http://techreport.comPC Hardware ExploredSun, 07 Jul 2019 08:00:00 -0500http://techreport.com/discussions.x/34673http://techreport.com/discussions.x/34673<p>Today is launch day for a whole salvo of AMD hardware. There&#39;s the new third-generation Ryzen CPUs, of course&mdash;<a href="https://techreport.com/review/34672/amd-ryzen-7-3700x-and-ryzen-9-3900x-cpus-reviewed">go read our review, if you haven&#39;t already</a>&mdash;but today also marks the release of the Navi-based <a href="https://techreport.com/news/34629/amd-drops-new-radeon-rx-5700-details-and-a-16-core-ryzen-9-at-e3">Radeon RX 5700 and RX 5700 XT</a>. As it happens, our review kit included both CPUs and GPUs. Check &#39;em out:</p><p><img src="http://techreport.com/r.x/2019_07_07_In_the_lab_AMD_s_Radeon_RX_5700_and_RX_5700XT_graphics_cards/gpus2.jpg" style="height:343px; width:620px" /> ...</p><p><a href="http://techreport.com/discussions.x/34673">Read more...</a></p>Sun, 07 Jul 2019 08:00:00 -0500http://techreport.com/articles.x/34672http://techreport.com/articles.x/34672<p>AMD began its Zen-aissance with the <a href="https://techreport.com/review/31366/amd-ryzen-7-1800x-ryzen-7-1700x-and-ryzen-7-1700-cpus-reviewed">first-generation Ryzen CPUs in 2017</a>, proving that it was not to be discounted from the high-performance CPU race just yet. While those CPUs weren't perfect, they offered high-end desktop core counts at formerly unheard-of prices.</p><p>Barely a year later, AMD launched the <a href="https://techreport.com/review/33531/amd-ryzen-7-2700x-and-ryzen-5-2600x-cpus-reviewed">second-generation Ryzen CPUs</a> . Smarter dynamic voltage and frequency scaling, a lower-latency memory controller, and higher peak clock speeds went ...</p><p><a href="http://techreport.com/articles.x/34672">Read more...</a></p>Sun, 07 Jul 2019 08:00:00 -0500http://techreport.com/discussions.x/34671http://techreport.com/discussions.x/34671<p>You could call it giving up, but I&#39;m going to call it reaching a conclusion. I know what I would do differently if I were to make a third attempt at a <a href="https://techreport.com/blog/34645/fish-tales-i-watercooled-my-vive">VR face-cooler</a> but I don&#39;t think I have the patience for another go after building my second one. This is the story of where I got with take two, shared in the hopes that someone is inspired to do better. Let&#39;s start with the plan.</p><p><img src="http://techreport.com/r.x/2019_07_05_Fish_Fails_my_new_watercooled_Vive_sucks/facemaskv2.png" style="height:1215px; width:620px" /> <br /> Any excuse&nbsp;for a few&nbsp; <em>B&eacute;zier curves is a good one.</em> ...</p><p><a href="http://techreport.com/discussions.x/34671">Read more...</a></p>Fri, 05 Jul 2019 16:00:00 -0500http://techreport.com/discussions.x/34670http://techreport.com/discussions.x/34670<p>Howdy, gerbils! Bruno is away and so it&#39;s amateur hour on Wheel of Deals here at TR today. I hope you&#39;re all stuffed full of excellent foods and have had your eyes properly seared by staring directly at the fireworks last night. I know I&#39;m sporting a nice sunburn on my face and shoulders and a little extra in my belly today here on July 5th. Anyway, there are plenty of deals to be had so let&#39;s take a look at the best of the best, starting with PC components.</p><p><img src="http://techreport.com/r.x/2019_07_05_Friday_deals_32_GB_of_DDR4_3200_RAM_for_125_and_more/RAM.jpg" style="height:326px; width:625px" /> ...</p><p><a href="http://techreport.com/discussions.x/34670">Read more...</a></p>Fri, 05 Jul 2019 10:10:00 -0500http://techreport.com/discussions.x/34669http://techreport.com/discussions.x/34669 <a href="https://techreport.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&amp;t=121669">Mmm...