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There is growing optimism that AMD will deliver on its schedule for next-generation Zen 3 processors after TSMC says it has begun mass production of chips based on its new 7nm+ EUV technology. TSMC this week announced it is “delivering customer products to market in high volume”, which means they …

In an update released yesterday, Microsoft has changed the intensity of flashbangs in Gears 5 following player feedback. An additional update will make further changes later this month. Announced as part of Microsoft's ‘Whats Up' update for Gears 5, as reported by GameSpot, Microsoft said community feedback around flashbangs is …

MSI has been pushing content creator based products for some time now. It seems they might have a new content creator HEDT motherboard on the way to support AMD's upcoming TRX40 Threadripper 3000 socket too. MSI have been putting a lot of effort into their content creator featured products of …

Back in June we got the news that id Software would be releasing Doom Eternal, the sequel to 2016's Doom, on November 22. Unfortunately, that is no longer the case as the company has taken to Twitter to release a statement pushing back the release date until 2020. Despite being …

AMD has officially announced two new processors are being added to the Ryzen 3000 line up. Although it looks like they will only be available to OEM system builders for the moment. Since the initial launch of AMD Ryzen 3000 processors back in July, AMD has introduced new products into …

Noctua has introduced the long-awaited all-black versions of its CPU coolers. The legendary NH-D15, NH-U12S and the NH-L9i all getting a makeover along with new chromax.black fans. Staying close to its successful formula, Noctua has taken its signature quiet cooling performance and introduced an all-black coating to the heatsinks and …

Intel’s Technology Open House in London was an exhibition of products from the chipmaker and its partners that showcase the capabilities provided by Intel. Core to the showcases were 10th Gen Ice Lake and Comet Lake laptops, Optane-accelerated systems, and gaming PCs designed for high framerate horsepower.

Console gaming fans will be happy to hear that Sony has confirmed in an official statement, its next-generation console, the PlayStation 5 will be out next year with a launch date at the end of 2020. Additionally, there will be other big changes to the PlayStation 5 controller. The old …

Yesterday at Intel’s Technology Open House event, we got the chance to catch up with Natalie from MSI on one of their new ultraportable laptops for content creators. Importantly, the MSI Prestige 14 is one of the first ultraportable laptops to be shown with Intel 10th Gen Comet Lake CPU …

We sneaked a run on the new 10th Gen Intel Dell XPS 13. ssshhhhh.

The new Borderlands 3 patch has been released to improve stability while addressing a number of concerns, including hotfixes and general improvements to the game such as tuning some enemies and bosses. The latest patch focuses on a reported stability issue where an infinite loop could occur when hitting the …

From 15th October through to 5th November Apex Legends will include a Halloween themed event titled Fight or Fright. The event will include a limited-time game mode, exclusive challenges and special Halloween inspired cosmetics. Apex Legends Fight or Fright Event will start on 15th October and will include an all-new …

KitGuru got a minute to talk with expert overclocker, 8Pack, and discuss Intel's Performance Maximizer, and 8Pack's own Supernova XLTD system

Arctic is back with the Liquid Freezer II - just how good is it?

Intel has announced a new Xeon W-2200 series to join the Cascade Lake-X HEDT line-up for 2019. The Xeon W-2200 series will offer lower performance options compared to some Cascade Lake-X processors, with quad-core CPUs available. The top four Xeon W-2200 processors will effectively share the same characteristics as Cascade …

Yesterday, when AMD announced its new Radeon RX 5500 series, we heard that the MSI Alpha 15 would be the first machine to launch sporting the RX 5500M graphics chip. Now, we have more details on the laptop itself, and it's an all-AMD machine targeting 1080p gamers. The main feature …

Samsung has announced its new Chromebook 4 and Chromebook 4+ entrants to the Samsung Chromebook line-up, offering great performance and a sleek design to consumers looking for a portable and reliable way of tapping into the Google experience. According to Samsung their new Chromebook 4 and 4+ offer both hardware …

Yesterday Apple began rolling out its latest operating system, macOS Catalina. The successor to macOS Mojave, the new update is notable for removing iTunes and introducing Apple Arcade. It is available for some Mac machines released as far back as 2012. Announced in a Newsroom post by Apple yesterday, macOS Catalina …

TeamGroup has announced it is releasing a couple of new products. Included in the announcement is T-Force DARK Z gaming memory and the T-Force Cardea Zero Z440 which is a Gen 4 PCIe M.2 SSD drive, both are designed for AMD Ryzen 3000 systems to offer the best possible performance. …

Humble Bundle has given us some fantastic deals since its inception in 2010 and this month's subscriber bundle is up there with the best we've seen – for just $12 you can get Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy, Call of Duty: WWII and Spyro Reignited Trilogy. Available directly from Humble Bundle …

Intel has announced it will be cutting the price of their 9th generation CPUs which have their integrated graphics disabled. The F and KF variants of Intel’s 9th generation Coffee Lake processors are now cheaper than their GPU enabled counterparts. Intel has often been criticised by consumers for offering 9th …

This is the version without the RGB fan, and its £35 less ! worth buying ?

Alen Ladavac, Co-founder of Croteam, the guys behind the Serious Sam series and The Talos Principle, has left the studio to join the Google Stadia team, hailing the project as a “landmark undertaking”. The co-founder of Croteam, Alen Ladavac has been with the company for 25 years, the past 14 …

A huge downturn in Samsung smartphone sales in China has forced the company to close a number of its factories in the country recently. Samsung has now announced the closure of its final smartphone production plant in China. Samsung is to shut down its sole remaining mobile phone factory in …

AMD has announced the RX 5500 series, available for both laptops and desktops, targeting 1080p gamers

It looks like Nvidia may have an updated Shield on the way. Rumours have been circling since March that updates to the controller and remote are coming along with a potential console refresh too. Now there are new rumours to suggest a completely new device is in development. Earlier in …

MSI has unveiled a range of new X299 motherboards directed at content creators and supporting Intel’s highly anticipated, upcoming 10th generation Cascade Lake-X processors. The new series of motherboards are expected to debut this month. MSI seems to be focusing a lot of attention on content creators recently and as …

There's been a slow and steady trickle of news surrounding Intel's upcoming Xe graphics cards. First, the company hired former AMD employee Raja Koduri, while Nvidia's Tom Peterson also jumped ship last April. In May, we learned that Xe graphics would support ray tracing, and now a tweet by Raja Koduri …

It doesn’t seem that long ago we were all looking forward to Nvidia’s current generation of Turing architecture. According to rumours, the new Ampere cards may be coming sooner than expected, with further talk of a release early in 2020. Ampere may not be Nvidia’s best-kept secret. However, nothing official …

It's a new AIO from SilverStone, priced at under £100