Its been a very dominant year for AMD - they have moped the floor with their Ryzen processors. Luke, our resident AMD GURU goes over 2020 and what stood out most for him with the latest AMD releases. Let us know if you agree with his thoughts and if you bought one yourself for a new system build.
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Leo got his hands on the GL65 and GE65 laptops, as they both go on sale in the UK - its the battle of the dragons with the GL65 dropping to £1199 and the GE65 dropping to £1799. See more on these laptops over at https://www.kitguru.net/lifestyle/mobile/laptops/leo-waldock/msi-gl65-vs-ge65-gaming-laptops/
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GL65 9SD-246UK-BB7975H16G1T0DX10MA
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GE65 9SF-012UK-BB7975H16GXXDX10MA
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00:15 Processors - the current state in 2019
01:13 AMD had delayed the 16 core Ryzen 9 3950X until November - TSMC issues
03:03 AMD will launch Zen 2 Threadripper with 24-cores in November along with TRX40 Motherboards
04:44 We expect Intel will launch Comet Lake-S on the desktop with a Z490 chipset
05:33 Israel with Intel Recap - 10nm Ice Lake
08:10 Nothing about 45w laptop parts from Intel
09:25 New 10 Series Intel Mobile Processors
10:49 Intels ‘Real World Performance’ Event - Der8auer snub? What did AMD do wrong?
15:44 Intel choose to ignore security issues in discussion
16:32 Core i9-9900KS and Cascade Lake-X will ship in October
17:57 Cascade Lake-X looks like Skylake-X with different pricing and 10-series numbers
19:23 AMD Threadripper rumour round up
21:11 AMD has announced EPYC 7H12 with 64 cores
22:34 LEO’s Closing thoughts on the CPU situation
LEO'S NOTES:
Chaos reigns in the CPU market which makes it horribly complicated to come up with a buying decision for a laptop, desktop PC or workstation.
AMD has delayed the 16-core Ryzen 9 3950X until November
AMD cannot get sufficient supplies of 7nm Zen 2 chiplets from TSMC to satisfy demand for EPYC, hence the delay for Ryzen 9
AMD will launch Zen 2 Threadripper with 24-cores In November along with TRX40 motherboards.
We expect Intel will launch Comet Lake-S (based on 14nm Skylake architecture)on the desktop with a Z490 chipset, perhaps pushing to 10-cores/20-threads
I travelled to Israel with Intel a couple of months ago and met the Ice Lake development team. There have been endless horror stories about the Intel 10nm process and it was noticeable the Israelis said absolutely nothing about feeds and speeds but despite that I fully expected the IFA show to be wall-to-wall Ice Lake laptops. I was wrong about that.
Instead we saw a handful of laptops with the basic G1 graphics with 32 Execution Units
(G4 parts have 48 EUs and G7 have 64 EUs)
10nm Ice Lake has a four digit part number that ends in G1, G4 or G7 while 14nm Comet Lake parts continue to use the Y and U naming series.
The maximum TDP, so far, for 10th Gen CPUs is 25W with a single 28W outlier. At present we know nothing about 45W CPUs that will replace models such as i9-9980HK is gaming laptops or 95W+ parts that will take over from Core i9-9900K. There is surely no way those 10th Gen parts will be based on Ice Lake.
Razer was showing a new Stealth 13 Mercury White with a Core i7-1065G7 that can be configured as 15W or 25W using Iris Pro graphics however Razer also has the Stealth 13 GTX model with Nvidia GTX 1650 graphics.
Core i7-10710U Comet Lake has a 25W TDP, 6 cores/12 threads and Max Turbo of 4.7GHz
Core i7-1065G7 Ice Lake has a 25W TDP, 4 cores/8 threads and a Max Turbo of 3.9GHz
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Today Leo takes a look at the new Antec DF500 case, with a retail price around £75. We have seen it online for closer to £60. The big question needs answered though - is it a case worth buying with such stiff competition on the market in 2018? Leo, as always, cuts through the fud to the truth.
Read the full review here on www.kitguru.net: https://www.kitguru.net/components/leo-waldock/antec-df500-rgb-review-nice-rgb-shame-about-the-case/
Build specs:
Processor: 3.6GHz/4.3GHz Intel Core i7-7820X 8-core/16-thread
Motherboard: Asus Prime X299-A
Custom loop cooling:
CPU block: Aqua Computer Cuplex Kryos
Graphics block: EKWB Copper/Plexi
Radiator: Alphacool NexXxos ST30 360mm
Pump/reservoir: EK X-RES 140 Revo D5 PWM
Fittings: Alphacool 16mm/10mm
Coolant: Mayhems Pastel White
Memory: 32GB G.Skill TridentZ RGB DDR4-3200MHz
Graphics card: GeForce GTX 980 4GB
SSD: Samsung 860 EVO M.2
Power supply: Sea Sonic Prime Titanium 600W Fanless
OS: Windows 10
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Today Luke gives his analysis on the ASUS TUF Gaming B550M Plus Micro ATX motherboard. Can it justify the high £185 asking price in todays market?
