Cooler Master is adding a new member to its family of cases today with the launch of the MasterBox Lite 5. This is an ATX mid-tower chassis featuring a ‘DarkMirror' front panel to help class up the front of your case. This is more of a straightforward, mainstream case for …
Read More »Intel will be powering the PC Gaming Show at E3 this year
Over the last couple of years, PC Gaming has been more prevalent at E3, thanks to the PC Gaming Show. Over the last two years, AMD has been the main sponsor of this event, using it as an opportunity to show off new graphics cards but this year, the show …
Read More »FSP Dagger 600W SFX PSU Review
Today we look at the FSP Dagger 600W SFX power supply. If you can find it, worth a purchase?
Read More »Upcoming microcode update aims to improve Ryzen DDR4 compatibility
As popular as AMD's new Ryzen processors have been, one of the common complaints has been DDR4 RAM speed compatibility. While some users are able to break the 3000MHz barrier, others see their memory speeds capped much lower. Fortunately, a new microcode update is on the way and it will …
Read More »AMD is holding a financial analyst day next week, report claims Vega, Navi and Zen+ will appear
2017 has been a very busy year for AMD already, but the company still has quite a bit to reveal to us from behind the scenes and some of that information may be coming as soon as next week. Earlier today, invites started going out for an AMD event on …
Read More »be quiet! Pure Rock Slim Cooler Review
be quiet! are back with a very small air cooler - the Pure Rock Slim. Is it worth £24.95?
Read More »Deepcool launches new RGB Captain EX AIO coolers
Over the course of 2016, we reviewed quite a few coolers from Deepcool, including its Captain EX 120 and 240 all-in-one liquid coolers. Now in 2017, Deepcool is giving them something of a refresh, adding a new wired controller and RGB lighting. The original Captain EX 120 and 240 were …
Read More »Gigabyte Z270N-Gaming 5 Motherboard Review
Has Gigabyte ticked all the boxes for mini-ITX gamers?
Read More »Oculus is shutting down its award winning Story Studio
A lot of changes have been going on behind the scenes at Oculus over the last six months. Palmer Luckey is out, Brendan Iribe is no longer the CEO, Oculus won't be turning up to E3 for the first time in years and now, the award winning Oculus Story Studio …
Read More »Core i7-7700K temperature spikes enrage users
Reports are circulating that Kaby Lake Core i7-7700K CPUs are hitting temperature spikes of 90ºC (194ºF) for no apparent reason, even on non-overclocked builds. If micro-stuttering complaints weren't already widely known, according to a reader on The Register who goes by the name Bastard-Wizard, the flagship Intel chips will, for no reason …
Read More »Samsung may take Intel’s spot as the world’s biggest chip maker this year
Samsung has been battling it out against Apple for the number one spot in the smartphone market for years and now, it looks like the company will begin taking on another major US company. It turns out that Samsung's semiconductor business is now successful enough to rival Intel, meaning Samsung …
Read More »TSMC engineer accused of stealing trade secrets behind 28nm GPU tech used by Nvidia and AMD
It looks like there have been some interesting developments behind the scenes in the tech industry this week, as a former engineer at TSMC has been accused of stealing trade secrets. TSMC has been a supplier for GPUs made by both AMD and Nvidia over the years and yesterday, one …
Read More »Imagination kicks off its legal dispute with Apple
Last month, we learned that Apple would soon be ending its long-running deal with UK GPU maker, Imagination Technologies. At the time, Apple said its plan was to start designing and producing its own GPUs for iOS devices, similarly to how it brought CPU design in-house a few years ago. …
Read More »Linux patch provides Radeon RX Vega specs, highlights DNA of Raven Ridge
Following on from the first RX Vega benchmark leak earlier this week, a Linux graphics driver patch has released, in which traces of the GPUs specs have been found. Cracking open the driver and scrolling through its many, many lines of code reveals the number of shader engines, compute units, …
Read More »MSI Z270 Gaming M3 Motherboard Review
A mid-range Z270 motherboard from MSI. Worth the price if you are a gamer?
