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We go over our picks for the top PCIe 4.0 SSDs of 2020

The alleged specifications of the RTX 3080 Mobile, RTX 3070 Mobile, and RTX 3060 Mobile GPUs have emerged. Each GPU will be available in Max-Q and Max-P designs with varying TGPs and clock frequencies, totalling in 8 SKUs. The news comes from Notebookcheck, which has updated its database with the …

Earlier this month, users began finding that their Ryzen CPUs were running much hotter when the Epic Games Launcher was running on their systems. Epic Games has since confirmed that this is indeed an unintended bug and has begun putting fixes in place. 

Gigabyte Aorus has unveiled a new case this week – the C700 Glass. This full-tower chassis features extensive water and air cooling support, up to E-ATX motherboards, and 10x SSDs, allowing users to create a powerful system inside it. Featuring translucent black tempered glass panels on both sides, the case features …

The Intel Alder Lake-S leaks keep rolling in. This time, another Geekbench database entry has been spotted, detailing an unannounced, upcoming Intel Alder-Lake S 16C/24T CPU. 

ClockTuner for Ryzen is getting a 2.0 version, updating its GUI with a new dark theme and introducing interesting new features such as the Hybrid OC mode and support for Ryzen 5000 series processors. The slides from Yuri (aka as 1usmus) shared by Guru3D describe each new feature and come with …

We go over our picks for the top 5 GPUs of 2020

A new entry for an Intel Core i7-11700K has been found in Geekbench 5 database. This time around, we have results for the upcoming processor up against the Ryzen 9 5950X while running at frequencies of up to 5GHz.  The Intel Core i7-11700K is an 8C/16T processor using the 14nm-based Rocket …

Recent rumours have indicated that following Ampere, Nvidia’s next GPU architecture will be named Lovelace. Now, more details about the upcoming flagship AD102 GPU are starting to surface, with new rumours indicating some of the specifications.

We're approaching CES 2021, which means more information about Intel's plans for Rocket Lake-S desktop processors is making its way out ahead of time. This week, we have a new leak reporting that mass production for these processors will kick off in January. Meanwhile, two motherboard manufacturers have confirmed that …

Ryzen CPU users have found that the Epic Games Launcher is causing unusual CPU temperature spikes. In some cases, just having the app running idle can cause temperatures to jump by 20ºC

By now, most of you have noticed that the availability of Radeon RX 6800 graphics cards has been quite limited. Stock is low and most retailers don't even have an estimated date for their arrival. Given this situation, MSI has decided to focus solely on the Radeon RX 6000 Gaming series …

With AMD’s new Zen 3-based Ryzen 5000 processors offering new levels of compute, gaming, and power efficiency performance to mainstream desktop users, it is a great time to be a Mini-ITX fan. In this review, we examine the ASUS ROG STRIX B550-I Gaming Mini-ITX motherboard and see how it handles …

CPU-Z screenshots with engineering samples of the Intel Core i9-11900K, i9-11900, and i7-11700 processors have leaked, alongside another screenshot with the results of the alleged Core i7-11700 on Cinebench R20. Additionally, a Core i7-11700KF has appeared on the Ashes of The Singularity database. Starting with the CPU-Z screenshots shared on Chiphell (via @harukaze5719), …

Geekbench 5 database entries of four Ryzen 5000H mobile SKUs and two Intel Tiger Lake-H processors have been spotted. Expected to be announced in CES 2021, both the Ryzen 5000H and Tiger Lake-H series should be paired with the upcoming Nvidia RTX 30 series mobile GPUs, once they have been …

XPG's latest addition to its storage solution line-up is the Spectrix S20G PCIe 3.0 M.2 SSD. Aimed at gamers, esports pros, and tech enthusiasts, this new SSD features RGB lighting and incredible read/write speeds for shorter loading times. Available in 500GB and 1TB capacities, the NVMe 1.3-compliant Spectrix S20G PCIe 3.0 …

It looks like the Intel Core i9-11900 is starting to leak. This week, CPU-Z benchmark scores for the upcoming processor leaked. The chip benchmarked was an engineering sample, but it still can give us an idea of the expected performance from this Rocket Lake-S CPU. The screenshots with the CPU-Z …

It has been said for quite some time that following Ampere, the next GPU architecture coming from Nvidia would be called Hopper, but according to the latest rumours, the company may have redesigned its roadmap. The rumour comes from @WildCracks (via VideoCardz), in reply to another tweet from @kopite7kimi about Hopper's delay. Named …

This case may give you deja vu... we find out why that is!

As the launch of Intel 11th Gen Core processors comes closer, more details and rumours about it are surfacing. Apparently, the 11th Gen Core processors will consist of Rocket Lake-S SKUs at the higher-end, but it will use refreshed Comet-Lake-S SKUs on the lower-end. The report comes from ijiandao.com (via @harukaze5719), which …

Recently, Apple announced plans to move away from Intel CPUs and replace them with ARM-based SoCs designed in-house. Now, it would seem that Microsoft is following a similar path for its Surface line of devices, with plans to develop its own ARM-based processor. These new ARM-based processors will also be …

New rumours from two different sources claim that AMD is developing a Ryzen 7 5800 CPU and a Ryzen 9 5900 CPU for the desktop market, and a Ryzen 5 5600G APU and a Ryzen 7 5700G APU to be used by OEMs. Despite being from the same series of …

We check out our first custom RTX 3060 Ti graphics card - the Palit GamingPro OC

Back when AMD announced Smart Access Memory, it was said that only Zen3 processors would support it. Contrary to this, Asus and MSI were able to make it work on systems using AMD 400-series and 500-series motherboards equipped with Zen and Zen2 processors. Back when AMD said Smart Access Memory …

MSI is about to launch an RTX 3090 cooled by a blower-type solution named RTX 3090 Aero. Similar in design to the reference Nvidia GeForce GTX 480 card, the RTX 3090 Aero cools the GPU by blowing air through a large heatsink, which is then expelled from the I/O panel. …

Following the discontinuance of the 9th Gen Core processors, the 5-month-old Intel 10th Gen Core KA “Avengers” processors launched to promote Square Enix's Marvel's Avengers have also been discontinued. This includes the Core i5-10600KA, the Core i7-10700KA, the Core i9-10850KA, and the Core i9-10900KA. Now that the Intel 10th Gen Core …

G.Skill is a very prominent name in the memory market, but it looks like the company wants to diversify its portfolio of PC components and expand into the CPU cooler market. The new Enki AIO CPU cooler series is a custom-designed solution available in 240mm, 280mm, and 360mm radiator sizes, …

Not long ago, AMD announced that it will introduce a new feature called Curve Optimizer as part of the Precision Boost Overdrive 2. According to AMD, this feature set should only come with AGESA 1.1.8.0., but it seems that AGESA 1.1.0.0. Patch D firmware on the MSI B450 Tomahawk motherboard already has …

For Day 18 of the KitGuru Advent Calendar 2020, we’re teaming up with Noctua to give away THREE cooling bundles! We've got CPU coolers, Noctua's excellent fans and everything else you need for a high-end air-cooling setup.

Patriot Viper Gaming is revamping its memory line-up today with the new Viper Steel RGB DDR4 RAM kits. These kits are focused on bringing a big memory capacity boost, with kits up to 64GB.  The new Viper Steel RGB series has evolved from the previous Viper Steel series with the …