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welcome back to hardware own box this is the final episode of news corner before Computex begins next week both Steve and I are flying out tomorrow night so keep an eye out for a ton of Computex content coming in the next couple of days anyway lots of news topics to get through in the lead-up to the show starting with a flurry of rumors surrounding Intel's 40th anniversary edition processor the guys at video cards uncovered several retailers lifting an as-yet unannounced Intel Core i7 8086 K which is set to mark the 40th anniversary of the famous 8086 on June 8th this new CPU could be unveiled at Intel's Computex keynote on June 5th and highly likely we'll see it launched around the globe on June 8th with pricing rumored to be around 70 to 100 US dollars more expensive than the i7 8700 K so that it place it around the $450 mark as for specs it's not completely clear what will be getting though these retail listing is do point to a 5 gigahertz clock speed out of the box the 8700 K of course tops out with a 4.7 gigahertz single core turbo clock so it sounds like the i7 8086 K will push it up to 5 gigahertz there the base clock looks to be 4 gigahertz again 300 megahertz higher than 8700 k space 3.7 gigahertz clock it doesn't appear that the 8086 K will be offering any more cause than the existing 8700 K in other words we're still looking at a 6 core 12 thread CPU eight core coffee-like cpus are planned but that seems to be for a later date there's also no word on other features like TDP and cache although as this appears to be just an up clocks 8700 K I wouldn't expect anything too far from or the 8700 K already provides if Intel does want to create an up clocked version of the 8700 KS an anniversary edition processor 8700 K silicon makes a perfect candidate as it's already quite easy to overclock to five new Hertz there is a chance that the 8086 case will be Bend better than the 8700 case as well so possibly this new CPU will be better for overclockers however a rumor does suggest that it will not be soldered so despite being a more expensive 8700 K we're still probably going to be left with some crappy Tim anyway that's something to look out for towards the end of next week now of course with rumors of new Intel CPUs AMD doesn't want to be left out of the party so this week we've also seen a leak uncovering for news n Plus based second-gen Rison processes as first spotted by the tech report this leak comes courtesy of asrock who published a new cpu compatibility chart for there a be 350 M Pro for motherboard detailing the four previously unheard-of processes now you probably shouldn't get your hopes up because none of these CPUs are particularly exciting at the high end of the scale we have Verizon v 2600 e and rise in 720 700 e which as their a suffix suggests is just a lower TDP version of the existing twenty six hundred and twenty seven hundred parts the 2600 II dropped the base clock from 3.4 to 3.1 gigahertz while the 2700 egos from three point two two two point eight gigahertz both in with an unknown boost clock both CPUs Pat a 45 watt TDP while the 2600 and 2700 are 65 watt chip so you can see the reduction their core configurations look the same as the non e models as well then we have the risin 5 2500 X and risin 3 2300 X which look to be the first quad-core CPUs in the second gen risin line both have 65 watt TDP s-- the 2300 X gets a 3.5 gigahertz base while the 2500 X is clocked at 3.6 gigahertz these are very similar core counts and base clock speeds to the risin 320 200 G and risin 5 2400 G that we expect the 2500 X and 2300 X to have higher boost clocks and sustain better CPU performance without the integrated Vega GPU considering Rison ApS are competitively priced and also up integrated graphics it will be interesting to see where AMD prices the 2,300 X and 2500 X though we don't have any word on pricing just yet keep an eye out for them soon though we're finally starting to see some concrete details on when Nvidia might launch their next-generation consumer GPUs Nvidia asset to give a presentation at the hot chips conference on August 20 titled invidious next-generation mainstream GPU which suggests that at the very least in video we'll be talking new GPUs in August this seems to fit with other rumors and what we've been saying for a little while it doesn't look like in video we'll be unveiling new next-generation consumer graphics cards at Computex next week instead everything is pointing towards a July unveiling and launch for Founders edition cards this would then allow NVIDIA to discuss their next three P's openly at hot chips in August around the same time partners begin reading their custom designs we've also heard that notebook variants of these GPUs will be available in November so that's something to keep in mind instead Nvidia will likely spend most of their Computex press event talking about other stuff like their self-driving car technology g-sync xgr max-q laptops and more that'll no doubt disappoint those who want just new GPUs but I don't think we'll have to wait too much longer for those AMD Vega graphics is finally coming to gaming laptops this week Acer announced the very first laptop to include both a second-generation Rison processor and Radeon rx Vega graphics the Acer predator Helios 500 the Helios 500 will be available in both an Intel and AMD configuration although right now only the Intel model is listed on Asus model listing page however the feature page for the product does detail a variant that will come with Radeon rx of a 256 graphics and arisin 7 2700 process of both of which are typically desktop parts however AMD did announce Vega mobile graphics at the start of the year so it was only a matter of time before a Vega GPU showed up in a gaming laptop what's not clear at this point is where the Vega 56 in this mobile device is a fully fledged desktop card or whether it'll be cut down in some way it would be disappointing if AMD named their mobile GPU Vega 56 only to include fewer compute units than the desktop beta 56 so it seems unlikely they'd cut down in that area however desktop vega 56 does pack a huge 210 watt TDP which is much higher than most laptop thermal solutions could cope with so we will definitely be seeing some sort of clock speed reduction to get that down to a more reasonable level after all the Intel model packs in nvidia geforce gtx 1070 which is a mobile TVP well below 150 watts the other interesting part is of course the Rison 7 2700 processor we have seen full desktop rise in CPS in some laptops before so it seems the Helios 500 will be another laptop to go down that path the horizon 7 2700 