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Introduction The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 is NVIDIA’s lowest-tier performance offering in the GeForce RTX 50 series family, geared towards a 1080p gameplay experience and budget gamers. It was launched from Computex 2025 back on May 19th, 2025, but has become more widely available in June of this...

Introduction On March 5th, 2025, the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT and AMD Radeon RX 9070 GPUs launched, and video cards based on these new GPUs became available on March 6th, 2025. In today’s review, we will take a look at XFX’s new QuickSilver Radeon RX 9070 line with this Radeon RX 9070 factory...

Introduction GIGABYTE’s AORUS MASTER video card series is a top-end, enthusiast video card series, and we have that model to review today with the GeForce RTX 5080 GPU; this is the cream of the crop, as it were, from GIGABYTE’s lineup. We’ll be reviewing the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5080...

Introduction In mid-January 2025, MSI introduced its latest addition to AMD socket AM5 motherboards. We have the brand-new MSI MAG X870E TOMAHAWK WiFi for review and evaluation with a current MSI store pricing of $319.99. We very recently reviewed the MSI MAG X870 TOMAHAWK WiFi. You will find as...

Introduction On our test bench today we have the latest entry into ASUS’s TUF Gaming series of GPUs with the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5070 12GB GDDR7 OC Edition video card. Launched on March 4th, 2025, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 sits just below the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti in the new Blackwell...

Introduction On our test bench today, we have the opportunity to review the brand-new MSI GeForce RTX 5070 12G GAMING TRIO OC. Launched on March 4th, 2025, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 sits just below the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti in the new Blackwell GPU lineup for 2025 and is aimed at the mainstream...

Introduction In July of 2024, AMD announced the X870/E chipset, along with the B850 chipset. In early January 2025, we began to see the release announcements of motherboards based on this B850 chipset, which supports socket AM5 CPUs. This review will evaluate the ASRock Phantom Gaming B850...

Introduction In July of 2024, AMD announced the X870/E chipset, also along with the B850 chipset. In early January 2025 we began to see the release announcements of motherboards based on this B850 chipset which supports socket AM5 CPUs. This review will evaluate the ASRock B850 Steel Legend WiFi...

Introduction Today, March 5th, 2025, the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT and AMD Radeon RX 9070 GPUs are launching, and video cards based on these new GPUs will be available March 6th, 2025. In this review, we will take a look at the SAPPHIRE NITRO+ AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT video card. This video card […]...

Introduction On September, 30th, 2024 AMD launched a new chipset refresh series for the AM5 socket and platform, the X870 and X870E. In this evaluation, we will be testing the MSI MAG X870 TOMAHAWK WiFi motherboard. The motherboards in this new release are identified by X870 or X870E monikers...

Introduction Today marks the release and launch of Intel B860 chipset-based motherboards. The first one on the block we have for review, is the new MSI MAG B860 TOMAHAWK WIFI Motherboard from MSI, (the MAG is for MSI Arsenal Gaming), with a retail MSRP of $229.99. On October 24, 2024, Intel...

Introduction This review marks the third from ASRock’s lineup of Z890 chipset motherboards. We have an offering from the Phantom Gaming lineup of boards, the ASRock Phantom Gaming Z890 RIPTIDE WiFi. We have recently reviewed the ASRock Phantom Gaming micro-ATX Z890M RIPTIDE WiFi and now we will...

Introduction Today we have an opportunity to evaluate another of the new releases in ASRock’s Z890 chipset motherboard lineup. The ASRock Z890 Pro RS WiFi White is one of five models that make up the Pro DIY/Creator/desktop lineup featuring the new Intel socket 1851 CPUs and Z890 chipset. It has...

Introduction Intel launched its new CPUs, the Intel Core Ultra 200S desktop processors, based on socket LGA 1851 on October 24th. With the launch of their newest desktop CPUs comes a new lineup of motherboards based on the Z890 chipset. Today we have the ASRock Phantom Gaming Riptide Z890M WiFi...

Introduction The AMD socket AM5 X870 chipset-based motherboards were released on September 30. Since then, we have been reviewing the entire line-up of ASRock offerings. Today will be another contribution, the ASRock Phantom Gaming X870E NOVA Wifi. There are two distinct tiers of motherboards...

Introduction On September, 30th, 2024 AMD launched a new chipset refresh series on the AM5 socket and platform. Moving through the entire ASRock lineup, today we will review the ASRock X870 Pro RS WiFi with a retail MSRP $209. ASRock markets this motherboard as being more general purpose...

Introduction On September, 30th, 2024 AMD launched a new chipset refresh series on the AM5 socket and platform. Moving through the entire ASRock lineup, today we will review the ASRock Phantom Gaming X870 RIPTIDE WiFi. Our ASRock reviews to date have looked at the top tier X870E Taichi and...

Introduction On September 30th, 2024, AMD launched a new chipset on the AM5 socket for CPUs. Accordingly, ASUS released several motherboards based on the X870 and X870E chipsets, across their entire lineup. Today we are reviewing the TUF GAMING X870-Plus WiFi motherboard with a suggested retail...

Introduction In this review, we evaluate the brand-new ASRock X870 Steel Legend WiFi motherboard. As the name implies, the main attraction is the release (on September 30, 2024) of the X870 and X870E chipset for AMD AM5 socket processors. Our motherboard sits in the second tier of the ASRock...

Introduction In February of 2024, AMD launched the Radeon RX 7900 GRE (Golden Rabbit Edition) for sale worldwide. This card is positioned between the Radeon RX 7800 XT and the Radeon RX 7900 XT in performance and pricing with an MSRP of $549. The worldwide release seemed to be a response to the...