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AMD Announces 2nd Gen Ryzen PRO Mobile Processors & Update to AMD Partner Hub
ASUS ROG Strix SCAR II GL504GV Review
Ballistix Sport LT Gray 16GB DDR4-3000 Review
Biostar A10N-8800E Review
Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB DDR4-3200 32GB Kit Review
Dell’s New Precision 7000 Workstations: Dual Xeon, Triple RTX, 3 TB DDR4, 16 TB NVMe
Geil Super Luce RGB 16GB DDR4 Review
Hands on with the 56-core Xeon Platinum 9200 CPU: Intel’s Biggest CPU Package Ever
Hands-on: First public previews of Chromium-based Edge are now out
How to Run G-Sync On A FreeSync Monitor
MyDigitalSSD BPX Pro 2TB SSD Review
Silent But Deadly PC: How We Built a Quiet, RGB-Free Desktop
SilentiumPC Navis RGB 280 AIO Liquid CPU Cooler Review
Thermaltake Level 20 RGB Titanium Review
ThinkPad P52 Review
VirtualBox: file sharing on NAT with no shared folders



AMD Announces 2nd Gen Ryzen PRO Mobile Processors & Update to AMD Partner Hub

Our friends at AMD have just announced their latest additions to their PRO processor lineup: the 2nd Gen AMD Ryzen PRO mobile processors and Athlon Pro mobile processors both with Radeon Vega Graphics. 

Read full article @ BabelTechReviews

ASUS ROG Strix SCAR II GL504GV Review

Today we have in our hands the newly released ASUS ROG Strix SCAR II (GL504GV). This gaming laptop is designed to satisfy those wanting a slice of mid-range action via Intel's Core i7-8750H, 16GB DDR4 and the RTX 2060. ROG has also stepped away from the typical TN panel in favour of the superior 144Hz IPS display.

Read full article @ Vortez

Ballistix Sport LT Gray 16GB DDR4-3000 Review

The Ballistix Sport LT Gray 16GB DDR4-3000 is priced at around 100 USD or EUR depending on the retailer. The competitive price makes the Sport LT series ideal for budget-oriented Ryzen system, the new AMD CPUs benefiting from higher RAM frequencies.

Read full article @ Tech-Legend

Biostar A10N-8800E Review

Tiny in form and price, the latest board from Biostar offers an embedded AMD FX8800p, as well as modern accommodations, such as a 16 Gb/s M.2 slot and USB 3.1 Gen1. This little Mini-ITX motherboard could be the perfect fit for the office, or an HTPC.

Read full article @ TechPowerUp

Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB DDR4-3200 32GB Kit Review

For those that have been tinkering with memory as long as we have, Corsair is no stranger when it came to getting some of the best clocks attainable. In the DDR days we hunted down the TWINX sticks, with DDR2 we opted for the XMS2, which is where top fins started for Corsair. With DDR3 and DDR4, if you wanted the best Corsair had to offer, you simply opted for the Dominator kits. Nearly seven years Corsair has delivered various aesthetic implementations of what they though the Dominator line has needed to evolve as time goes by, but we have to say, it will be hard to top what they have given to us to test.

We have, in our hands, the Dominator Platinum RGB DDR4, and it is one of the many kits available from Corsair. Densities can be had in as little at 16GB or as large as 128GB, and speeds range from 3000MHz up to an amazing 4800MHz, but keep in mind, as density increases, speeds are kept lower. Out of that group, we have what everyone considers the sweet spot for DDR4, and that is a 32 GB kit of 3200MHz memory with 14-14-14 timings in the CMT32GX4x4C3200C14 we were sent.

Read full article @ TweakTown

Dell’s New Precision 7000 Workstations: Dual Xeon, Triple RTX, 3 TB DDR4, 16 TB NVMe

Dell has announced its new Precision 7000-series workstations based on Intel’s Xeon Scalable ‘Cascade Lake-SP’ processors and supporting a bunch of new hardware options. The new systems will be aimed at a broad set of workloads from content creation to scientific simulations and from artificial intelligence to healthcare.

