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Ever since Half-Life: Alyx was first announced as a VR-only title, long time fans of the series have been hoping that modders would add keyboard and mouse support to the game. Not only does at least one Valve programmer think that such a mod is inevitable, but support for keyboard …

It hasn't even been a full week since Folding@Home announced that it had reached 470 petaFLOPs of computing power – more than the 7 most powerful supercomputers in the world, combined. Now the project originating from Stanford University has reached another milestone: one exaFLOP. Try to let that sink in a …

The current crop of custom cooling CPU blocks for AMD’s Threadripper 3000 platform has been somewhat limited to just a few options up until now. However, that is set to change since Bitspower has just launched a new series of Summit ELX water blocks specifically designed for the high end …

Although Tiger Lake is yet to be officially released, a new listing in 3DMark shows a glimpse of the performance we might expect when the CPUs hit the market. The comparison below isn't meant to compare the CPU performance between the AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS and the unknown listed Tiger …

TSMC is investing heavily in its step down to 5nm manufacturing technology, with volume production set to start in April this year. A step down in node size usually bring the benefits of better performance, cheaper production costs, lower power consumption and a higher transistor density. Currently, TSMC's 5nm node …

Samsung has announced today that is has successfully shipped one million DRAM modules manufactured from the industry’s first 10 nm-class (D1x) DDR4 extreme ultraviolet (EUV) technology. The company claims that this will “open the door” to more industry-leading EUV process nodes for next-generation products to be used in premium PC, …

Greenliant has announced that mass production of its industrial temperature 2 TB NVMe and SATA ArmourDrive SSD modules are underway. The announcement confirms that Greenliant will be one of the first companies to offer -40°C to +85°C industrial temperature 2 TB SSDs for industrial applications. The new industrial temperature 2 …

TeamGroup has announced the availability of its T-Force Vulcan Z and Dark Z gaming memory in large single stick capacities. From today TeamGroup's T-Force Vulcan Z and Dark Z DDR4 gaming memory will be available in single modules of 32 GB capacity in single-channel and dual-channel kits. The new 32 …

The new flagship SSD of the T-Force line-up is the Cardea Zero Z440 SSD

It looks like Valve and Microsoft aren't done with third-party partnerships in the virtual reality space. This week, HP announced that it is developing a “next gen” VR headset in collaboration with Valve and Microsoft, presumably meaning it will support both Windows Mixed Reality and Steam VR. The announcement doesn't …

Deepcool has released a new and improved version of its MARTEXX 55 case that was originally launched back in 2018. The updated MATREXX 55 PWM 2F E-ATX Case variant is equipped with two fans and a mesh front panel to maximise airflow and improve cooling. This latest iteration of the …

Thermalright has joined forces with the Asus TUF gaming alliance to release its new Black Eagle tower-style CPU cooler, featuring RGB lighting effects and a single fan sporting the TUF Gaming Alliance Logo. The new Black Eagle CPU cooler from Thermalright claims to offer high thermal performance while being designed …

The Chinese government is working on phasing out all foreign hardware from Chinese institutions within the next three years. Domestic Chinese companies are working hard on improving their manufacturing technology in order to reach the goal of independence from imported hardware. Now, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation – or SMIC – has …

Just a few days ago, EK Water Blocks announced a new distribution plate series for water cooling enthusiasts using a range of Fractal Design cases. Today, EKWB has launched another distribution plate series, this time for popular Phanteks cases...

When the App Store opened back in July 2008, the digital store featured just 500 applications. Since then the Store has grown to contain millions of apps and sees over half a billion visitors each week. Now Apple has announced that App Store is expanding to 20 new countries. Apple announced …

Half-Life: Alyx has officially arrived, with the game unlocking on Steam just one hour ago. At the same time, the embargo on reviews lifted, with Alyx swiftly being awarded a ‘Must Play' badge on metacritic based on a 93/100 aggregation score.  Checking in on the metacritic page reveals an overall …

Alongside the launch of GeForce RTX graphics cards, Nvidia also announced DLSS, a new feature that utilises machine learning to boost game performance. In its original form, DLSS had some issues and exhibited questionable image quality in some titles. That may change starting this month, as Nvidia has now announced …

When board partners launched the AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT back in January this year, there was huge confusion when AMD just days before the release decided to roll out a VBIOS update to boost performance and upgrade the VRAM of RX 5600 XT cards from 12 Gbps to 14 …

The Deepcool Castle EX all-in-one CPU cooler series launched around August last year and initially included 240mm and 360mm versions. Deepcool has recently updated the Castle EX range which now includes a 280mm version. When we tested the Deepcool Castle 240EX all-in-one CPU cooler last year, we found it to …

Thermaltake has redesigned its Smart Power Management  (SPM) interface for digital power supplies. The new SPM version 2.0 allows users to monitor power usage as well as adding a bunch of new features to prevent data loss caused by malfunctions. The Thermaltake Smart Power Management 2.0 platform interface displays various …

A new leak gives us our most detailed look at the Rocket Lake-S platform yet...

MSI has teamed up with various companies throughout the industry to offer some great deals for PC gamers and enthusiasts over the coming weeks. The latest exciting new deal from MSI on its Forge and Vampiric cases will net you £15 worth of Steam vouchers. MSI has teamed up with …

Just last week, Biostar announced a new A10N-9630E quad-core Mini-ITX SoC motherboard designed to offer a small form factor for running basic office type tasks, the company has now added to its SoC motherboard series with the A68N-2100K that includes a built-in AMD E1-6010 Processor. The mobile AMD E1-6010 processor integrated into …

Samsung's new eUFS 3.1 storage will produce three times write performance in mobile devices compared to current eUFS 3.0.

While GDC didn't end up going ahead this month, we do know that real-time ray-tracing was due to be a big part of the discussion amongst developers. This includes the release of new ray-tracing extensions for the Vulkan API, enabling more developers to start developing games with RT in mind …

EK Water Blocks has launched a new distribution plate series for a range of Fractal Design cases. EK worked in partnership with the Swedish case manufacturer during the design of The EK-Quantum Reflection Fractal ATX D5 PWM D-RGB distribution plate to ensure enthusiasts who wish to build a custom cooling …

Chieftec has added two new products to its extensive case portfolio. These cases are the Chieftec Scorpion 3, and the Chieftec Hawk with tempered glass. According to Guru3D, the new Scorpion 3 case is the latest model to be added to the Scorpion line of cases, succeeding the Scorpion 2. …

The DirectX 12 API has been around for most of the current gaming generation but as we look towards the future, an update is due. Today, Microsoft announced DirectX 12 Ultimate, labelling it as the “best graphics technology” it has put out to date, which also reaches an “unprecedented alignment” …

We tested Doom Eternal with a range of GPUs to see how well the game performs

Seagate has just expanded its IronWolf storage line with the first PCIe SSD designed for business NAS users. The IronWolf 510 was built to deliver 24/7 caching and storage, with a transfer speed of up to 3GBps. The Seagate IronWolf 510 is a PCIe 3.0 NVMe SSD capable of withstanding one …