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Super Flower is revamping its power supply line-up this year with the new Leadex III Gold Series, improving on the design, packing premium Japanese capacitors and a new three-tier adaptive cooling system to keep temperatures in check. The Leadex III comes fitted with a 135mm fan with a ‘fluid dynamic …

We're currently running some tests for upcoming reviews, so we decided to give Intel's new 'Performance Maximizer' tool a quick whirl to see how it works.

We are only just on the horizon of PCIe 4.0 equipped motherboards coming to market but the folks behind the standard are already two steps ahead. PCI-SIC, the group behind the PCI Express standard, has announced the specification for PCIe 6.0, which will deliver up to 64GT/s of bandwidth. PCI-Express …

One-click overclocking has been a popular tool used within the BIOS of many gaming-oriented motherboards for years now. Some people don't necessarily want to poke around in the BIOS though in fear of screwing something up. With that in mind, Intel has released its own one-click CPU overclocking tool known …

At Computex just a few weeks ago, we had the opportunity to catch up with FSP and see what they've got coming up for the rest of 2019. Aside from a foray into PC cases, FSP has new and improved power supplies up for release and the first batch is …

The Oculus Quest standalone VR headset launched a few weeks ago and one of the first apps available on the new platform was Virtual Desktop. This has been a popular VR app since the original Rift began shipping and for Quest users, a new feature allowed you to stream SteamVR …

To celebrate Computex and AMD's 50th anniversary, we are teaming up with Sapphire to give away a NITRO+ RX 590 AMD50 Gold Edition graphics card and a Gearbox Thunderbolt 3 eGPU dock to go with it!

Could this be the foundation for your next workstation or server build?

Fractal Design has been designing all-in-one liquid coolers for years now. We first saw the Celsius series some time ago but now, the blackout version has arrived, delivering all of the features you would expect from high-end liquid cooler in a uniform all-black colour scheme. As with any Fractal Design …

Cyberpunk 2077 is on the way and it will be coming out much sooner than anticipated. The game already looks incredible based on the early footage we saw last year but it is going to look even better at launch, with real-time ray-tracing being added to the PC version. CD …

Just two weeks ago on the first day of Computex, AMD unveiled the Ryzen 3000 series, complete with Zen 2 architecture, built on the 7nm process and with options all the way up to 12-cores. What we didn’t know at the time was that AMD was holding a little something …

Two new competitive GPUs from AMD based on the all-new RDNA architecture and 7nm process.

Just a few days ago, we launched our review for the brand new Corsair RM650x modular power supply. We were very impressed when we reviewed it, especially considering its MSRP price but at the time of publishing, we didn't have any details on UK availability. We've had a few dedicated …

Microsoft has begun sharing specs for its next-gen Xbox, powered by AMD's Zen 2 and Radeon RDNA architectures.

Should you even be considering this Intel drive in 2019?

Back in 2017 Leo took at look at the Dark Base 700 from Be Quiet! Leo liked the case with its sleek styling and impressively quiet design but thought it was a little on the pricey side. During CES a new version of the case, the 'Limited edition White Dark Base 700' was announced. With only 3000 units available there hasn't been much movement on the price with the case retailing for £166.99. I was sent one of the 3000 cases and was happy to use it to create an all white build and document the whole process on video.  

Leo takes a look at Corsair's new Hydro X custom loop hardware

You can find it for £83 in the UK. Is this new Corsair RM power supply worthy of a shortlist?

Each year, G.Skill comes to Computex with new RAM modules and a small army of professional overclockers to really push the technology as far as it can go. This year was no different, with 23 overclocking records broken last week.

Last week, Activision officially announced Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, a return to the series that propelled the franchise into the annual blockbuster it is today. Call of Duty titles often don’t get much credit for how good they look or how well they run but there will be plenty …

Microsoft has been making much more of an effort to get on the good side of PC gamers in recent years. There were some hurdles along the way, with issues surrounding the Universal Windows App system and the Windows 10 Store but things have been changing for the better in …

It's a 1TB SSD from PNY, priced at around the £130 mark - worth picking up?

While much of our focus has moved on to the RTX 20 series in recent months, the GTX 10-series of graphics cards still hold their own today and remain a good option for those looking to upgrade. If you are considering an older GTX 10-series GPU, laptop or pre-built PC, …

WWDC took place last night and the all new Mac Pro redesign has officially been revealed. Over the last few years, Apple has been distancing itself from Nvidia and tapping AMD for MacBook and iMac GPUs and that tradition is going to continue, with the new Mac Pro featuring AMD …

Our final stop at Computex this year had us visiting the folks at Team Group. Not only has Team Group brought more RGB to the table this year, but we also got to see a new DDR4 RAM kit, their first PCIe Gen 4 SSD and a new 8TB SATA …

One of our final stops at Computex this year was Abkoncore, an OEM hailing from Korea. You may not have come across them before here in the UK but make no mistake, they do make some good looking gear, including cases designed around maximum airflow and cooling capabilities.  The booth …

It is heavier, its cooler but its a fair bit more expensive too

With our Computex 2019 now drawing to a close, Leo managed to fit in one last visit – to Lian Li. Here, the company was showing off a range of new cases – included the highly-anticipated O11 Dynamic XL – as well as some nifty RGB fans and liquid coolers. The first …

Computex 2019 is winding down so we used that quiet time to get a good look at Alphacool and all of the new liquid cooling gear coming out this year. Not only do we have new custom water cooling blocks but Leo got a good look at the new Alphacool …

Leo has been roaming around the Nangang convention halls for the last couple of days and during those travels, he was able to catch up with FSP and see what's new in the power supply world. We came to see power supplies but were promptly distracted by some of the …