Timestamps:
00:00 Video Start
00:13 Introduction
01:15 A closer look at the board
03:01 Top Edge connectors
03:32 SATA area
04:19 M.2 connections
05:43 PCIe slots
07:19 Bottom edge of the board
08:26 Fan headers and control
09:38 Rear I/O Panel
11:00 Power Delivery solution
12:35 VRM Heatsinks
13:44 Test System/Bios setup
14:45 Test Results
16:22 Manual overclocking, temps and power draw
18:20 Lukes Closing Thoughts / Pricing
Test System:
•Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 3950X.
•Memory: 16GB (2x8GB) G.SKILL 3200MHz CL14 DDR4 @ 1.35V.
•Graphics Card: Gigabyte Aorus RTX 2080 Ti XTREME (custom fan curve to minimise thermal throttling).
•System Drive: WD_Black SN750 PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 SSD.
•Games and Test SSD: Crucial MX300 750GB & Aorus 2TB PCIe Gen 4 M.2 SSD.
•CPU Cooler: Fractal Celsius+ S28 Prisma 280mm AIO (full speed fans and pump to eliminate thermal throttling).
•Power Supply: Seasonic Prime TX-1000 1000W.
•Case: Lian Li Open-air Test Bench.
•Operating System: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit.
BIOS Version:
•BIOS Version 0803 (latest at the time of testing)
•AGESA version 1.0.0.2
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Today James is looking at a prebuilt system from PCSpecialist, using the latest i7-10700K processor and Z490 platform. Paired with a 2070 Super and 16GB DDR4 memory, this PC will set you back £1649 - is this a prebuilt worth buying? read more here: https://bit.ly/2UEgp06
Case – Cooler Master MasterCase H500
Processor (CPU) – Intel Core i7 eight-core processor 10700K (3.8GHz) 16MB Cache
Motherboard – Asus ROG Strix Z490-F Gaming (LGA1200)
Memory (RAM) – 16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card – 8GB Palit RTX 2070 Super GP
1st Storage Drive – 1TB Samsung 860 QVO 2.5” SATA 6Gb/s SSD
1st M.2 SSD Drive – 500GB Samsung 970 EVO Plus M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 3200 MB/W)
Power Supply – Corsair 650W TXm Series semi-modular 80 Plus Gold
Processor Cooling – PCS FrostFlow 240 series RGB high-performance liquid cooler
Sound Card – Onboard 6 channel (5.1) high definition audio (as standard)
Wireless/Wired Networking – 10/100/1000 Gigabit LAN port (Wi-Fi not included)
USB/Thunderbolt Options – Min. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 ports @ back panel + min. 2 front ports
Operating System – Windows 10 Home 64 Bit – inc. Single Licence
Timestamps:
00:00 video start
00:13 introduction
01:19 looking at the case
02:40 ASUS Strix motherboard and GPU
03:43 DDR4 and storage
04:11 CPU cooler
04:37 RGB lighting
06:02 Corsair power supply
07:47 included accessories and case front panel
09:07 test setup
10:20 the benchmarks!
14:06 wrapping up
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The KitGuru team is over in Computex in Taipei this year - we managed to film the Gigabyte keynote for your viewing enjoyment and its around an hour long in total.
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Leo checks out the new AMD powered Razer Blade 14 (2023) model. This laptop we got for review features the latest Ryzen 9 7940HS processor. It really is a cracking CPU - Leo shows why.
00:00 Start
01:07 Overview of the laptop
04:12 Laptop Ports / weight
05:15 Graphics / power / size
05:43 7940HS Processor details
08:16 Power Settings and Razer Synapse
10:37 Performance overview
11:57 AMD Ryzen AI / Microsoft Direct ML
14:30 Leo’s live testing AI blur
15:52 Performance / power testing
18:12 Game Test Results
20:05 Battery test
20:19 Leo’s closing thoughts
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Today Leo takes a look at the new Cooler Master MasterBox NR400 case - it's a small chassis design and we got news of a price change just before we went live - changing the outcome of our review completely. Watch it to find out why! Read more here: http://bit.ly/2Fgiyqe
Cooler Master MasterBox NR400
http://www.coolermaster.com/case/mini-tower/masterbox-nr400/?utm_source=global&utm_medium=mainbanner
Price £59.99 inc VAT (NOT £84.99)
Spec of test system
Processor: Intel Core i9-7820X 8-core/16-threads, 3.5GHz all cores
Motherboard: ASRock X299M Extreme4
CPU cooler: Cooler Master MasterLiquid ML240R RGB Phantom Gaming Edition
Memory: 32GB Corsair Dominator Platinum SE DDR4-3466MHz
Graphics card: Asus ROG Strix Radeon RX Vega 64 OC 8GB
Power supply: Cooler Master MWE 750 Gold
SSD: WD 1TB Black M.2 NVMe
OS: Windows 10
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In our second video today Leo checks out the new Fractal Design Torrent Nano case - released the same day as the slightly larger 'Compact'. Leo checks out the full range from Fractal in this video, builds a full system into it, and gives his test analysis and thoughts on whether you should buy it or not. Read more on our website here: https://bit.ly/362hMyn
00:00 Start
00:15 Introduction
01:32 Removing the panels
02:12 Fan / filter / bottom of case
02:47 Accessory pack
03:25 Details and pricing
05:30 Test System hardware
06:53 A look at the completed system build
08:08 Noise and performance results
10:25 Leo’s Closing Thoughts
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