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The upcoming Ryzen 5 3600XT and Ryzen 9 3900XT processors have been spotted in the 3DMark database, reaching their advertised boost clocks. A 3DMark Time Spy score using the 3900XT was also found, giving us a glimpse of what we might expect from the 12-core processor...

Back in June 2019, Augmented Reality startup, Magic Leap, launched a lawsuit at a competing company, Nreal. The lawsuit alleged that Nreal had copied Magic Leap's technology and design but now, the case has been dismissed by a California judge.  Nreal was founded by Chi Xu, a former employee of …

Dutch retailer Centralpoint listed two new Acer Swift 5 laptops featuring Intel Tiger Lake i5 and i7 processors. These listings, which have since been removed, pointed to a July 27 release date for both of these laptops, meaning that we might see Intel Tiger Lake in the market before the …

The latest Nvidia 3000 leaks seemingly detail some technical specifications of the RTX Titan, 3090, and 3080, while a 3DMark Time Spy score for one of the Ampere GPUs has also been uncovered...

EK Water Blocks has expanded its professional range this week with a host of new workstation/server-grade water blocks for powerful workstation graphics cards from both Nvidia and AMD, including Quadro, Tesla and Radeon Pro WX GPUs. The company claims that this is just the beginning of its push into the …

Alphacool has introduced five new NexXxoS series copper radiators, ranging in size from the absolutely gargantuan 1260mm model, all the way down to more manageable 200mm sizes. Alphacool has been making its copper radiators for some time now, and when announcing these new models, the German cooling company said that “the …

It's time to upgrade! KitGuru has a new rig for benchmarking GPUs

It's been a busy few days for Intel, as the company has announced a new product portfolio that includes “Processor, Memory, Storage and FPGA Solutions”, with one of the highlights being the introduction of new 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors. According to Intel itself, the company doesn't want to …

SilverStone is set to launch a new Mini-ITX chassis. The ML10 is a small modular case that can expand in size from 2.8 litres up to 3.7 litres thanks to an “interchangeable top cover”, giving users that extra bit of space to work with. Thanks to its modular design, the …

An Intel employee has uploaded a video to Twitter showing him playing Battlefield V on a system equipped with Intel's “Tiger Lake” Gen12 with Xe graphics. The exact device shown in the video is referred to as a “prototype Tiger Lake system”, but the manufacturer and specific SoC used have not …

Lexar has announced its entry to the DRAM market, where the company plans to offer memory solutions for both laptops and desktops. Lexar is mainly known for its flash storage products, including SD cards and, more recently, SSDs. Now, the company says it is “excited to announce its entrance into the …

After rumours suggested Zen 3 was going to be delayed until 2021, AMD issued a statement confirming that these reports were inaccurate...

Gigabyte has just announced three new “compact size” power supplies. These include the 80 Plus Bronze-certified P450B and P550B, as well as the 80 Plus Gold-certified P750GM featuring a modular design. All three models measure just 140mm long, which Gigabyte claims allows system builders to use them in “increasingly popular small chassis”. …

The latest rumours suggest AMD is set to delay the launch of its Zen 3-based Ryzen 4000 series, as the 3000 series remains so popular...

This week, Kioxia became the first company to launch 24G SAS SSDs for servers and storage applications – consisting of the company's 6th gen enterprise SAS SSD family. 24G SAS is expected to double the data throughput compared to its predecessor. The 24G SAS technology was first demonstrated at the Flash …

NZXT is back with another themed-case launch. Last year, we saw NZXT create a PUBG-edition of the H700 chassis and this year, NZXT is teaming up with Ubisoft, delivering a Rainbow Six Siege edition of the NZXT H510.  This is the sixth entrant in NZXT's limited-edition series of licensed game-themed …

If you've been keeping an eye on tech news this afternoon, then you will be well aware that AMD B550 motherboards have officially launched. We've already had the opportunity to review two ASUS ROG boards and the Gigabyte B550 Aorus Master. Now, we are taking a wider look at UK …

With the B550 chipset motherboards officially launching today, many PC gaming enthusiasts will be shopping around for upgrades, particularly now that there is a cheaper alternative to X570. To sweeten the deal for those making the jump, ASUS has launched a cashback/rebate program, which could save early adopters up to …

Today not only marks the launch of AMD B550 motherboards, but it is also the launch for new 3rd Gen Ryzen ‘XT' series desktop processors. The Ryzen 9 3900XT, Ryzen 7 3800XT and Ryzen 5 3600XT all join the lineup today, offering better power efficiency and performance gains.  As explained …

We are looking at two of ASUS’ ROG STRIX offerings – the B550-F Gaming (WiFi) & B550-E Gaming

It's a cracking B550 board from Gigabyte, but is it worth the steep £300 asking price?

Since the discovery of Spectre and Meltdown, Intel has been working on improving hardware-level security safeguards for future CPUs. We'll start to see these new security measures in action with the launch of “Tiger Lake” mobile processors, which will include Intel Control-Flow Enforcement Technology.  The need for good cyber security …

Silicon Power is about to launch the company's first PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD. Aimed at “combative gamers, competitive overclockers, professional designers/editors, and high-end business”, the new US70 offers 10x the performance of the more common SATA III SSDs, with read/write speeds of up to 5000/4400MB/s and NVMe 1.3 support. Available with …

Based on the recent RTX 3000 leaks, Coreteks has suggested that the new Nvidia graphics cards will come equipped with a dual-sided PCB, with the GPU core on one side and a ray-tracing "traversal coprocessor" on the other...

Apple launched the 16-inch MacBook Pro in late 2019, once again tapping AMD for graphics, delivering Radeon Pro 5300M and 5500M options at launch. Today, the 16-inch MacBook Pro is getting an upgrade, with the Radeon Pro 5600M now available for the 16-inch MacBook Pro.  The AMD Radeon Pro 5600M …

G.SKILL has announced new memory kits for the Intel Z490 platform, forming part of the Trident Z Royal family. The new kits offer both 8GB and 16GB modules up to DDR4-4400 speeds, with a latency of CL17-18-18-38.  G.SKILL said that the new memory modyles have received an “upgrade across all three …

Is this the Z490 Hero we have been waiting for?

According to a leaked 3DMark benchmark, it looks like Microsoft's fourth iteration of the Surface Laptop will come equipped with an AMD Ryzen 4500U processor.    It looks like Microsoft is willing to continue its collaboration with AMD on the laptop front. The previous iteration of the Surface Laptop came …

Aqua Computer has announced a new water block for the Threadripper platform. The Cuplex Kryos Next sTRX4 FC was initially set to release in 2018, but production was postponed. This meant the block was initially designed for the Threadripper 2000 series of processors, but Aqua Computer redesigned it for AMD's latest …

Leo gets a first look at the MSI MPG Z490 Carbon EK X motherboard - a motherboard from EKWB?