Haswell
One of the most visited parts of the AnandTech website is our benchmark database, Bench. Over the last decade we've placed as much benchmark data as we can in there for every sample we can get our hands on. As the CPU editor, one of my duties is to maintain the CPU part of Bench, making sure the benchmarks are relevant and the newest components are tested. Today we are announcing our latest major Bench refresh with our new Benchmark suite, and some very lofty goals.
Intel Un-Discontinues Pentium G3420 ‘Haswell’ CPU
As spotted by ComputerBase.de, in a rare event, Intel has canceled its plan to EOL one of its low-end Haswell-generation processors, resuming processor shipments for the foreseeable future. Curiously...
49 by Anton Shilov on 12/9/2019
Thecus Announces Two New Rackmount NAS Servers
Thecus has introduced two new commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) rackmount enterprise-class NAS servers with 12 and 16 bays. They both run the latest version of Thecus's Linux-based OS. The systems...
2 by Anton Shilov on 3/7/2016
Intel: For Mainstream Gamers, Our IGPs Are Equivalent to Discrete GPUs
Intel’s integrated graphics processors (iGPUs) are the most widespread PC-class graphics adapters on the planet. Enthusiasts of high-performance personal computers do not use Intel’s iGPUs, but the world’s largest...
96 by Anton Shilov on 1/14/2016
Compulab Rolls-Out Passively-Cooled Airtop Systems
Compulab, a maker of miniature and small form-factor computers, is introducing its first desktop system called Airtop today. The new computer can be equipped with rather high-performance components, but...
35 by Anton Shilov on 1/14/2016
The Intel Xeon E7-8800 v3 Review: The POWER8 Killer?
The story behind the high-end Xeon has been the same for the past 5 years: Intel's most expensive beats the Oracle alternative in every way you can look at...
146 by Johan De Gelas on 5/8/2015
QNAP Launches TVS-x71U Haswell-based Rackmount NAS Units
At CES, QNAP had the TVS-x71 series of NAS models in the tower form factor. Bay counts ranged from 4 to 8. Users had a choice of four different...
2 by Ganesh T S on 1/21/2015
MSI Announces GS30 Shadow Laptop and GPU Expansion Dock
One of the very interesting looking laptops from MSI is their upcoming GS30, which carries on the thin and light theme of the GS series but extends that down...
41 by Jarred Walton on 1/4/2015
MSI Unveils GE62 and GE72 Apache Notebooks
After reviewing the GT72 Dominator Pro last year, I wondered how long it would take to see some of the updated industrial design elements make their way into other...
1 by Jarred Walton on 1/4/2015
Holiday Guides 2014: Z97 Motherboards for Haswell
Writing one guide for all of the Z97 motherboard range seems a little odd. It is possible to consider each market segment and price range to come up with...
16 by Ian Cutress on 12/9/2014
Asustor AS7008T 8-bay Intel Haswell SMB NAS Review
Asustor is one of the recent entrants in the NAS market. Over the last couple of years, they have tried to play in the same space as QNAP and...
29 by Ganesh T S on 11/30/2014
MSI GT72 Dominator Pro Review: GTX 980M Reigns Supreme
When it comes to high-end gaming notebooks, there are only a few real competitors: Alienware, ASUS, Clevo (under various brand names), and MSI are the main options, with a...
57 by Jarred Walton on 11/11/2014
Lenovo ThinkStation P300 Workstation Review: Haswell plus Quadro
Individual under-the-desk workstations are an integral part of modern society. Normally a work PC is either thought-limited or throughput-limited, but depending on the type of business and financials of...
57 by Ian Cutress on 11/4/2014
Zotac ZBOX CI540 nano Review: A Fanless Haswell-Y mini-PC
Over the last couple of years, mini-PCs in the ultra-compact form factor (UCFF) have emerged as one of the bright spots in the troubled PC market. Zotac is no...
48 by Ganesh T S on 10/31/2014
Investigating NVIDIA's BatteryBoost with MSI GT72
BatteryBoost initially launched with the GTX 800M series earlier this year, and our first look at the technology came with the MSI GT70 with GTX 880M. That may not...
26 by Jarred Walton on 10/23/2014
Intel Disables TSX Instructions: Erratum Found in Haswell, Haswell-E/EP, Broadwell-Y
One of the main features Intel was promoting at the launch of Haswell was TSX – Transactional Synchronization eXtensions. In our analysis, Johan explains that TSX enables the CPU...
63 by Ian Cutress on 8/12/2014
ASUS ROG Maximus VII Formula Released
One of the major announcements at Computex this year was that of the Maximus VII Formula, ASUS’ ‘gaming-rather-than-overclocking’ focused member of the Republic of Gamers line-up. The additions for...
28 by Ian Cutress on 7/18/2014
MSI GE60 Review: Mainstream Mobile Maxwell
When NVIDIA launched their first Maxwell GPU, the GM107, back in February, they ushered in a new level of performance efficiency for desktop PCs. Given these improvements in efficiency...
64 by Jarred Walton on 7/17/2014
ASUS Z97-Pro WiFi AC Review
The initial set of Z97 reviews demonstrated that most motherboard manufacturers were implementing at least one the new storage options offered by the chipset: SATA Express and M.2. ...
38 by Ian Cutress on 7/16/2014
Devil’s Canyon Review: Intel Core i7-4790K and i5-4690K
In the latter part of the last decade, getting performance on the cheap meant buying a low end processor and learning how to overclock it. This is how I...
117 by Ian Cutress on 7/11/2014
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