Month: December 2020

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X

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As we come to the end of the year we are rounding up our reviews of AMD’s Ryzen 5000 Series processors. We’ve already taken a look at the Ryzen 9 5950X, Ryzen 9 5900X, and Ryzen 5 5600X. Obviously the Ryzen 7 5800X will slot in between the 5600X and 5900X. The 5800X will bring you 8 cores, 16 threads, a base clock of 3.8 GHz, boost up to 4.7 GHz, 32MB of L3 cache, and a TDP of 105W. AMD has really focused on single-core and gaming performance with the 5000 series of processors.

Read more @ ThinkComputers

Weekend Hardware Roundup: 12/21/20

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Storage: Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus 1TB M.2 NVME SSD @ TweakTown, Kingston KC2500 M.2 NVMe SSD @ ThinkComputers, Silicon Power US70 PCIe Gen4x4 M.2 2280 1TB SSD @ [M]adShrimps, Silicon Power Stream S06 & S07 6TB @ NikKTech
Monitors: AOC U32U1 Porsche Design Monitor @ OCInside
Cooling: Thermaltake ToughFan 12 @ OCInside, Scythe Ninja 5 @ Guru3D
KBM: Cooler Master MM720 @ Modders Inc, SteelSeries Aerox 3 Wireless @ [M]adShrimps
Networking: EnGenius ECW230 Access Point Review @ Modders Inc

ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO

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With the ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero we are looking at the successor to the Crosshair VIII Hero in the test this year. Compared to its predecessor, ASUS has given the current motherboard with the X570 chipset a passive cooler and increased the voltage supply. Of course, the ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero can be used for all AMD Ryzen processors of the 5000 series. In the following test you will find out which features and functions are on board and how the new model performs in practice.

Read more @ Hardware Inside (German)

MSI Demonstrates AMD Curve Optimizer on B450 Motherboards – AGESA 1.1.0.0 Patch D

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Right now, all motherboard manufacturers are on board with AGESA 1.1.0.0 Firmware but AMD has since announced its AGESA 1.1.0.0 Patch D which will be coming to X470 & B450 boards soon. Aside from the Ryzen 5000 CPU support and other system stability improvements, one of the features to look forward to will be support for Curve Optimizer OC within the motherboard’s BIOS. The feature lets you adjust Voltage-Frequency Curve when using PBO2 and will be coming on both B550 & X570 boards too. 

Read more @ WCCFTech

GIGABYTE WRX80 SU8 Motherboard Pictured

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The WRX80 chipset based motherboard rumors date all the way back to 2019 when we first heard about it. Back then, we heard that AMD was going to segment their workstation and consumer line of Threadripper chips on their own respective platforms. The TRX40 platform with 4-channel DDR4 memory was going to be used for the consumer Ryzen Threadripper 3000 lineup while the WRX80 platform with 8-channel DDR4 memory was going to support the Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3000 line of processors.

Read more @ WCCFTech

Intel Announces Its Next Generation Memory and Storage Products

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What’s New: Today, at Intel’s Memory and Storage 2020 event, the company highlighted six new memory and storage products to help customers meet the challenges of digital transformation. Key to advancing innovation across memory and storage, Intel announced two new additions to its Intel® Optane™ Solid State Drive (SSD) Series: the Intel® Optane™ SSD P5800X, the world’s fastest data center SSD, and the Intel® Optane™ Memory H20 for client, which features performance and mainstream productivity for gaming and content creation. Optane helps meet the needs of modern computing by bringing the memory closer to the CPU. The company also revealed its intent to deliver its 3rd generation of Intel® Optane™ persistent memory (code-named “Crow Pass”) for cloud and enterprise customers.

“Today is a key moment for our memory and storage journey. With the release of these new Optane products, we continue our innovation, strengthen our memory and storage portfolio, and enable our customers to better navigate the complexity of digital transformation. Optane products and technologies are becoming a mainstream element of business compute. And as a part of Intel, these leadership products are advancing our long-term growth priorities, including AI, 5G networking and the intelligent, autonomous edge.”
–Alper Ilkbahar, Intel vice president in the Data Platforms Group and general manager of the Intel Optane Group

What Else Intel Announced: Intel also announced three new NAND SSDs featuring 144-layer cell memory: the Intel SSD 670p, the company’s next-gen144-layer quad-level-cell (QLC) 3D NAND SSD for mainstream computing; the Intel SSD D7-P5510, the world’s first-to-market 144-layer triple-level-cell NAND design; and the Intel SSD D5-P5316, a greater-density, higher-endurance SSD built around the industry’s first 144-layer QLC NAND.

Read more @ Intel Newsroom

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

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The Ryzen 5 5600X does land at higher pricing than we’re accustomed to – the $300 price tag is now the entry point for Zen 3 chips. That will change as AMD introduces its Ryzen 3 and APU models, but it is disappointing for value seekers. Unfortunately, AMD’s recommended retail pricing rarely has any relation to reality at the checkout lane, so it’s hard to project where pricing will land in a few months when availability improves. For now, crushing shortages make it difficult to score a Ryzen 5 5600X, even at recommended pricing. 

Read more @ Tom’s Hardware

Intel Z590, B560 & H510 Motherboards – Launching January 11th?

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According to the report (via @HXL), it is specifically stated that Intel’s partners will be releasing their 500-series motherboards featuring the Z590, B560, and H510 chipsets. We aren’t sure if Intel’s OEM and board partners will be officially launching their next-generation products to market or would it just be a standard announcement followed by a proper retail launch at a later date.

The source is confident that 11th January will be a hard launch for the 500-series motherboards but also goes on to state that the accompanying Rocket Lake Desktop CPUs won’t be hitting shelves till the end of February or even early March. There have been conflicting rumors regarding the Rocket Lake Desktop CPU launch with some suggesting that the launch is pinned for January while others are pointing out a retail launch around March, similar to this rumor.

Read more @ WCCFTech

TeamGroup Hits DDR5 Validation w/Motherboard Makers

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DDR5 is slated for a 2021 release, and TeamGroup is working around the clock to be one of the first vendors to push out their products. The memory manufacturer has already started the validation phase with the top motherboard companies in the industry, including Asus, MSI, ASRock and Gigabyte.

Just to start things off, TeamGroup plans to release its first wave of DDR5 memory modules with a capacity of 16GB. The memory modules are rated for DDR5-4800 and only require a 1.1V DRAM voltage to operate. The specifications are not final, of course, but that’s what TeamGroup expects to put out.

Read more @ Tom’s Hardware

ASROCK B550 TAICHI RAZER EDITION

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The ASRock B550 Taichi Razer Edition is arguably right at the top of the B550 tree. Whether a B550 board costing as much as the Taichi Razer Edition is right for you may come down to how important RGB is to you and how many M.2 drives you plan to run. Many X570 boards are available at this price with three M.2 slots and feature more PCIe 4.0 general purpose lanes. There is an ASRock X570 Taichi Razer Edition, and that is some $100 more. Is it worth the extra? We’d say probably not unless your needs are specific. 

Read more @ PC Gamer