Review of the motherboard Gigabyte GA-Z270-Gaming K3. Junior representative of the “gaming” series for Intel Kaby Lake-S processors

The model under consideration will be the first Gigabyte product in our laboratory since the announcement of the 200th series of chipsets. It has basic capabilities, of the additional controllers there is only ASM2142, which brings two latest-generation USB sockets to the rear panel, which means that today it will be possible to fully concentrate …

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Testing the GoodRAM IR-2400D464L15S/16GDC 2400 MHz memory kit from the new IRDM series. Exploring the Potential of Micron Memory Chips

The GoodRAM trademark of the Polish company Wilk Elektronik has long been known on the domestic market, primarily to enthusiasts, thanks to the memory of the once popular Pro series. Also under this brand, there has recently been an attempt to capture the hearts of modding enthusiasts through the LedLight line, which is distinguished by …

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MSI B360M Mortar Titanium motherboard review. Image product of the low-end category

With this material, we open a series of reviews of devices designed for desoldering inexpensive hubs designed for Intel Coffee Lake-S processors. A non-trivial model will act as the first participant. A special silvery shade of textolite clearly distinguishes it from a number of competitors, a kind of fashion step. There should not be any …

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The resource of modern hard drives. Longread about the sudden

Last time we looked at the stages of the struggle for dominance in the “disk” subsystem of solid state drives and traditional hard drives. In the same place, we briefly highlighted the nuances of the resource of solid-state drives. Today we will try to consider the practical reliability of hard drives. It would seem a …

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Review and testing of AMD Ryzen 9 5950X and Ryzen 9 5900X processors based on the latest Zen 3 architecture. Wait?!

For the past three years, AMD has not ceased to please everyone without exception. Fans of the red camp are happy with the performance, and the blue ones are happy with the lower prices and the progress that has finally appeared. After the presentation of the first solutions of the Zen architecture, Lisa Su’s team …

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Enermax AquaFusion 240 liquid cooling system overview

It seems that Enermax has decided to become a serious player in the field of liquid cooling systems. As of today, they already have six full-fledged AIO CBO series in 120, 240, 280 and 360 mm radiator formats. From all this variety, the Aquafusion 240 system (ELC-AQF240-SQA) fell into our hands. And, as always, we’ll …

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TechN is the new standard in water cooling for Ryzen processors. Water block testing and comparison with EKWB EK Quantum Magnitude, EK Quantum Velocity, Watercool Heatkiller IV Pro and Optimus Foundation

Most recently, I introduced you to the basic information about what a water block should be for a Ryzen processor with a Zen 2 microarchitecture. For those who have not read, I will remind you that for processors with a Zen 2 and Zen 3 microarchitecture, any water block will not work. And if it …

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MSI GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Gaming X 4G Video Card Review and Test

Recently, the budget segment of graphics solutions has been updated with the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti and GeForce GTX 1050. The new products are based on the 14-nm GP107 graphics processor of the NVIDIA Pascal architecture. The first reviewed video cards showed good performance results with a low overclocking potential. It’s time to take a …

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Getting to know the Radeon RX 560 2GB using the PowerColor Red Dragon video card as an example. Comparison with GeForce GTX 1050

AMD has updated the entire range of budget and mid-range graphics cards. Earlier, we managed to get acquainted with the Radeon RX 580 and Radeon RX 570, which, amid the mining fever, moved into the category of scarce goods. It’s time to talk about more accessible and inexpensive solutions. The main novelty in the 100-dollar …

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Review of Team TF6D416G3600HC18EDC01 memory of the T-Force Xcalibur RGB series and 16 GB. Excalibur under the color of the rainbow

Recent trends in the computer market are characterized by the penetration of RGB backlighting into all segments, in whose products elements of lighting effects can be integrated. If earlier everything was limited to motherboards with support for remote LED strips, now “fireflies” can be found everywhere, from cases to SSD drives. NVMe solutions did not …

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