AMD's quarterly financial earnings call took place last night and aside from record earnings for 2019, AMD also had good news on the 2020 front, with next-gen RDNA GPU architecture set to debut, along with AMD's return to high-end graphics with ‘Big Navi'. For the full year of 2019, AMD …
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As the UK prepares to officially leave the European Union this Friday (31st January), the European Processor Initiative (EPI) is priming the first prototype of its HPC processor designed for advanced computing applications. The EPI was set up by the European Commission as part of the Framework Partnership Agreement, with …
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While AMD and GlobalFoundries used to work hand in hand, in recent years there has been a shift over to TSMC for AMD's CPU and GPU fabrication needs. GlobalFoundries may end up with a big new contract though, with reports claiming that Intel might be looking to team up. According …
Read More »New Kolink chassis are available at Overclockers UK now
Overclockers UK has teamed up with Kolink again to bring PC enthusiasts in the UK a new RGB mid-tower chassis. The new Kolink Void RGB Mid-Tower PC case is designed to meet the demands of today’s high-performance PC builds. Earlier this month, OCUK brought us the Kolink Big Chungus display …
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EK Water Blocks has updated its EK-Quantum reservoirs with new pumpless versions, meaning users can attach their current DDC or D5 pump to provide a more cost-effective upgrade solution for PC enthusiasts that already have water cooling systems. Previously, EKWB offered its EK-Quantum pump/reservoirs as a combo only, which included …
Read More »AMD warns PC enthusiasts to avoid counterfeit Wraith Prism coolers
Reports were circling around the web last week that AMD may have updated its Wraith Prism cooler that comes bundled with a selection of Ryzen processors. What was thought to be an official AMD upgraded Wraith Prism cooler had six heat pipes instead of the usual four, which got people …
Read More »The new EK-AIO is available to pre-order now
EKWB has officially launched its new EK-AIO all-in-one closed loop liquid CPU cooler series. We got our first look at the EK-AIO range during CES 2020, the company has now made them available to pre-order from the EK Water Blocks online webstore. The EK-AIO series is available in three radiators size …
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TerraMaster has proudly announced a new lineup of Thunderbolt 3 equipped direct-attached storage solutions to provide fast video and data access to content creators and multimedia professionals. The new TD2 direct-attached storage (DAS) line from TerraMaster utilises the power of Thunderbolt 3 to allow 40Gbps data transfer in a two-bay …
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While the Eurasian Economic Commission database submissions do not always prove to be accurate it is often a reliable source for little snippets of information from AMD, Intel and Nvidia board partners. One of the latest submission could be a sign of what’s to come soon. Although there is still …
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Intel has announced its fourth-quarter and full-year financial results for 2019 and despite AMD's recent resurgence with Zen 2 architecture based processors, Intel’s annual revenue has increased to $72 billion, which is a record financial year for the company. Intel has recorded a record fourth-quarter financial result for 2019 with …
Read More »EVGA are shipping some RTX 2060 KO cards with Turing TU104 GPUs
EVGA unveiled the RTX 2060 KO card at CES earlier this month with a price tag of just $279 USD. The card can be purchased currently for $299 which is now the official MSRP that Nvidia has marked its RTX 2060 series down to. The regular RTX 2060 cards are …
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For a long time, PSUs have been produced following a triple-rail standard – 3.3V, 5V and 12V. This seems to be about to change with Intel readying up a release of the new ATX12VO platform, scheduled for later this year. Initially, this will only be for OEMs and system builders …
Read More »Matrox and Nvidia collaborate to bring a new embedded graphics solution
Matrox has announced today that it will collaborate with Nvidia to develop a new embedded GPU, purpose-built for high-density video walls. According to Matrox, the new embedded graphics will leverage Nvidia Quadro architecture to produce the best in class graphics cards for next-generation video walls. This new partnership between Matrox …
Read More »Intel might continue its CPU price cuts throughout this year
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The RX 5600 XT is officially here and as we learned last week, a new vBIOS version is rolling out to boost out of the box speeds for some models. This puts buyers in an odd situation, as the update might not be present on all early GPUs hitting shelves, …
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Although Nvidia Ampere GPUs seem to be around the corner, the company may use an older architecture on its next generation of MX GPUs. By reading into the latest Nvidia driver's code, it seems the next MX300 GPUs will be using Pascal architecture, the same architecture used on GeForce 10-series …
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NZXT has kicked off its new product launches for 2020 with the announcement of a series of 80 Plus Gold rated ATX power supplies, as well as an RGB lighting and fan controller for all you RGB enthusiasts out there. NZXT has had a relatively quiet start to the year …
Read More »AMD RX 5600 XT launches in UK with prices starting at £254.99
Back at CES, AMD officially introduced the RX 5600 XT, describing it as “the ultimate 1080p gaming card”. Launch day is now upon us and reviews are out, so we've gathered up details on UK availability, pricing, performance and specs. The reference spec for the RX 5600 XT includes 36 …
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We've known for quite some time now that the PlayStation 5 is on the way this year, with Sony eyeing up an early 2020 reveal followed by a November launch. The console itself might only be part of the story though, as the next version of the PlayStation VR headset …
Read More »Noctua announce the Chromax Black NH-L9a low profile CPU cooler for AM4
In October 2019, Noctua introduced the Chromax Black range of its most popular CPU coolers. The company has today announced it is adding to the Chromax Black series with an updated version of its low-profile NH-L9a cooler for AMD AM4 platforms. The latest CPU cooler to be added to the …
Read More »Scythe introduce the Mugen 5 Black RGB Edition CPU cooler
Scythe has announced a new version of its popular Mugen 5 CPU tower cooler, the Mugen 5 has seen many revisions of the design during its lifespan and this time around Scythe has updated the appearance with the Mugen 5 Black RGB Edition. The latest revision of the Mugen 5 …
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