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Optimized vs. Cheating: Z390 Motherboard BCLK Comparison
We previously deep-dived on MCE (Multi-Core Enhancement) practices with the 8700K, revealing the performance variance that can occur when motherboard makers “cheat” results by boosting CPUs out of...
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Intel TDP Investigation: Boards Violating Turbo Duration (Z390)
Intel’s TDP has long been questioned, but this particular generation put the 95W TDP under fire as users noticed media outlets measuring power consumption at well over 100W on most boards. It isn’t...
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HW News - Intel PCIe 5 & DDR5 Push, 6GHz DDR4, & Huawei Loses ARM
Computex 2019 is next week -- a few days from now, technically -- and hardware news has been alight with PCIe 5.0 and DDR5 discussion for Intel platforms, Huawei's ban from the US, DDR4 overclocking...
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AMD X570 vs. X470, X370 Chipset Comparison, Lanes, Specs, & Differences
AMD’s X570 chipset marks the arrival of some technology that was first deployed on Epyc, although that was done through the CPU as there isn’t a traditional chipset. With the shift to PCIe 4, X570...
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Best Motherboard Sales for Black Friday & Cyber Monday (AMD AM4 Ryzen, Intel...
We’ve covered a variety of sales this Black Friday, including a wide range of components like best monitor sales, best GPU and CPU sales, and an overall deal roundup. We’ve also written some guides...
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HW News - F@H Faster Than 7 Supercomputers, Motherboard Sales Fall 30%
Our recap of hardware news for the past week follows-up on plans to RIP somebody -- but we're not sure who that should be just yet -- in a Folding @ Home points-chasing competition. To a similar tune,...
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"E-ATX" Is A Lie: XL-ATX, E-ATX, ATX, EEB, and SSI-CEB
EATX is bullshit wannabe half-specification, not a real form factor. At least, not the way it’s being treated right now. It doesn’t mean anything. The name “EATX” implies a standard, but it’s not a...
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AMD Chipset Comparison: B550 Specs vs. X570, B450, X370, & Zen 3 Support (2020)
In this content, we’re going to be breaking-down the AMD B550 vs. X570, B450, X470, X370, and A320 chipset specifications number-by-number. Our goal is to look at this purely from a facts-based angle...
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HW News - "X590" False Alarm, RTX 3070 Delays, Zen 3 Motherboard Updates
At GN, we’re slowly emerging from our RTX 30-series coma, where we’ve pushed our testing and coverage perhaps as far as we ever have. We’re getting ready to slow down for a week or so to revamp and...
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HW News - AMD CPU Surge in Steam Survey, SAM for Z490, Intel Rocket Lake
As the end of the year approaches, things remain busy as ever with yet more GPU launches, Cyberpunk 2077 coming out, and plenty of cooler reviews. However, we’ve managed to scrape a few interesting...
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