Over the last year, Epic Games has continued to strike gold with Fortnite's free to play Battle Royale mode. Since hitting smartphone platforms, the game has shot up to having 125 million players worldwide, and it looks like further growth is already coming from the game's launch on the Nintendo …
Read More »Intel confirms plans to launch first discrete GPU in 2020
Last year, it was announced that Raja Koduri would be joining Intel to lead the company's charge into the discrete GPU market. As we already know, you can't just build a brand new graphics chip or architecture over night, but it looks like there is now a timeline in place. …
Read More »Computex 2018: Noctua’s latest prototypes and first all-black CPU cooler
At Computex this year, Noctua took the opportunity to show off some new prototype coolers currently in the works. Nothing here is quite ready for market yet, but it gives us a good look at what is coming up, and the key differences between current models and newer ones. Oh, …
Read More »Computex 2018: In Win gets artsy with curved aluminium, lots of tempered glass and a fully lit front panel
One of our final stops in Taipei this year was In-Win, who as always, had some very stylistic and visually pleasing cases to show off. Some are intended for the mass market, while one in particular can only be described as a showpiece, with a whopping £5,000 price tag. We'll …
Read More »Computex 2018: EKWB Cyrofuel, wooden waterblocks and unseen prototypes
Computex has officially come to an end, but we still have a few bits left to talk about from our week in Taipei. At the show, we had the chance to check out the EK Water Blocks suite at the Hyatt, giving us a good look at upcoming water cooling …
Read More »Computex 2018: KitGuru visits Cooler Master’s PSU design studio
Over the course of Computex, we reported on a number of new Cooler Master launches, including the new Extreme XG750 power supply. The Computex booth was actually our second time seeing this PSU, as a few days before, we were invited to visit Cooler Master's design studio in New Taipei …
Read More »Computex 2018: Lian-Li is going big on RGB with new cases and cable accessories
We're finally in the home stretch of Computex coverage. One of our last stops this year was Lian-Li, with a couple of good cases on show. The big takeaway from Lian-Li this year is that the company is finally moving into the RGB space, with its own case lighting and …
Read More »Computex 2018: G.Skill 5GHz memory, Trident Z Royal and more
While the centerpiece of G.Skill's Computex presence is the Overclocking World Championship, the ultra-fast memory maker had plenty of other interesting things to show off at their booth. For starters, there is a 5GHz DDR4 kit on the way for consumers, some very sleek mechanical keyboards on the way, and …
Read More »Computex 2018: Thermaltake’s Level 20 range and auto adjustable RGB desk
While we already had a private run down of the new Level 20 case series from Thermaltake earlier this week, today at Computex LEO had the chance to swing by and check them out for himself, alongside some rather impressive modded PCs. Thermaltake's level 20 case series is arriving to …
Read More »Computex 2018: Hands-on with the MSI PS42 laptop
Having heard the news of new laptops from MSI earlier in the week, our man Leo ventured to see the new PS42 – a thin and light from MSI in a swish silver body. The new laptop is notable for its very portable body, as the whole machine weighs just …
Read More »Computex 2018: ASUS ROG PSUs, liquid coolers, cases and a $5K laptop
We've already had a great deal of announcements from ASUS over the course of this week, but after visiting the ROG booth at Computex, we managed to get a few more insights into what is coming up. We covered the ASUS ROG Thor power supply announcements earlier this week. The …
Read More »Computex 2018: Antec’s new case lineup, memory and PSUs
We had the chance to swing by Antec's suite at Computex this year. There were quite a few announcements taking place but two things stood out in particular- Project X and Krypton. Currently Project X is being billed as Antec's chance to get back into the innovation game. Project X …
Read More »E3 2018: Here is the complete schedule for each of the big conferences
E3 is consistently the most exciting time of the year for gamers everywhere and this year should be no different. The event kicks off this weekend, and all of the big publishers are prepared, with EA, Microsoft, Bethesda, Square Enix, Ubisoft, Nintendo and Sony all hosting press conferences. Similarly to last …
Read More »Computex 2018: be quiet! case revisions, Threadripper 2nd Gen Dark Rock Pro and more
This year at Computex, be quiet! has a sizeable spread of new launches to talk about. The Dark Base and Silent Base cases are getting new and improved revisions, Threadripper buyers have a new Dark Rock Pro 4 to look forward to and silent PC enthusiasts will want to be …
Read More »Computex 2018: Seasonic’s System Cable Management Device and new PSUs
We couldn't wrap up Computex this year without first visiting the fine folks at Seasonic. This year, we had the chance to scope out a few new upcoming products. As you would expect, three of them were new power supplies, but we also had the chance to look at something …
Read More »Computex 2018: Threadripper 2 is on the way, will be 12nm and 32C/64T
