I am in the process of putting together a new Retro PC build on a platform that I never owned personally but, found extremely fascinating, The Intel Pentium Pro. I wanted something special for the chassis. To keep with the formula, it needed to be an AT case and I have always liked having a digit display. Sadly, the turbo feature will not be available but, a keylock would be a nice addition.
EK is one of the biggest names in watercooling thanks to the droves of computer hardware enthusiasts flocking to build a custom PC without having to modify anything. These is one of the major reasons why DIY watercooling has taken off and effectively taken the guesswork out of building a custom water loop.
We all know about the troubles associated with the 12VHPWR PCI Express power connector causing issues in certain systems and making cable management a major problem in most builds. Well, beQuiet has a solution and goes beyond the simple 90-degree connector or questionable multi colored plugs.
Patriot was showing a number of performance related products including some high speed 8000+ Mhz DDR5 memory, super-fast PCI Express Gen 5 NVMe SSDs and a rare sight, an overclocking demonstration using mainstream DDR5 memory modules.
While the Aorus division of Gigabyte had a cozy ballroom booth in the Venetian Convention center Gigabyte Enterprise was slinging in out on the main show floor in the Las Vegas Convention center and I was amazed at the server machines they had on display including the Gigabyte S183-SH0.
Alphacool is a German watercooling company that has been around for years and have started aggressively expanding they product offerings to include most of the popular trends including distro plates, custom fittings, custom GPU blocks and now Custom Full Monoblocks for ANY motherboard.
What makes Digital Experience different is that the event is only open to invited and registered media and is one of the only pre-CES events where the companies attending are guaranteed that if they speak with someone that person will be a member of the press.
Yeyian Gaming was at CES 2024 showing many of their custom hardware options including one-of-a-kind chassis designs and several branded components for their builds. While they are primarily a custom PC system builder they offer complementary accessories to enhance your gaming experience.
What I have discovered over my 25+ years of doing product reviews is that hardware is always changing, sometimes for the good and sometimes for the bad. The current trend has been on a downhill spiral with features no longer being supported and creating a massive void in how we should be building our PCs. In this article I explore the problem and propose a few solutions.
Gigabyte invited myself and a handful of other tech journalists to attend the AORUS Z790 X Media event in San Diego which they called “Fast Track to Gen X – Speed Simplified”. This event served as a formal announcement for the Z790 X line of motherboards and might be one of the most exciting product refreshes I have ever seen.
I started building a Baby AT Slot 1 build and was concerned that I was getting the best performance. To settle the concern I set out to test four Baby AT Slot 1 motherboards across a variety of processors. What really amazed me is how good the memory controller really was on the 440BX compared to the competition at the time.
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