</a> <br /> Supermodels - ha! Nothing super about them. <br /> <br /> Nvidia GeForce RTX&nbsp;2060 and 2070 Super review @ <a href="https://pcper.com/2019/07/nvidia-geforce-rtx-2060-and-2070-super-review/">PC Perspective</a> <br /> Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super Founders Edition review @ <a href="https://www.bit-tech.net/reviews/tech/graphics/nvidia-geforce-rtx-2070-super-founders-edition-review/1/">bit-tech</a> <br /> Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super Founders Edition review @ <a href="https://www.bit-tech.net/reviews/tech/graphics/nvidia-geforce-rtx-2060-super-founders-edition-review/1/">bit-tech</a> <br /> GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER and 2070 SUPER review @ <a href="https://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/geforce-rtx-2060-and-2070-super-review,1.html">Guru3D</a> <br /> NVIDIA RTX 2060 Super &amp; 2070 Super review @ <a href="https://www.gamersnexus.net/hwreviews/3486-nvidia-rtx-2060-super-and-2070-super-review-benchmarks">Gamers Nexus</a> <br /> Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super and RTX 2070 Super review @ <a href="https://hexus.net/tech/reviews/graphics/132092-nvidia-geforce-rtx-2060-super-rtx-2070-super/">Hexus</a> <br /> GeForce RTX 2070 Super And RTX 2060 Super review&nbsp;@ <a href="https://hothardware.com/reviews/nvidia-geforce-rtx-2060-and-rtx-2070-super-review">HotHardware</a> <br /> Nvidia RTX 2070 SUPER Founders Edition 8GB review @ <a href="https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/dominic-moass/nvidia-rtx-2070-super-founders-edition-8gb-review/">KitGuru</a> <br /> Nvidia RTX 2060 SUPER Founders Edition 8GB review @ <a href="https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/dominic-moass/nvidia-rtx-2060-super-founders-edition-8gb-review/">KitGuru</a> <br /> <p><a href="http://techreport.com/discussions.x/34669">Read more...</a></p>Thu, 04 Jul 2019 10:00:00 -0500http://techreport.com/articles.x/34663http://techreport.com/articles.x/34663<p>Corsair's HS50 has been its low-end gaming headset for a couple years now, and Eric <a href="https://techreport.com/review/32856/corsair-hs50-stereo-gaming-headset-reviewed">had good things to say about it</a>. However, the company just recently released the <a href="https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Categories/Products/Gaming-Headsets/Stereo-Headsets/HS35-Stereo-Gaming-Headset/p/CA-9011195-NA">HS35</a> as its new low-end gaming headset, pricing it $10 under the $50 HS50. As Eric said in his HS50 review, purchasing a headset in the $50 range can be a risky proposition, and the same is even more so true in the $40 range. Thus, it is quite natural to be skeptical of any headset at that price, but at the same time the low price should lower expectations. A $40 headset isn't going to be the greatest headset in the world, so the question is whether or not the headset is a good proposition at the given price.</p><p><img src="http://techreport.com/r.x/2019_7_1_Corsairs_HS35_gaming_headset_reviewed/front.png" style="height:384px; width:620px"> ...</p><p><a href="http://techreport.com/articles.x/34663">Read more...</a></p>Wed, 03 Jul 2019 16:40:00 -0500http://techreport.com/discussions.x/34668http://techreport.com/discussions.x/34668<p>In case you&#39;ve been under a rock since yesterday, Nvidia&#39;s GeForce RTX 2060, 2070, and (to a lesser extent) 2080 Super GPUs&nbsp;turned the <a href="https://techreport.com/news/34666/nvidia-announces-geforce-rtx-super-and-frameview-gpu-monitor">performance-per-dollar scale</a> on its head. The graphics giant isn&#39;t shipping its own cards this time, however. That duty falls to its many partners, and Asus, Gigabyte (along with its Aorus brand), and MSI have lined up at the front door to show you their Super wares as the Super Newsapalooza continues.&nbsp;</p><p>We&#39;ll start with the ways in which every manufacturer&#39;s cards are the same. All three vendors have equipped their cards 8 GB of GDDR6 memory that runs at 15.5 GT/s on the RTX 2080 Super variants and 14 GT/s for the 2060 and 2070 models. ...