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Want a small, cost-effective upgrade over a stock cooler? We test the new Pure Rock Slim 2

We put the RTX 3070 Ti to the test, with cards from MSI & Inno3D alongside Nvidia's Founders Edition

We have a clue on how Intel will use the 11th Gen Core Tiger Lake processors. A recent report claims the Intel ‘Beast Canyon' NUC 11 Extreme will feature the Core i9-11900KB CPU, suggesting that the rest of the line-up could also be used on other Intel NUCs. We have …

The first Geekbench 5 benchmarks results of the Intel Core i7-1195G7 CPU have surfaced. For now, there are three entries in the database, and according to their single-core scores, performance is on the same level as the Rocket Lake-S desktop processors. The three Geekbench 5 entries seem to come from …

A new report claims that AMD will be releasing both the first RDNA 3 graphics cards and Zen 4 processors “around the same time”, in late 2022. The report further tells us that RDNA 3 will be taped out in late 2021. According to the release date reported by @Broly_X1, …

Earlier this year, HTC officially announced its next virtual reality headset, the Vive Focus 3, aiming to push high-fidelity, wireless VR to its limits. Now, the full kit is heading towards the UK and Europe, although the asking price is very steep. The HTC Vive Focus 3 packs a Qualcomm …

AMD is introducing new Radeon Pro GPUs to its line of workstation cards. The new batch of GPUs includes two desktop cards, the Radeon Pro W6800 and the Radeon Pro W6600, and a laptop variant, the Radeon Pro W6600M.

Now that AMD has announced its FidelityFx Super Resolution upscaling technology, Microsoft has come out to announce that the Xbox Series X|S consoles will support it. Way before AMD officially announced FSR, it was always expected that it would run on Xbox Series X|S consoles, but Microsoft has now officially …

We check out Gigabyte's latest PCIe 4.0 SSD - can it match the competition?

The PC GPU market continued to grow in 2021 despite supply constraints. Compared to Q1 2020, GPU shipments increased by 35 percent (year-on-year) in the first quarter of this year, coming close to matching Q4 2020 sales, avoiding the new-year drop off that we typically expect to see.  According to …

G.Skill is back with another kit of Trident Z Royal Elite memory. We've seen G.Skill push extreme speeds on DDR4 memory over the years, but this time around, the focus is on low-latency, delivering CL14 timings. The latest Trident Z Royal Elite series memory comes in two variants, one running …

It looks like recent leaks regarding AMD's codenamed ‘Raphael' desktop processors have some merit. The team at Gamers Nexus received an internal presentation from March 2020 detailing the upcoming CPU and AM5 platform. Now that other leakers are beginning to verify some of the information, the site decided to share …

Recently, an insider shared the first renders of AMD's upcoming ‘Raphael' processors, using leaked information to put the visual together. Since then, more details have come to light, giving us a new look at the IHS that may cover AMD's next generation of desktop processors. Interestingly, the heat spreader may …

Phanteks is about to expand the Glacier One AIO liquid cooler series with a 360mm white coloured model. Featuring 3x 120mm fans and a PWM pump, the Glacier One 360MPH AIO liquid cooler provides “sufficient cooling for an advanced modern system”. The 360mm aluminium dual radiator of the Glacier One …

Valve has recently shared the results of the Steam Hardware & Software Survey for May 2021. According to the data, AMD has crossed the 30% usage milestone, suggesting AMD's market share in the mainstream gaming market is growing. As per Steam Hardware & Software Survey: May 2021 results, AMD processor's …

We are a few days away from the launch of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti, but the first benchmarks have already started to surface. The first benchmarks results are from Geekbench 5 and Ashes of the Singularity, which should give us a good idea of what to expect from …

At Computex this week, AMD revealed the RX 6000M series of GPUs for laptops. As it turns out, AMD may have more graphics cards to announce very soon, with the latest leaks pointing towards a new flagship Radeon PRO with a massive 32GB of memory. Leakbench, a Twitter account dedicated …

While fans eagerly anticipate the new PlayStation VR hardware which Sony showed off recently, the console manufacturer continues to support and push the VR platform’s software side. As part of the latest PSVR spotlight, 7 new VR games were shown off, including Sniper Elite VR. The first game shown off …

We sit down with EKWB's Joe Robey for a wide-ranging discussion, looking at everything that EKWB announced at this year's Virtual Computex...

When AMD announced FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) at Computex 2021, the company also revealed a list of compatible Radeon graphics cards, ending with the 4 year old RX 580 and RX 570. As it turns out, RX 400 series graphics cards will also be supported.  The announcement was made on …

NZXT has been slowly expanding its N7 motherboard line-up this year. In March, we saw the launch of the company's N7 B550 motherboard and now, the NZXT N7 Z590 is launching for high-end Intel-based systems.  The NZXT N7 Z590 retains the same sleek design as the company's other motherboards, simplifying …

With the RTX 3080 Ti now technically ‘available', it is time for a new Nvidia driver update. The latest GeForce driver brings day-one support for the RTX 3080 Ti, in addition to Nvidia DLSS and Reflex integration on several games.  Aside from day-one support for the RTX 3080 Ti, which …

Our latest 'Leo Reacts' video for Computex 2021 is devoted to EKWB and their enormous range of products for custom loop liquid cooling. In particular we were taken by the Nucleus AIOs and an enormous array of radiators... but EK had plenty more shiny and exotic items to unveil..

Raja Koduri is back at it again, teasing the upcoming flagship Intel Xe-HPG graphics card. This week, the SVP of Intel Architecture, Graphics, and Software at Intel came to Twitter to share a photo of the Xe-HPG GPU with 512 EUs and stated that Intel is already looking into AMD …

EK Expo at Computex 2021 included many announcements from the company. Whether you're interested in new workstation and gaming systems, a new line of AIO coolers, the completion of the Quantum line of cooling components, the upcoming Velocity² and Vector² water blocks, or a brand-new case, EK has got you …

RTX 3080 Ti is here - but does it need to exist?

During AMD's keynote at Computex, we got an early look at new 3D stacking technology that the company is working on. Using a prototype Ryzen 9 5900X with 3D stacking, significant performance improvements were shown, with games running up to 25 percent faster. 

Now that Nvidia has announced the RTX 3070 Ti and RTX 3080 Ti GPUs, it's time for AiB partners to share their designs and cards. There will certainly be more third-party graphics cards in the future, but for now, we have details on the first models announced by Asus, MSI, …

G.Skill is teaming up with MSI to deliver co-branded Trident Z Maverik DDR4 member kits as part of MSI's MPG Gaming Maverik bundle. Offering speeds up to 3600MHz and capacities up to 32GB, the Trident Z Maverik memory kits aim to be “the ideal companion” for high-end gaming on the …

Intel has officially introduced two new processors to the 11th Gen Core mobile line-up: the Core i5-1155G7 and the Core i7-1195G7. Both processors are similar to other SKUs, offering slightly higher clock speeds while maintaining the core configuration. Like the other i5 and i7 processors of the 11th Gen Core …