AMD held its Computex 2018 presentation earlier today and after much talk about the success of Ryzen so far, we got some very interesting news regarding 2nd Gen Threadripper. Mere hours after Intel's 28-core CPU tease, AMD unveiled its plans for new Threadripper chips, which will bump things up to …
Read More »Computex 2018: Intel introduces 8086K 40th Anniversary Edition with 5GHz boost speed
It’s the 40th anniversary of the Intel 8086 and the x86 architecture and Intel are going large to celebrate. This week at Computex Intel announced the limited edition i7-8086K processor, as an homage to the original Intel 8086 which was originally released in 1978. The 8086 was the basis on …
Read More »Computex 2018: Corsair talks us through new SF PSUs and Vengeance Pro RGB memory
Today at Computex we had the chance to catch up with Corsair and get all of the details on the new SF and Vengeance series power supplies, in addition to new Vengeance RGB Pro memory. Starting off with power supplies, Corsair is introducing a new range of small form factor …
Read More »Computex 2018: MSI B450 lineup, X399 prototype and M.2 expansion card
Today at Computex we had the chance to swing by the MSI booth to catch up with their latest announcements. We've already seen two new ‘thin and light' gaming notebooks announced, but today we also had the chance to check out a brand new X399 prototype motherboard and two new …
Read More »Computex 2018: Mods are the order of the day at Thermaltake
Over the last decade, there has been a big push towards PC modding with new and impressive builds being created and shown off all year round. This year at Computex, Thermaltake is hoping to inspire some radical new ideas by showcasing a slew of modded builds at their booth. The …
Read More »Computex 2018: Sapphire shows off modded systems and collaborates with Square Enix
The Sapphire booth sits high above the main floor in the Nangang Exhibition Centre, which is the hub of Computex 2018. Alongside a full selection of graphics cards and driving simulations were some funky designs that definitely drew the eye. To find out more, we caught up with Dan Forster …
Read More »Computex 2018 opening press conference
Mr. Walter Yeh, the boss of TAITRA which organises Computex, welcomed the world's Press to Taiwan for the biggest PC show on earth. The big themes for Computex this year are Internet of Things, 5G, Blockchain and pretty much anything with the word ‘Smart' in the name. Google and Microsoft …
Read More »Computex 2018: Thermaltake introduces us to its new Level 20 chassis series and RGB accessories
At Computex yesterday we had the chance to catch up with Thermaltake and check out what they have coming up this year. To our surprise, we were greeted with a new Level 20 chassis, a new ‘View 91' chassis and a few other bits! Andrzej caught up with Leo Wang, …
Read More »Computex 2018: MSI trims the fat with two new thin, light and minimal bezel laptops
Today at Computex 2018, MSI has launched its latest round of gaming laptops, focussed on trimming the fat and making its laptops thinner and lighter than ever before. The GF63 and PS42 laptops kick off this new initiative, switching to near edge-to-edge displays and a thinner form factor while retaining …
Read More »Computex 2018: ASUS doubles down on laptops with new Strix Hero II and Strix Scar II
Wrapping up the ROG event at Computex yesterday was the launch of two new Strix laptops, the Scar 2 and Hero 2. The former targets FPS gamers while the latter targets MOBA enthusiasts. The Strix Scar 2 comes with highlighted keys for WASD keys while the Hero 2 comes with …
Read More »Computex 2018: ASUS launches new TUF gaming line-up
We're diving straight into our Computex 2018 coverage with plenty of announcements from ASUS. Today at the booth, we had the chance to check out the all-new TUF Gaming line-up, featuring the new M5 mouse, K5 keyboard, H5 headset and the new GT501 chassis. There will also be complete TUF …
Read More »Win a STEAM game of your choice this weekend! (Closed)
Over the weekend, we are giving you the chance to win a STEAM game of your choice with our latest caption contest. It's open WORLDWIDE and we'll pick a winner on Sunday!
Read More »Assassin’s Creed Odyssey has been confirmed, will bring more RPG mechanics
Assassin's Creed games have a habit of leaking well in advance of announcement. That changed this year, with very little being said about the next game in the series. Unfortunately, Ubisoft couldn't quite make it all the way until E3 without the surprise getting out. It looks like Assassin's Creed …
Read More »Sources say that Fallout 76 will be a multiplayer survival game
Yesterday, Bethesda dropped quite the surprise on us with the reveal of Fallout 76. After around 24 hours of teasing on Twitch, the trailer dropped, but unfortunately didn't give much away. The proper reveal will be taking place at E3 next weekend, but thanks to some leaks, we already have …
Read More »July launch rumoured for the GTX 1180 – What can we expect from it?
With the Pascal architecture hitting two years old, we've known that Nvidia would be looking to up its game with a new generation of graphics cards soon, especially with GDDR6 memory entering production within the next couple of months. With that in mind, a GTX 11-series might not be too …
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