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Since we posted our previous motherboard guides, there has been a couple of notable processor launches. Perhaps one of the most impressive of the aforementioned launches is Intel's 13th Gen Core series, codenamed Raptor Lake. Not only is Intel's 13th Gen Core series powerful as we highlighted in our launch day review, but it offers multiple levels of affordability due to its support for both DDR5 and DDR4 memory. This means users can pair up the flagship Core i9-13900K with a premium Z790/Z690 motherboard and fast DDR5 memory for ultimate performance, or even go for the more affordable Core i5-13600K with DDR4 and a more modest motherboard model. We're focusing on Intel here and there are many chipsets that feature support for Intel's 13th Gen...
ASUS UX31A: Putting the Ultra in Ultrabooks
When Intel first came up with their Ultrabook initiative last year—and yes, it was basically just a rechristening of ultraportables with the thin factor of a MacBook Air—they also...
106 by Jarred Walton on 8/28/2012Open Source Router Platforms - Part 1: The Hardware
Open Source Router Spotlight A few months ago we asked a simple question - what do you use for your router, and what would you look for in a router...
46 by Brian Klug on 8/22/2012ASUS P8Z77-V Premium Review: A Bentley Among Motherboards
In the car industry, there is a large variety of cars to choose from - both the cheap and the expensive will get you from A to B, but...
43 by Ian Cutress on 8/13/2012ASUS Republic of Gamers and X79 ROG Review – Rampage IV Gene, Formula and Extreme
The Republic of Gamers (ROG) brand has been on the radar for a good five years now. Initially in the form of motherboards, the ROG brand aimed to...
34 by Ian Cutress on 8/3/2012The 16GB Nexus 7: Storage Performance
For the first time, in our Nexus 7 review, I started seriously looking at integrated storage performance of tablets and smartphones. I've casually done this in the past, but...
16 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/1/2012The Google Nexus 7 Review
I viewed Google I/O, Jelly Bean (Android 4.1) and the first Nexus tablet as Google's last chance to deliver a knockout in the tablet space before the onslaught of...
118 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Brian Klug on 7/26/2012ASUS Announces Plans to Bring Jelly Bean to Transformer Pad Series
ASUS just sent us an email stating that the Transformer Pad, Transformer Pad Prime and Transformer Pad Infinity are all scheduled to receive updates to Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean...
17 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 7/20/2012ASUS PA246Q 24" ProArt Monitor: No Adjustments Needed?
Our monitor reviews frequently go into a lot of depth about the results before and after calibration, but for many users this won’t matter, as they aren’t going to...
52 by Chris Heinonen on 7/2/2012Google Makes ASUS Supplied Nexus 7 Tablet Official - Update: Play Store Page Live
Google just announced its first Nexus tablet, the Nexus 7. The specs are pretty much what we expected, including a 1280x800 LCD display, Tegra 3 SoC (probably T30L, we're...
31 by Brian Klug on 6/27/2012ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity (TF700T) Review
Since the release of the first Eee Pad Transformer (can you believe it's only been about a year?), ASUS has released several members of the Eee Pad and Transformer...
112 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/25/2012ASUS Demonstrates Displays with Integrated Touch and WiDi
Years ago ASUS made the transition from being just a motherboard company to a notebook manufacturer. These days I'm getting the distinct impression ASUS would like to be much...
8 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/7/2012ASUS' Colorful X401 Series
Priced below the S-series Ultrabooks is ASUS' X401, a fairly standard notebook without discrete graphics. ASUS seems to be really on point with the styling of its 2012 Ivy...
4 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/7/2012The MacBook Pro Inspired ASUS S-Series Ultrabook, Below $899
While the world waits for thinner, higher-resolution notebooks from Apple, ASUS delivered part of that with its new S-Series Ultrabooks revealed at Computex this year. Priced below $899 (basically...
19 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/7/2012ASUS' Touch Enabled Zenbook Prime UX21A
Ultrabooks got off to a very rough start. The initial designs failed to impress, but the second generation based on Ivy Bridge seem to be a lot better. We...
9 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/7/2012Computex 2012: ASUS Motherboard Technical Showcase - ZEUS with dual GPU onboard
Producing concept boards is common in the automotive industry. Every year, companies such as Ford, Audi, Jaguar or Volkswagen will produce a concept as an indication of 'this...
16 by Ian Cutress on 6/6/2012ASUS' Thunderbolt EX Upgrade Card for 7-series Motherboards
Only two members of ASUS' Z77 stack feature integrated Thunderbolt support: the P8Z77-V Premium and the P8Z77-V Pro/Thunderbolt. As the interface is still fairly new and the controllers still...
21 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/5/2012Hands on With ASUS' Tablet 600 & Windows RT
Earlier today ASUS announced its first Windows RT device, the Tablet 600. Based on NVIDIA's Tegra 3 SoC (T30), the Tablet 600 features a 10.1-inch 1366 x 768 IPS...
17 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/4/2012Other new ASUS products: Monitors, and a Reverse Screen Laptop
Not content with just showing the Transformer concept to AIOs and Notebooks, ASUS had another couple of new interesting devices of note in our press conference today. The...
7 by Ian Cutress on 6/4/2012New ASUS AIO Transformer. Oh, it’s also a tablet.
With the push towards more powerful AIOs and tablets, ASUS have decided you can have both in one device. At their press conference today ASUS announced the new ASUS Transformer...
9 by Ian Cutress on 6/4/2012