We're closing in on the release date for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, which means it is time to take a look at the game's PC system requirements. One thing immediately jumps out here – a requirement for up to 250GB of storage space. Call of Duty: Modern …
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Cougar MX410 Mesh-G RGB Case Review
A compact ATX budget case packed full of RGB!
Read More »be quiet! Pure Loop 360 AIO CPU Cooler Review
How good is this 360mm AIO from be quiet!, priced at £120?
Read More »AMD announces RX 6900 XT, RX 6800 XT and RX 6800 GPUs
AMD's big RDNA 2 GPU reveal has finally arrived, bringing the announcements of the RX 6900 XT, RX 6800 XT and RX 6800, with prices starting at $579.
Read More »MSI announces the B550 Unify series of motherboards for enthusiasts
Coming right on time for the release of Ryzen 5000 series, MSI has introduced two new ATX B550 motherboards. Aimed at “enthusiast gamers”, both the B550 Unify and B550 Unify-X offer enhanced thermal and power solutions. Featuring a UV black printing with no sight of RGB lighting whatsoever, the MSI …
Read More »PUBG, Celeste and more come to Xbox Game Pass
In an effort to keep pushing its Game Pass service, Microsoft continually adds new titles to its game subscription service. For the remainder of October, and the first half of November, Microsoft has announced that over a dozen games are set to join the service, including PUBG and Five Nights …
Read More »Corsair MP400 2TB SSD Review
We review the latest NVMe SSD from Corsair
Read More »Tom Holland shares first look of him as Nathan Drake for Uncharted film
For years, Sony has struggled to get a film adaptation of its critically acclaimed Uncharted series off the ground. Though the project has seen over half a dozen directors sign onto the project, before ultimately dropping out, it appears as though the film might finally become a reality. Ahead of …
Read More »AMD sends anti-scalping measures to retailers ahead of new CPU and GPU launches
After seeing what happened with the launch of the RTX 30 series graphics cards, AMD has contacted retailers to put anti-scalping measures in place. The goal is to ensure as many RX 6000 GPUs and Ryzen 5000 CPUs go to legitimate customers as possible.
Read More »Gigabyte Aorus 15G Laptop Review
Looking for a new gaming laptop? How about one with a low-profile mechanical keyboard too?
Read More »Porting future Xbox Games to Switch is “unsustainable,” claims Phil Spencer
Over the course of this generation, we have seen a number of first-party Xbox titles make their way onto the Nintendo Switch. With the likes of Ori and the Blind forest finding its way onto Nintendo’s hybrid handheld, Microsoft appeared to be willing to bring its games to the Switch …
Read More »Phil Spencer says Xbox can recoup Bethesda investment without multiplatform releases
There has been plenty of discussion recently around Microsoft's acquisition of Zenimax and Bethesda. One of the biggest questions has of course been whether or not future Fallout or Elder Scrolls games will come to PlayStation. Phil Spencer had a few words to say on that front during an interview …
Read More »AMD adds new Nutanix HCI Solutions to the EPYC ecosystem
AMD has expanded the ecosystem of EPYC based cloud and virtualised solutions with the addition of the Lenovo ThinkAgile HX, powered by EPYC processors and Nutanix's Hybrid cloud infrastructure solution. With more companies starting to move to HCI solutions to “modernise and transform their enterprise data centre”, performance, ease of management …
Read More »Ubisoft reveals Assassin’s Creed Valhalla PC system requirements
We are less than one month away from the release of Assassin's Creed Valhalla on PC, so it is time to take a look at the PC system requirements. This time around, Ubisoft has provided a detailed breakdown, covering hardware for 30fps and 60fps gameplay at various resolutions and graphical …
Read More »PCSpecialist Gladius i7 (RTX 3080 / i7-10700K) System Review
Looking for a prebuilt gaming system? This packs an RTX 3080 and i7-10700K for £1999
Read More »ASUS discounts laptops, monitors, peripherals and more for Prime Day
