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ASRock's mid-range B650 motherboard series exposed The Taiwanese company is preparing at least seven models of B650 motherboards, including three of the “Extreme” variant.  We have already shared pictures of three B650 motherboards from ASRock, but now we have a full list. We can now confirm that B650 Taichi is E-ATX form factor, and it ships with 24+2+1 VRM phase design (CPU+SOC+MEM). For comparison, the B550 Taichi with AM4 socket had 16 phase total (14+2) and it was an ATX board. Five out of the boards have 8-layer PCB design, with B650M Riptide being 6-layer and B650E PG-ITX/ax using 10...Keep on reading: ASRock AMD B650 motherboard specs leaked, B650E Taichi is E-ATX with 27 phase VRM

Intel Core i9-13900K will work with DDR5-7600 memory At the Innovation 2022 event, the company confirmed the specs of the 13th Gen Core series, with support for DDR5-5600 memory out of the box. However, modern desktop CPUs can benefit from memory overclocking through the use of Intel Extreme Memory Profiles (XMP) 3.0 or AMD Extended Profiles for Memory Overclocking (EXPO). Intel has a list of XMP 3.0 compatible setups. This is a list from memory makers with their 'self certifications' for specific CPU, motherboard and memory models. This certification list has already been updated with 13th Gen Core series where...Keep on reading: Intel Core i9-13900K & premium Z790 motherboard now certified for DDR5-7600 XMP 3.0 memory

Intel Arc A7 GPUs in Geekbench tests Over at Geekbench website, first benchmark results featuring Intel Limited Edition of Arc desktop cards have emerged. Both cards were tested with two graphics APIs: Vulkan and OpenCL. Only the first APU could give us a hint on actual performance that may somehow translate to raw gaming power, but for the final conclusions we may need to wait another few days for full reviews. The A770 tested is the Limited Edition with 16GB of VRAM and all 512 Xe Vector Engines (or 4096 FP32 cores). It was tested alongside A750 featuring 8 GB...Keep on reading: Intel Arc A770 & A750 GPUs tested in OpenCL and Vulkan benchmarks

MSI B650 pricing starts at 199 USD Large US retailer confirms first prices for AMD B650 'budget' series.  The cheapest and most expensive AMD B650 motherboard from MSI, Source: B&HPhotoVideo It seems that MSI AMD 600-series pricing does not get lower than 199 USD, suggest a new leak from B&H Photo Video. This retailer now has 7 new AMD B650 motherboards listed along with their prices. None of the boards is the B650E (Extreme) variant, which means we finally have some idea how much could the cheapest motherboards with AM5 socket really cost. According to this list, the most affordable...Keep on reading: First MSI B650 motherboards for Ryzen 7000 CPUs are now listed for at least 199 USD

GPU-Z receives Arc A7 desktop and RTX 4090 GPU support TechPowerUP GPU-Z update brings support for the newest graphics cards. With less than 12 days before the launch, NVIDIA's flagship Ada Lovelace gaming GPU is now supported by GPU-Z. This will become handy for all the reviewers out there working on their tests as we speak. The GPU-Z not only shows detailed BIOS, clock or overclocking information, it also shows details such as power limits or even has built-in NVIDIA DLSS scanner. However, this GPU-Z update is much more because it finally supports desktop Intel Arc A7 series, just days...Keep on reading: GPU-Z now supports NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 and Intel Arc A770/A750 GPUs

ASUS DIY-APE Revolution for Intel and AMD motherboards A 'revolution' in hiding power cables.  ASUS DIY-APE Revolution project, Source: Bilibili The concept of moving power connectors to the other side of the motherboard is not new. Gigabyte have now launched its Stealth program that involves GPUs, motherboards and other components and greatly improves cable management. However, not all components will work here, as Stealth is a proprietary technology (or idea). So, ASUS came up with a slightly better idea, to create an ecosystem that involves more than one company, but it obviously had to start with a motherboard maker. ASUS...Keep on reading: ASUS DIY-APE Revolution project is an attempt to improve PC cable management

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 tested in CUDA benchmark The RTX 4090 testing has begun.  Reviewers should now have access to the press driver for RTX 4090 GPU, the soon-to-be-released Ada Lovelace flagship graphics card. This upgraded architecture brings 16384 CUDA cores (52% more than RTX 3090 Ti) and much higher clocks. NVIDIA was reluctant to share any raster workload performance, or any gaming benchmark that would not involve DLSS. As a result, we still do not know how much faster RTX 4090 can be than RTX 3090 Ti in normal synthetic tests. As it turns out, somebody has already tested...Keep on reading: GeForce RTX 4090 is 60% faster than RTX 3090 Ti in Geekbench CUDA test

AORUS Waterforce with 360mm radiator Another liquid cooled RTX 40 GPU. Gigabyte's latest AORUS model for NVIDIA Ada architecture is indeed smaller than the humongous RTX 4090 Master, but only because the cooler has a massive external 360mm radiator that still somehow has to be fit into the chassis. Meet RTX 4090 Aorus Waterforce, a clone of the RTX 3090 Ti model, with some minor changes. Gigabyte RTX 4090 Aorus Waterforce The RTX 4090 card has refreshed PCB, a more powerful AD102 GPU and new GeForce RTX logos. However, apart from this, it does not seem that the design has...Keep on reading: Gigabyte unveils GeForce RTX 4090 Aorus Waterforce GPU with 360mm AIO cooler

Free 32GB DDR5 memory kit with the newest Ryzen 7 and Ryzen 9 series US retailer is giving away $190 worth of DDR5 memory with select Ryzen 7000 CPUs. MicroCenter is now making a compelling offer on Ryzen 7000 CPUs, but only in the United States and only with in-store pickup. The company is offering a free 32GB memory kit with purchases of any Ryzen 7 or Ryzen 9 7000 processors. The kit is dual 16GB configuration of DDR5-5600 memory with CAS Latency of 36. This is a G.Skill Flare X5 series with built-in EXPO profiles. In other words, both...Keep on reading: MicroCenter offers free 32GB DDR5 memory kit with AMD Ryzen 7/9 7000 CPUs

PHANTEKS UNVEILS RTX 4000 WATER BLOCKS Rotterdam, The Netherlands – September 29th, 2022 - With the new generation of GeForce RTX 4000 cards announcement, Phanteks today unveils the upcoming Glacier G40 GPU water blocks for RTX 4000 Series cards. The Glacier G40 GPU blocks bring the ultimate cooling performance with some unique water block features to build amazing water-cooled systems. With the new generation of GeForce RTX 4000 cards announcement, Phanteks today unveils the upcoming Glacier G40 GPU water blocks for RTX 4000 Series cards. The Glacier G40 GPU blocks bring the ultimate cooling performance with some unique water block...Keep on reading: (PR) Phanteks announces Glacier G40 water blocks for GeForce RTX 4090 GPUs