Bob Buskirk

In the world of sit-stand desks there are quite a lot of options and the prices are all over the place as well. There has been many studies that show sitting at your desk all day is bad for your body. Sit-stand desks give you the ability to choose to sit or stand. These have become so popular that even Ikea makes a sit-stand desk. iMovR has sent us their Lander motorized sit-stand desk and we've been using it for the past few weeks. All of the iMovR desks are made entirely in the USA, can be assembled in minutes without tools, and they even have an app that lets you control the desk and much more. Now this desk has a starting price of $999 so it is quite the investment for the ordinary person. Is it worth it? Read on as we find out!

GIGABYTE, the world's leading premium gaming hardware manufacturer, today announced the release of new AORUS gaming gear, the highly customizable AORUS M5 Gaming Mouse. Unveiled earlier at COMPUTEX 2018, this gaming mouse received much attention for its unlimited customization options.

AMD has just officially announced its second-generation Ryzen Threadripper high-end desktop (HEDT) processor series. The first chip from this series will drop on August 13th and will be the flagship Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX. This is a 32-core, 64-thread part with a base clock of 3.0 GHz and will boost up to 4.2 GHz. It will be priced at $1799.

When it comes to ASUS motherboards you have quite a lot of choices, many users opt for their Republic of Gamers boards, but their Prime line is actually quite good. We've used a "Prime" motherboard as our baseline board for processor testing for both Intel and AMD for the past couple of years. These boards might not have all of the flash that the ROG series does, but they are extremely reliable and are still packed with features. For the Ryzen refresh the main "Prime" board from ASUS is their Prime X470-PRO. This board features a slick design with silver heatsinks and an integrated M.2 cooler as well. You also have support for DDR4 3466 MHz memory, USB 3.1, dual M.2 slots, and even some RGB lighting. Is this the board you need for your Ryzen build? Read on as we find out!

Today Seagate said its new MACH.2 Multi Actuator technology has enabled them to set a new hard drive speed record, demonstrating up to 480MB/s sustained throughput - the fastest ever. Seagate formally introduced its MACH.2 Multi Actuator technology yesterday, which has now been deployed in development units for customer testing prior to productization. Read below to learn more.

All of the listings for AMD's upcoming Threadripper II processors showed the original Threadripper packaging, which we figured was just a placeholder and it seems that we were right. With AMD bringing out 24-core and 32-core processors they definitely want something that is going to look great on the shelf. The first photos of the Threadripper II retail boxes have been leaked.

This week for Case Mod Friday we have a build that was part of Corsair's Overwatch Modding Contest, built by Daniel "Twister" Bolognesi and themed after Reinhardt. Definitely one of the best build we've seen done in the Corsair 780T.

In Win has just launched their 915, which is an ATX full tower chassis. The case comes in two different options, black and silver. The case is quite unique with its rounded front and rear panels as well as tempered glass side and top panels. We actually got a sneak peak at this case back in January at CES 2018, you can check out that video below.

The popularity of Fortnite is quite impressive. While the game may seem simple, there are quite a few players who have an incredible amount of skill at the game. Famous players like Ninja and others a looked up to by many and with that many kids want to be able to play like him. A recent report has come out that parents are paying for coaches to help them become better at the game.

Here are some of the first photos of the bare printed circuit board (PCB) of NVIDIA's upcoming GeForce GTX 1180 graphics card (being called PG180), and referred to by the person that leaked these photos as the "GTX 2080", although most people are calling it the GTX 1180. This PCB looks to be right off the press as the SMT points and vias are still exposed.

Some of you might have been expecting a Core i9-9900K launch today, but it is not happening. To us it seemed way too soon, especially since we haven't really seen that many leaks. A new Intel roadmap has been leaked to the web showing that the i9-9900K, i7-9700K, and i5-9600K will be launched in October.

Steam's numbers are on a downward trend, and it is one of the biggest decline's we've seen in years. What is causing this decline? Well I'm sure many of you are thinking Battle Royale games, but there are other factors here as well. We are right in the middle of Steam's Summer decline. Typically Steam sees user counts peak annually in January and decline into the summer. This year the decline is quite significant compared to previous years, numbers have gone down by 17% compared to 9% last year.