CPU Chipset | 11 Jun 2013 | Carl Holmberg

Despite the current situation in the enthusiast segment AMD has not given up hope for the FX series. AMD has now launched two new models, whereof one, FX-9590, is the first retail processor to ship with a Turbo frequency of 5 GHz.
Read moreCPU Chipset | 11 Jun 2013 | Carl Holmberg

Despite the current situation in the enthusiast segment AMD has not given up hope for the FX series. AMD has now launched two new models, whereof one, FX-9590, is the first retail processor to ship with a Turbo frequency of 5 GHz.
Read moreCases and Barebones | 10 Jun 2013 | Carl Holmberg

We have more than once mentioned the clear trend toward small formfactors that is at Computex this year, not the least noticeable with Asrock's compact mITX barebone M8 that uses riser cards to make room for enthusiast grade graphics cards.
Read moreSystems | 10 Jun 2013 | Carl Holmberg

Qnap continue its work with NAS and media network solutions, and with its coming models it aims to improve the overall experience for HTPC users and streaming by using an Intel Core i3 processor, rather than previous Atom solutions.
Read moreDisplays | 06 Jun 2013 | Carl Holmberg

We are getting closer to a market where AR, or Augmented Reality, can become part of our everyday life. One of the big obstacles has been the screen technology, and during an event in California company has presented panels that could be the future of AR.
Read moreCases and Barebones | 04 Jun 2013 | Carl Holmberg

After being showed at Computex Corsair has now announced two new cases in the Carbide series, 330R and 540. Airflow and minimal noise are top priorities, and the two new models tackle this with a sound-dampened inside, or as in the case of 540, split into two compartments.
Read moreOverclocking | 04 Jun 2013 | Anton Karmehed

Asus had lots of news to show during its Republic of Gamers press conference. Two of the news was the new enthusiast motherboards Maximus VI Extreme and Maximus VI Impact. The latter is the first mini-ITX model of the family and it is ready for liquid nitrogen overclocking.
Read moreMemory | 31 May 2013 | Anton Karmehed

Taiwanese memory maker Team group has broken the memory frequency world record with help from overclocker John Lam. With Intel's coming Intel Z87 platform and liquid nitrogen he managed to reach a frequency of staggering 4,018 MHz.
Read moreNotebooks Laptops | 31 May 2013 | Anton Karmehed

Razer jumps the gun and presents the third generation of its thin gaming rig Blade. Razer Blade builds on the coming Intel Haswell architecture and unites the new processor circuits with a capable graphics circuit from Nvidia, Geforce GTX 765M, in a thin format.
Read moreMemory | 30 May 2013 | Anton Karmehed

Adata XPG V2 are enthusiast memories of the most extreme kind and is described as the optimal choice for Haswell users by the maker Adata. The modules get an extra layer of copper, a new eye-catching heatspreader and works at frequencies up to 2,800 MHz.
Read moreSystems | 29 May 2013 | Carl Holmberg

Microcomputing and cheap developer kits are becoming more popular, not the least in the form of Raspberry Pi. An interesting newcomer called Spark Core has appeared at Kickstarter, and it combines an Arduino platform with wireless networking.
Read moreSoftware | 28 May 2013 | Carl Holmberg

Norwegian Opera Software has presented a preview of its coming browser with the same name. The new version will be called Opera Next, and the developer has as promised dumped the Presto engine in favor of the WebKit-based Chromium.
Read morePeripherals | 27 May 2013 | Carl Holmberg

Google's VR glasses Glass is still months from launch for consumers, but the work between Google and software developers is at full speed. At the developer site the software giant has released the source code for the kernel of the operating system.
Read moreGraphics | 24 May 2013 | Anton Karmehed

Nvidia dominates the performance segments of the graphics card market at the moment. The new top model Geforce GTX 780 showed impressive performance in our tests, but will also be priced high. To make things worse Nvidia has confirmed that it will not bundle any games with the card.
Read moreMotherboards | 24 May 2013 | Anton Karmehed

Asrock will launch new Z87 motherboard for Intel's Haswell processors soon and several of the models will be "water-proof". As usual when it comes to electronics and liquids it is all a matter of definition, but Asrock has taken this seriously and released a video that really backs up the statement.
Read moreCases and Barebones | 24 May 2013 | Anton Karmehed

Fractal Design has presented a new version of the mini case Node 304 where it has used white and lean design for the modular case. Node 304 can despite its mere size house up to six harddrives and three fans, but when it comes to the motherboard you have to settle for mini-ITX models.
Read moreNotebooks Laptops | 23 May 2013 | Carl Holmberg

MSI recently showed off its first gaming notebook sporting AMD's "Richland" APU and HD 8970M graphics. With Intel's new platform around the corner the Taiwanese manufacturer has no intention of discriminating but presents two 17" gaming notebooks with Haswell processors and Nvidia graphics.
Read moreCPU Chipset | 23 May 2013 | Carl Holmberg

With Intel's new generation of processors and chipsets coming the red team is anything but standing still. During a press conference in London AMD is divulging its solutions for notebooks, and NordicHardware is there to get to know the newcomers Temash, Kabini and Richland.
Read moreCooling | 21 May 2013 | Anton Karmehed

Closed water cooling systems are more popular than ever, and case builder Silverstone has expanded its cooling series Tundra with two new models. Tundra TD02 and TD03 will tackle the competition with more efficient radiators and water blocks in a new unibody design.
Read moreDisplays | 21 May 2013 | Carl Holmberg

Display Week is happening right now and as one of the world's largest manufacturers of panels Toshiba visa is showing off its latest developments. Among the technologies that will be shown at the event we find a see-through OLED panel with some interesting properties.
Read moreGraphics | 21 May 2013 | Anton Karmehed

Nvidia will in short launch the new graphics cards of the GTX 700 series. Besides the top model GTX 780, we also expect GTX 770 to appear soon, a graphics card that builds on similar components as GTX 680. The first real benchmarks imply that GTX 770 will offer at least 10 percent better performance.
Read moreDisplays | 20 May 2013 | Carl Holmberg

Display Week is under way, an event where companies can show off the very latest in display technology. One of Samsung's contributions to this year's event comes in the form of a 13.3" notebook panel with 3200 x 1800 pixels resolution.
Read moreSoftware | 20 May 2013 | Carl Holmberg

Futuremark adds to the popular test suite for PC and announces the next version, PCMark 8. The new suite has new and updated tests, including a new battery test, improved storage benchmarks and support for simulating many popular applications.
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