The competition between Intel and AMD has heated up significantly as of late and now the two tech giants may also be butting heads for production capacity. According to reports, AMD and Intel are vying for more of TSMC's business. Last week AMD was able to overtake Intel in share price …
Read More »Intel’s chief engineering officer is leaving the company
Intel has taken a bit of a hit over the last week, after announcing delays for 10nm desktop processors and delays to its first planned 7nm CPUs. Now, Intel has also announced that its chief of hardware is leaving the company soon, with his last day set to be the …
Read More »Positive / Negative airflow testing – be quiet! Pure Base 500DX
How much does airflow and fan configuration inside a PC case really matter? We find out today with the be quiet! Pure Base 500DX case and Silent Wings 3 fans.
Read More »ASRock B550 Phantom Gaming-ITX/AX Review
Built around an eight-phase solution, ASRock deploys six 90A DrMOS power stages for the CPU VCore
Read More »Aqua Computer releases the ULTITOP D5 DUAL
Aqua Computer has released the ULTITOP D5 DUAL, a dual pump top to house two D5's, providing improved water pressure and a fail-safe should one pump ever stop working, thus keeping your custom loop in working order. Water cooling component specialists, Aqua Computer, has put much effort into making the …
Read More »GTX 1650 Super vs RX 5500 XT: 2020 update!
How do these cards stack up in 2020? we revisit some big sellers to see which deserves your money
Read More »AMD share price overtakes Intel following on from Intel 10nm and 7nm delays
AMD continues to gain momentum as Intel announces delays to 10nm on desktop and delays to 7nm.
Read More »Intel confirms 7nm production delays
It is going to take a bit longer for Intel to catch up to 7nm.
Read More »MSI 500-series motherboards all support new Ryzen PRO desktop processors
AMD's Ryzen PRO desktop processors were released earlier this week and not long after, MSI announced that its 500-series motherboards support the new CPUs from AMD. In a recent announcement, MSI said that “of course, MSI 500-series motherboards including X570 and B550 platform are perfectly compatible for the Ryzen PRO …
Read More »Dreams’ VR update is now live
Dreams serves as one of PlayStation’s most unique and interesting first-party releases. The game creation toolkit received high praise thanks to its creativity and encouragement of others’ creative endeavours. Though the tools available to ‘Dreamers’ was already wide in scope, both Dreams and PSVR are getting a significant boost, as …
Read More »Phanteks launches Enthoo Pro 2 chassis with extensive cooling support
This is a big day for Phanteks, with the case and cooling specialists launching the Enthoo Pro 2 chassis. This new full tower PC case is built for both professionals and enthusiasts alike, paving the way for users to build “a professional system with no compromise”. High airflow performance is …
Read More »Phanteks Enthoo Pro II Case Review
Two systems inside one PC case? Yes, you can do that with the Phanteks Enthoo Pro II!
Read More »Nvidia reportedly looking to acquire ARM
Could Nvidia's next big acquisition be ARM?
Read More »The next Oculus Quest may have leaked
It has been just over a year since the Oculus Quest first hit the market and roughly 18 months since the standalone VR headset was first revealed. Now, all eyes are on Oculus Connect in October, an event that could see the announcement of the Oculus Quest 2. A known …
Read More »Super Flower intros its short Leadex V Gold 1000W
Super Flower has succeeded in designing a PSU can deliver 1000W while only being 130mm long. The Super Flower Leadex V Gold launches this week, complete with highly rated Japanese capacitors and a ton of safety features to keep your system protected. The Leadex V Gold 1000W has a fully modular …
Read More »AMD announces Ryzen 4000 series APUs with Radeon graphics
Starting with the new 4C/8T Ryzen 3 4300G, all the way up to the Core i7-9700 beating Ryzen 7 4700G.
Read More »AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT CPU Review – 4.6GHz OC!
AMD 3600XT can overclock to 4.6GHz on all cores, but is it worth buying?
