Sebastian Peak | PC Perspective

ECS LIVA Z5 PLUS Mini PC Review

Sebastian Peak — Thu, 28 Mar 2024 00:56:09 +0000

It has been nearly ten years since I first went hands on with one of the LIVA mini PCs from ECS, with that original LIVA in 2014 the smallest personal computer…

MAINGEAR Does the Unthinkable – Will Ship PCs with Delidded Intel Core i9-14900KS CPUs

Sebastian Peak — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 17:38:39 +0000

It's not every day that a press release really surprises jaded, long-term hardware editors like me. But today is the exception. MAINGEAR is doing what I thought a system integrator would never…

Intel Announces the 6.2 GHz Core i9-14900KS Processor

Sebastian Peak — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 15:02:00 +0000

Intel has made the rumored Core i9-14900KS processor official, pushing out-of-the-box CPU frequencies to an eye-watering 6.2 GHz. Thus, Intel has bested Intel to retain the title as the world’s fastest desktop…

Enermax Launches World’s Smallest ATX 3.1 Power Supply – the REVOLUTION D.F. 12

Sebastian Peak — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 13:52:05 +0000

The latest power supply series from Enermax is the REVOLUTION D.F. 12, which the company claims is “the world’s smallest ATX 3.1 power supply”. This claim is based on current data from…

CORSAIR K65 PLUS WIRELESS 75% RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Review

Sebastian Peak — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 21:44:53 +0000

Corsair’s latest mechanical gaming keyboard is a compact model in the K65 series, but it isn’t a 65% keyboard; this new K65 PLUS is actually 75%. It offers premium features like…

Crucial T705 PCIe Gen5 NVMe SSD Review

Sebastian Peak — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 18:29:38 +0000

When we looked at Crucial's initial PCIe Gen5 NVMe SSD product, the T700, last July, it was truly in a class by itself. Since then other manufacturers have brought their own…

Sapphire PURE Radeon RX 7900 GRE Review – Enter the Golden Rabbit

Sebastian Peak — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 14:00:46 +0000

It’s here: the Golden Rabbit Edition. No longer a China exclusive, the GRE is now available worldwide, and it helps to fill in the upper midrange product offering in the Radeon 7000…

CORSAIR A115 CPU Air Cooler Review – A Massive New Contender

Sebastian Peak — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 16:57:59 +0000

Corsair is a big name in liquid cooling, of course, but they aren’t strangers to the CPU air cooler market, either. Remember the A500? Ok, so that one wasn’t especially popular…

NVIDIA Launches RTX 2000 Ada Generation GPU

Sebastian Peak — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 15:27:51 +0000

The next time you go shopping for a workstation GPU, don’t make the mistake of confusing the RTX 2000 with the RTX A2000. The new GPU is part of the “Ada Generation”,…

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER Founders Edition Review

Sebastian Peak — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 14:00:12 +0000

I will begin this review with a rant. A rant about the original GeForce RTX 4080, and its list price.

At $1199 USD the GeForce RTX 4080 was a product that perfectly illustrated…

AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT 16GB Review – Featuring the SAPPHIRE PULSE

Sebastian Peak — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 14:00:44 +0000

AMD's latest graphics card is here, though we have seen this GPU before. At the heart of this new Radeon RX 7600 XT lives Navi 33, and both the original RX 7600…

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER Review – Featuring ASUS

Sebastian Peak — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 14:00:00 +0000

The second of NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX SUPER cards is launching, and this one might be more interesting than the GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER. In a nutshell, the GeForce RTX 4070…

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super Founders Edition Review

Sebastian Peak — Tue, 16 Jan 2024 13:59:57 +0000

RTX SUPER cards are back after skipping a generation, and we have a Founders Edition of the new GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER on hand. At $599 USD this takes the place…

CES 2024: ASUS ROG Strix LC III Liquid Coolers and ROG Ryujin III Water Block

Sebastian Peak — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 21:53:01 +0000

ASUS has announced new liquid CPU cooling products under their Republic of Gamers (ROG) banner at CES 2024, with the ROG Strix LC III Series of all-in-one CPU coolers, and a new…

CES 2024: ASUS BTF Motherboards plus Cable-Free RTX 4070 Ti SUPER and RTX 4090

Sebastian Peak — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 19:24:15 +0000

Here's a simple concept: to eliminate cable mess, eliminate cables! Ok, maybe it's not that simple, but we can at least hide all cables behind the motherboard, and ASUS is introducing their…

CORSAIR K55 CORE Gaming Keyboard Quick Look Review

Sebastian Peak — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 15:21:49 +0000

Today we’re taking a look at a new low-cost gaming keyboard from Corsair, the K55 CORE, which is hitting retail channels at just $39.99 USD. You won't be getting mechanical key…

CES 2024: AMD Announces Ryzen 8000 G-Series Processors for AM5, Expands AM4 Lineup

Sebastian Peak — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 18:20:15 +0000

AMD has unveiled a number of new desktop options, adding a total of eight new SKUs - four each for AM5 and the older AM4 platform. The products include the new Ryzen…

CES 2024: NVIDIA Announces RTX 40 Series SUPER Cards

Sebastian Peak — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 17:26:11 +0000

NVIDIA has made their rumored SUPER cards a reality, announcing a trio of new RTX 40 Series GPUs with the SUPER moniker this morning. These will be the GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER,…

CES 2024: AMD Announces Radeon RX 7600 XT with 16GB of VRAM

Sebastian Peak — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 15:30:11 +0000

AMD is set to release a 16GB version of their Radeon RX 7600, though it will not be called "RX 7600 16GB". No, this is the rumored RX 7600 XT, and to…

ASUS is Launching ProArt Cases, PA602 Enclosure Introduced

Sebastian Peak — Tue, 19 Dec 2023 15:29:12 +0000

ASUS has just announced a new enclosure (yes, they make cases), and this one is the first in what promises to be many under the ProArt banner. This first effort is the…