MSI latest Beta BIOS for AMD 500-series motherboards adds support for “future AM4 socket processors”. This BIOS update comes with the Combo PI V2 1.1.0.0 which includes other optimisations and fixes for memory and CPU overclocking related issues. For now, only 11 motherboards have received this Beta BIOS update: 5x X570 …

ASUS is expanding its lineup of B450 motherboards this week, aiming to boost “the utility and flexibility of this platform” with a refreshed set of motherboards that deliver “great performance at a solid value”. As part of the B450 refresh line-up, each new motherboard coms with ASUS' BIOS FlashBack for …

SilverStone has launched a new series of liquid cooler called IceGem. There are three models with different radiators sizes: 240mm, 280mm, and 360mm. All models feature RGB and a unique looking CPU pump-block with a “scintillating diamond-cut design” with the SilverStone logo on top. The new IceGem liquid coolers were …

What sort of hardware do you need for 144FPS+ gaming? Luke investigates

Yakuza: Like a Dragon is finally coming to the west in just a couple of months for PC, Xbox Series X, Xbox One and PS4. As we lead up to the release, the developers have unveiled the game's PC system requirements, as well as the eventual PS5 release date, which …

Intel is deeply excited about their imminent 11th Gen. Tiger Lake mobile CPU which is due to go on sale at the end of September. We know this because Intel sent us a sample of Tiger Lake in an MSI laptop so we could take a good look for ourselves and also share the benchmark results with our KitGuru audience.

Review spoiler- you may want to get one of these for a new system build !

New information about the AMD “Rembrandt” (Ryzen 6000) APUs suggests that this architecture will support DDR5-5200 memory, and it will be powered by the Zen3 core architecture using the 6nm process node. Just to remind you, “Rembrandt” is the codename for the upcoming AMD Ryzen 6000 series APUs, the successor to …

The folks at be quiet! have been in the all-in-one liquid cooling market for some time now, consistently improving with each new generation. This week, be quiet! is introducing its next series of AIOs – Pure Loop, promising silent, reliable and versatile cooling. You even get a refill port and …

Most publishers announce their PC system requirements for new games around two weeks before release. CD Projekt Red has decided to unveil this information much earlier than usual, with minimum and recommended PC system requirements being shared this evening as part of today's episode of Night City Wire.  Today's Night …

Does PCIe Gen4 make a difference for the RTX 3080? Were we wrong to use Intel's Comet Lake-S platform for our RTX 3080 review data? Let's answer that question by directing comparing RTX 3080 performance on AMD's X570 platform with PCIe 4.0, versus Intel Z490 and PCIe 3.0.

Watch Dogs: Legion is coming out in just over a month and as one of the biggest ray-tracing supported games of the year, we're expecting big things from the PC version. What hardware will it take to run the game at low, medium, high or ultra settings? Ubisoft answered that …

Corsair has joined the party with its new 4000-series cases

Intel’s corporate vice president of client computing, Boyd Phelps, has confirmed that the company is developing Tiger Lake-H processors with 8-core configurations. These 8-core processors are expected to feature 45W TDP, while the 35W TDP ones should only feature 4-core configurations. In a blog post on Medium, Boyd Phelps confirmed …

Could this be the worst product name for a laptop yet?!

It seems that Nvidia still hasn't shown us everything about the upcoming Ampere graphics cards. A new report suggests that Nvidia will release the RTX 3060Ti right after the RTX 3070, introducing a lower-priced entry point to the RTX 30 series. October is building up to be a very good …

MSI is adding a new motherboard to the MAG family of gaming products. The new MAG B550 Torpedo motherboard was “designed to be the best choice in its class” supporting up to an AMD Ryzen 9 3950X thanks to its extended heatsink and 10+2+1 power phase design. Featuring the same …

AMD has a big October ahead with two events planned - one to launch Zen 3 Ryzen desktop processors and another to officially launch the next-generation of Radeon graphics cards.

1usmus, the creator of DRAM calculator for Ryzen and ClockTuner for Ryzen, has discovered some interesting things in the latest AGESA version. Apparently, this AGESA version hints at some upcoming features for Zen 3 processors, including a 10-core Ryzen “Vermeer” SKU, a “Curve Optimizer”, and Infinity Fabric dividers. Despite all …

Today we take a look at the latest flagship power supply from be quiet!

A new report suggests that AMD is planning to enter the networking hardware market with the help of MediaTek. Currently, laptops powered by AMD processors and AMD motherboards mostly use a Realtek or Intel WiFi controller, but that may change with an AMD and MediaTek partnership. Intel and Realtek are …

If you currently own an MSI X570, B550 or A520 motherboard, then you might want to check out the latest BIOS update. The new update is available now across MSI's stack of current-gen AMD motherboards, improving memory overclocking and solving a couple of lingering issues.  The Combo PI V2 1.0.8.1 …

Ahead of the game's release later this month, Crytek has officially revealed the minimum and recommended PC system requirements for Crysis Remastered. The game was initially due out a couple of months ago but was delayed for further graphical improvement on PC, Xbox One and PS4.  Crysis Remastered is set …

It's got a Ryzen 5 3600 and 2060 Super, for less than £1250

It looks like World of Warcraft players may want to consider moving the long-running MMO over to an SSD soon, as Blizzard has updated the minimum requirements for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands. According to the new expansion's minimum system requirements, players should ideally be using an SSD.  This is likely …

Last week staff writer LEO WALDOCK published a review on the new Thermaltake ToughRAM RGB 4600mhz kit. Several days after the review was published Thermaltake contacted myself to say that they didn't feel the review was fair in places and I told them that they could send us an official statement and I would get Leo to investigate their concerns.

New rumours about AMD Epyc Milan suggest that this architecture will offer a performance bump of up to 20% compared to its predecessor. Other improvements should also come with Epyc Milan, including the reorganisation of the L3 cache on each CCX, and an IPC increase over the Epyc Rome. AMD …

Luke has never built a custom loop before - we throw him in at the deep end

With Intel's Tiger Lake launch event coming up soon, the company is sending out more teasers, with the latest revealing a lot of rebranding...

In July, KitGuru hit 100K subscribers on our YouTube channel, and to celebrate the achievement, we gave away a custom-built gaming PC worth £4000. Our lucky winner for this giveaway is Paul McMitchell, and the PC – plus monitor, peripherals and accessories! – have now arrived in their new home. …