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We've regularly seen G.Skill memory breaking overclocking records over the summer months. Last year, G.Skill memory was used to set 23 new overclocking records and this year, G.Skill has become the first DDR4 memory maker to surpass 6GHz speeds. Taiwanese professional overclocker, ‘Toppc', used G.Skill Trident Z Royal and the …

The original Red Dead Redemption never made its way over to PC but there was a fan-project attempting to make that happen. The Red Dead Redemption: Damned Enhancement Project aimed to not only overhaul the game's visuals, but get the game running on PC via an emulator. Unfortunately, the project …

While there is still plenty of scepticism and concern around the push for cloud-based gaming, major companies are still forging ahead and putting lots of resources into the idea. Ubisoft is partnering with Google on Stadia, Microsoft has Project xCloud, Sony has PlayStation Now and soon, EA will have ‘Project …

Update (09.09.19): Just ahead of the Tokyo Games Show this week, Capcom has released the trailer for Project Resistance- the next Resident Evil game. The trailer confirms some of what we already knew, with the game set to be a four-player co-op game. You can see the trailer below: For …

There is always going to be some controversy when a game is taken off of Steam and turned into an Epic Games Store exclusive. However, the situation gets much worse when crowdfunding is involved. We’ve seen this happen once already with Phoenix Point, which ended up refunding backers. Now, Shenmue …

Apple has officially begun sending out invites for its annual September iPhone launch event. This year, we will be seeing the launch of the iPhone XI/iPhone 11 on the 10th of September and as usual, most of the details are already out in public well ahead of time. There are …

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IFA 2019 has had a big focus on new gear for professionals, particularly where displays and laptops are concerned. Razer's booth was no different this year with the European debut of the Razer Blade Studio Edition, although there were also some interesting updates to the gaming-focused Blade laptops too.  The …

In keeping with the tradition of new displays at IFA this year, Philips showed off a new range of monitors, ranging from the console gaming ‘Momentum' series to all new professional monitors. Leo stopped by the booth to check them all out. The Philips Momentum series made an appearance at …

OverclockersUk invited us down to their workshop to film behind the scenes - how do they build their custom rigs for customers ? Get an exclusive look at how they build their customer rigs with their Senior Technical Manager - Chris Montgomery.

IFA 2019 has been very busy so far but we're not done with our coverage just yet. This week, Leo had the chance to stop by at NETGEAR's area to check out the all-new WiFi 6 wireless routers and a new peculiar digital canvas. NETGEAR launched its first Orbi Whole …

At IFA this week, LEO had the chance to check out all of the latest hard drives and SSDs coming from both Western Digital and SanDisk. There are a bunch of external ‘Game Drives' aimed at consoles in capacities up to 8TB, in addition to a new WD Black NVMe …

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IFA 2019 has been a rather big event for ASUS this year, with new ProArt monitors and laptops, the ROG Phone II and more. LEO had the chance to check out some of the new tech at the Asus booth to get more details and hands-on. The ROG Phone II …

Briony sits down with Steven Levitt to check out the new noblechairs Mercedes-AMG Petronas chair, designed as part of an exclusive partnership.

Many of us PC gaming enthusiasts were disappointed when Rockstar announced Red Dead Redemption 2 as a console exclusive game. The original title never made it beyond Xbox 360 and PS3 and for a while, it looked like the PC crowd would miss out once again. However, evidence is continuing …

At Computex earlier this year, we got a sneak peek at Thermaltake's next foray into the memory market. Last year, we saw the beginning with the launch of WaterRAM and this year, non-watercooled TOUGHRAM is coming in 3000MHz, 3200MHz and 3600MHz flavours. Each TOUGHRAM kit comes with a 10-layer PCB …

The NETGEAR Orbi has been a leading product when it comes to mesh WiFi systems. This year, the Orbi is getting a big upgrade with the introduction of WiFi 6, bringing a big boost to bandwidth and network speeds. WiFi 6 support has begun rolling out this year and the …

Alongside the ROG Phone II and new flagship ProArt monitor, ASUS also announced the new ProArt StudioBook series of laptops. As you would expect, these are powerful workstation-grade machines aimed at graphics professionals, digital artists, animators, architects, programmers and more. The flagship is the ProArt StudioBook One (W590), a 15-inch …

There has been lots of news coming out of IFA this week, particularly where monitors and new displays are concerned. ASUS has taken the opportunity to unveil the next ProArt display, which will rival the Apple Pro Display with a 4K panel, 1600 nits of peak brightness and a 120Hz …

ASUS and Acer came to IFA this year armed with the world's first 300Hz gaming laptops.

LEO is over at IFA in Berlin this week. Today, he had the chance to stop by at the Acer suite, featuring the new Swift-series laptops with Intel 10th Gen CPUs, the $14,000 Thronos Gaming Chair and new ConceptD laptops for creators. We also have a special guest for this …

Update (05.09.19): While ASUS was set to end the GeForce ‘Trade Up' program for GPU upgraders at the end of August, the promotion has been extended. Prospective buyers now have until the end of the 30th of September to trade in an old GPU for money off of an NVIDIA …

Last year, Blizzard reforged its relationship with Nintendo by bringing Diablo 3 to the Switch. This year, Blizzard is targeting Switch owners once again with the release of Overwatch for Nintendo's hybrid console. Overwatch Legendary Edition is coming to Nintendo Switch, complete with all of the maps, modes, heroes and …

We’ve known for a while now that Valve has been working on a UI overhaul for Steam. We saw the first part of this in last year’s Steam Chat update and next, the Steam library will be getting an overhaul. We had a preview of these changes earlier this year …

To kick off this year's IFA in Berlin, Intel held its third Real World Performance event, which brought us some interesting news. Not only is the Core i9-9900KS coming soon, but there was also confirmation of Cascade Lake X coming very soon. The Core i9-9900KS is a special edition version …

ASUS broke its way into the gaming smartphone market last year with the original ROG Phone. This year, we will be getting the ROG Phone II, featuring a 120Hz OLED display, up to 1TB of storage and a few other upgrades. The ROG Phone II will sport a 6.59-inch 1080p …

Today at IFA, Acer unveiled a new lineup of Nitro XV3 monitors, catering to QHD and FHD PC gamers who need blistering fast refresh rates. Each new monitor has a high refresh rate, starting off at 144Hz with options going all the way up to 240Hz. The Nitro XV3 series …

G.Skill has been a front runner in high-performance RAM for a good while now, with a ton of high performance DDR4 kits already available. Today, G.Skill is adding two new 64GB RAM kits to its lineup, delivering speeds of 4300MHz and 4000MHz. These are part of the Trident Z Royal …

Just a few months ago, we reviewed the ASUS ROG Zephyrus GA502- one of the best budget gaming laptops on the market today. We were already impressed with its specs and performance at the £1249 launch price, but today, you can get it a lot cheaper in the UK, with …