MSI 970 Gaming Motherboard Review: AM3+ Gets Something New for a Change!
It is no secret that AMD’s AM3+ motherboard ecosystem has languished for the past year or so, with very few examples of new products hitting the scene. This is…
Read MorePosted by Josh Walrath | Nov 13, 2014 | Motherboards | 27
It is no secret that AMD’s AM3+ motherboard ecosystem has languished for the past year or so, with very few examples of new products hitting the scene. This is…
Read MorePosted by Josh Walrath | Nov 12, 2014 | Editorial | 8
Last year around this time I reviewed my first bottle of Wyoming Whiskey. Overall, I was quite pleased with how this particular spirit has come along. You can read my...
Read MorePosted by Josh Walrath | Oct 30, 2014 | Graphics Cards | 12
PC components seem to be getting smaller. Micro-ATX used to not be very popular for the mainstream enthusiast, but that has changed as of late. …
Read MorePosted by Josh Walrath | Oct 23, 2014 | Processors | 24
While AMD made a small profit last quarter, the Q4 outlook from the company is not nearly as rosy. AMD estimates that Q4 revenues will be around 12% lower than Q3, making…
Read MorePosted by Josh Walrath | Oct 15, 2014 | Editorial | 4
Yesterday Intel released their latest quarterly numbers, and they were pretty spectacular. Some serious milestones were reached last quarter, much to the dismay of Intel’s competitors. Not everything is good with the…
Read MorePosted by Josh Walrath | Sep 30, 2014 | Processors | 0
Last week ARM announced the latest member of their Cortex-M series of embedded parts. The new Cortex-M7 design is a 32 bit processor designed to have good performance while achieving excellent power…
Read MorePosted by Josh Walrath | Sep 2, 2014 | Processors | 38
It seems like yesterday when I last talked about an AMD refresh! Oh wait, it almost was. Some weeks ago I was able to cover the latest AMD APU…
Read MorePosted by Josh Walrath | Aug 7, 2014 | Processors | 10
In the first several years of my PCPer employment, I typically handled most of the AMD CPU refreshes. These were rather standard affairs that involved small jumps in clockspeed…
Read MorePosted by Josh Walrath | Jul 23, 2014 | Motherboards | 22
Motherboards are fascinating to me. They always have been. I remember voraciously reading motherboard reviews in the mid-90s. I simply could not get enough of them. Some...
Read MorePosted by Josh Walrath | Jul 9, 2014 | Processors | 42
When I first read many of the initial AMD A10 7850K reviews, my primary question was how would the APU act if there was a different GPU installed on the system and…
Read MorePosted by Josh Walrath | Jun 16, 2014 | Motherboards | 9
AMD faces a bit of a quandary when it comes to their products. Their APUs are great at graphics, but not so great at general CPU performance. Their…
Read MorePosted by Josh Walrath | May 15, 2014 | Processors | 14
In my old age I am turning into a bit of a skeptic. It is hard to really blame a guy; we are surrounded by marketing and hype, both from…
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