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Josh Walrath

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Managing Editor

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Laramie, WY. USA

Bio

Josh started writing about the computer field in 1997, opened his own site in 1999 (Penstarsys.com), and joined PC Perspective in 2008.  He handles a lot of the general tech and some of the deep dives into products such as CPUs and GPUs.  He appears on the PC Perspective Podcast live every Wednesday night at 10 PM ET/7 PM PT.

You can find Josh on PC Perspective as well as:

• Email: jwalrath@pcper.com
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• Twitter: http://twitter.com/JoshDWalrath

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Recent Posts

Recent Posts

ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z Review: Cream of the Crop for AM3+

03/17/2013 - 22:06

  Over the past several years I have reviewed quite a few Asus products.  The ones that typically grab my attention are the ROG based units.  These are usually the most interesting, over the top, and expensive products in their respective...

Conclusion

03/17/2013 - 21:37

  Asus certainly has the market for top end AMD boards cornered.  While other manufacturers have high end AMD boards, none seem to compare well against what Asus brings with their ROG products.  The price is not all that bad, considering....

Cinebench 11.5, Power, and Overclocking

03/17/2013 - 21:30

  Cinebench 11.5 This benchmark leverages both CPU and memory performance.  This again would expose any weakness of implementation that this board would contain. [inline:files/review/2013-03-17/cinebench11-multi.png] Identical results. ...

3D Mark Vantage

03/17/2013 - 21:28

  To make sure that CPU performance, memory performance, and PCI-E functionality are all properly implemented, I use 3D Mark Vantage.  GPU drivers are fully optimized for this benchmark and it helps to show if there are any deficiencies in the...

HD Tach: USB 3.0

03/17/2013 - 21:27

  The same test was used on the ASMedia USB 3.0 controllers, since the SB950 does not natively support USB 3.0. [inline:files/review/2013-03-17/hdtachU31.png] [inline:files/review/2013-03-17/hdtachU32.png] [inline:files/review/2013-03-17/hdtachU33....

HD Tach: SATA 6G

03/17/2013 - 21:26

  To get another view of File System performance, we dust off HD tach.  The short test was used. [inline:files/review/2013-03-17/hdtach1.png] [inline:files/review/2013-03-17/hdtach2.png] [inline:files/review/2013-03-17/hdtach3.png] [inline:...

Results: SiSoft Sandra 2013

03/17/2013 - 21:25

 

Test Setup

03/17/2013 - 21:24

  I am transitioning some of my tests to utilize new, fast SSDs.  So unfortunately, a lot of the previous results from boards do not translate as they used a fast 7200 RPM spinning disk drive.  I compared the Crosshair V Formula-Z to its...

More Digging on the Crosshair V Formula-Z

03/17/2013 - 21:23

  ROG Connect is still featured with this board, as with previous generations.  This allows the user to tweak the board while not actually on it.  A USB cable is connected to an external computer/notebook and the ROG software installed....

Richland Unveiled: AMD Releases the New A10-5750M

03/12/2013 - 09:00

When we first heard about “Richland” last year, there was a little bit of excitement from people.  Not many were sure what to expect other than a faster “Trinity” based CPU with a couple extra goodies.  Today we finally...

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