Poll: What component is standing in the way of your next PC build? There are no two ways about it right now: it is a dismal time to be a PC builder. Between cryptomining-related shortages of graphics cards... Poll Question: • What component is standing in the way of your next PC build? Type: News story Tags: Systems Miscellaneous |
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Poll: What product category are you most excited about for 2018? The almost-past year of 2017 was a big one for CPU technology announcements. We got AMD's Ryzen and Threadripper units plus Intel's... Poll Question: • What product category are you most excited about for 2018? Type: News story Tags: CPUs Graphics Miscellaneous |
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Poll: Which high-end desktop platform has you most interested? Howdy, gerbils. The Summer of Hardware is in full swing, and the pace of product announcements in the CPU and graphics card world has barely... Poll Question: • Which high-end desktop platform has you most interested? Type: News story Tags: CPUs |
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Poll: How much did you spend on your last CPU? In the wake of AMD's Ryzen 7 launch, PC enthusiasts have been hotly debating the value proposition of CPUs that sell for $300 and... Poll Question: • How much did you spend on your last CPU? Type: News story Tags: CPUs |
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Poll: What's the resolution and refresh rate of your gaming monitor? One of the hottest topics in the wake of AMD's Ryzen CPU launch has been the appropriate monitor resolution at which to test CPU... Poll Question: • What's the resolution and refresh rate of your gaming monitor? Type: News story Tags: Displays |
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Poll: How are Kaby Lake and Ryzen shaping your PC-building plans? Intel's Kaby Lake CPUs are out now, and AMD's Ryzen CPUs are slated for a first-quarter release. With those winds of change blowing, we figure... Poll Question: • How are Kaby Lake and Ryzen shaping your PC-building plans? Type: News story Tags: CPUs |
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Poll: What generation of Intel CPU powers your main PC? The tea leaves suggest next year will bring significant new products from Intel and AMD in the desktop CPU space. As we start... Poll Question: • What generation of Intel CPU is in your main PC? Type: News story Tags: CPUs |
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Poll: Are Skylake CPUs tempting you to upgrade? It's been almost two weeks since Intel's Skylake enthusiast CPUs hit the market. We know how they perform, and we have a good idea... Poll Question: • Are Skylake CPUs and Z170 motherboards tempting you to upgrade? Type: News story Tags: CPUs Motherboards Systems |
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What are your Windows 10 upgrade plans? Windows 10 arrives about a month from now, and many of you have no doubt seen the little "reserve your copy of Windows 10"... Poll Question: • What are your Windows 10 upgrade plans? Type: News story Tags: Software Windows |
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What do you trust more: mechanical or solid-state storage? SSDs are slowly taking over the PC storage industry. They've become the default in slim mobile systems and are increasingly working their way into desktops.... Poll Question: • What do you trust more? Type: News story Tags: Storage |
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The TR Hardware Survey 2014: What's inside your main desktop PC? If you've been on TR for long enough, you probably remember our hardware surveys. Our first one went up way back in 2008, and... Poll Questions: • Processor series • If you have an Intel Core processor, is it a • Number of processor cores • Graphics card(s) • Number of graphics cards • Price of each (or only) graphics card at time of purchase • What's overclocked? • Motherboard manufacturer • System memory capacity • Solid-state drive capacity • Mechanical storage capacity (total) • Do you have an optical drive? • Do you have a sound card? • Do you have any expansion cards beside a graphics card and sound card? • PSU wattage • System form factor • Type of CPU cooler • Number of displays • Resolution of largest display • Panel type of largest display • Mouse type • Type of keyboard • Primary operating system • Home network Wi-Fi speed • Internet connection speed (down) • Internet connection speed (up) Type: News story Tags: Miscellaneous The Tech Report |
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What's your biggest PC bottleneck? Modern PCs are incredibly powerful. They have multi-core CPUs, massively parallel graphics processors, gobs of memory, and... Poll Question: • What's your biggest PC bottleneck? Type: News story Tags: CPUs Graphics Storage Memory |
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Which upcoming Intel desktop CPU revs your motor? Ok, folks, we know Intel is planning to release four new types of CPUs that are directly targeted at PC enthusiasts. The tough question... Poll Question: • Which upcoming Intel desktop CPU revs your motor the most? Type: News story Tags: CPUs |
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Poll: To which release are you most looking forward? Between all our reviews and news, not to mention reader meetups, we've kinda been neglecting our front-page poll. Today, we're freshening things up... Poll Question: • To which release are you most looking forward? Type: News story Tags: Graphics Mobile computing Game consoles Operating systems |
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How do you prefer to read books? It's way past time for a new poll, and I have an honest question about how folks like to consume books. Have you made... Poll Question: • How do you prefer to read books? Type: News story Tags: Personal tech |
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Poll: What do you use to apply thermal paste? Back in the day, applying thermal compound was a fine art. I used to spend entirely too much time making sure the surface of... Poll Question: • What do you use to apply thermal paste? Type: News story Tags: CPUs Cooling |
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Jury finds Samsung violated Apple patents The jury in Apple's patent infringement case against Samsung has found that Samsung violated a great many of the patents Apple sought to enforce, and... Poll Question: • Your reaction to the Apple-Samsung verdict? Type: News story Tags: Operating systems Personal tech |
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Poll: What will happen first? It's time to peer into our crystal balls and predict the future. There are a number of things in the tech industry that should—or at... Poll Question: • What will happen first? Type: News story Tags: CPUs Graphics Storage Operating systems |
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AMD's Ryzen 7 2700X and Ryzen 5 2600X CPUs reviewed | 218 |
Remember when we all whined that Founder's Edition parts were overpriced ripoffs? Pepperidge Farm remembers. | +33 |