Quite a costly thingLian Li has announced that their motorized DK-05 desk is finally available for a rather substantial $2099.99 US. The desk features height adjustments from 69cm all the way up to 118cm, which would allow for using it as a standing desk. In typical Lian Li fashion the desk is made from aluminum and it comes with a tempered glass panel.
NVIDIA brings more professional featuresWith their Vega Frontier Edition AMD didn’t manage to win back the performance crown in the gaming segment, however the Vega FE offers interesting features for professionals. Thanks to AMD XConnect this card can be used with notebooks in combination with an external enclosure. In an effort to keep up with AMD regarding feature like the ones just mentioned NVIDIA decided to come up with new drivers.
Three SKUsTwo reference modelsA few days ago, AMD has finally released their RX Vega graphics cards, revealing a cooler design that is similar to the one that can be found on the RX Vega Frontier Edition. The official name of this card is Vega 64, where the number derives from the core clusters count the chip comes with. Following the launch, many partners are now showing their models. SAPPHIRE for instance is launching three different versions of the Radeon Vega 64.
FlowmodsToday we have another build from Flowmods for you. In the past we’ve shared several of his builds and as you might know they always look exceptionally good. Like every day we're showing you a very nice build or from one of our modder friends. As always we will show you the nicest pictures of the build and if possible also the specifications here in the news and the full album with all pictures can be found in our Case Mod Gallery.
Huge ultra wide displaySamsung has expanded its curved monitor lineup with a new monitor featuring a 49-inch panel. The monitor is based on a rather unusual 3840 x 1080 resolution and a massive 1800R curved display. Furthermore the display supports AMD FreeSync 2 which allows the panel to communicate with your PC sharing colour space information, brightness values apart from the variable refresh rate information.
Entry-level ATX motherboardThe B350 Tomahawk Plus from MSI is an entry-level motherboard that comes with a few interesting features. Compared to the B350 Gaming Plus, which MSI unveiled a few weeks ago, the Tomahawk Plus is a sub-120 euro board, that packs quite a few goodies. At a first glance the B350 Tomahawk Plus offers everything you need for your daily gaming system.
Targeting overclockers and enthusiastsThe X370 Gaming M7 ACK from MSI is a high-end motherboard that comes with a few interesting features. Compared to X370 XPower Gaming Titanium, the Gaming M7 ACK should be a bit cheaper but still pack a bunch of features. At a first glance the X370 Gaming M7 ACK looks very similar to the Intel Z270 chipset.
Based on E-ATX form factorASUS has revealed the full specifications of its Prime X399-A motherboard. A few months ago, during Computex 2017, ASUS unveiled their first two AMD X399 based motherboards which are compatible with the AMD’s Ryzen Threadripper processors. Meanwhile it looks like the company is ready to introduce this new platform.
Indy LaserToday we have another build from Indy Laser for you. In the past we’ve shared several of his builds and as you might know they always look exceptionally good. Like every day we're showing you a very nice build or from one of our modder friends. As always we will show you the nicest pictures of the build and if possible also the specifications here in the news and the full album with all pictures can be found in our Case Mod Gallery.
First Gigabyte X399 motherboardDuring Capsaicin 2017, Gigabyte has shown an upcoming AMD X399 motherboard. The Aorus Gaming 7 is a high-end motherboard which features several PCI-Express 3.0 x16 slots. Furthermore the motherboard sports a good amount of SATA-III ports and M.2 slots. In addition each M.2 slot comes with a M.2 heatsink.
First MSI X399 motherboardDuring Capsaicin SIGGRAPH 2017 event, several manufacturers have shown their upcoming AMD X399 motheboards and MSI has shown their first X399 motheboard. Unlike the Gaming Pro Carbon based on the Z270 chipset, this upcoming model belongs to the vendor’s high-end products. It packs several M.2 and PCIe slots.
Two sides of the same coinASRock has revealed two X399 motherboards, the Taichi and Fatal1ty Pro Gaming which are usually two sides of the same coin. A few months ago during Computex 2017, ASRock has unveiled their first two AMD X399 motherboards which are compatible with the just revealed AMD Rzyen Threadripper processors. Meanwhile it looks like the company is ready to introduce this new platform.
Cooler similar to RX Vega Founders EditionAMD has finally released first pictures regarding their new RX Vega graphics cards, revealing a cooler design that is similar to the one that can be found on the RX Vega Frontier Edition. While the RX Vega Frontier Edition sports a dark blue cover, the RX Vega comes with a light silver shroud. The official name of this card is Vega 64, where the number derives from the number of core clusters the chip comes with. At a later stage AMD is also going to release the RX Vega 56, which is supposed to be a little less powerful.
Pretty high single core clocks16 core and 32 thread madnessIt appears that the Capsaicin SIGGRAPH 2017 was quite an event with AMD not just showing news parts but also demonstrating them. On the overclocking side of things our good friend Tudor “Monstru” Badica from Lab501 appears to have had quite some “monstrous” fun overclocking on one of the Ryzen Threadripper bad boys to 5.2 GHz, destroying some Cinebench scores.
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What was to be expected - judging by the sizeA fairly substantial updateAMD today released the latest update to their Radeon GPU drivers, the Crimson ReLive Edition 17.7.2. In the shape of a larger update they’ll bring a few new features. Furthermore - as usual - these drivers are supposed to help increase the performance and efficiency of AMD cards and on top of that AMD has also fixed some issues related to input latency.
EagleTree Capital now holds the majority of sharesLast week, rumors of a potential buyout regarding Corsair started to emerge. It appeared that the investment company "EagleTree" had shown interest in a major part of Corsair’s privately owned shares. Meanwhile the deal has been confirmed by Corsair themselves with EagleTree Capital buying a majority of the shares for $525 US million.
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