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It seems the AMD Radeon 6000 series still has unreleased SKUs left in store. This week, details on the RX 6500XT and RX 6400 began to leak, both of which are said to be based on the Navi 24 GPU and feature 4GB of GDDR6 memory. The news comes from @KOMACHI_ENSAKA, …

We've seen a lot of leaks around Intel's upcoming Arc Alchemist GPUs, but the latest report focuses on the entry-level DG2-128EU GPU. According to sources this week, this particular GPU will feature 6GB of GDDR6 memory on the desktop version and 4GB of GDDR6 memory on the laptop version.  According …

It has been a while since Intel launched new HEDT CPUs and according to reports this week, we will be waiting a bit longer. Apparently, Intel's next-gen HEDT platform is codenamed “Fishhawk Falls” and will be based on the Sapphire Rapids server platform, adapted for mainstream workstations.  According to Moore's …

Samsung revealed the future of memory during Samsung Tech Day 2021. Besides talking about DDR6 and LPDDR6 memory, the tech giant also unveiled some key specifications of GDDR6+ and GDDR7 memory. From what we've gathered, DDR memory will get really fast. The DDR5-era has just begun with Alder Lake, but …

A few months after the announcement of JEDEC's LPDDR5X standard in June, Samsung introduced the first LPDDR5X modules to the industry. Samsung will have some competition in this market now, as Micron has also unveiled its LPDDR5X memory chips. Micron's new LPDDR5X memory was announced during the MediaTek Executive Summit …

Can Montech deliver another cracking budget case?

Intel has already launched the 12th Gen Core/Alder Lake K and KF-series processors, but more CPUs featuring the same architecture are heading our way in early 2022. Besides more Core processors, new Pentium Gold and Celeron for entry-level users are also expected and now, those processors are beginning to appear …

More benchmark results for the unreleased Intel Core i7-12700H have popped up this week. This time around, we have results from Cinebench R20 and R23 and looking at the scores, Intel's new laptop processor is looking very promising.  The Cinebench results were obtained by Notebookcheck, and the processor appears to …

Many memory manufacturers have started to produce DDR5 memory, but not without issues. Like in many other industries, the global chip shortage is affecting DDR5 memory production, explaining the lack of stock and the pricing of DDR5 modules. According to 12chip.com, the issue resides in a shortage of Power Management …

This week, KitGuru's resident modder and reviewer - James Dawson - began work testing the Thermaltake Divider 200 Air TG case. Pretty quickly it became apparent there was an issue with the motherboard tray standoffs and James simply could not install a motherboard in the case. As a direct result of this work, Thermaltake has now issued a statement to KitGuru that the Divider 200 Air TG is going to be re-designed.

Rumours of Nvidia releasing a new RTX 2060 SKU have been floating around for a while, but there is finally some hard evidence available. This week, listings for several Gigabyte RTX 2060 12GB graphics cards  were spotted on the EEC database.  The EEC listings were first spotted by Twitter user @momomo_us. …

Qualcomm is an SOC manufacturer known best for their work on mobile and portable devices. One of the company’s customers is Meta (formerly Facebook) who uses Qualcomm chips to power their Quest 2 VR headset. According to Qualcomm, the Quest 2 is estimated to have sold over 10 million units. …

We have seen the ‘K’ suffix Core i9, Core i7, and Core i5 12th Gen processors from Intel, but that will not be the entire stack. In this one, Leo and Luke discuss the other possible upcoming 12th Gen processors and look at some of the parts that could be value champs taking the place of the Core i5-10400F and 11400F of yesteryear...

Building on the success of the original Big Chungus case, today Kolink is launching two new models – the Big Chungus Shredded and the Big Chungus Hench, both featuring unique designs that stand out from the crowd.  Both new cases feature a modern, semi-open design, with large tempered glass windows …

Just yesterday, we showed you the first Geekbench 5 entry of the Intel Core i7-12700H. Today, we came to share the first entry of a different Intel Alder Lake mobile processor, the Core i7-12800H. Compared to the Core i7-12700H, the i7-12800H entry (via @Benchleaks) shows both CPUs have the same …

During Intel's keynote at Supercomputing 2021, the company detailed more specifications about two of its upcoming data centre products, confirming some rumours about the Xeon Sapphire Rapids CPU and the Xe-HPC Ponte Vecchio GPUs. During the keynote (via Anandtech), Intel confirmed that its upcoming Xeon “Sapphire Rapids” CPUs will pack …

Intel’s performance offering from the 12th Gen processors is impressive. The gaming crown looks to be back Intel’s hand, and AMD also needs to respond to their overall performance crown being infringed upon. How will AMD respond? And what are the timescales? There’s also the elephant in the room of Apple, with the M1 silicon continuing to make impressive performance strides...

Intel won't be officially releasing its non-K and “F” Intel 12th Gen Core processors until 2022, but it looks like a few people already have their hands on some samples. Some of these processors are already beginning to show up on eBay, with prices varying between £170 and £271 for …

We're starting to get a look at Intel Core i7-12700H performance, as the first Geekbench 5 benchmark results have been revealed. In the single-core test, the Alder Lake Core i7 CPU couldn't outperform the Core i7-11800H, but the multi-core benchmark shows what we expect from a generational leap. ​ Looking at …

Two sources this week appear to have leaked the specifications for some of Intel's unreleased 12th Gen Core processors. We've already seen the K and KF SKUs release, but now we also have an idea of what to expect from Intel's upcoming non-K and “F”  variants.  As found by @momomo_us, …

Although Ryzen 5000 series chips are not supposed to be supported by A320 motherboards, it seems Gigabyte and Asus have found a way to make it happen. A new BIOS update seems to enable Ryzen 5000 CPUs on some entry-level motherboards. Evidence of this being possible first popped up around …

An FCC entry suggests Asus is working on new gaming laptops, some of which will reportedly feature upcoming hardware like the RTX 3080 Ti for laptops and a next-gen Ryzen 9 6900HX processor with DDR5 memory support.  The leaked spec sheet was acquired by MyLaptopGuide, which also shared the FCC …

Luke and Leo share their reaction to the launch of Intel 12th Gen

OWC has developed the fastest PCIe SSD ever – the Accelsior 8M2. This SSD will come with up to 64TB of storage capacity and makes full use of PCIe 4.0 bandwidth to enable maximum speeds of 26,000MB/s. Inside the OWC Accelsior 8M2, you can fit up to 8x NVMe M.2 SSDs …

Would you pay £135 for a 1TB USB-C thumb drive? Kingston certainly hopes so

Now that Alder Lake processors are hitting the shelves, it's time for memory manufacturers to go all out with DDR5 memory. Klevv is the latest to introduce its own DDR5 memory modules, promising speeds up to 6400MHz.  Using SK Hynix DDR5 chips, Klevv's standard DDR5 memory modules will come with …

While all Intel Z690 motherboards support PCIe 5.0 connectivity, it seems that won't be the case for the upcoming B660 boards. A new leak this week suggests that some motherboards, like the Asus B660 Prime Plus D4, will use PCIe 4.0 instead.  A photo shared by VideoCardz shows the shipping …

Samsung has been working on LPDDR5X memory for some time now, but now the tech is ready for the spotlight. This week, Samsung revealed the specifications for its LPDDR5X memory, based on the 14nm DRAM process node.  Samsung's LPDDR5X memory is a considerable upgrade over its predecessor, offering over 1.3x …

Ever heard of Goodram? Well, the company has some pretty competitive DDR4 memory

We benchmark over thirty GPUs in Forza Horizon 5, with data for both the Extreme and High presets