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Intresting specs: 8+2 phase VRM Active VRM cooling HDMI 2.0a + DP 1.4 2x m.2 2280 "at top" Wifi 6 AX201 + Bluetooth 5.1 + 2.5 gig ethernet "13" usb ports No TB3 Up to DDR4 4800
Over the coming weeks I'm sure we'll see lots of B550 motherboard reviews appearing, but the Mini-ITX ones are the ones I'm really interested in. So, if you find a B550 Mini-ITX review then post...
QNAP, better known for their NAS devices, has released an unmanaged 2.5Gbps 5-port switch, suitable for home use...
I saw this mentioned alongside some new gaming laptops. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/lenovo-legion-17-5-tower-amd-price-specs Seems like they could have gone with a bit less CPU, and a bit...
The article is in Chinese. So, use your favourite online translator. Coming in with a size of 249.5 x 260 x 390 (25.3L) is a little big for many here, I suppose. 330mm GPU support, 240 rad, 195mm...
Figured this might be of interest to some of the builders of not-so-small Small Form Factor builds (Micro-ATX) sorry :( I’d love any feedback you might have on our new Technology :)
Microsoft has managed to get their next major update to Windows 10 out just in time to avoid having to change the name to June 2020 update! You can download an ISO or the Media Creation Tool from...
 
The ITX Motherboards lineup: Gigabyte https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/B550I-AORUS-PRO-AX-rev-10#kf ASRock https://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/B550%20Phantom%20Gaming-ITXax/index.asp MSI MPG...
So we have 1 confirmed so far: The Crosshair VIII Impact is the ITX variant. I'm hoping here that Asus think Zen 2 is amazing enough to revive Enthusiast class Impact boards and not offer us...
Everything's in the title : https://www.techpowerup.com/review/powercolor-radeon-rx-5600-xt-itx/
https://hexus.net/tech/news/systems/142906-intel-nuc-11-extreme-tigerlake-gtx-1660-ti-spotted/ Tiger Lake 28w CPU possibly 2 options with discrete 1660ti or 2070 maxQ(?)
https://community.amd.com/community/gaming/blog/2020/05/07/the-exciting-future-of-amd-socket-am4...
 
https://www.hdplex.com/hdplex-internal-200w-ac-dc-adapter-with-active-pfc-and-19vdc-output.html or this...
 
https://www.techpowerup.com/266488/asrock-z490-phantom-gaming-4sr-first-atx12vo-motherboard-in-the-diy-channel VIVA LA REVOLUCIÓN ! (of the 10-pin replacing 24-pin) Though it compensates by...
Interesting new case from NZXT. The price is high at $350 but does come with bundled 650W SFX power supply and 140mm AIO. I don't think it's a fit for most of us here but in nice to see a "mass...
We've got new 4TB M.2 in the ring, the OWC Aura P12. https://www.guru3d.com/news-story/owc-offers-aura-p12a-4tb-m-2-nvme-ssd.html
 
Asrock has 2 itx models for Z490: The Z490M-ITX / AC and the Z490 Phantom Gaming-ITX/TB3. Interesting things: The Z490M-itx has 2 top m.2 slots The phantom gaming has a gem fan, also a riser for...
https://wccftech.com/intels-monstrous-ponte-vecchio-7nm-gpu-enters-alpha-stage-spotted-in-eec-filing/ This will be good for all of us because we can buy them cheaper. Hopefully.
Zotac somewhat silently launched it's latest mini-monster. The EN72080V is 2.65L, and features an I7-9750H with an RTX 2080 (Laptop model). The Intel CPU is 6 Cores with 12 Threads, and has a...
ZOTAC has finally released more info on their EN1070 successor. It’s got a Intel 6 core / 12 thread CPU that boosts up to 4.5GHZ, and RTX 2070. Slots include 1 NVME, 1 2.5 SATA, and one Optane...