Yes, it’s winter again and the next hot hardware is just around the corner. Admittedly, summer is still a long way off, but it’s still getting warmer every day because the wattage of the components is also increasing so immeasurably. For a PC owner or self-builder, the topics of waste heat, cooling and ambient temperature (also [...]
Anyone who buys a new AMD Ryzen 7000, no matter which model, will certainly curse the high temperatures and thus also get annoyed about the usually high power consumption under full load. However, it is very easy to remedy the situation if you know how and also observe a few basics so that the system really remains stable. The reason that the [...]
Today’s article will focus exclusively on the heatspreader of the Ryzen 7000 CPUs and, of course, on cooling, the optimal application of thermal paste and the question of where the nasty hotspots actually are. Not only does the CPU look significantly different from its predecessor, but the Integrated Heatspreader (IHS) also brings with it [...]
AMD’s new Ryzen 7000 desktop CPUs, based on the Zen4 micro-architecture, still use the same chiplet design as their predecessors, with a few small but not negligible changes. Igor already gave details about this in yesterday’s big review. Today we want to look at how to configure the new CPUs as optimally as possible and for this we [...]
AMD let us release tests of the four new Zen 4 CPUs today in the form of the Ryzen 9 7950X, Ryzen 9 7900X, Ryzen 7 7700X and Ryzen 5 7600X. We have already reported about it for a long time, but now the necessary test samples are finally materializing in the form of the real CPUs, which can provide answers to the many questions that have been [...]
Small and poisonous? Economical, useful or superfluous? We’ve tested a lot of things in the meantime and many a little battle dwarf has already disappeared from the collective memory. Rightly or wrongly? For the sake of clarity, I want to list all Mini-PCs and comparable small systems tested here. In addition, there is of course also a [...]
With DDR5-6600 CL32, the kit from today’s review is not only the fastest RAM kit in Corsair’s portfolio but even market-wide in Europe, at least at this point. The exterior is the familiar Dominator Platinum RGB design, which we had even looked at 2 times before in tests. Accordingly, we will focus especially on the inner values of the [...]
How does Intel actually want to sell the new Raptor Lake CPUs? Today’s sales foils, which I show you as a picture gallery, suggest that the blue foil king sees enough strong arguments to give the sales team the right ammunition. But will all this be enough to still have a progandistic advantage after the launch of the new Ryzen CPUs, or will [...]
Today we have some light entertainment in the form of a small buildlog of a system or rather a complete configuration, which had to fit into a rather tight budget. The whole thing happened “on behalf” of my circle of acquaintances, so I dug through the Prime Day deals, classifieds and our recommendations here on IgorsLab and report the [...]
Today I have a glimpse into the near future of RAM technology for you, and as is so often the case in the computer hardware industry, it comes from China, where SK Hynix’s new DDR5 memory ICs are already available for purchase today. With a proxy like Superbuy, some patience and even more trust, you can import such a Hynix A-Die kit to [...]
For all those who deal intensively with RAM, the information about the installed memory components aka DRAM ICs of a module is of great importance, as is well known. Now that the second generation of DDR5 ICs will soon reach the market, a simple distinction according to the DRAM manufacturer – Micron, Samsung or Hynix – will no longer [...]
It is well known that the specifications for ATX 3.0 and PCIe 5.0 are closely intertwined and many things have also found their way into each other’s standardization. Also the many articles I already wrote about the 12VHPWR connector, i.e. the 12+4 pin, already gave a lot of insights there. It can also be assumed that the new, powerful [...]
A little bit of retro is always interesting so I have an article from the beginnings of igorsLAB for you this time. The APU is now also available very cheap and that is enough for a usable HTPC in the end.
We have already had a small system from Beelink’s SER lineup in the mangle here several times and the last article is not that long ago, when they are already introducing a new model with Ryzen 5 5600H. Not much has changed on the outside, but as we all know, it’s what’s on the inside that counts. I’ll test how they fare in [...]
Vengeance RGB RAM modules were already available with DDR4 and now the colorful eye-catchers from Corsair have finally been relaunched with DDR5. Besides a sophisticated design with impressive RGB lighting, you of course get the latest in DDR5 technology and performance here. The SKUs range from 5200 to 6600 Mbps in clock speed, 2x 16 to 2x 32 GB [...]
The good piece needs a motor for the movement, logically. With the PC-CK101L, Lian Li also offers a matching kit, so I grabbed the little train and set to work on the conversion once again. The whole thing works, that much I want to reveal at this point, but you still have to look for further solutions yourself, because without a proper PC [...]
The “Train as a PC” was the highlight in my case tests in 2012. The PC-CK101 from Lian Li consists of a locomotive and a trailer, which together are supposed to hold all the necessary components for the PC to be installed. In addition, I can still fall back on 3 meters of rail and a complete drive set. However, this new mobility will [...]
the Intel Alder Lake CPUs with their LGA1700 and Independent Loading Mechanism (ILM) including the bending problem have been around for 9 months now. The successor CPUs aka Raptor Lake might not be long away, but it has already been confirmed that they will use the same socket and thus most likely ILM as well. Existing motherboards with a 600 [...]
Intel’s Alder Lake CPUs with their LGA1700 and Independent Loading Mechanism (ILM) including the bending problem have been around for 9 months now. The successor CPUs aka Raptor Lake might not be long away, but it has already been confirmed that they will use the same socket and thus most likely ILM as well. Existing motherboards with a 600 [...]
A little over a year ago, I presented an ITX gaming system here whose case came entirely from the 3D printer. Since then there were from me now and then smaller topics in this direction, today I present you my next big project with a small footprint. However, instead of a gaming PC for your own leisure time, it becomes rather useful and practical [...]
