While Oculus started off with a focus on seated virtual reality experiences, Valve has always focussed its efforts on ‘room scale’. At the moment, SteamVR supports two Base Stations for detecting 12×12 feet playspaces. With SteamVR Tracking 2.0, this will be upgraded to support four base stations and up to …
Read More »Gigabyte launch ‘Have Your Say’ campaign, offering the chance to win Steam vouchers
Our good friends over at Gigabyte are currently running the “Have Your Say” promotion, in which UK & Ireland residents have the chance to win £100 Steam vouchers every month by reviewing their purchase of certain Z370 motherboards. Entries are made via registering the motherboard and the online review through …
Read More »Western Digital is working on microwave powered HDDs up to 40TB
Western Digital is looking to usher in the future of hard disk storage using microwave-assisted technologies.
Read More »G.Skill achieve fastest 32GB (4x8GB) kit, complete with RGB
In line with the launch of Coffee Lake processors and accompanying Z370 chipsets, G.Skill released memory kits optimised for Intel’s latest offering. While the standard versions are able to achieve astounding speeds, the RGB variants were unfortunately capped, which has since resulted in the company further fine-tuning its 32GB kit …
Read More »Caseking/OverclockersUK strike a distribution deal to bring Seasonic PSUs to the UK
Caseking UK this week has announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with Seasonic, bringing the esteemed power supply maker's entire range to the UK. This will be managed through Overclockers UK, which will now stock Seasonic's full range of power supplies for the UK market. Seasonic has been …
Read More »MSI launches GTX 1080Ti Gaming TRIO
MSI is bringing its Tri-Frozr cooler to the GTX 1080Ti GAMING series.
Read More »Titanfall devs are working on a virtual reality game
It seems that Respawn Entertainment is keeping itself very busy at the moment. Aside from continuing to support Titanfall 2, the studio is also working on a Star Wars game for EA and now, it has also taken on a secret virtual reality project for Oculus. The announcement was made …
Read More »Oculus wants its wireless Santa Cruz VR headset in developers hands next year
Last year, Oculus demonstrated a prototype for its own wireless headset, dubbed Santa Cruz. Developers excited at the prospect of the standalone headset can rejoice, as Facebook announced at its Connect event that it could be in their hands “next year,” and will make use of new positionally tracked controllers. …
Read More »Oculus is launching a $199 standalone VR headset
Oculus Connect kicked off earlier this evening, leading to plenty of VR news. Not only has Facebook announced that the Oculus Rift CV1 and Touch bundle received a permanent price cut, but the company has also announced a brand new headset. It’s called ‘Oculus Go’ and it is indeed the …
Read More »The Oculus Rift and Touch bundle gets a permanent price cut to £399
Back in 2014/2015, Oculus was the go-to company as far as virtual reality was concerned, then in 2016, things began snowballing downhill pretty quickly. One of the key reasons so many were turned away was pricing, the headset itself came in at £500 at launch, which was worsened by the …
Read More »Silverstone MS09 converts M.2 SSDs into portable USB drives
It’s somewhat common to convert internal hard drives into external via an enclosure, allowing you to take all of your data on the go. Silverstone is getting ahead of the curve with the newer M.2 technology, offering a new accessory that can turn your M.2 solid state drive (SSD) into …
Read More »AMD’s latest driver optimises for The Evil Within 2 and Shadow of War
Hot on the heels of Nvidia’s own driver launch, AMD has begun rolling out a new version of its Crimson ReLive driver, arming Radeon GPU owners with optimisations for Middle-Earth: Shadow of War and The Evil Within 2. With the Crimson ReLive driver version 17.10.01, Radeon graphics card users should …
Read More »IDC declares PC alive and well as sales stabilise
For the past few years, top industry analysts have been predicting that PCs as we know them were dying, and with it PC gaming. Contrary to that belief, sales are stabilising according to the International Data Corporation’s (IDC) latest report, showing that shipments in the last quarter are better than …
Read More »Toshiba TR200 960GB SSD Review
The Toshiba TR200 series are the first Toshiba retail drives to ship with Toshiba's own 64-layer 3D TLC BiCS NAND.
