Gregory Bryant has recently announced that Intel has taped in its 7nm Meteor Lake CPU architecture, which means that the designing phase has been completed. From now on, Intel will start working on the production phases, leading to the release of Intel's first 7nm processor. The executive VP and GM …

A new report detailing the size of Intel's new socket V (LGA1700) claims that the new socket will have a lower height and feature a more rectangular hole pattern, strengthening the rumours about Alder Lake processors coming in a rectangular shape, although it may come at the cost of cooler …

Now that Intel has confirmed it is refreshing the Tiger Lake-U line-up with the Tiger Lake-R SKUs, laptop manufacturers are getting ready to launch the first laptops featuring these new processors. For now, only MSI has laptops equipped with Intel's refreshed Tiger Lake processors up for pre-order, but other manufacturers should …

A new report detailing the upcoming AM5 platform has surfaced. Instead of using a PGA socket like the AM4 platform, the upcoming platform will reportedly feature an LGA socket — the LGA1718. The report further tells us that the AM5 platform will “only” support PCIe 4.0 connectivity and dual-channel DDR5 …

Nvidia has yet to officially announce the RTX 3080 Ti and RTX 3070 Ti, but that hasn't stopped listings popping up from some partners. Over the weekend, both unannounced GPUs appeared on Razer's website as an option for pre-built PC orders.  The listings, spotted and shared by @harukaze5719, show that Razer …

Besides Gigabyte, it looks like Asus is also working on new fanless X570 motherboards. New ROG Crosshair and ROG Strix fanless X570 motherboards are expected some time during Q3 2021.  When the first X570S motherboards were spotted, there were two major claims about them. Some thought they were linked to …

At this point, leakers all seem to be in agreement that the RTX 3080 Ti and RTX 3070 Ti will be announced later this month, but when will the first cards be available to buy? According to sources, the RTX 3080 Ti will be hitting the market in the first week of June...

New leaks for the upcoming Radeon RX 6600 series suggest that the GPU is not far from releasing. At this point, OEMs appear to be getting their hands on reference models of a Radeon RX 6600 XT graphics card, images of which have been posted online.  Over on Twitter, a …

SSDs are known to significantly outclass HDDs in terms of performance, but Seagate has been developing a new technology to close the gap a bit. Named Mach.2, this new technology features a dual-actuator and two HDDs working simultaneously to deliver a level of performance similar to a SATA SSD.

Last month, Gigabyte announced its first gaming monitor to sport HDR, 4K resolution and a 144Hz refresh rate. Now, the full spec sheet for the FI32U has been revealed, fully detailing Gigabyte's impressive upcoming 32-inch display.  For those that care about gaming performance and picture quality equally, the Gigabyte FI32U …

HP has recently announced the first Radeon RX 6000M-powered laptop, the Omen 16 2021. Aside from being the first laptop with a Radeon RX 6000M GPU, it is also the first 16-inch Omen laptop. The HP Omen 16 laptop will come with up to an Intel Core i7-11800H processor or …

AMD's latest patent gives yet another update on FidelityFX Super Resolution technology. The last official word about the release of this technology comes from AMD's Scott Herkelman, who claimed it would come before year's end. However, rumours are much more specific and optimistic, pointing to a release in June.  The …

Yesterday, Nvidia confirmed that it would be holding its own keynote at Computex 2021, which will cover everything “from gaming to the enterprise data centre”. Interestingly, this keynote is happening on the 31st of May – the same date that recent leaks have pointed to for the RTX 3080 Ti …

The Intel Iris Xe DG1 graphics card has made a surprising appearance. A US retailer began listing a CyberPowerPC listing, which appears to be the very first system to feature Intel's desktop graphics card.  The system (via VideoCardz) is an entry-level gaming PC, priced at $750 and bundled with a …

Following the rumour about an incoming refresh of the Ryzen 5000 series, AMD made a statement confirming its existence and detailing a bit more about them. Unfortunately, it won't be the kind of refresh we hoped for, as it won't bring any performance improvement.

