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Currently, AMD's best CPU for laptops comes with 8 cores, but it looks like that will change with the Ryzen 7000 mobile generation. Codenamed “Raphael-H”, these Zen 4 chips are rumoured to double the core count for laptop processors, reaching as high as 16 cores.  The rumour originated from @NiceMing, …

Since launching the Apple M1 processor last year, many rumours have surfaced about what's next. While we expected an upgraded 'M1X' chip at some point later this year, it turns out Apple was actually working on two new SoCs - the M1 Pro and the M1 Max, bringing up to a 70 percent boost in CPU performance. 

Crucial's first PCIe 4.0 SSD is here and it's pretty well priced for the 1TB model

Like many other memory manufacturers, Galax announced its upcoming DDR5 memory modules. However, in Galax's case, their modules differ a bit from the others, as they are compatible with LEGO bricks, which should allow users to do some crazy things with them. In what seems like a great move to …

When the Xbox Series X was first announced, many fans noted how the console’s rectangular and vertical nature made it look similar to a conventional kitchen fridge. In the wake of these comparisons, Microsoft has now announced that you can soon buy an official (and working) Xbox Series X mini …

When we talk about custom water cooling a GPU, workstation graphics cards aren't the first ones to come to mind, but there are still some obvious benefits to doing so. Starting this month, those with an Nvidia RTX A6000 or A100 graphics card will be able to move over to …

This week, Corsair is announcing its own support for the upcoming Intel LGA 1700 socket, which will launch in a couple of weeks alongside Intel Alder Lake processors. While other cooler manufacturers are offering free mounting upgrade kits to customers, Corsair users will have to pay a small fee to …

Today, HTC is launching a new all-in-one, standalone VR headset – the HTC VIVE Flow. Rather than being a true competitor to the Oculus Quest, this is a very pricey headset aimed for mobile and media use, rather than gaming.  Since launching the original Vive headset, HTC has slowly stepped …

Leo takes a look at this new and rather different chassis from Silverstone. Its a good one.

While Microsoft’s Xbox game Pass subscription service is widely regarded as one of the best deals in gaming currently, PlayStation Plus continues to offer much greater value than Microsoft’s other service – Xbox Games With Gold. For the month of November, Sony is doubling the value of PS Plus, giving away …

The RTX 3050 and RTX 3050 Ti have been around for a while, but only in laptop GPU form. Rumours of a desktop release largely died down this year, but new reports this week indicate that both GPUs may still come to desktop with updated specifications.  In November 2020, @kopite7kimi …

G.Skill was hugely successful with its high-speed memory kits over the DDR4 generation and the company is now locked and loaded for the launch of DDR5 in a few weeks time. Today, G.Skill is announcing the Trident Z5 series of DDR5 memory, promising high speeds, reliability and low latency.  The …

We check out the latest GPU from AMD - the RX 6600

In celebration of Ryzen's 5th anniversary, John Taylor, AMD CMO, and Robert Hallock, director of technical marketing, discussed the past, present and future of Ryzen processors, confirming some interesting things along the way. 

While Noctua is primarily known for its brown and beige colour scheme, the company has been experimenting with a variety of colour combinations in recent years through its Chromax line of coolers and fans. This week, Noctua launched black Chromax versions of the NF-A12x25 fan, the NH-U12A CPU cooler, as …

Nvidia recently launched the new 496.13 graphics driver, bringing some considerable changes. Besides introducing DLSS to 10 new titles, Nvidia's latest driver also brings optimisations for Back 4 Blood, Crysis Remastered, Baldur's Gate 3 and a few more games. However, it also comes with its downsides, as it won't support …

We’ve been hearing a lot about DDR5 memory in recent months, with several companies giving sneak peeks at what’s to come. GeIL appears to be the fastest to market though, with the first DDR5 memory modules now available on Amazon. 

Until now, we've mostly covered leaked benchmark results of the Core i9-12900K and the i7-12700K. However, this time we have the i5-12400, which, according to these results, is going to be very competitive against the Ryzen 5 5600X.  A post found on Bilibili by @9550pro shows CPU-Z, Cinebench R20 and …

Since launching DLSS with the first generation of RTX graphics cards, Nvidia has improved on its AI upscaling technology a ton. At this point, DLSS can now be found in 120 games, with ten more titles implementing the technology soon. Interestingly, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, one of the very …

When the RTX 3070 Ti first launched earlier this year, there was a lack of blower-style graphics cards from board partners. That is starting to change now, as ASUS is launching the new RTX 3070 Ti Turbo. The Asus RTX 3070 Ti Turbo blower-style graphics card has arrived, giving an …

As the launch of Intel Arc GPUs comes closer, we're learning more about the upcoming graphics cards. This week, Intel graphics lead, Raja Koduri, revealed more about the Arc GPU architecture, touching on supply, drivers, custom GPUs and crypto mining. 

Recent rumours have claimed that Nvidia is working on multiple new RTX 30 series graphics cards. Apparently, we're not only going to get Super series GPUs, but there may also be an RTX 3090 Ti on the way. According to reports, the RTX 3090 Ti may come with a new PCIe 5.0 connector, capable of delivering up to 600W of power. 

The AMD Radeon RX 6600 is expected to be announced next week, but while we wait, we can take a look at a new leaked benchmark result. The latest leaked Radeon RX 6600 benchmark score shows the SKU’s performance in 3DMark Time Spy, coming in slightly below an RTX 2060 …

JEDEC's standard for DDR5 memory sets its clock speed at 4800 MT/s. Compared to what DDR4 offers, that's already a pretty decent upgrade. However, like DDR4 memory, the modules can be pushed way beyond the JEDEC standard through overclocking. XPG did just that, pushing a DDR5 memory module to over …

We've seen a number of leaks regarding the Intel Core i9-12900K in recent weeks, but this time around, we finally have some results for the Core i7-12700K thanks to a leaked CPU-Z screenshot.  Compared to the i9-12900K, the i7-12700K feature four less efficient cores and should come with slightly lower …

Over the years, we've seen many, many early benchmark results for unreleased processors all coming from Geekbench. Engineers and testers have used Geekbench to test pre-release hardware for years, but since the database is accessible by everyone, this also leads to a lot of leaks. To combat this, Geekbench is …

Antec is back with another very affordable gaming PC chassis. This week, the company is launching the new NX250, priced at just €54.99 while retaining some more premium features. The Antec NX250 comes with a brushed aluminium front panel with big air intake slots along the sides for ideal airflow …

Windows 11 was released a few days ago and is already being associated with performance issues in certain hardware configurations. AMD confirmed this week that there are some performance issues when running Windows 11 on Ryzen-based systems, which can see performance in some games drop by up to 15 percent.  …

Leo is back with another look at the Lian Li Q58 - following up on last week's review

Back when the Xbox Series X/S consoles launched, Seagate launched its 1TB NVMe PCIe 4.0 expansion card SSD. Now, Xbox console owners will have another option for speedy expandable storage, as Seagate has now launched the 1TB Xbox SSD Game Drive.  While the expansion card plugs directly into the back …