</p><p><a href="http://techreport.com/discussions.x/34668">Read more...</a></p>Wed, 03 Jul 2019 09:00:00 -0500http://techreport.com/discussions.x/34667http://techreport.com/discussions.x/34667<p class="tr-article-img-caption"><img src="http://techreport.com/r.x/2019_07_02_Bargain_basement_a_Sabrent_Rocket_1_TB_SSD_for_99_99_and_much_more/sabrent-rocket-1tb.jpg" style="height:233px; width:620px" /></p><p><img src="http://techreport.com/r.x/2019_07_02_Bargain_basement_a_Sabrent_Rocket_1_TB_SSD_for_99_99_and_much_more/adata-xpg-gammix-d10-silver.jpg" style="height:348px; width:620px" /> ...</p><p><a href="http://techreport.com/discussions.x/34667">Read more...</a></p>Tue, 02 Jul 2019 13:07:00 -0500http://techreport.com/discussions.x/34666http://techreport.com/discussions.x/34666<p>Look up in the sky&mdash;it&#39;s a bird! It&#39;s a plane! It&#39;s Super GeForce! Last week&#39;s rumors and <a href="https://techreport.com/news/34660/report-amazon-listing-exposes-geforce-rtx-super-cards-due-july-9">mistaken Amazon listings</a> were apparently true, because <a href="https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/news/geforce-rtx-20-series-super-gpus/">Nvidia has announced</a> the GeForce&nbsp;RTX 2060, 2070, and 2080 family of Super graphics cards. Nvidia&#39;s refreshed Turing lineup includes some purportedly meaty boosts to performance which could heavily shift the balance of price vs performance against not only AMD&#39;s current Radeon RX Vega lineup but the upcoming Navi-based RX 5700 cards, too.&nbsp;</p><p><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="327" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9j3yBOvtRn8?rel=0" width="620"></iframe> <em>These over-the-top announcement videos always crack me up</em> ...</p><p><a href="http://techreport.com/discussions.x/34666">Read more...</a></p>Tue, 02 Jul 2019 12:53:00 -0500http://techreport.com/discussions.x/34664http://techreport.com/discussions.x/34664 It doesn&#39;t take long before a few of these floating around on the right night&nbsp;starts looking eerie. <br /> PC hardware, computing, and RGB LEDs <br /> <br /> Asus ROG Strix Helios PC chassis review @ <a href="https://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/asus-rog-strix-helios-pc-chassis-review,1.html">Guru3D</a> <br /> ORIGIN PC EVO17-S laptop review @ <a href="https://hothardware.com/reviews/origin-pc-evo17-s-review">HotHardware</a> <br /> Asus&nbsp;Mini PC PB60 review @ <a href="https://www.kitguru.net/desktop-pc/james-morris/asus-mini-pc-pb60-review/">KitGuru</a> <br /> Ballistix Elite DDR4-3600 CL16 4x8GB review @ <a href="https://www.techpowerup.com/review/ballistix-elite-ddr4-3600-cl16-4x-8-gb/">TechPowerUp</a> <br /> Razer Blade Pro 17 review @ <a href="https://www.techspot.com/review/1866-razer-blade-pro-17/">TechSpot</a> <br /> The <a href="https://www.amazon.com/1STPLAYER-Backlight-Mechanical-Keyboard-Switches-PC/dp/B07BMC5FCM/">1STPLAYER Bullet Hunter MK6</a> mechanical keyboard review @ <a href="https://www.anandtech.com/show/14604/the-1stplayer-bullet-hunter-mk6-mechanical-keyboard-review">AnandTech</a> <br /> Games, culture, and VR <br /> <br /> Valve Index review @ <a href="https://www.engadget.com/2019/06/28/valve-index-review-vr/">Engadget</a> <br /> <p><a href="http://techreport.com/discussions.x/34664">Read more...</a></p>Tue, 02 Jul 2019 09:00:00 -0500http://techreport.com/discussions.x/34662http://techreport.com/discussions.x/34662<p>On Friday, Western Digital <a href="https://www.westerndigital.com/company/newsroom/press-releases/2019/2019-06-27-western-digital-comments-on-power-outage-in-yokkaichi-region">disclosed</a> that a factory operated by Toshiba Memory Corporation as part of the two companies&#39; joint production operations in Japan&#39;s Yokkachi region had been affected by a power outage on June 15. According to to the storage manufacturer, the outage not only affected the facilities and tools used to make its flash storage, but six exabytes of Western Digital NAND that was in production was lost.