The A10-7870K is not any version of Carrizo. It relies on the same Steamroller cores as Kaveri, hence the title ‘Kaveri Refresh’, and is the same architecture as Kaveri. This is the “big daddy” of Kaveri, nicknamed Godvari by enthusiasts, since this is the highest clocked and best binned APU available on the market today. The A10 7870K is very …
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Sapphire R9 380 Nitro 4GB Graphics Card Review
Sapphire has long been known as one of AMD’s best GPU partners, making some very incredible cards in the past like the Toxic 290X, which was one of the best cards available. Today we have Sapphire’s R9 380 Nitro 4GB card, a value oriented card using a value oriented GPU, seems like a nice match lets see how well it …
Read More »Gigabyte F2A88X-UP4 AMD Motherboard Review
Thanks to our friends at AMD we are glad to bring you a Gigabyte A88X UP4 Motherboard Review. This board came with our test kit of the AMD A8 7650K APU which was a pleasant surprise thanks to our experiences in the past with other Gigabyte boards like the Z97X UD3-BK and the X99-UD3P so naturally we have some high expectations, does …
Read More »MSI H97I AC Motherboard Review – Big Features at Reasonable Cost!
So, if you read our Pentium G3258 review a while ago here you might have noticed us alluding to the motherboard in that build, and today we will be doing a review on the MSI H97I AC mini-ITX motherboard that is feature packed and budget friendly. Coming in at around $110 this board features enough to make most users looking for a …
Read More »AMD A8 7650K APU Review – The Little APU That Could!
Oftentimes we will get people asking us about building a gaming PC on a budget, with the ability to upgrade in the future. Well today we will be bringing you our AMD A8 7650K review, which is priced aggressively and certainly packs a punch. This APU can be used in a variety of ways, like a low budget gaming PC with …
Read More »Best of Steam Summer Sale 2015 – Weekend Specials
With the Annual Steam Summer sale upon us, and with how complicated navigating the store page can be we wanted to give you all the highlights of the sale. DAILY DEALS (LASTS TILL 1PM EST SUNDAY 6/21) DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE 50% off (24.99 USD, 27.49 CAD, 24.99 EUR) Although the deal isn’t amazing, its a Dragon Ball fighting game, really what more …
Read More »XFX XTR 1050W Gold Rated Power Supply – Unboxing and Overview
As a company that sells graphics cards, XFX has a lot at stake when they put their name on a power supply. We have high expectations for the unit we’ve got today, the XFX XTR 1050W. After our reviews on the XFX R9 290 and the XFX R9 280 we wanted to take a look at the rebranding they have on their …
Read More »Phanteks Enthoo Evolv PC Chassis Review – Top of the Line Build Quality
Today we are taking a look at the Phanteks Enthoo Evolv; a micro-ATX, and mini-ITX case, designed to be the end-all-be-all for those looking for a small, yet spacious chassis. With room for a multitude of custom and AIO water coolers as well as a significant amount of air cooling this case is very versatile. It is also made out …
Read More »GTA V – Hardware Round Up and Performance Testing
We’ve spent a great deal of time here at Technology X testing a variety of different hardware on this game. We go through lengths to come up with every different type of test we could to get an idea of what makes a difference in this game. So you may have already purchased the game, and are curious if an …
Read More »AMD Sheds Details On HBM Powered GPU & OEM GPUs
Yesterday at their financial analyst day, AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su presented an update on AMD’s graphic business. Since AMD has already previously discussed their technology roadmaps over the next two years earlier in this presentation, we will get straight into the new stuff. Although AMD failed to mention it in their GPU roadmap, it was finally confirmed by Dr. Lisa Su …
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