Read More »Raijintek Asterion Plus Aluminium Case – Black Window
OCUK have the aluminium black version on sale at £119.99. Is it worth the money?
Read More »Alleged Skylake-EP on sale at eBay
If you want to get your hands on some prime Intel server rib, then you can head along to eBay and check this matched pair of what the seller is claiming to be Skylake-EP processors, or as they describe it, an “Intel Xeon E5-2600 v5” CPU. The heatspreader is engraved …
Read More »FSP’s Windale CPU coolers focus on swift heat dissipation and quiet operation
It looks like there might still be innovation left in air cooling business as this week, FSP unveiled its new Windale series of ultra-quiet CPU coolers which use an all new heatsink design to “ensure unhindered heat transfer”. The Windale series comprises of two specific CPU coolers, the Windale 6 …
Read More »Corsair Carbide SPEC-04 Review (Custom Watercooled)
We can best describe the Corsair Carbide SPEC-04 as an ATX case that comes with a bargain basement price and a specification to match. Or, to put it another way, it’s a fairly basic case. You get an acrylic window in the main panel and a couple of USB 3.0 …
Read More »Soon GTX 10-series GPU owners will be able to stream Ultra-HD Netflix
Earlier this year, 4K Netflix streaming finally started making its way to PCs, in part due to Kaby Lake and its support for HEVC decoding. Fortunately for those not planning to make the jump to Kaby Lake, 4K Netflix streaming is now expanding to more systems, with UHD streaming support …
Read More »RX Vega 3DMark TimeSpy benchmark result seemingly leaks out
Last week, it was confirmed that AMD's next high-end graphics card, the RX Vega, would release within the next two months and now, it seems like the launch is closer than ever with benchmark results now landing online. This week, a new entry was spotted in the 3DMark TimeSpy database, …
Read More »Oculus will be skipping E3 this year
Over the last couple of years, Oculus has had a rather significant presence at E3, even jumping on stage to announce new VR games with publishers. Unfortunately this year, it appears that Oculus will be a no-show for the first time since 2014. Since 2014, Oculus has used E3 to …
Read More »LaCie d2 Thunderbolt 3 10TB external drive Review
The flagship of the range is the massive 10TB model we are looking at today.
Read More »ASRock X370 Taichi Motherboard Review
Priced at £230, has ASRock presented the perfect all-round AM4 motherboard?
Read More »Western Digital’s new 12TB Helium-filled hard drive is now shipping
Update: Western Digital's fourth generation HelioSeal drive, the HGST Ultrastar 12TB is now officially shipping. WD first announced its new 12TB and 14TB Ultrastar helium-filled drives back in January but now, the 12TB version is ready for prime time. The Ultrastar He12 ships in a standard 3.5-inch chassis and is …
Read More »Cooler Master pays up $600,000 following Asetek patent infringement case
Asetek has announced today that it has received its payment of around $600,000 from Cooler Master, following a lawsuit in which Cooler Master was found to have infringed on some all-in-one liquid cooler design patents. The lawsuit itself dates back to 2014, when a Jury ruled against Cooler Master on …
Read More »Game Max Sapphire RGB (w/ Mirror-Finish Tempered Glass) Case Review
Game Max have bucked their trend of making budget cases and released a mirror-finish tempered glass beast. Can it compete at £134.55?
Read More »Cryorig C7 Low-Profile Cooler Review
Cryorig's C7 is ideal for ITX builds with strict height restrictions. Is it worth £30.95?
Read More »AMD Radeon RX Vega caught hiding in plain sight
An eye-catching entry in the TechPowerUp GPU database caught our attention. The data shows the intimate details of none other than the AMD Radeon RX Vega, a card which, just a couple of days ago, AMD had said it would be launched sometime this quarter. If you remember, just last month …
Read More »Nvidia will release a GT 1030 graphics chip after all
Whether it is pressure from AMD, or just some revenue-mining tactic, it seems that Nvidia will indeed release a GT 1030 graphics card, the cheapest of the cheap in the Pascal family. Chinese website Expreview has grabbed some pics that reveal Nvidia has indeed developed a GP108 iteration of its …
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