&nbsp;</p><p>According to <a href="https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-toshiba-chips/toshiba-memory-says-central-japan-chip-plant-to-resume-full-production-by-mid-july-idUKKCN1TT024">Reuters</a> , the plant has been running at less-than-full capacity since the outage occurred, and won&#39;t be able to resume full production until the middle of July. Western Digital says that this will affect the company&#39;s bottom line during the first fiscal quarter, which runs July through September. Western DIgital ...</p><p><a href="http://techreport.com/discussions.x/34662">Read more...</a></p>Mon, 01 Jul 2019 08:30:00 -0500http://techreport.com/discussions.x/34660http://techreport.com/discussions.x/34660<p>A little over a month ago, Nvidia released a YouTube teaser indicating that something &quot;super&quot; was <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiLVZje9_nE">on the way</a>. According to a <a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/06/28/nvidia-rtx-super-graphics-cards-release-date-price-specs-leaked/">report from Rock, Paper, Shotgun</a>, that something super is a refresh of Nvidia&#39;s entire&nbsp;GeForce RTX lineup. They&#39;re reportedly coming soon, too&mdash;July 9th, to be exact.&nbsp;</p><p>Thanks to some early product listings on Amazon, several RTX 2000-series Super cards will be available in just over a week. Listings for GeForce RTX 2060, 2070, and 2080 Super editions showed up on the e-tailer earlier today but they&#39;ve since been removed. From the screenshots captured by RPS, it seems that these cards will have ...</p><p><a href="http://techreport.com/discussions.x/34660">Read more...</a></p>Fri, 28 Jun 2019 13:00:00 -0500http://techreport.com/discussions.x/34659http://techreport.com/discussions.x/34659<p>Gerbils, there are too many games. There are just so many. Even though I already own more than I will likely ever play, I&#39;ve picked up five more games in the <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/grandprix">Steam Summer Sale</a>. I imagine you already knew the sale was ongoing whether you&#39;re a Steam user or not.&nbsp;Still, I&#39;m going to show you a fair few deals I think you shouldn&#39;t skip.</p><p>This time around, I didn&#39;t write a blurb for each game as I normally do; there are simply too many titles, and I&#39;m already overburdened with another, top secret project. Let me note that this is ...</p><p><a href="http://techreport.com/discussions.x/34659">Read more...</a></p>Fri, 28 Jun 2019 11:00:00 -0500http://techreport.com/discussions.x/34661http://techreport.com/discussions.x/34661<p class="tr-article-img-caption"><img src="http://techreport.com/r.x/2019_06_28_Bargain_basement_an_RTX_2060_graphics_card_for_340_and_much_more/gigabyte-rtx-2060-oc.jpg" style="height:357px; width:620px" /></p><p><img src="http://techreport.com/r.x/2019_06_28_Bargain_basement_an_RTX_2060_graphics_card_for_340_and_much_more/hp-omen-sequencer-keyboard.jpg" style="height:238px; width:620px" /> ...</p><p><a href="http://techreport.com/discussions.x/34661">Read more...</a></p>Fri, 28 Jun 2019 10:48:00 -0500http://techreport.com/discussions.x/34657http://techreport.com/discussions.x/34657<p>As some&nbsp;that venture into our amazing forums may be aware, I kicked off <a href="https://techreport.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&amp;t=121993">an experiment</a> last month where I asked gerbils to nominate and then vote for something that I could review. I was open to nearly any suggestion, but I put a $100 cap on the expense involved to keep things reasonable.</p><p>I got some great suggestions and narrowed them down to seven options that I put in a poll. After a week of voting, we had our winner. It turned out that ...</p><p><a href="http://techreport.com/discussions.x/34657">Read more...</a></p>Fri, 28 Jun 2019 08:30:00 -0500