The Corsair one is a PC that leaves no one indifferent. Some purists will scowl, but Corsair’s compact PC is attractive, rather well-built and, above all, offers a very comfortable level of silence with serious components. Well, that was before, because Corsair hasn ‘t updated its baby in nearly two years. In fact, the last update dates back to 2022, with the arrival of the Core i9-12900K and the GeForce RTX 3080 (and 3080 Ti). So it’s impossible to benefit from the latest graphics cards and other processor upgrades. But things are about to change, as the American brand will be making announce ..read more

Earlier this year, we saw an eGPU box from Lenovo with a number of arguments in its favor. For those of you trying to remember what an eGPU is, it’s simply an external graphics card, generally used to boost the performance of a notebook PC when it’s in fixed use. A solution that several brands have been experimenting with for years. But Lenovo, with its ThinkBook TGX, may have found the right formula. What is an eGPU, and does it really work? The eGPU could considerably broaden the range of uses for a notebook PC, from gaming to graphics creation. However, it comes up against the problem of t ..read more

Snapdragon X Elite is all the rage. For some, these new SoCs are simply going to shake up the PC industry. These ARM solutions, which will run Windows, are announced as a kind of equivalent to Apple Silicon chips in the Windows world. In their euphoria, some analysts are even predicting that these solutions will push Intel and AMD out of the notebook PC market for some time to come. Snapdragon X Elite: fake benchmarks? The problem in this industry is that when teasing goes on for a long time, even far too long, there may be a wolf somewhere. For several months now, Qualcomm has been announcin ..read more

Reports of stability problems with certain i9-13900K and i9-14900K processors have been coming in for several weeks now. According to some, Intel’s desire to push the frequencies of its architecture to the limit in an attempt to keep up with AMD is the main reason. With insane maximum frequencies often achieved at the cost of excessively high voltage and infernal temperatures, the consequences are disastrous. Another reason for the growing number of after-sales services is that some manufacturers are offering problematic motherboard profiles in order to have more marketing arguments than their ..read more

A few months ago, we received a copy of the WigiDash from G.Skill. So why are we only publishing the test today? Firstly, because it’s only been available in Europe for a few weeks, and secondly, because the software has undergone quite a few updates in recent weeks. If you do buy it, don’t hesitate to join the ElmorLabs discord, which is part of the design team that manages the software. We’ve also bought a copy of Benchlab, which we’ll be coming back to in the coming weeks. G.SKILL’s WigiDash is available now on Amazon for 129.99 USD, and in Germany from ProShop and MyFactory for 148 euros ..read more

COOLER MASTER presents the MasterBox 600. Available in elegant black and immaculate white, this box promises an original approach to configuration assembly. In fact, it offers a range of features to simplify assembly. Here are six points that set it apart from the competition: Rear-connect motherboard bracket: a design offering 33 to 35 mm of space behind the motherboard tray, guaranteeing superior cable management and easy access. Versatile cooling options: with the ability to accommodate up to seven 120 mm fans, as well as options for a top-mounted 360 mm radiator or a front-mounted 420 mm ..read more

You may remember the monstrous Asus ROG GX700 laptop, which featured an external station for watercooling its components. A technical feat as impressive as it was cumbersome. But this idea doesn’t seem to be dead, since a Chinese laptop manufacturer has just presented a range equipped with the Intel Core i9-14900HX processor and an RTX 4080 or 4090: the MECHREVO Kuang Shi X and Kuang Shi 16 Super. At present, these models appear to be available only in China A laptop with a watercooling systemWatercooling for laptops in 2024: is it really worth it? What’s special is that users can choose wheth ..read more

Yesterday, we reported on Meta’s entry into the battle with a different approach, but now Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has revealed that Apple has had to cut production of its Vision Pro mixed reality glasses simply because sales are not in line with initial forecasts. According to the analyst, while Apple had planned to sell between 700,000 and 800,000 units of its glasses by 2024, the company has almost halved these figures. The Apple brand now expects to sell between 400,000 and 450,000 units in the current year. With the hype over, potential customers look elsewhereThe Apple Vision Pro is re ..read more

First of all, please bear in mind that this information is still at the rumor stage and should be treated with all due caution. AMD could launch a family of processors dedicated to “consumer” servers: the AMD EPYC 4004 compatible with socket AM5. Until now, AMD has relied on the SP5 and SP6 platforms for servers. The AMD EPYC 4004 processors would therefore be Zen 4s, probably using the same “Raphael” CPU chips we’ve seen in the form of the Ryzen 7000 and Ryzen 7000 X3D. Indeed, it seems that this range could include both classic processors and versions with 3D V-Cache. AI creation of a hypoth ..read more

Framework has made a name for itself by capitalizing on two things: the passion of those who like to tinker with and upgrade their PCs, and the frustration of those who spend their money on repairs and wonder about programmed obsolescence. It has to be said that this success is essentially media-driven. Not that Framework isn’t a viable business, but after more than 5 years in existence, it remains a “little dwarf” in today’s laptop world. More generally, the company has grown by raising funds on several occasions, because investors believe in its project, and also because it is surfing on a ..read more