Workstation

Luke goes hands-on with a 300Hz gaming laptop from Acer

EVGA don’t release a huge number of motherboards, but when they do its usually something pretty impressive. A new motherboard that has just been announced from EVGA is no different, the SR-3 Dark offers exceptional performance and engineering. The new SR-3 Dark motherboard from EVGA features the Intel C622 chipset …

Gigabyte is updating its series of Intel Xeon compatible motherboards with new lines for single-socket Intel Xeon W-3200 and dual-socket Xeon scalable workstation and server motherboards added to its range. The company has announced two new motherboards engineered to build workstation and server systems in 2020. The MU71-SU0 is a …

Just a few weeks ago, AMD launched its brand-new professional GPU, the Radeon Pro W5700 series is now set for a performance boost with a 16GB W5700X version being made available as a configuration option in Apple’s latest Mac Pro. The recently launched Radeon Pro W5700 is based on AMD’s …

With a rise in popularity of streaming platforms like Twitch and so many people turning to YouTube to broadcast their skills, products aimed at content creation is becoming a large and lucrative market for hardware manufacturers. Gigabyte has a whole host of products available for the growing community of content …

This week saw High-end desktop CPU launches from both AMD and Intel, with the new AMD Threadripper 3000 CPUs stealing the show. Intel is looking for a way to claw back some performance against AMD Threadripper and is working on a new microcode for the X299 platform. Details of the …

Based on the new Navi architecture, could the W5700 prove a compelling purchase for professionals?

While most of the attention from Gigabyte over recent months has been on new motherboards for the 3rd generation AMD Ryzen platform, the company has been quietly working on boards for the upcoming Intel Xeon server platform too. To coincide with the recent announcement from Intel regarding new Xeon E-2200 …

An area which Intel still has a vast share of the market is with server CPUs – the company has announced that the new Xeon E-2200 processors are available now for entry-level servers. Intel’s Xeon E-2200 is designed to deliver essential performance for businesses, with advanced security features for cloud-based …

With the release of Intel’s 10th generation high-end desktop X-Series CPUs becoming ever closer, there is no doubt we should expect a barrage of new motherboard announcements to support the new CPU series soon. ASRock has got a head start on the rest with an update to their current X299 …

Corsair has announced it is ready to release updated versions of the Corsair One and Corsair One Pro, to expand its line-up of gaming and productivity systems with new models offering further specification options. From today, several new models of the Corsair One family of gaming PCs will be made …

Intel has unveiled a new device they are calling Element, a next-generation modular PC platform aimed at gaming and workstation NCUs which will offer up to eight-core Xeon or Core series processors. At a recent Intel event in London, the Element was on display. Similar to a concept which Razer …

Back at Computex, NVIDIA launched its new ‘RTX Studio’ initiative, aiming to create professional drivers for creative desktop users and powerful workstation laptops for those who need to do design, editing, modelling work on the go. We saw a bunch of RTX Studio laptops announced then but a few more …

It's a mini PC aimed at business users - is up to the task?

Could this be the foundation for your next workstation or server build?

It's a beast of a board if you're looking to build a server around an EPYC processor

The range is called the Prevail Pro, and we took a look at the version with mobile Quadro P4000.

This is a great professional video card from AMD - read on to find out why.

Need a powerful, well priced workstation with AMD's 2990WX inside ? This might tick all the boxes.

AMD's new 32 core 2990WX is here, and its a monster.

Got £5000 lying around for a mobile workstation? MSI's WT73VR 7RM could be worth a look

It's a stunning rig from Chillblast, with impressive water-cooling. But is it worth £7500?!

With the launch of the monstrous Quadro GP100, HBM has arrived in the graphics-oriented Quadro range as well.

Threadripper 1950X/Radeon Vega Frontier v Intel 7980XE/Titan Xp ? we all want to see that!

When we first got our hands on the AMD Ryzen 7 1800X, we were bowled over by the challenge it poses for Intel’s top-end Core i7 processors. Intel may have taken up that challenge with the announcement of the Core i9, but despite this the most astonishing feature of Ryzen …

A year, almost to the day, after launching the original Radeon Pro Duo dual-chip workstation-class graphics card, AMD has announced a refresh to its professional line-up. During the NAB 2017 show (an event for the broadcasting industry) in Las Vegas yesterday, AMD announced a new version of the Radeon Pro Duo …

Inside is a quad-core processor, professional NVIDIA Quadro graphics, and two storage devices. Its less than 2kg.

The Intel Broadwell-E generation is where the top end of the enthusiast market crosses over into the professional space. MSI’s X99A Workstation motherboard is based on the same consumer-oriented Intel X99 chipset as its high-end gaming products, rather than the business-focused C612, but with extra features aimed at the workstation …

ASRock has really upped its game over the last few years. A decade ago, the company was most successful at the budget end of the market. But that image has long gone. Recently, we looked at a decidedly high-end X99 chipset board in the shape of the ASRock X99 WS-E/10G. …

Motherboards aimed at professional usage have quite different requirements to those aimed at consumer activities like gaming. For a start, whilst gamers are swiftly moving onto the Z170 chipset and Intel Skylake procesors, because quad-core is usually enough, workstations have generally stuck with X99 and Haswell E processors, due to …