does have a 65 watt TDP which is a bit higher than the claims 45 watts for the Korra 989 50 HK used in the top and Intel model but I expect actual power consumption to be similar for both of these models other than the CPU and GPU the Helios 500 includes a 17.3 inch 1080p display with the 144 Hertz refresh and you get either G sync or free sync with it depending on whether you go in video or AMD pricing starts at $2,000 for a model with AI 78758 and gtx 1070 there's no word on how much the Rison at plus vega model will cost speaking of Rison in laptops a rumour popped up this week suggesting AMD is gearing up to launch h series rise in mobile cps for higher performance devices these eight series parts would feature the same for calls and eight threads as the existing rise in you series SKUs but push up to much higher frequencies thanks to a higher TDP in other words rise and eight series will do pretty much exactly what Intel's 8 series already does these new processes were spotted in the 3d mark database as tested on an HP 84 EF laptop which is probably an engineering model the processes in question are the Rison 720 808 and risin at five 2600 H the 2800 H has a base clock of 3.4 gigahertz while the 2600 eighths gets a 3.3 gigahertz base both have integrated Vega graphics and it seems the 2600 H has Vega 8 while we're possibly looking at Vega 10 in the 2800 H there's no word on exactly DP however base clocks are more than a gigahertz higher than the you serious cues so we're probably looking around that typical 45 watt range in fact it's quite lucky that AMD will simply take their Rison 320 200 G and rise in 520 400 G sent them to their lowest configurable TDP of 45 watts then repackage them for mobile devices after all both rise and mobile use series and Raven Ridge already used the same APU die with four rise and cause and 11 Vega compute units these h3 SKUs will just be pushing the silicon closer to the limits in a mobile form factor a couple of days ago Intel announced the availability of octane dims which brings their 3d xpoint memory to the ddr4 memory bus until it's set to brand the sticks as obtained DC persistent memory which differs from their obtain DC SSDs and also their obtain memory for caching a little bit confusing now with the naming but anyway obtain DIMMs will be available in 128 256 and 512 gigabyte capacities and while they will be shipping to select customers later this year there won't be wide availability until 2019 it'll also take a platform update to support obtain DC persistent memory because while they are pin compatible with ddr4 dimm slots it'll take a few tweaks and also software changes to support this sort of storage device through a memory controller Intel says their next generation Xeon platform will introduce obtain dim support and for the time being this will be an enterprise technology primarily the key benefit to obtain DC persistent memory is it bridges the performance gap between DRAM and nvm a or PCIe storage by shifting to the dim form factor which removes the bandwidth and latency limitations of PCIe however option dims are persistent unlike DRAM so they can be used as a proper storage device with performance approaching DRAM we're not going to see ddr4 like performance from the obtain DC persistent memory to begin with but it should be a lot faster than current obtain SSDs but wait there's more AMD APU news to new 35 watt Raven Ridge ApS was spotted in the supported processor list for a Seuss's crosshair 7 hero motherboard yep another AMD processor week where the culprit is a list from a motherboard vendor anyway the to a be use in question fall under the Athlon brand we have the Athlon 200 GE and Athlon pro 200 g both of which are 35 watt skews down from the 65 watts as with other Raven Ridge parts and both come with a 3.2 gigahertz base CPU clock unfortunately we don't know what turbo clocks were looking at all which GPU configuration is Athlon ApS will use however they are set to use Vega graphics as you expect for Raven rich the crucial difference between these apple and ApS and rise and branded Raven Ridge Parts is the core count other Raven Ridge ApS are 4 cores and either 4 or 8 threads while the Athlon 200 GE and Athlon pro 200 GE are 2 core for thread parts as seuss has launched a new mining motherboard which is only interesting because it has 20 PCI Express x1 slots on it wired as USB 3.0 ports that you can then convert into actual PCI ports using riser boards don't think this is the first time we've seen this sort of board but it's always amusing to see him plateau board with certainly USB ports on it I'm not sure what the demand we liked one of these mining boards the Seuss might be a little add to the party with waning interest in mining outside of a-sixes but hey this H through seventy board will be available soon for the miners out there Patriot has launched a new selection of viper RGB ddr4 memory supporting speeds from ddr4 2666 CL 15 all the way up to ddr4 4133 CL 19 at one point 4 volts the RGB module integrate into the heat spreader looks pretty cool and it's a nice to get a wide range of speed options with RGB support or Viper RGB memory supports both Intel and AMD platforms and you'll also get RGB sync support with utilities from a soos asrock gigabyte an MSI the modules are available now through Amazon with pricing ranging from $180 for a 16 gig 2666 kit to $280 for the top speed 16 gig 41:33 kit I thought I'd ran out this news corner with a selection of game news from the past week or so just in case you missed it with III coming up in the next few weeks there's been a fair few teasers for games just today we've got a very short teaser for the next Assassin's Creed game from Ubisoft titled Assassin's Creed Odyssey which appears to be set in ancient Greece then a few days ago we had the teaser trailer for Fallout 76 which is reportedly a survival multiplayer game I'm short peasant wondered another single-player RPG we'll be a bit disappointed with that revelation though again we can expect more news at 83 then we also had pub G Corp suing Epic Games over for tonight's battle royale mode because of course that's going to go down well apparently fought not infringed on pub G's copyright and plagiarized the game mode now that fortnight is a bit more popular than pub G I reckon it's a bit salty from the pub G guys but it'll be interesting to see how that court case goes anyway that's it for this week's news corner we'll hopefully be back next week with the news corner episode from Computex so stay tuned for that aside from that subscribe to make sure you don't miss these episodes that typically go out every Friday and I'll catch you in the next one