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WD's latest PCIe 4.0 drive is here - we find out how it stacks up against the competition

Just before the Alder Lake-S launch, Intel decided it was best to disable support for AVX-512 and eventually blocked user-made workarounds to re-enable it. Now, some motherboard makers are taking matters into their own hands, with MSI launching a new BIOS with trial support for AVX-512.  Xavier Amberger found the …

AMD's entry level Athlon series hasn't made much noise in the desktop space for a while now, but that could soon change, as an unannounced Athlon Gold Pro 4150GE APU has appeared in a benchmark database this week.  The CPU-Z entry found by @TUM_APISAK shows that the Athlon Gold PRO 4150GE is a …

Last year, Sony officially enabled the secondary M.2 SSD slot on PS5 consoles, opening the doors for console owners to install their own ultra-fast SSD to expand storage. If you're looking for one of the fastest SSDs for the PS5, then Corsair has you covered with its new MP600 PRO …

It's a great 360mm AIO cooler, we are just not sure about the £180 asking price

Intel announced the Core i9-12900KS back at CES 2022, but we have yet to learn when the chip will launch. While it hasn't been released yet, samples are beginning to do the rounds and as a result, we're seeing benchmark results starting to pop up, giving us an early look …

We're still a while away from Nvidia releasing its next-gen GPUs, but rumours about the company's upcoming ‘Hopper' architecture have been floating around for a while. Previously, rumours claimed that the flagship GH100 GPU would use an MCM design – something that AMD is also working on for future GPUs. …

MediaTek has been very successful with the Dimensity series of smartphone SoCs and now wants to replicate that with the Kompanio series in the Chromebook market. With that objective, MediaTek announced the new Kompanio 1380 for premium Chromebooks. Based on the 6nm process node, the Kompanio 1380 was designed to …

Intel Arc Alchemist GPUs have clearly found their way into the hands of a few. This time, someone tested a laptop equipped with an Arc A370M mobile GPU with Bapco CrossMark, a cross-platform productivity test. Once again, the benchmark entry was spotted by @TUM_APISAK. Reading it, you can see the …

The Lian Li Lancool  215 mid-tower chassis is back and now, you can get it in white for the first time. The case offers ARGB lighting, a large tempered glass window, two 200mm front fans and modular dust filters to keep your system looking clean.  Designed with enthusiast-grade hardware in …

With the launch of Intel Alder Lake, PCIe 5.0 connectivity has been made available to consumers, but we have yet to see any PCIe 5.0 SSDs. That’s beginning to change, with Teamgroup announcing their first PCIe 5.0 NVMe 2.0 SSD, which will launch later this year.

G.Skill keeps pushing the limits of DDR5 to new heights, this time by launching a new DDR5-6400 memory kit with lower latency than we're used to seeing in such modules. Featuring 32-39-39-102 timings, the new G.Skill Trident Z5 memory kit joins the rest of the lineup as the one featuring …

We've seen at least one impressive overclock already this week, with a new DDR5 memory record being set. Now, Gigabyte is making some headlines after pushing Intel's Pentium Gold G7400T to impressive speeds.  As first shared by HD-Tecnologia (via Tom's Hardware), HiCookie, Gigabyte's professional overclocker, pushed a Pentium Gold G7400T to 5.8GHz by …

Following on from the announcement of Ryzen 6000 series processors for laptops at CES, we've seen a few benchmark leaks ahead of launch. Earlier this week we saw the first results for the Ryzen 9 6900HX and now, we have an early look at Ryzen 5 6600H performance. 

In recent weeks, Sony has finally begun opening up about the PSVR 2, going as far as to share some of the upcoming headset's impressive technical specifications. Now through additional sources, we know even more about the headset and its new display, which will apparently offer a huge boost in …

The RTX 3050 is here - surely it can't be as bad as the RX 6500 XT, right?

AMD announced the new Ryzen 6000 series laptop APUs during CES 2022, but we haven't seen them in action just yet. Fortunately, some benchmarks are beginning to surface, giving us an early look at performance compared to AMD's previous generation APUs.  The Geekbench entry found by @Benchleaks shows the 8C/16T …

While we wait for a more precise date for the release of the Intel Arc Alchemist GPUs, a slide showing the memory configuration of the laptop SKUs has been leaked. As it seems, there will be five SKUs in total and up to 16GB of VRAM.  Reading the table shared …

Following on from five straight months of price increases, it seems that GPU prices are finally on the decline again across Europe. According to new data gathered, the average sale price for AMD and Nvidia GPUs has dipped over the course of January, although we are still far from getting …

Since the launch of DDR5 in late 2021, G.Skill has been hard at work to push speeds to new heights. This week, the company revealed that in its latest overclocking collaboration with ASUS, a new DDR5 world record has been set.  Working with ASUS and extreme overclocker “lupin_no_musume”, G.Skill Trident …

Recently, Samsung unveiled its new Exynos 2200 chip with embedded RDNA 2 graphics thanks to a partnership with AMD. The company did not give us performance comparisons at the time, but the first benchmarks are now appearing, giving us a look at how it stands up to Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 …

With Nvidia releasing the RTX 3050 graphics card later this week, it was only expected that we would soon see the first 3DMark results being leaked. In our first look at performance, the RTX 3050 is drawing comparisons to the GTX 1660 Ti. The benchmark scores were shared by VideoCardz, …

We all want to know exactly how well Intel's Arc Alchemist GPUs will perform, but right now the company is keeping its cards close to its chest. Still, rumours have suggested the Arc Alchemist SKU with 512 EUs will be roughly on par with the RTX 3070 Ti, and according to a leaked SiSoftware Sandra result, that appears to be accurate.

RTX 30 series graphics cards have seen their MSRP increased by at least €20 in Europe. In the UK, so far only the RTX 3070 Ti has seen an increase to its listed price. However, considering all other SKUs are now more expensive in Europe, we would not be surprised …

Announced at CES 2022, the RTX 3070 Ti laptop GPU is yet to hit the market, but an early benchmark result gives us a glimpse of what sort of performance we can expect. According to a leaked Geekbench result, the laptop GPU should perform similarly to an Nvidia Titan RTX …

Luke checks out two air coolers from SilentiumPC, at about £50-55 each

After announcing a range of multiplier-locked (non-K) CPU SKUs at CES 2022, it didn't take long for these processors to hit the market. With German overclocker Der8auer already experimenting with base-clock (BCLK) overclocking methods for the likes of the i5-12400, Intel has now issued a statement regarding overclocking these non-K processors...

After showcasing how to overclock Alder Lake non-K desktop processors on Z690 motherboards, Der8auer has posted a new video, this time using a B660 motherboard to overclock the i5-12400 up to 5GHz. Based on der8auer findings, only B660 motherboards with DDR5 memory support can be used for BCLK overclocking. The …

Zalman has unveiled its latest line of AIO liquid coolers. Available in multiple sizes, the upcoming Alpha series packs some unique features that might help it to stand out from the competition. The new Zalman coolers come with a rotatable RGB water block cover that allows you to adjust the …

The GPU market is in shambles and has been for some time. Graphics card prices are through the roof and 2021 saw an array of lacklustre launches from both AMD and Nvidia, who many accuse of cashing in on the crisis. Fortunately for Intel, however, such events have conspired in their favour as the company is now presented with a monumental opportunity to seize the discrete GPU market. They simply can't miss - can they?