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Back in July during the New World alpha, EVGA RTX 3090 owners quickly ran into issues with their GPUs dying after playing the game. Now, history seems to be repeating itself, with Gigabyte RTX 3090 owners now having severe problems.  New reports of crashes have surfaced on Reddit, with multiple …

Arctic is expanding its line-up of PC cooling products with new CPU coolers, fans and the LGA1700 mounting kit for Intel 12th Gen Core processors. Besides the RGB and A-RGB versions of the Liquid Freezer II 280 and 420, Arctic is also launching new F12 fans and the A35 and …

Intel 12th Gen processors are expected to come within a month and will be the first CPUs to support DDR5 memory. As the launch of these new processors comes closer, memory manufacturers have started to produce and show their DDR5 memory modules, with the latest being the new Corsair Vengeance …

We check out the first Acer-branded NVME SSD, with the 1TB model priced at £89.99

Western Digital is replacing the entry-level WD Blue SN550 PCIe 3.0 SSD with the new WD Blue SN570. Designed as an affordable solution for creators that want to speed up their system, the SN570 will be available with 250GB, 500GB and 1TB storage capacities. Coming in an M.2-2280 form factor, …

We are still a month away from the rumoured launch date of the Intel 12th Gen Core processors, but it looks like Amazon is already getting everything ready. Listings of the upcoming 12th Gen Core “K” processors were found on multiple Amazon stores, revealing the pricing of Intel next-gen SKUs. …

Following on from rumours and leaks, today, ASUS and Noctua made their collaboration official with the ASUS GeForce RTX 3070 Noctua Edition. This is the world's first graphics card to use Noctua fans and a tailored heatsink co-engineered by the cooling experts at Noctua.  With the Noctua cooling solution, noise …

X570S is here and Luke checks out two options from ASUS and Gigabyte

Renders of the alleged reference design of Intel's upcoming Arc Alchemist graphics card have been leaked. The render shows the reference design card will feature a two-fan cooling design in a long silver shroud and a black backplate with screen cooling. As reported by Moore's Law is Dead, the design …

What seems to be a leaked roadmap referring to Intel mobile consumer CPUs has been posted online, corroborating some rumours. Moreover, the roadmap also shows when production of the Alder Lake mobile platforms will start, giving us an idea of when we will see the first devices equipped with them. …

While many expected new Ryzen Threadripper 5000 CPUs to launch this year, plans may have changed. According to reports this week, AMD's upcoming Threadripper “Chagall” processors may have been delayed to 2022.  None of this has been confirmed by AMD, but @greymon55 believes we won't see the AMD Ryzen Threadripper …

PCIe 4.0 is currently the fastest standard we have for consumer SSDs, but with Intel Alder Lake-S coming later this year, we expect to see the first PCIe 5.0 SSDs hitting the market in the near future. This week, Phison revealed that its PCIe 5.0 SSD controller is coming next …

The same leaker that shared the first Cinebench R23 single-core benchmarks for the Intel core i9-12900K has recently posted CPU-Z screenshots of the upcoming processor paired with 32GB of DDR5-8000 memory. According to the CPU-Z screenshots shared by @hw_reveal, the system featured a Gigabyte Z690 Tachyon motherboard. The DDR5 memory …

Intel has been quietly working away on neuromorphic computing for years now, resulting in the first dedicated silicon, Loihi, back in 2018. Now this year, Intel is introducing Loihi 2, which brings significant improvements to performance, efficiency and more importantly, software and programming support to really push what this processor …

In recent months, we've been hearing about a new partnership between ASUS and Noctua, which will see Noctua cooling technology utilised on an ASUS graphics card. Now, the first images of this collaborative GPU have surfaced.  On the ASUS ROG Vietnam Facebook page (via Videocardz), the first renders of the …

Kingston recently announced a new line up of FURY branded memory - based around this they decided to raise some awareness with KitGuru readers and sent Leo a bunch of new hardware for us to build a system. As well as the new hardware, Kingston also decided to send Leo a massive box of Kingston branded Merch. We have to admit that watching Leo playing with Kingston branded Merch gave Kitguru staff quite a chuckle this morning.

It's starting to look like every CPU cooler manufacturer will be offering Intel LGA1700 mounting kits for those upgrading to an Alder Lake-S processor. This week, be quiet! and Phanteks joined the growing list.  With the increase in the size of the Intel LGA1700 socket, cooler manufacturers had to create …

Back in April during the first Oculus games showcase, we got our latest look at Lone Echo 2, as well as an August release date for the highly anticipated VR title. The game was eventually delayed just before its planned release date. At the time, Ready at Dawn did not …

While the VR industry is still relatively small when compared to the likes of console gaming, the niche market has found success in the standalone headset subcategory - namely the Oculus quest 2. It seems Valve is betting on standalone headsets too, as a data mine has revealed that the company is working on a Standalone headset.

A new 80 Plus Gold rated unit that is actually in stock in the UK at £70. Any good?

MSI's new addition to its portfolio of CPU coolers is the MEG Coreliquid S series of AIO liquid coolers. Designed to be silent during operation, the new MEG Coreliquid S series will be available in two sizes, both featuring an IPS display that you can customise to your liking. Available …

We check out the Cougar MX660 Mesh RGB - but Leo has a thing or two to say about it

This week, many outlets began posting new hands-on previews for Valve's upcoming handheld gaming PC, the Steam Deck. Interestingly, one of these previews took an interesting turn, suggesting that the Steam Deck APU could also be repurposed to power a standalone VR headset.  Valve launched its own high-end VR headset, …

Yesterday, we shared a rumour claiming the Intel Arc Alchemist line-up would include a 128EU-GPU. That particular rumour claimed the entry level GPU would feature 4GB or 8GB of memory, but a leaked photo suggests that it will actually ship with 6GB of VRAM across a 96-bit memory bus.  The …

The AMD Radeon RX 6600 has been circulating in rumours for months now. While AMD has yet to officially announce the card, it is believed that it will be launching in mid-October, and some retailers are already beginning to list them throughout Europe.  One listing appeared at a Portuguese retailer and …

Like several other cooler makers, MSI will also be offering a free upgrade kit so that users can continue to use their current CPU cooler on the upcoming Intel LGA 1700 socket. The new socket will launch on new motherboards alongside Intel's upcoming Alder Lake-S desktop processors, which may be …

Western Digital has a new series NVMe SSDs launching today – the WD Red SN700. Built from the ground up to tackle demanding 24/7 workload environments, the new WD Red SSDs will be available with up to 4TB capacity. The WD Red SN700 family includes a 250GB, 500GB, 1TB, 2TB …

WD's latest SSD family is the SN700, the first NVMe drives to carry WD's Red label.  The SN700 has been designed and built from the ground up to work as a cache/storage drive to tackle demanding 24/7 NAS workload environments.

While John Carmack and other members of the Oculus team did have plans for an Oculus Go 2 headset, the success of the Oculus Quest forced the company to recalibrate, dropping all other projects to double down on the Quest. As a result, there will be no more updates for …

There is nothing more fitting than a horror video game and an October release date. Such is the case with resident Evil 4 VR, which has now been confirmed to be releasing next month, offering a whole new way to play this classic survival horror title – though only for …