IceGiant Prototype Thermosiphon Cooler Review: Frosty New Tech

Our Verdict

The IceGiant ProSiphon offers a sneak peek of future performance CPU-cooling tech that easily bests some of our favorite Threadripper thermal solutions. The prototype we tested is massive and noisy, though that should improve with final versions.

For

  • Excellent thermal performance
  • Retail version intends to improve design and performance over prototype

Against

  • Prototype is very large and heavy
  • Fan noise at full RPM (fan choice may differ in retail version)
  • Prototype and retail version may be too large for compact builds
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ASRock Shoots RX 5500 XT Phantom Gaming D Into Existence

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We're not used to seeing graphics cards from ASRock, but they've recently started making them, and now they're outing their own variant of the new AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (our review of the 4GB card is here ). This one is called the RX 5500 XT Phantom Gaming D 8G OC, which gives away a few details about the unit.

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China-Based Zhaoxin Targets 2021 for 7nm CPUs With PCIe 4.0, DDR5 Support

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As reported by WikiChip Fuse this week, Chinese CPU maker Zhaoxin has outlined the designs for its next-generation KaiXian and KaiSheng processors. This reveal comes on the heels of a Bloomberg report this fall that China is pushing hard to decrease the country's dependency on U.S. technology .

Zhaoxin has two primary product lines. The KaiXian chips are designed for the consumer market, while the KaiSheng processors are tailored towards the server market. Zhaoxin's existing KaiXian KX


Just in Time for Winter: Thermaltake S500 Tempered Glass Case Also Coming in Snow White

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The Thermaltake's S500 came on the market earlier this year, and now the vendor is announcing another version fit for the cold weather: the new white variant is called the S500 Tempered Glass Snow Edition.

The PC case comes in a standard ATX layout with eight expansion slots, which can all be rotated to a layout that allows you to mount graphics cards vertically. The case supports CPU coolers up to 172mm tall, GPUs up to 4

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Xbox Series X is Microsoft’s Next Console, Has AMD Hardware-based Ray Tracing

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In a surprise announcement at The Game Awards last night, Microsoft unveiled that its next console will be called the Xbox Series X. Additionally, it unveiled a new design and a controller. It will release in time for the holidays in 2020.

From a teaser video, the design looks like a small form factor tower, similar to the Corsair One desktop. There's ventilation on the top (with what appears to be green lighting) and a disk drive on the


Razer’s Basilisk Gaming Mouse is on Sale For Just $40 (43% off)

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Today is one of those good days where we've found a deal on a product we’re actually using right now, this very second in fact. Razer's Basilisk Gaming Mouse is currently on sale for just under $40 , that's an impressive $30 off its retail price, $15 off its average price, and honestly it's a sweet deal if you don't already own this mouse.

And it is a phenomenal mouse too

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ASRock TRX40 Creator Review: a Threadripper Value?

Our Verdict

A good overall value with excellent network capabilities, the $460 TRX40 Creator is almost perfectly designed to host a 32-core Threadripper CPU and four double-slot expansion cards.

For

  • Good stability
  • 10GbE, 2.5GbE & 2.4Gbps Wi-Fi
  • Includes 20Gbps USB Type-C 2x2 port
  • About $40 cheaper than compared models

Against

  • Small voltage regulator
  • Tall voltage regulator cooler limits case selection when using top-mounted radiators
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Intel Refutes Reports of Further Roadmap Delays

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A report from SemiAccurate today claimed that Intel has significantly delayed its "entire server roadmap," and a follow-on report from Wells Fargo analyst Aaron Rakers , which cites the SemiAccurate report and "industry checks," seemingly reaffirms that Intel has hit yet another roadblock on its path to recovering from its incessant 10nm delays, thus impacting delivery of the Ice Lake processors for the data center.

However, in a statement sent to Tom's Hardware, Intel maintains that its data

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Overclocker Gets 1TB of RAM Running on X299 Motherboard Limited to 256GB

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ASRock announced this week that renown overclocker Nick Shih has filled ASRock's X299 Taichi CLX workstation-grade motherboard with 1TB of memory when the motherboard only officially supports up to 256GB.

To achieve this feat, Shih paired an Intel Core i9-7900X with eight SK Hynix 128GB LRDIMM (load-reduced DIMM) modules. This is quite fascinating, considering we were told that the

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Great Deal for Raspberry Pi Fans: 4 Breadboards, 120 Jumpers for $5

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Whether you do projects with Raspberry Pi or some other board, you're going to need a breadboard. Breadboards allow you to prototype electronics by popping all your wires, sensors, motors, lights, speakers, transistors and resistors into their little plastic holes.  You use simple, removable cables called jumper wires to connect your Pi to all of the electronics and build working circuits.

Normally, buying even one breadboard by itself  will cost you $7 to $10. But right now

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