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Adafruit Squeezes the Power of the RP2040 Into a USB key

Home News (Image credit: Adafruit) Adafruit has a lot of love for Raspberry Pi RP2040 SoC. Adafruit are partners in the RP2040, and have already released a slew of boards based on the powerful SoC. For the latest prototype, presented via Twitter we see Adafruit founder Limor “Lady Ada” Fried demonstrate the QT 2040 Trinkey,… Read more

Report: Intel Pushing ATX12VO Power Connector for 12th Gen Alder Lake CPUs

Home News Corsair ATX12VO Adapter Cable (Image credit: Corsair) VideoCardz today shared a snippet of a document claiming to show Intel’s strong desire for motherboard vendors to adopt the ATX12VO power connector on future Intel 12th Gen Alder Lake LGA1700 motherboards. The ATX12VO is a 10-pin power connector that Intel has been pushing since a… Read more

Connect a U.2 SSD to Your PC’s USB Port With This Adapter

Home News (Image credit: Icy Dock) Icy Dock has developed the industry’s only U.2 to USB 3.2 Gen 2 adapter, which lets you connect an enterprise-grade U.2 SSD to any desktop or laptop with a USB Type-A or Type-C port. The EZ-Adapter Ex MB931U-1VB targets people who need to transfer data from an enterprise-grade SSD to a… Read more

Colorful’s Cute GeForce RTX 3060 Will Hit Shelves for $839

Home News Colorful iGame GeForce RTX 3060 bilibili E-sports Edition OC 12G (Image credit: Colorful) Colorful’s iGame GeForce RTX 3060 bilibili E-sports Edition OC 12G graphics card sports a cooler very similar to what you might find on Nvidia’s own Ampere Founders Edition cards. The graphics card won’t come cheap; it’s set to arrive at… Read more

AMD’s 4700S Kit Shows in Photographs and Retail Listings

Home News AMD 4700S Desktop Kit (Image credit: Disclosuzen/Twitter) A Twitter user has shared the first photographs of the AMD 4700S Desktop Kit. The 4700S processors are widely thought to be defective chips that didn’t make their way into the Xbox Series X, but AMD has declined to comment on that aspect. AMD doesn’t officially… Read more

ASRock Z590 Taichi Review: Cogs Aplenty

Our Verdict ASRock’s Z590 Taichi is a well-rounded premium mid-range motherboard, with more-than-capable power delivery, Thunderbolt 4 Type-C ports, three M.2 sockets, Intel- and Killer-based networking, including Wi-Fi 6E. For + Unique style + Killer 2.5 GbE and Wi-Fi 6E Networking + Robust 90A power delivery + 2x Thunderbolt 4 Type-C ports (40 Gbps) Against… Read more

MSI Launches Its Own Cryptocurrency Mining CMP

MSI has quietly added its first CMP-series board for cryptocurrency mining to its lineup. The Cryptocurrency Mining Processor (CMP) card looks exactly like the company’s mid-range GeForce GTX 1660/1660 Super graphics boards, but lacks display outputs and cannot be used to render images or video. Image 1 of 3 (Image credit: MSI) Image 2 of 3 (Image credit:… Read more

This Raspberry Pi CM4 Carrier Board is Built for Cryptocurrency Nodes

Home News (Image credit: Mirko_electronics) The Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) is known for its improved processing power and thanks to this new project from Mirko_electronics, it’s easier to apply that power to the world of cryptocurrency. The development is known as the BitPiRat—a custom carrier board created just for the CM4. The new… Read more

Gigabyte Z590 Aorus Pro AX Review: Premium Mid-Range

Our Verdict The Gigabyte Z590 Aorus Pro AX is a full-featured Z590 motherboard that includes robust power delivery, premium audio, four M.2 sockets, and 13 USB ports on the rear IO. This $290 board is a good value, especially for those who would like lots of M.2 and USB ports. For + 13 rear USB… Read more

ASRock Z590 PG Velocita Review: Network Speed, Ample USB

Our Verdict ASRock’s Z590 PG Velocita is a full-featured Z590 motherboard that includes three M.2 sockets, Killer based networking (including Wi-Fi 6E), capable power delivery, premium audio, and more. It’s a well-rounded mid-ranger for Intel’s Z590 platform. For Killer based 2.5 GbE and Wi-Fi 6E Networking 10 USB ports on rearIO Capable power delivery Against… Read more

Intel Motherboard Lands With 32 SATA Ports For Farming Chia

Home News Chia-D32H-D4 (Image credit: ZOL) Chinese motherboard manufacturer Onda (via ZOL) has launched the brand’s new Chia-D32H-D4 motherboard. The model name alone is enough to tell you that this motherboard is aimed at farming Chia cryptocurrency, which has already caused hard drive price spikes in Asia. Designed for mining, rather than to compete with… Read more

Corsair RM750x (2021) Power Supply Review

Our Verdict The new Corsair RM750x (2021) achieves top performance, isn’t noisy, and is equipped with a top-notch ML fan. For + Full power at 47 degrees Celsius + High overall performance + Silent at low and mid loads + Fully compliant with ATX v2.52 + Highly efficient at light loads + Long hold-up time… Read more

Oppo A95 5G is official with 6.43″AMOLED display, Dimensity 800U

Oppo A95 5G popped up on China Telecom’s website earlier this month and today, the phone maker made the device official. The Oppo A95 5G has the same chipset and screen as the Oppo Reno 5Z, but one fewer cameras on the back. Oppo A95 5G The panel on the front is a 6.43” AMOLED… Read more

eGPU Scaling Benchmark w/ Cooler Master EG200

Dominic Moass 11 hours ago Featured Tech Reviews, Graphics External GPU enclosures have been around for a few years now, most of them using Thunderbolt 3 which provides four PCIe 3.0 lanes. We’ve tested a few solutions over the years, including Razer’s Core X and the Sapphire GearBox, but today we’re taking a closer look… Read more

Lenovo P620 Threadripper Pro 3975WX Review

AMD’s Threadripper consumer HEDT processors continue to be praised strongly for their excellent compute performance and connectivity options. But what if you want more than 256GB of memory? What if you want your RAM to run in 8-channel mode? What if you want more than 64 PCIe Gen 4 lanes? Well… that’s where Threadripper Pro… Read more