Our Amazon Prime Day coverage continues, this time our attention turns to ASUS, which has a lengthy line-up of deals on today. This ranges from peripherals to networking gear and even gaming monitors. There are also a few sneaky gaming laptop deals to be found too. We'll start off with …
Read More »AMD’s Project Quantum resurfaces in new patent listings
Back in 2015, AMD announced Project Quantum, an interesting mini PC utilising an all new form factor. Since then, there has been silence on the Project Quantum front, but that changed this week thanks to new patent listings. The patent spotted by @PeteB (via @_rogame) suggests that AMD hasn't abandoned …
Read More »Watch Dogs Legion gets updated PC system requirements
Back in September, Ubisoft announced the PC system requirements for Watch Dogs: Legion on PC. Now that a new generation of RTX graphics cards have hit the market, those system requirements have been expanded to include hardware for ray-tracing effects. As a reminder, here are the base specs for those …
Read More »Alienware launches new gaming monitors with IPS Nano Colour panels
With the recent releases of Nvidia GeForce RTX 30 Series GPUs and 360Hz NVIDIA G-SYNC, Alienware is updating its gaming monitor lineup. These new monitors will feature IPS Nano Colour panels for exceptional colours without sacrificing refresh rates or response times. Several Alienware Gaming PCs are also getting upgraded with new …
Read More »Xbox FanFest returns in digital form
The lack of E3 this year also meant that there was no Xbox FanFest. Microsoft traditionally holds this event in June but due to COVID-19, physical events needed to take a step back. Later this year, Xbox FanFest will be returning, this time in digital form. “While our in-person events …
Read More »AMD teases RX 6000 with 4K benchmarks
During today's Zen 3 and Ryzen 5000 presentation, AMD also briefly touched on the GPU side of things. While we'll have to wait until later this month for the full Radeon RX 6000 series GPU reveal, AMD did give us an early look at 4K performance on three modern games. …
Read More »Intel confirms Rocket Lake-S is coming in Q1 2021
Intel has finally confirmed the release date of Rocket Lake-S. Scheduled for Q1 2021, the 11th generation of Intel desktop processors will support PCIe 4.0, and as usual, Intel claims that "it’ll be another fantastic processor for gaming".
Read More »Phanteks Eclipse P360A Review
How good is this budget, air-flow oriented case from Phanteks? Spoiler: it's very good!
Read More »AMD trademarks Infinity Cache, rumoured to feature in RDNA 2 GPUs
AMD has trademarked a new technology named Infinity Cache. This technology is expected to feature in the upcoming RDNA 2 graphics cards that AMD is developing, compensating the “lack” of bandwidth by offering a faster cache memory for data that is more frequently accessed. As reported by @momomo_us, AMD has …
Read More »Team Group T-Force Xtreem ARGB 3600C14 16GB Review
How good is this 3600MHz CL14 memory kit from Team Group?
Read More »Intel begins to work on Linux support for Meteor Lake architecture
While Intel's upcoming Meteor Lake CPUs are still quite far from release, work on support for Linux has already started. Intel engineers have started to work on patches for the Linux Kernel so that the upcoming Intel architecture is supported on Linux-based systems out-of-the-box. As noted by Phoronix, the Linux …
Read More »More details about Intel Tiger Lake-H, Alder Lake-P, and Alder Lake-S emerge
A new report detailing Intel's upcoming Tiger Lake-H, Alder Lake-P, and Alder Lake-S architectures has surfaced. These details include core and thread count, process node, cache memory, packaging size, GPU and respective features, memory support, connectivity, PCIe lanes, and security features.
Read More »Kioxia Exceria NVMe 1TB SSD Review
We check out Kioxia's mid-range NVMe offering
Read More »ASUS announces refreshed B450 motherboards coming in October
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 …
Read More »SilverStone introduces the IceGem liquid cooling series
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 …
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