NVMe capable SSDs are growing increasingly popular these days, offering much higher transfer speeds than the usual SATA drive. Just for comparision reason, a modern NVMe drives can easily offer up to six times the transfer speed of a SATA SSD. New markets always offer new opportunities and that on the other hand means that different vendors will launch new products. Corsair is one of those having presented their new Force MP300 NVMe SSDs.

Efficiency is one of the most important performance metrics in the PSU market, since it impacts more than just power draw. When a power supply isn't efficient, it usually runs hotter and the fan has to spin faster in order to cool down the unit. For this reason, Corsair has updated two series of power supplies.

In order to extend their Aorus brand to other PC components, Gigabyte has unveiled a new kit of Aorus-branded RGB LED RAM. The new memory kit comes with a brushed aluminum heatspreader with Aorus' logo on it.

A few days ago, we have spotted an Intel special processor designed for the 40th anniversary of the 8086 processor. Today the processor has been announced by Intel. In addition, the company also announced that it will give away 8'086 of the processors in a sweepstakes.

According to latest rumors, this year we will not see any AMD X499 motherboard since AMD is going to use existing X399 chipset for the upcoming Threaripper 2000 series of processors. Techpowerup has spotted probably the first motherboard compatible with this CPUs. The motherboard is based on E-ATX form factor and sports several USB ports.

It's been a while since Corsair updated the high-end part of their Crystal series. With the Crystal Series 280X RGB, Corsair is going to introduce a new cube case which sports a lot of interesting features.

Anandtech reports that ten model numbers for entry-level Xeon processors have popped up. The CPUs have been spotted in a document that Intel made available to its manufacturing partners. According to latest rumors, this CPUs are based on Coffee Lake architecture.

It looks like NVIDIA is going to bundle the latest and greatest AAA games with graphics cards once again. If you are planning to buy a GeForce GTX 1080 or GTX 1080 Ti graphics cards, you may want to wait for this promotion to go live. This promotion is available for both desktop and mobile PCs.

During the last week there has been a lot going on in the overclock scene. The Chinese overclocker Kovan Yang has achieved a new world record using a ADATA XPG Spectrix D80 RGB DDR4 memory kit. The benchmark has been conducted on a MSI X299 Gaming Pro Carbon AC in combination with one of the Intel's upcoming X-series CPUs.

Yesterday we posted a report which showcased some leaked information regarding AMD Ryzen 7 2800H APU. Right after the U-series branding, AMD is going to release the H-series as well where H stands for high-performance mobile part with Radeon Vega graphics.

ASUS has updated their gaming monitor lineup with a new display which goes by the name ROG Strix XG248Q. This monitor sports a 24-inch panel with 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution. Apart from that it features Aura RGB lighting effect.

While NVIDIA keeps to unveil GTX10 graphics cards like the GTX 1050 3GB, enthusiasts are holding their wallet for something really new. The upcoming GTX11 series should be unveiled somewhen during summer time. Apparently the mass production of the upcoming chips haven't started yet.

AMD has officially released their Radeon Software 18.5.2 Beta driver for GCN or newer graphics cards and AMD Ryzen+Vega APUs. With this new driver you will not see any performance improvement or additional support for AAA games. AMD has addressed several bugs.

In our hardware roundup we post all reviews from the hardware sites around the globe we can find. Apparently we wish you a lot of fun browsing the lists and we hope you're going to enjoy those reviews.

Back in May, AMD mentioned the Ryzen Mobile APUs, which were previously known by the codename Raven Ridge. Right after the U-series branding, AMD is going to release the H-series as well where H stands for high-performance mobile part.

A few weeks ago, we have spotted an Intel special processor designed for the 40th anniversary of the 8086 processor. Today the processor has been listed on several online retailers revealing the specifications.

ASUS dropped its hat into the DIY crypto-currency mining hardware craze introduction the H370 Mining Master motherboard. This ATX form-factor motherboard comes with twenty USB 3.1 Type-A ports and one PCI-Express 3.0 x16 slot.

ASUS has released an addressable RGB controller with ROG Halo and Aura Sync. With ASUS Halo you can create an ambient light effect, while Aura Sync is the RGB effect that you can find on compatible ASUS motherboards.

In 2014 and 2015, we have reviewed quite a few CPU coolers from Deepcool including its Maelstrom all-in-one series. A few years later Deepcool is giving those products an overhaul. The Maelstrom 240 AIO RGB all-in-one cooler offers the same cooling performance as the already available Maelstrom 240 AIO cooler, but comes with a new fan controller and RGB lighting which is compatible with ASUS, Gigabyte and MSI motherboards.

Almost ten years ago, Intel released the magnificent Core2 Quad Q6600 in order to fight against the AMD Phenom 9600. The C2Q Q6600 has been on the market for several years and Intel has sold a lot of units due to the very good performance/price ratio of this CPU.