Read full article @ Anandtech

Geil Super Luce RGB 16GB DDR4 Review

Geil is making Super Luce kits that are optimized for both AMD and Intel platforms with speed bins from 2133MHz to 4133MHz on the Intel side in modules sizes from 4GB to 16GB. This gives the consumer a maximum capacity in the kit of 32GB, although you can use multiple kits to reach the supported maximum on your motherboard. Priced at $189, this specific kit is
available from your favorite e-tailers.

Read full article @ OCC

Hands on with the 56-core Xeon Platinum 9200 CPU: Intel’s Biggest CPU Package Ever

When Intel announced the new Cascade Lake family as officially launched last week, it added a new product segment to its portfolio – the ‘Advanced Performance’ or AP. These come in the form of the Xeon Platinum 9200 family, and feature two of Intel’s high-end processors within a single package, offering double the cores and double the memory in a much denser environment. These processors are focusing purely on density, and are BGA only so they will only be sold as complete systems by OEMs, who actually buy them from Intel and make modifications. We had the opportunity to hold one of these big CPUs and take some pictures.

Read full article @ Anandtech

Hands-on: First public previews of Chromium-based Edge are now out

It's out now for Windows 10, with other operating systems coming later.

Read full article @ ArsTechnica

How to Run G-Sync On A FreeSync Monitor

Here are our step-by-step instructions for using Nvidia G-Sync on an AMD FreeSync, G-Sync Compatible monitor, as well as what limitations you can expect.

Read full article @ Tom's Hardware

MyDigitalSSD BPX Pro 2TB SSD Review

SSD prices have declined significantly over the last year with deepest dives coming in the recent weeks. Due to strategic buying of select components, Phison-based SSDs have saw deeper than industry average drops on large capacity models. Today we will finally look at the MyDigitalSSD BPX Pro 2TB model that just dropped to $329.99.

The MyDigitalSSD BPX Pro wasn't the first Phison E12-based SSD to hit record low prices for the 1TB and 2TB models. Two relatively unknown companies were the first to get pricing in the weeds. MyDigitalSSD, one of the best-known companies with a long history of Phison products, followed shortly after.

Read full article @ TweakTown

Silent But Deadly PC: How We Built a Quiet, RGB-Free Desktop

In a world of RGB excess, this understated black and chrome masterpiece lets its performance do the talking.

Read full article @ Tom's Hardware

SilentiumPC Navis RGB 280 AIO Liquid CPU Cooler Review

The Navis RGB 280 is the current flagship in the AIO line of liquid CPU coolers by SilentiumPC and it just landed in our lab.

Read full article @ NikKTech

Thermaltake Level 20 RGB Titanium Review

The Level 20 RGB Keyboard is available with Cherry MX Speed Silver or Cherry MX Blue switches, as well as in a black and titanium finishes, so the there are a wide variety of options to ensure there's an option for any aesthetic & the available switch types mean that Thermaltake have covered both ends of the Cherry MX spectrum.

Read full article @ Vortez

ThinkPad P52 Review

Lenovo's ThinkPad line is designed for the corporate and business crowds, and it offers specialized workstations on top of an already impressive selection for those who need extra power for design, editing, and development software.

The 15.6-inch ThinkPad P52, accompanied by a larger 17.3-inch ThinkPad P72, focuses mainly on performance and durability, and sacrifices some portability to achieve its goals. I used the ThinkPad P52 for about a week to see what it's all about.

Read full article @ Windows Central

VirtualBox: file sharing on NAT with no shared folders

I've written a tutorial explaining how to share files between host and guest operating systems in VirtualBox on Linux when shared folders functionality is not available by using NAT network port forwarding and SSH connectivity. Enjoy.

Read full article @ Dedoimedo