settings.
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Corsair’s Dominator Platinum RGB DDR4-3200 waltzes into a market that’s one of the most competitive playgrounds in the hardware world, with new faces popping up left and right. Corsair, however, remains one of the few veteran players that has maintained its position and has several offerings on our list of top memory kits.
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In this review, we benchmark the GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING X Trio from MSI; yes MSI is back with a new Gaming X Trio, with that TRIO, of course, short for a triple-fan solution with an otherwise heavily customized product. With their aim to perform at low acoustics combined with a beautiful design card, lets start this review, shall we?…
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MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING X TRIO 10G
Palit GeForce RTX 3080 Gaming Pro OC
ASUS GeForce RTX 3080 TUF Gaming OC
The most notable change from a user point of view is that instead of the strange 12 pin power input the Founders Edition had, the MSI Gaming X Trio has a more familiar power input setup, with three 8 pin PCIe connectors on the right hand side rather than in the middle.
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Today sees the launch of the partner editions of the RTX 3080, and Gigabyte have a few different models up their sleeve with varying degrees of lighting and factory overclocks available. We’re taking a look at the middle of their non-Aorus range, the Gaming OC 10G.
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As one of the more affordable options in the ASUS Ampere RTX 3080 range, the TUF follows the Nvidia setup very closely, except for the addition of the triple fan cooler. This particular model has a factory overclock, although neither the packaging nor the specifications table on their website specify exactly how much quicker this is than the default TUF.
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On the face of it, the Gigabyte RTX 3080 Eagle OC appears to tick all the boxes for a third-party graphics card. It has a large, triple-fan cooler, factory overclocked core, RGB lighting, full length metal backplate, and tweaked power delivery compared to a reference board. Considering it is coming in at that £649 MSRP, then, it certainly sounds impressive on paper.
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Zotac today releases its GeForce RTX 3080 Trinity graphics card, a premium custom-design offering based on the GeForce RTX 3080 “Ampere” by NVIDIA. Zotac’s custom design focuses on meeting all the expectations of the DIY premium gaming segment, including a low-noise design, decent overclocking headroom, and a fair bit of ARGB bling to brighten up high-end gaming PC builds.
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