Here we are taking a look at the NH-U12S from Noctua. The U12S is a 12cm single tower heatsink aimed at providing decent cooling and being completely 100-percent with all RAM modules. The heatsink comes with the popular NF-F12 PWM fan as standard, with the fan clips to add a second fan, should you so […]
Review: Noctua NH-D15 Heatsink
The insanely popular and award winning heatsink dubbed the NH-D14 took the world by storm, breaking every record before it and offering insane performance while staying quiet. The NH-D14 has been the king of heatsinks since it launched 4 years ago… The new comer has arrived. Considering how good the D14 was, it seemed destined […]
Review: Intel 4770k processor and Z87 chipset
It has been a year since we saw the release of Ivy Bridge and finally we get a a look at the next generation which was dubbed Haswell. The new line of processors offer a performance increase but also scream more efficiency than ever before. So let’s start of the review with an introduction to […]
ARM post financial results for Q2 2013: £171.2 million in revenue with £86.6 million in profit before tax
ARM have posted their financial results for Q2 2013, reaching a total revenue of £171.2 million and a net profit of £86.6 million before taxes. Their revenue sees an increase of 26-percent year of year with profit being an even 30-percent increase. Obviously with the future of smartphones and tablets getting bigger and bigger, ARM […]
Intel Haswell official launch on June 4th, details revealed
Intel have lifted the curtains on Haswell and are officially shipping it on June 4th (this coming Tuesday). Let’s dive right into what Haswell will be bringing to the table and there are some pretty cool things to talk about. The first thing is that Haswell is truly being emphasized on Mobile and Intel have […]
Intel shares info on 4th generation HD 5000 graphics
Intel have released some details on their upcoming Haswell core processors, the details are for the integrated graphics that will be accompanying the lastest series of processors from Intel. The HD 5000 graphics cores will see some massive performance boosts over last years chips. There is also a new naming system involved which is detailed […]
Intel set to build €2.9 billion chip manufacturing plant in Ireland
Intel has got the thumbs up for their next chip plant in Co Kildare in Ireland. The new building which is said to cost Intel around €2.9($4) billion dollars will create up to 4,300 jobs with 3,500 being construction over a 2-year build and 800 being full time employees once finished. Intel are getting ready […]
Intel set to shutdown Motherboard business within three years
Intel has announced plans to discontinue their motherboard division over the next three years. This move while silently unexpected won’t affect Intel’s business as a whole. Their upcoming Haswell architecture will still see motherboard development and support, however afterwards all operations will be suspended. Any employees in that division will be transitioned in the next three years into other divisions. Intel […]
Nvidia announces Tegra 4 : Cortex A15 Quad-Core chip
Nvidia today have finally announced the expected Tegra 4 chip and pushed out all the details we have been waiting for now for some time. The new chip is based on the Cortex A15 and is the first to do so and has a whopping 72 GPU cores which undoubtedly pushes it six times head of the […]
Review: Intel DZ77GA-70K and Intel Core i7-3770k
It’s time for another review and thanks to Intel we have the lovely Intel DZ77GA-70K motherboard and Intel i7-3770k processor to play around with and check out it’s performance. So let’s not mess around here and dive right into the specs of each piece of hardware. Intel DZ77GA-70K Motherboard Memory Four 240-pin DDR3 SDRAM Dual Inline Memory […]