Coffee Lake
Intel has begun plans to discontinue its 300-series chipsets, including the higher-end Z390, Z370 chipsets, as well as its longer life B and H series chipsets. The 300-series chipsets are based on the second revision of Intel's LGA1151 socket designed for its Coffee Lake processors. In 2017, to complement the launch of its 8th generation Core i7, i5, i3, Pentium, and Celeron Coffee Lake processors, Intel unveiled its 300-series chipsets. This includes the Z390, Z370, B365, and H310 chipsets. The most notable processors for the 300-series are the Core i7-8700K and Core i9-9900K, with these chips serving as Intel's flagship desktop processors from the end of 2017 up through the spring of 2020. But Coffee Lake's time on the market is getting ready to sunset, and...
A Thought on Silicon Design: Intel’s LCC on HEDT Should Be Dead
In the past couple of weeks, we have been re-testing and re-analysing our second generation Ryzen 2000-series review. The extra time and writing, looking at the results and the...
31 by Ian Cutress on 6/1/2018
The ASUS Z370-I Gaming Review: Mini-Me Mega Motherboard
The ASUS ROG Strix Z370-I Gaming is one of the major Mini-ITX options for Intel's latest Coffee Lake processors. ASUS has a good history of building substantial Mini-ITX offerings...
38 by Joe Shields on 5/21/2018
HP Upgrades EliteOne 1000 All-In-Ones with Coffee Lake CPUs
HP has introduced new versions of its EliteOne 1000 business All-In-One (AIO) PCs that are based on Intel’s Coffee Lake processors with up to six cores. The EliteOne 1000...
11 by Anton Shilov on 5/16/2018
HP EliteBook 1050 G1: Six-Core CPU, NVIDIA GPU, RAID, 15.6-inch 4K LCD
HP has introduced a new high-end laptop aimed at demanding users. The new EliteBook 1050 G1 notebook comes with Intel’s Coffee Lake CPUs with up to six cores, a...
7 by Anton Shilov on 5/16/2018
HP 2018 Envy 34-Inch Curved All-in-One Gets Cozier
HP has announced a new version of its top-of-the-range Envy 34 all-in-one computer. The new PC has a six-core CPU along with a new graphics processor. One of its...
15 by Anton Shilov on 5/14/2018
HP Envy 27-Inch AIO Updates: Six-Core Coffee Lake, 4K Display, NVMe
HP on Monday announced new versions of its Envy AIO systems with 27-inch displays. The latest all-in-ones are upgraded across-the-board with the newest six-core Coffee Lake CPUs as well...
6 by Anton Shilov on 5/14/2018
Intel Releases Z390 Chipset Product Information: New Motherboards Inbound
In an unexpected disclosure of information, Intel’s Z390 Product Brief documentation went online today. No prior warning was given, and we were expecting something similar to perhaps pop up...
35 by Ian Cutress on 5/14/2018
The ASUS ROG Maximus X Apex Review: X Marks the Spot, Literally
The ASUS ROG Apex line of boards have always been known for its focus on overclocking as well as unique design implementations like the "X" shaped board and the...
40 by Joe Shields on 5/11/2018
German IT Distributor Publishes AMD+Intel Roadmaps: Z490, Z390, 8-Core CFL in Q4
With Computex just around the corner, a lot of thought is being put to exactly what are we expecting to see at the show. There are questions about AMD’s...
30 by Ian Cutress on 5/3/2018
Intel Taps Additional Facility to Assemble & Test Boxed Coffee Lake CPUs
Intel last week announced plans to start using an additional assembly and test facility to produce boxed versions of its six-core Core i5/i7 (Coffee Lake) processors. The addition of...
15 by Anton Shilov on 5/2/2018
Mini-Jellyfish: ADATA Launches XPG Spectrix D80 DDR4 RGB Memory
ADATA has started shipments of its new memory modules that feature hybrid air and liquid-based cooling systems along with RGB lighting. The new XPG Spectrix D80 DDR4 RGB modules...
28 by Anton Shilov on 5/2/2018
The Supermicro C7Z370-CG-IW Motherboard Review: SM's First Mini-ITX Gaming Board
Today we get an opportunity to look at a board from Supermicro's consumer segment, SuperO, in the exquisitely named C7Z370-CG-IW. This is their first gaming Mini-ITX motherboard, and having...
31 by Joe Shields on 4/30/2018
Intel Core-B Processors: 8th Gen BGA with 65W TDP
During the mêlée of last week and Intel announcing the next wave of 8th Gen Core processors, there were a few products that Intel did not include in the...
33 by Ian Cutress on 4/12/2018
Digital Storm Equinox: 15.6-inch 1080p144 with Core i7 and GTX 1070 Max-Q
Along with Intel’s latest CPUs for notebooks, Digital Storm on Tuesday is introducing a new high-performance laptop for the thin form-factor market, the Equinox. The botique vendor's latest looker...
10 by Anton Shilov on 4/3/2018
Intel Expands 8th Gen Core: Core i9 on Mobile, Iris Plus, Desktop, Chipsets, and vPro
The march from Intel for everything to be under the ‘8th Gen Intel Core’ branding is now at its climax: today is the official launch of several new 8th...
124 by Ian Cutress on 4/3/2018
Apacer Adds DDR4-3600 CL17 and DDR4 3466 CL16 Memory to Commando Series
The new Apacer Commando series DDR4 comes in 16 GB (2x8GB) dual-channel kits with frequencies reaching up to DDR4-3466 CL16 and DDR4-3600 CL17. The sticks were announced late last...
13 by Joe Shields on 2/26/2018
Corsair ONE Gets Caffeinated: Now with Coffee Lake
This week Corsair introduced two new versions of its small form-factor desktop, called the 'ONE'. The new versions upgrade the processor to the latest generation Intel six-core Coffee Lake...
21 by Anton Shilov on 2/16/2018
Intel Adds New Coffee Lake CPUs to Online Database
Intel has recently added eight unannounced desktop Coffee Lake processors to its MDDS (material declaration datasheet) database. Three new chips belong to the Core i3/i5 lineup are targeting mainstream...
11 by Anton Shilov on 2/7/2018
G.Skill Unveils 16GB DDR4-4700 Trident Z RGB DRAM Kit: Samung B-die & RGB LED
G.Skill announced today a new Trident Z RGB kit which is now the fastest DDR4 memory kit in their product stack. The new dual-channel kit is designed for Z370...
7 by Joe Shields on 2/6/2018
Supermicro at CES 2018: The First Supero Mini-ITX Motherboard
A few elements to Supermicro’s suite at CES were intriguing, one of which was the company’s first foray into a consumer mini-ITX motherboard. The C7Z370-CG-IW, based on Z370 and...
20 by Ian Cutress on 1/22/2018
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