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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X Review: Striking The Balance
ASUS GeForce RTX 2080 ROG STRIX Gaming OC Review: Fast, Quiet, Pricey
Best CPU to BUY: Q4 2018
Guru3D Rig of the Month - September 2018
MSI B360 GAMING ARCTIC Review
MyDigitalSSD BPX Pro 480GB SSD Review
Shuttle XPC Slim Barebone DH310 Review
SilverStone Mammoth MMS02 Hard Drive Enclosure (Video) Review
Zotac Gaming RTX 2080 Ti Amp Graphics Card Review



AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X Review: Striking The Balance

AMD's 32-core, 64-thread Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX gives high-end desktop users access to the most compute horsepower available from a single CPU socket. But while it may be on many enthusiasts' wish lists, the processor's unique architecture causes poor performance in many common desktop applications. Moreover, an $1800 price tag makes the flagship Threadripper a niche product, even among professionals accustomed to paying a premium for workstation hardware.

The Ryzen Threadripper 2950X is unquestionably a better value proposition for the masses, offering 16 cores and 32 threads at a $900 price point. AMD's only real problem is that its own previous-gen Threadripper chips sell for less: the 16C/32T Threadripper 1950X can be found for $700, while the 12C/24T is available for under $500.

Read full article @ Tom's Hardware

ASUS GeForce RTX 2080 ROG STRIX Gaming OC Review: Fast, Quiet, Pricey

Although NVIDIA just launched the Turing-based GeForce RTX 2080 and RTX 2080 Ti last week, its board partners were at the ready with a wide array of custom offerings right out of the gate. We were lucky enough to show you a couple of custom cards from MSI and EVGA in our initial launch coverage, and today we’ve got a brand new combatant to evaluate from ASUS, namely the GeForce RTX 2080 ROG STRIX Gaming OC Edition.

As we’ve come to expect from ASUS, the GeForce RTX 2080 ROG STRIX Gaming OC Edition is about as extreme as an air-cooled GPU can get. Of course the card is factory overclocked, but ASUS also goes all-out with the cooler, power delivery, lighting, and some handy related features...

Read full article @ HotHardware

Best CPU to BUY: Q4 2018

Contrary to the past, choosing a CPU is relatively easy for veteran users because of easy access to information and clear-cut guides. AMD stepping up to the plate after so many years made it easier to choose. This guide is nothing more than a supplement in helping you narrow down your choices. In some countries, a combo purchase of a motherboard and a CPU could get you a small discount. I’ve heard in some stores around India, retailers refuse to sell either the CPU or motherboard separately which is strange and wrong at the same time. But there are many stores out there and there are online options.

Click on the tabs below as per your requirement.

Read full article @ Hardware BBQ

Guru3D Rig of the Month - September 2018

We just adore PC related hardware & think you do too. And sometimes you guys really make a PC that really stands out. We ask you to answer a few simple questions and send in photos of your rig. Each month we'll have a look at the entries and perhaps pick you and post your PC with photos and everything here at Guru3D.com. Here you can find out what you need to do and win a nice prize courtesy of Corsair.

Read full article @ The Guru of 3D

MSI B360 GAMING ARCTIC Review

Intel B360 is back in the spotlight with the B360 GAMING ARCTIC from MSI. The industry leader has brought their engineering prowess to bear in order to produce a stunning motherboard that aims to overthrow any misplaced preconception of the budget B360 chipset being "cheap" or "boring".

Read full article @ TechPowerUp

MyDigitalSSD BPX Pro 480GB SSD Review

The 480GB BPX Pro from MyDigtialSSD is one of the best 512GB class NVMe SSDs shipping today. This is the second capacity we've tested and it's performance in relation to other products on the market is more competitive than the 960 GB model that has to combat the HP EX920 1TB. The 500GB EX920 and similar Adata SX8200 are not as fast in this capacity and that opened the door for MyDigitalSSD to take the performance lead.

Read full article @ TweakTown

Shuttle XPC Slim Barebone DH310 Review

By having compatibility with the latest, non-ULV Coffee Lake processors from Intel, the Shuttle DH310 can deliver quite a bit of performance. Even if the i5 8600K is a 95W SKU, the TDP is automatically driven down to 65W maximum, this also meaning that the performance has been lowered a bit when all cores are at maximum load; in many other non-stressful usage patterns, the cores can reach the maximum Turbo Frequency without no issues at all. The unit can be used for many purposes, such as digital signage, POI, POS, office, healthcare, industry, media center and more given its multitude of interfaces.

Read full article @ Mad Shirmps

SilverStone Mammoth MMS02 Hard Drive Enclosure (Video) Review

Alex reviews the SilverStone Mammoth MMS02 military-grade water resistant and dust proof 2.5" enclosure and runs some tests on it, too.

Read full article @ APH Networks

Zotac Gaming RTX 2080 Ti Amp Graphics Card Review

Today is a pretty special day for me here at eTeknix. Today is the first time I’ve gotten my hands on an Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti graphics card. Furthermore, it’s from the fantastic brand that is Zotac! I’ve only ever tested one Zotac GPU here at eTeknix, and that was their stunning 1070 Ti Amp! Extreme Edition. Now they’re back with another high-end card and given it’s promising to be one of the fastest cards we’ve ever tested, we should be in for some pretty fantastic benchmark scores today.

Read full article @ eTeknix