MSI X370 XPower Gaming Titanium AM4 Motherboard Review
Forum Comment Thread: Click Here Since we have already reviewed two of the three motherboards that AMD handpicked to send to reviewers for the Ryzen launch, it only makes sense for us to review the...
View ArticleCrucial BX300 480GB SSD Review
Product Name: BX300 480GB Part Number: CT480BX300SSD1 Warranty: 3 years Forum Comment Thread So here we are, in one of the slowest evolutionary years for the storage market and a few distinctive trends...
View ArticleMSI B350 Tomahawk AM4 Motherboard Review
Product Name: MSI B350 Tomahawk Part Number: B350 TOMAHAWK Warranty: 3 years Forum Comment Thread Having reviewed a handful of enthusiast-oriented AMD X370 AM4 motherboards, we have become fans of this...
View ArticleFixing Bent Pins on AMD's Ryzen PGA CPUs
If you follow Hardware Canucks on Twitter (and you should!) you’ll know that a few weeks ago I shipped a Ryzen 7 1700X processor to Anthony –aka AkG- and let’s just say that things didn’t quite go as...
View ArticleASUS ROG STRIX X299-E Gaming Review
Forum Comment Thread: Click Here When Intel announced their new LGA2066 HEDT platform at Computex 2017, it came as a surprise to many since the company wasn't expected to unveil their new X299 chipset...
View ArticleIntel Coffee Lake i7-8700K & i5-8400 Review
It seems like ever since the launch of AMD’s Ryzen and the subsequent introduction of Threadripper, Intel has been on roll. If you have doubts about that, I'll invite you to discuss them in our forum...
View ArticleToshiba OCZ TR200 960GB & 480GB SSD Review
New SSD launches have been few and far between as of late. That shouldn’t come as any surprise since the solid state storage segment has recently seen a reduction its number of market players, pressure...
View ArticleASRock X299 Taichi Motherboard Review
While AMD's ThreadRipper X399 platform has undeniably stolen a lot of the spotlight from Intel's newest HEDT offerings, there still no doubt that the Skylake-X X299 platform has a lot going for it....
View Articlei7-2600K vs. i7-8700K - Is Upgrading Worthwhile?
Sandy Bridge. That name alone conjures up some pretty strong memories in the hearts and minds of PC users. Back in 2011 Intel’s then-new architecture represented a significant step up from the previous...
View ArticleThe NVIDIA GTX 1070 Ti Performance Review
NVIDIA’s launch of their new GTX 1070 Ti is both senseless and completely sensible depending on which way you tend to look at things. The emotional among you are going to wonder why NVIDIA is even...
View ArticleASRock Fatal1ty X399 Professional Gaming Motherboard Review
When AMD unveiled the ThreadRipper X399 platform back in July it caused huge shockwaves since this was an HEDT platform with absolutely no artificial limitations, superior capabilities, and an...
View ArticleMAX-Q Laptop Battle - ASUS Zephyrus vs Gigabyte Aero 15X
A few months ago during Computex, NVIDIA officially launched their MAX-Q technology which endeavored to offer desktop-class gaming performance in an Ultrabook-sized portable form factor. Back then, I...
View ArticleASUS PRIME X399-A Motherboard Review
Earlier this month we reviewed our first ThreadRipper-supporting X399 motherboard, and as luck would have it was one of the most feature packed models on the market: the ASRock Fatal1ty X399...
View ArticleAMD Ryzen 2, Next Gen Vega & More Detailed
I think I must have said “AMD is firing on all cylinders” more than two dozen times over the course of last year’s coverage on these pages. From Ryzen to Threadripper and ALMOST everything in between,...
View ArticleAMD Ryzen 5 2400G & Ryzen 3 2200G Review
It wasn’t all that long ago that the term AMD-coined term of “APU” or Accelerated Processing Unit generated more eye rolls than excitement. Originally introduced with the Llano architecture and evolved...
View ArticleNZXT N7 Z370 Motherboard Review
Yes, you read the title correctly. In a move that nobody would have predicted, NZXT has launched their very first motherboard. While the company is best known as a manufacturer of budget-friendly...
View ArticleGIGABYTE Z370N WIFI ITX Motherboard Review
Every time we review a Mini-ITX motherboard we know that we are going to encounter something cool or unusual. The PCB space constraints combined with the obvious desire to outdo the competition means...
View ArticleAMD Threadripper 2950X Performance Review
So here we are in what’s the first review on the Hardware Canucks website in an embarrassingly long time. What’s been going on behind the scenes will all be revealed soon but for the time being let’s...
View ArticleNVIDIA RTX 2080 Ti, 2080 & 2070 Explained
Two years, three months and three days. That’s how long it’s been since NVIDIA announced their GTX 1080, the first of many graphics cards featuring the Pascal architecture. That’s an eternity in...
View ArticleNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti & RTX 2080 Review
When NVIDIA first showed of their RTX 2080 Ti and RTX 2080 at Gamescom, many who watched the livestream and attended in person were left with more questions than answers. This actually brings us to...
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