Season passes are becoming the standard for every online game, but since its inception, most of them have followed the same logic. Generally speaking, all season passes demand that gamers have to grind for what they want, but EA might be about to change that according to its latest patent. …

There's a new rumour in town suggesting that AMD will refresh the Ryzen 5000 series with B2 stepping. Codenamed ‘Vermeer', this Zen 3 refresh would pave the way for improved clock speeds up to 5GHz.  The post shared by Patrick Schur includes two SKUs and the respective specifications and OPN …

Intel is about to release Optane H20 memory for laptop systems. Announced late last year, Intel's Optane H20 memory aims to deliver the best of RAM and SSD storage in a single solution, accelerating loading times and data transfers. Available with 512GB and 1TB capacities, Intel Optane H20 memory packs …

This month, leaks for AMD's upcoming RX 6600 series graphics cards began to surface and since then, the stream of new information has not stopped. In the latest leak, we get some new information about the GPU die size, memory configurations, PCIe interface and clock speeds.  According to Igor'sLAB, the …

Up to now, viewers have been asked to pay $4.99/€4.99/£4.99 for a T1 subscription to their favourite Twitch streamers, regardless of where they live.  For certain countries, this quantity may not seem much, but for others, it's more than the average hourly income. To prevent this from happening, Twitch announced …

Following Galax's announcement, Gigabyte is now the second AiB partner introducing its new RTX 30 series cards with LHR chips. Expect more manufacturers to join Gigabyte and Galax in the coming days and weeks. The new cards were initially spotted by @momomo_us, who also shared links of the rev 2.0 …

An AMD EPYC embedded processor roadmap has surfaced, suggesting that the upcoming Zen4-based EPYC 7004 embedded series is targeted for a launch before the end of 2022. Moreover, it also shares some processor specifications, including core counts and TDP. According to the roadmap shared by VideoCardz, the Epyc 7004 embedded …

Ubisoft only just announced The Division Heartland recently, but gameplay is already leaking online. Over on Twitter, early testers of the game have been sharing footage of the Free to Play Division title, giving us a good look at what to expect.  The leaked video posted by SkyLeaks was apparently leaked …

There have been a lot of rumours surrounding Starfield in recent months, particularly after Bethesda merged with Microsoft in March. With E3 less than a month away, insiders are beginning to settle on a few things – Starfield will be exclusive to Xbox and PC, and will “most likely” be …

DeepCool's latest addition to the Gamer Storm Castle series of coolers is the 360EX A-RGB AIO. Compared to the non-EX Castle coolers, the 360EX A-RGB AIO comes with a slew of upgrades, bringing better cooling performance, enhanced RGB lighting, and an anti-leak system. Like the DeepCool Castle 280EX AIO cooler, …

It has been more than a year since we told you about the new ATX12VO standard, but adoption has been somewhat slow, with only a few motherboards supporting it. According to a leaked Intel document, a bigger push is coming in preparation for Alder Lake-S, although some PSU and motherboard …

Now that Subnautica: Below Zero has fully released, the studio Unknown World Entertainment is free to focus on its next game. Although it hasn't been announced yet, the developer looks to be experimenting with new genres for its new project, staying away from the survival genre for the time being. …

Changing out laptop components isn't a new concept, but the upcoming ‘Framework' laptop hopes to take laptop build customisation to new heights. Unlike most laptops today, the Framework DIY Edition allows for full configuration, allowing users to choose everything, even down to WiFi solutions and display bezels.  Whether you have …

It looks like Galax won't only release RTX 3070 and RTX 3080 cards with the crypto mining limiter. Recently, the company added RTX 3060 and the RTX 3060 Ti graphics cards with the ‘FG' naming to their website, which means they have their Ethereum mining performance halved. From what we've …

Earlier this week, EEC listings gave us the first hint that AMD is working on new RDNA 2 graphics cards. Since then, the leaks haven't stopped, with more specifications and GPU details coming to light, including clock speeds.  Starting off with the new leaks, we have GPU-Z screenshots (via Chiphell),  showing …