EVGA announces the mITX H370 Stinger motherboard
Published in PC Hardware


Coffee Lake-S on a mITX motherboard with plenty of features

Following Intel's launch of its next 8th generation Core Coffee Lake CPUs as well as more chipsets that will support these CPUs, EVGA has unveiled its newest mITX H370 Stinger motherboard which will pack quite a few interesting features on a mITX form-factor.

Intel updates its 8th gen Core Coffee Lake desktop lineup
Published in PC Hardware


New 300-series chipsets in tow

In addition to performance and ultra low-power mobile U-series parts, Intel has also released a couple of new 8th generation Core Coffee Lake desktop SKUs, mostly in the low-power segment.

Intel also shows 28W low-power U-series 8th gen CPUs
Published in PC Hardware


Quad-core, Iris Plus IGP, and a new chipset

In addition to the new 8th gen performance mobile Coffee Lake parts, Intel has also announced four new SKUs that will be a part of its U-series (ultra-low power) mobile CPUs, featuring four-core/eight-thread design, new Iris Plus IGP with 128MB of eDRAM, new 300-series chipset, and Intel Optane memory support to the thin notebook market.

Intel announces new Core iX+ branding
Published in PC Hardware
Tuesday, 03 April 2018 14:48

Intel announces new Core iX+ branding


CPU paired up with Optane memory caching

Intel was quite keen to talk about its Optane Memory at the Bejing event and has introduced the new Core iX+ branding scheme and stickers which will mark the combination of Intel's 8th gen CPU with Intel Optane memory.

Intel announces 8th gen performance mobile CPUs
Published in PC Hardware


Including the Core i9 mobile CPU

At a special event in Beijing, Intel unveiled its new high-performance 8th generation mobile CPUs, including the new Core i9-8950HK and the new Xeon E-2168, both aiming at the highest-end mobile market.

Dell's XPS 15 2-in-1 with Kaby Lake-G now available for pre-order
Published in AI


Available with 65W Core i5-8305G and Core i7-8705G

Dell's  XPS 15 2-in-1 that is equipped with Intel's 8th generation Core processor with Radeon RX Vega M graphics, or simply Kaby Lake-G, is now available for pre-order directly from its site, starting at $1,499.

AMD's open-source Radeon Rays integrated into Unity engine
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Will work with Unity's GPU Progressive Lightmapper

According to an announcement over at Unity, AMD's Radeon Rays will be integrated with Unity's GPU Progressive Lightmapper, and, surprise, it is open source, has cross-platform support, and it's free.

ASRock unveils its Phantom Gaming graphics card lineup
Published in Graphics


With the entire Radeon RX 500 series lineup

We have already seen teasers for ASRock's venture into the graphics card market and the company has now officially announced its first Radeon RX 500 series graphics cards that will be a part of its Phantom Gaming lineup.

G.Skill overclocks its DDR4 kit to 5000MHz on air
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Dual-channel Trident Z DDR4 kit running at 5000MHz

G.Skill sent out a new press notice announcing that it managed to hit DDR4-5000MHz overclocked setting running on just air by using its Trident Z DDR4 memory kit based on Samsung B-die ICs.

Xiaomi goes for gaming notebook market
Published in AI
Wednesday, 28 March 2018 16:55

Xiaomi goes for gaming notebook market


With the Mi Gaming Laptop

Xiaomi already has a wide product portfolio, from air purifiers and rice cookers to phones and other smart devices, and since its Mi Notebook Air notebooks have put a lot of pressure on the thin and light notebook market, the new Mi Gaming Laptop could do the same as it comes with some rather impressive specifications and reasonable pricing.