Testing How Memory Speed Impacts Intel | Fun With Memory Configurations On Z390
Intel’s Skylake line of processors were the first desktop CPUs to use DDR4, this was back in August 2015 and along with the added bonus of lower operating voltages, the radically increased clock frequencies compared to the older DDR3 standard was the real improvement DDR4 bought to the table. You can certainly buy DDR3 memory […]
How Well Does an I7-4770K Stack Up Against Modern CPUs?
Questions concerning upgrades are by far some of the most common emails and messages we receive here at RGT, and a good portion of those questions revolve around bottlenecks. Will a specific component hold back a shiny new upgrade that the user is planning to plonk into their PC. In the case of a graphics […]
Intel Core I3-7350K Benchmarks Leak & Beats Older Quad Core Processors
Early next year Intel will be launching their touted Kaby Lake series of chips to the desktop, and while the CPUs are very ‘business as usual’ in their number of cores and threads, they do sport clock speed improvements and a shiny new platform to tempt Skylake or Haswell users into an upgrade. But, perhaps […]
AMD AM4 X370 Motherboard Features Detailed | Overclock Your Zen!
Let’s be honest, right now if you’re contemplating upgrading your PC in the next few months, chances are pretty high AMD’s new Zen processors) are in the contenders pile. Around CES 2017 we’ll see the AM4 platform be made available through traditional retail channels, but as of right now, AM4 is only available through OEMs. […]
Overclocking GeForce GTX 960 (or Any GPU) With MSI’s Afterburner In Easy Steps
I was first introduced to GPU overclocking back in the early days of 3DFX, I stumbled on an article demonstrating how to get extra juice out of my Voodoo 2 graphics card, and since then I’ve been hooked on graphics technology. Overclocking GPU’s has become more sophisticated since those early days – but the basic […]
Intel’s Broadwell CPU’s to Arrive Later in 2014
If you’ve been hanging on for news on the release date of Intel’s Broadwell CPU there’s some light at the end of the tunnel, it should arrive during 2014. Reuters are reporting that Brian Krzaninch from Intel has confirmed Broadwell will be arriving before this holiday season. “I can guarantee for holiday, and not at […]