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ASUS has been an established mainboard vendor since the 90s, eventually offering tough competition in a variety of markets since, from graphics cards to routers to peripherals. Naturally, the next step for the company is to re-enter the power supply market after a lengthy break, as ASUS introduces its aptly …

The Sapphire booth sits high above the main floor in the Nangang Exhibition Centre, which is the hub of Computex 2018. Alongside a full selection of graphics cards and driving simulations were some funky designs that definitely drew the eye. To find out more, we caught up with Dan Forster …

At Computex yesterday we had the chance to catch up with Thermaltake and check out what they have coming up this year. To our surprise, we were greeted with a new Level 20 chassis, a new ‘View 91' chassis and a few other bits! Andrzej caught up with Leo Wang, …

Corsair has unveiled a host of new products ahead of Computex, bolstering its line of SF Series 80 Plus Platinum and Vengeance Series 80 Plus Silver power supplies. The fun doesn’t stop there, either, as the company injects more RGB into its Crystal Series 280X RGB MATX Case. Coming in …

Despite Common Redundant Power Supply (CRPS) being designed for large scale server implementations, the benefits of the Intel-defined standard clearly carry over to mining. Taiwanese power supply manufacturer FSP is the first to catch onto the idea, introducing its Bit Coin Mining Machine Module built for blockchains. After running KitGuru …

One of the more surprising launches at Computex 2018 is the CRAS X memory kit from Korean memory brand, Klevv, alongside the innovative CRAS X NVMe RGB M.2 module. The intended position for Klevv (within the SK hynix extended hierarchy of corporations) is to be the high end consumer brand. …

Throughout the past year and a half, GPU availability has taken a hit causing prices to rise uncontrollably. Following Nvidia’s effort in padding out its selection of graphics cards, AMD has announced that its Radeon RX line is available “in quantity” throughout North America. “Over the last few months, AMD …

As part of its preparation for the introduction of tough new EU safety requirements for power supplies in 2019, FSP invited KitGuru along to its main office in Taiwan just ahead of Computex 2018. We were given a tour of the safety lab process by the engineer who runs it, …

Nvidia has kept mum on its next generation graphics processing units (GPUs) for quite some time, but it looks like more information is on its way in August. It has been spotted that the Green Team is pencilled in as the opening graphics presentation during this year’s Hot Chips convention, …

Whilst GPU prices may be steadily falling, mining is still big business for hardware companies, and ASUS is looking to capitalise on that with the Mining Master. A motherboard geared towards miners that can support up to a whopping 20 GPUs. The Mining Master is an ATX board that uses …

With the Pascal architecture hitting two years old, we've known that Nvidia would be looking to up its game with a new generation of graphics cards soon, especially with GDDR6 memory entering production within the next couple of months. With that in mind, a GTX 11-series might not be too …

Intel is reportedly celebrating the 40th anniversary since the release of its first x86 microprocessor, as Intel’s Core i7-8086K appears in online listings.

Update (29/05/18):  Last week, a German-based IT security firm Fraunhofer AISEC uncovered a flaw in AMD’s EPYC server chip, completely bypassing its SEV security protocol. AMD has since issued a statement to reassure its users that it’s on the case. “AMD’s Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) is designed to help protect …

Investigations are currently underway to determine whether or not there has been foul play among the top three memory manufacturers, after Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron were accused of fixing the prices of DRAM and NAND memory throughout 2017. This has prompted China’s Ministry of Commerce to step in and …

Cooler Master is expanding its MasterCase series today with the launch of the H500M. The latest midtower continues to emphasise user choice, with different accessories in the box, and makes the jump to tempered glass, RGB fans and swappable front panels. This is the flagship for Cooler Master's H-series of …

Intel unveiled its RX Vega-powered mobile processors earlier this year, with the Kaby Lake G-series replacing its own integrated graphics with technology from its rival, AMD. Now, it looks as though Google will be producing a Chromebook featuring the lovechild, under the codename “Kidd”. Kidd was discovered in a Chromium …

Putting its newfound lighting expertise to good use, Patriot has returned to the RAM world by introducing its brand new Viper RGB DDR4 series of memory. Despite being a treat for the eyes with its multiple lighting zones, Patriot is keen not to sacrifice its reputation for performance, offering its …

Computex is just a couple of weeks away, but we are getting a few good announcements ahead of time. This week, Phanteks launched its latest case, the Eclipse P350X RGB, complete with support for E-ATX motherboards, liquid cooling support and some of the sleekest RGB lighting I've seen on a …

Intel has been gearing up for the release of its 8-core Coffee Lake-S processor for quite some time, with the accompanying Z390 chipset leaked last month. A new listing has since revealed that Intel will be debuting two variants, with one sporting a 2.6GHz base clock. Rumours surrounding Intel’s continuation …

It's a new £80 liquid cooler from Corsair without any bells and whistles

It's a Thunderbolt 3 external enclosure that can take TWO NVMe drives... worth £299?

While the new Razer Blade 15 stole the show the other day, it wasn't the only new launch up Razer's sleeve. At the event, we also saw the curtain lifted on the new Razer Core X external GPU enclosure, which reduces the price, and even adds macOS support. The new …

Intel and Micron have formed a fruitful partnership, with the pair announcing the production and shipment of the industry's first 4bits/cell 3D NAND technology this week. These new NAND chips use the proven 64-layer structure, and have achieved 1 terabit (Tb) density per die, making it the highest density flash …

There has been a lot of confusion today surrounding ASUS and the future for its AREZ line-up of graphics cards. Nvidia's GeForce Partner Program has come to an end, so when a Twitter account claiming to be an official AREZ profile posted that the recently launched brand would be ‘coming …

After the disclosure of Meltdown and Spectre, Microsoft and Google promptly shed light on Speculative Store Bypass (variant 4), the latest vulnerability in a string of CPU flaws. Much like Intel’s buggy Spectre patches, the latest fix quells variant 4, but at the price of slowing some systems down by …

For the last year and a half, there have been consistent reports of a worldwide memory shortage. There has been debate over whether or not companies like Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron are unable to keep up with demand, or just unwilling, but theories aside, it looks like there is …

It's a new B360 motherboard from MSI - the ideal foundation for a budget gaming system?

It has been a few months since we last talked about any Nvidia rumours. The last time we checked in, the rumour mill couldn't make up its mind between a March or April launch. There were also conflicting reports around whether or not the next GeForce cards would sport Volta …

Originally slated for a 2016 debut, Intel has repeatedly delayed its 10nm Cannon Lake processors, now expected to arrive in bulk sometime in 2019. It looks as though we will finally be seeing something from the range, however, with the mid-range Lenovo IdeaPad 330 sporting the firm’s first 10nm chip …

It's an excellent motherboard from ASUS ROG - is it just too good for Ryzen 2nd Gen?