Read More »The world’s first dedicated DX12/4K benchmark is available starting from today
One of the most satisfying parts about building a new system is putting it through its paces and seeing how much more performance you are getting. If you are in need of a new benchmark to spice things up though, then Futuremark has you covered, as 3DMark TimeSpy Extreme is …
Read More »Latest MSI Afterburner update improves Vega overclocking and hints at GTX 1070Ti
Over the last month, we have been hearing an increasing number of rumours surrounding a new Nvidia graphics card. It seems that a GTX 1070Ti is on the way, this time around it wasn’t just an anonymous source name dropping the card though, instead it appeared in the MSI Afterburner …
Read More »Nokia ceases development on its VR camera, cuts 310 jobs
While Microsoft did acquire Nokia’s mobile arm a couple of years ago, the company has managed to live on in Finland, the US and UK by working on other projects. One of Nokia’s major projects over the last two years has been the Ozo, a $45,000 camera built for filming …
Read More »Cooler Master MasterCase H500P (2017 HAF) Case Review
Cooler Master's HAF series is back - is the H500P worthy of the name?
Read More »MSI launch Threadripper X399 SLI PLUS motherboard for content creators
Improving its consumer based Threadripper X399 motherboard released back in July, MSI has launched its X399 SLI PLUS, built with content creators in mind. Sporting a full black colour scheme, the new X399 SLI PLUS features heavy plated heatsinks and Military Class V components to withstand some of the more …
Read More »Seagate launches 12TB IronWolf, IronWolf Pro and Barracuda Pro HDDs
WD isn't the only company rolling out all new high-capacity drives. Seagate is joining the club with three new 12TB drives launching today.
Read More »Nvidia’s latest driver update preps for Shadow of War and The Evil Within 2
It’s October, which means for the next several weeks, we are going to be seeing a lot of major game launches. Coupled with that, will be Nvidia’s Game Ready driver updates. Today, Nvidia is rolling out a new Game Ready driver preparing GeForce users for Middle-Earth: Shadow of War, The …
Read More »EVGA CLC 240 Liquid Cooler Review
EVGA has entered the liquid cooling market - can the CLC 240 stand out from the crowd?
Read More »Intel’s new Coffee Lake processors are in short supply
Intel’s latest 8th generation processors hit shelves yesterday and as expected, those same shelves were promptly empty as retailers are experiencing a shortage of the flagship i7-8700K. Some places have begun listing fulfilment dates as sometime in November, however it is likely that retail propagation will not return to normal …
Read More »Asus ROG Maximus X Apex used to hit major overclocks on Core i7-8700K and G.Skill DDR4
Intel’s 8th Gen Coffee Lake processors have launched and the Z370 platform has begun its rollout, which means it is time for overclockers to get their hands on all of this new hardware and push it to its limits. Today, it was announced that overclocker ‘der8auer’ was able to push …
Read More »Gigabyte is offering up Steam Wallet codes with Z370 AORUS motherboards
Yesterday we witnessed the launch of Intel’s 8th Generation processors and the Z370 platform. With the jump from quad-core SKUs to six-cores for the Core i7 and Core i5, a good number of enthusiasts are looking to upgrade but you’ll need a new motherboard to go with it. To help …
Read More »Intel’s 8th Generation Coffee Lake Processors hit retail
Today is a big day for Intel, following pressure from AMD’s success with Ryzen, Intel is launching its 8th-Gen Coffee Lake CPUs, bumping up the core count for its Core i7 and Core i5 SKUs and rolling out a new chipset- Z370. We have already had a chance to review …
Read More »Intel Core i7-8700K and Core i5-8400 (w/ Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7) Review
More cores, more power! Should AMD be worried?
Read More »MSI Z370 Gaming Pro Carbon AC Motherboard Review
MSI throws the Gaming Pro Carbon into the Coffee Lake.
Read More »ASUS ROG Strix Z370-E Gaming Motherboard Review
Goodbye Z270, Hello Z370.
Read More »Western Digital begins shipping world’s first 14TB helium-filled HDD
Way back at the start of 2017, Western Digital began showing off two new helium-filled high-capacity hard drives, one featuring 12TB of storage and another featuring 14TB. The 12TB Ultrastar drive managed to hit store shelves back in April and now, it seems WD’s 14TB version is also ready for …
Read More »