Hardware

Author: SKYMTL @ Hardware Canucks

AMD rolled out their long-anticipated R9 295X2. Not only did it take NVIDIA completely by surprise but it approached cooling in a new and innovative way (for a reference card that is); instead of sticking to a sometimes-inefficient air based heatsink, AMD incorporated a water cooling setup. As a result, its dual R9 290X cores were able to operate at full speed without the throttling and it demolished everything in its path.

PowerColor’s R9 290X Devil 13 goes back to basics by utilizing virtually the same specifications as the R9 295X2 but backing things up with an infinitely more adaptable fan-based heatsink. Ditching the water cooler wasn’t easy since the Hawaii cores and 8GB memory produce an astonishing amount of heat but the Devil 13 compensates by throwing a massive amount of thermal dissipation power at the problem.

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By Marco Chiappetta @ HotHardware

In the past few weeks, we’ve seen a steady stream of new solid state drive releases, from the likes of Plextor, Crucial, and SanDisk. Our review of the Plextor M6M mSATA drive can be found here, and we covered Crucial’s MX100 series here. And reviews of some new SanDisk drives are currently in the works. Today, however, Samsung is unveiling something new we think you’ll really take interest in.

Up next for your reading pleasure, we have Samsung’s brand-new SSD 850 PRO series. The 128GB and 1TB Samsung SSD 850 PRO drives we’ll be showing you here are the company’s latest flagship solid state drives, targeted at client applications. Like the previously-released SSD 845 EVO series, the 850 PRO leverages Samsung’s MEX controller, but these drives are also packing bleeding-edge 32 layer, stacked, 3D V-NAND flash memory that purportedly offers better power, endurance, and performance than traditional MLC NAND.

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Check out these latest hardware announcements for today from around the web. Also included are some hardware news bits, and on some days, a few rumors tossed in for good measure. Click on the links below to read the official press release, visit the products web page, or to an independent news source.

• AMD Unveils A10-7800 Quad-core Socket FM2+ APU
• Antec Announces the Availability of ErP Lot 26:2014 Compliant Power Supplies
• Iiyama Officially Announces the ProLite B2888UHSU 28-Inch 4K2K Gaming Monitor
• Aerocool Launching DS 200 Midi Tower PC Case
• EK Launches the X Series Liquid Cooling Kits
• Asetek Allowed US Patent Claims on Graphics Liquid Cooling
• AMD Tonga GPU Arrives in August, Replaces Tahiti PRO
• Samsung Introduces New Branded SSD Powered by 3D V-NAND
• TrendNet Ships High Gain Wireless AC USB Adapter

By Kenny @ PureOC

Over the last few years we have seen ASRock gain movement in the motherboard arena. They have developed and revamped some rock solid motherboards at a very affordable price. In the past, we have seen many flagship motherboards from ASRock that have been top performers when it comes to overclocking and stability. Not only has ASRock performed well in the past, they have great aesthetic appeal too. Today, we have a chance to look at their newest variation from their already popular Fatal1ty series. This is the ASRock Fatal1ty Z97 Killer Series Motherboard. With Haswell’s refresh chipset in full swing, we have tested a number of great performing motherboards. But today, the ASRock Fatal1ty Z97 Killer Series has another advantage in this arena due to its aggressive pricing. So let’s move forward and put this motherboard to the test and see what it can do with our Intel 4770K Haswell Processor.

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By W1zzard @ techPowerUp!

MSI‘s new GTX 780 Gaming 6 GB doubles the available video RAM over the reference design, which just has 3 GB. With the latest titles requiring 3 GB VRAM minimum for textures at Ultra, this 6 GB card could help provide a performance advantage. We will investigate this claim by using our brand-new VGA test suite.

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Check out these latest hardware announcements for today from around the web. Also included are some hardware news bits, and on some days, a few rumors tossed in for good measure. Click on the links below to read the official press release, visit the products web page, or to an independent news source.

• ASUS Unveils the HZ-2 USB 3.0 Docking Station
• Silicon Power Releases the Ultra-fast USB 3.0 USB Flash Drive—Marvel M70
• TP-Link Announces the RE200 AC750 Dual-band 802.11 ac Range Extender
• Zowie Gear Releases the FK1 Gaming Mouse
• Transcend Launches 1TB SATA III SSD370 Solid State Drives
• Official BitFenix Parts Store Opens Today
• Silicon Power Expands Its SATA III 6 Gb/s SSD Slim S55
• AMD and NVIDIA Continue PR Battle over Game Works and Mantle Titles – Fighting for Custody of PC Gaming

By crmaris @ techPowerUp!

Another high-end Platinum PSU, this time by Deepcool, the DQ Series 1250W unit uses a high-end platform with incredible performance, Platinum efficiency, and low noise output. Especially the latter is something not often seen in such a strong PSU, so stay tuned if you want to learn more about this product.

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Written By: Dan Stoltz @ Legit Reviews

GIGABYTE is certainly one of the top motherboard manufacturers out there these days, and their G1 Series of motherboards have been running strong for a number of years now. Today I have the chance to get my hands dirty with the latest in the G1 series, the GIGABYTE Z97X-Gaming G1 WiFi-BK Intel Z97 Motherboard. The Z97X-Gaming motherboard isn’t for the budget minded individual, with a retail price of $379.99 it’s meant for the elitist that wants the best of the best and is planning on running 4-way SLI or 4-Way CrossFireX.

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Check out these latest hardware announcements for today from around the web. Also included are some hardware news bits, and on some days, a few rumors tossed in for good measure. Click on the links below to read the official press release, visit the products web page, or to an independent news source.

• BIOSTAR’s TB85 Ready for Work, Play or Bitcoin Mining
• KFA2 Announces GeForce GTX 780 HOF OC+ 6GB
• HIS Announces Multi-View Series Display Controllers
• LEPA LV12 CPU Coolers Released
• SilentiumPC Launches the Affordable Brutus M25 Pure Black Case
• AMD Will Relaunch 5GHz FX-9590 Processor with Liquid Cooling
• NZXT Kraken X41 and Kraken X61 Liquid CPU Coolers Now Available
• Philips Launches New, 24-Inch and 27-Inch PowerSensor Displays
• Razer Abyssus 2014 Gaming Mouse Unveiled
• Lian Li Announces New Brushed Aluminum Mini-ITX Chasis – PC-Q01
• Sharkoon Announces SHARK Force Gaming Mouse
• Corsair Force Series LX SSDs Now Available in 512 GB Capacity
• AOC Speeds Up Gaming with the g2460Pg 24-Inch G-SYNC Monitor
• Intel Core “Devil’s Canyon” Quad-core Processors Begin Shipping
• I-O Data Readies a 28-Inch UHD Monitor
• Raijintek Genesis Chassis Series – Agos and Arcadia Announced
• Netgear Ships Nighthawk X6, Tri-Band Wireless Router with 3.2Gbps Speeds
• Low Cost Seiki Pro Branded 4K Ultra HD Displays Announced

Author: Daniel Dobrowolski @ HardOCP

We’ve been fans of MSI’s “Gaming” series for some time now. The Z97 Gaming 7 has big shoes to fill and competition is heating up as competitors take a page from MSI’s book and bring some of respective offerings into parity with MSI’s price points. Does MSI still have what it takes to rule this particular market? We are about to find out.

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