Read More »Chinese chipmaker SMIC enters STAR market
The Science and technology innovation board, part of the Shanghai Stock Exchange, has recently added Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) to the stock market. Currently, SMIC is expected to raise as much as $6.6 billion through this new endeavour, further funding China's ambition to fabricate its own technology to lessen its …
Read More »Galax reveal new entry-level motherboards
Galax, the company that is best known for its range of PC graphics cards has announced a new range of Intel LGA1200 and AMD AM4 motherboards this week, with the whole line up having an entry-level look to them. The new series of Intel LGA1200 and AMD AM4 motherboards announced …
Read More »Intel Core i9-10850K surfaces on U.S OEM website
Just a couple of weeks ago, we brought you the news that Intel may be on the brink of introducing another Core i9 processor to its 10th generation Comet Lake-S desktop CPU line-up and potentially offering consumers with a cheaper path towards 10 cores of Intel grunt. The availability and …
Read More »Seagate announces two new additions to its Nytro SSD portfolio
Seagate has introduced the Nytro 3032 SAS SSD and Nytro 1360 SATA SSD- two new enterprise SSDs with massive capacities and speeds on offer. The Nytro 3032 SAS SSD has an SAS 12 Gb/s interface and also offers dual ports for speeds up to 2,200 MB/s. In spite of its small form …
Read More »A new 12-pin power connector might be introduced with Nvidia Ampere graphics cards
There's a new rumour pointing to the introduction of a new 12-pin power connector for graphics cards circulating online. This started when a Chinese website, known for their reports on power supplies, published images of the alleged 12-pin power connector and stated that it will come in the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3000 graphics …
Read More »Death Stranding PC Performance Analysis
We see just how well Death Stranding performs across 22 GPUs, while also testing DLSS 2.0
Read More »Montech launches Gamma II Gold PSUs
Montech, a gaming brand from Telon, has recently upgraded its Gamma series of PC power supplies. The new Gamma II Gold series, as the name suggests, comes with 80 Plus Gold efficiency certification, as well as Japanese capacitors. Montech is a gaming brand from Telon – a company that has …
Read More »Intel has “something big to share” on September 2nd
Intel has sent invitations to selected press members for an upcoming event, scheduled for the 2nd of September. Intel hasn't shared details about what it will happen during said event, but we might have a clue on what's coming. Intel has already teased a summer release for its upcoming 11th …
Read More »Silicon Power announces UD70 NVMe SSD with 3D QLC NAND
Silicon Power has announced a brand new series of NVMe SSDs this week. The new UD70 series uses a PCIe Gen 3×4 interface and is rated for read/write speeds of up to 3400 MB/S and 3000 MB/s respectively. The UD70 SSD is available in three storage capacity options: 500GB, 1TB, and …
Read More »Leaker shares possible configurations of Intel Alder Lake-S/P and M, possible 14nm iGPU
Just yesterday, we shared the leak on Alder Lake desktop processors using Intel Hybrid technology, but it seems that these won't be the only ones. Another leak suggests that both Alder Lake-M and Alder Lake-P will also use Intel Hybrid Technology, which might be a sign that the bigSMALL architecture is …
Read More »Antec and ASRock team up for Striker Phantom Gaming Edition mini tower
Antec and ASRock have designed a new case for ITX builds. The iF Design Awards 2020 winner ‘Striker Phantom Gaming Edition' uses 4mm tempered glass, as well as an aluminium and steel structure to give modders an “open-air frame” with “great thermal performance” through its wide cooling capabilities and support. …
Read More »AMD officially announces 3rd Gen Ryzen Threadripper PRO series CPUs
After several weeks of leaks and rumours, last night, AMD officially announced the Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3000WX series of desktop processors. As expected, there are four SKUs in the launch lineup, ranging from 12-cores all the way up to 64-cores. These four SKUs specifically are the Threadripper PRO 3995WX (64 …
Read More »HP announces S750 SSD in 256GB, 512GB and 1TB form
HP is back in the SSD arena, this time with a new S750 2.5″ SATA model coming in 256GB, 512GB and 1TB options. All three models were announced this week, produced in a partnership with BiWin, the same company that has made other SSDs for HP in the past. In …
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