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Last week, an Intel presentation slide leak brought us new details on Intel’s upcoming Core i9 lineup, including its new 12-core, 14-core, 16-core and 18-core processors. Now today, Intel has made everything official, unveiling the final spec-sheet itself and giving us release dates for these higher core count X299 chips. …

The world's first 4K/144Hz display is still arriving this year!

When the Oculus Rift first launched, Oculus attracted some criticism for its closed platform approach to virtual reality. Since then though, things have been opening up and now, the Rift is more friendly for Steam users than ever before, with a software update allowing you to launch non-Oculus Home apps …

The Google Pixel is still a great smartphone but sooner than later, it will be replaced. Over the last couple of months, rumours surrounding the upcoming Pixel 2 have been swirling and now, Google has given the original Pixel a big $200 price cut, in a move that appears to …

Back when Warner Bros was set to release Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor, the publisher ran into a bit of a marketing blunder with its YouTube coverage policies. Now, it seems that the publisher is set to receive some backlash again, this time with Shadow of War, as WB has …

PNY goes "back to basics" with the XLR8 OC Gaming GTX 1080 Ti.

Earlier this week, we heard that AMD intentionally pushed the release of the RX Vega back a bit to ensure that there were enough graphics cards to go around at launch. A big reason for this strategy was potential demand from miners. Now it seems that demand may be spurred …

We all know that Steam is huge, in fact over the years it has grown to become the de facto store for PC games. Still, there is plenty of room for Steam to grow, as proven by the fact that the platform is still growing by 1.5 million new users …

Over the last week or so, various CPU cooler makers have been announcing support for AMD’s upcoming Ryzen Threadripper and Socket TR4. Rather than having a separate announcement for every CPU cooler maker though, AMD has made things easy for us by creating a running tally of liquid cooling solutions …

Back in January, we received news that the world’s first two 4K/144Hz monitors would be hitting the market this year, one from Acer and one from ASUS. At the time, a Q2 2017 release was expected for both but quietly missed. Now, Acer has confirmed that its monitor won’t hit …

Cryorig's award-winning H7 is back - but this time with controllable RGB lighting...

Back when the WannaCry malware attack hit several months ago and began causing panic, one young British security researcher, Marcus Hutchins, made headlines after discovering a way to stop the ransomware in its tracks. At the time, he was applauded for his efforts but in a surprise twist, the FBI …

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Synology's DiskStation DS1517+, a quad core powered 5-bay NAS which has been designed to handle data intensive tasks.

Ubisoft and Vivendi have been toe-to-toe for the past two years, with Ubi’s CEO, Yves Guillemot resolute in keeping his company. Things have been escalating as Vivendi increases its shares in the company and despite currently holding 27 percent as of last month, Guillemot is still fighting to preserve Ubisoft’s …

We have been hearing bits of information regarding Intel’s next micro-architecture update for a while now. We are expecting the first ‘Coffee Lake’ CPUs to hit the DIY desktop market in 2018 but it seems those hoping to upgrade and keep their current motherboard may be out of luck. According …

AMD finally unveiled the RX Vega 64 and RX Vega 56 a few days ago but official reviews won’t be going up for a little while longer. While reviewers won’t be able to share their findings, a source this week claiming to have an RX Vega 56 in hand has …

330TB of uncompressed data all squeezed on to a cartridge that can fit in the palm of your hand. This is just the beginning too, IBM reckons it can double capacity in just a couple of years.

Moar cores! Today we unbox the new 16 core and 12 core Threadripper processors from AMD which shipped to KitGuru in a fantastic customised box kit.

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is a game that came out a long time ago. In fact, it has been 15 years since we first got to take on the role of Tommy Vercetti. So with that in mind, you can imagine everyone’s shock to learn that the Psychic Readers …

Keeper Security help shed light on the bad habits of password keeping and how you can truly keep your data safe.

Ryzen Threadripper launches in less than two weeks, so it’s time for motherboard makers to start showing off their new X399 designs. Today, ASUS has unveiled three X399 boards for Threadripper, the ROG Zenith Extreme, the ROG Strix X399-E Gaming and finally, the ASUS Prime X399-A. The ROG boards are …

Back in early July, camera company RED announced that it would be releasing its first smartphone. This isn’t set to be a standard flagship device though, RED’s phone can cost as much as $1500, is built out of titanium or aluminium and features a holographic display alongside a powerful camera …

Guild Wars 2 is still going strong and those still playing are about to be greeted with a ton of new content alongside a heavy dose of nostalgia. Today, ArenaNet announced Path of Fire, Guild Wars 2’s second expansion, which aside from adding all new content, will also bring back …

A new cooler for Jared Leto? Maybe, but we can use it too - it's the Raijintek Leto air cooler!

At this point, we already know that Samsung is planning to finally unveil the Galaxy Note 8 on the 23rd of August. However, announcement dates and retail availability dates rarely coincide in the tech world. Fortunately this week, some new reports have given us a good idea as to when …

PC gaming with a mouse and keyboard is great for many games. However, a lot of PC owners still like to use a controller from time to time and more often than not, Microsoft’s Xbox controller is the best way to go. Previously, the PC’s wireless adapter for Xbox One …

Unsung Story was funded on Kickstarter back in 2014, thanks in part due to the presence of Final Fantasy Tactics creator, Yasumi Matsuno on the development team. Unfortunately, Matsuno left, and Playdek, the studio behind the project also ran out of money, leaving the turn-based RPG ‘on hiatus’. Fortunately for …

Over the last few months, crypto-currency mining has had a massive resurgence, which has caused a lot of issues for those building gaming PCs. Not only have prices become inflated, particularly for mainstream GPUs like the RX 500 series, but stock levels have been very low in some countries. With …

Late last year, Microsoft announced that it would be launching mixed reality headsets built for Windows 10 at some point in 2017. We have already seen a few third-party companies show off their own Windows 10 mixed reality headsets and today, two of them are hitting retail, one from Acer …