Asus ROG Crosshair 7 Hero

The Intel i7-9700K received ample criticism at unveil for being the first “gaming,” S-class i7 in recent history to drop hyperthreading. The move was accompanied by an increase in physical core count to 8C, but followed the previous move from 4C/8T to...

By name and by marketing, the i5 CPU is most comparable to the R5 CPUs. The R5 2600's current $160 price-point makes it a less direct comparison, and the 2600X, which would perform about where an overclocked 2600 performs, is about $220. This is also...

These days there are basically two different groups of customers who demand lots of processing power: content creators and gamers, while this 2D performance comparison is targeting content creators. After having had a look at the following pages you'll...

ASUS's Crosshair Hero series is always a popular choice for gamers and for good reason. It covers all of the bases, throws in a little extra, and sticks to a reasonable budget. We saw excellent performance across the board in our gamut of testing and...

The Internet was recently abuzz with unboxing events for AMD's second generation Ryzen processors: the Ryzen 7 2700X and Ryzen 5 2600X. These latest Ryzen processors are manufactured using an optimized 12nm LP node based on what is called the "Zen+"...