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The virtual reality sector is in an odd position currently. While not yet fully embraced by the video games industry, companies have begun to experiment with the format. One of the biggest companies currently investing in VR software is Take-Two Interactive. Following the announcement of GTA: San Andreas VR, the …

At AMD Accelerated earlier this week, AMD announced its next generation EPYC processors. The next-gen data centre and cloud-oriented CPUs are codenamed "Genoa" and "Bergamo", boasting up to 96 cores and up to 128 cores respectively. 

Nvidia already released the RTX 3080 Ti for desktops a while ago, but we're still waiting for a laptop variant. That should soon change, as recent benchmark leaks appear to have leaked the RTX 3080 Ti laptop GPU, in addition to its specifications.  As found by @Benchleaks, a new Geekbench 5 …

With Alder Lake-S, Intel introduced support for DDR5 memory, although some motherboards continue to offer DDR4 memory support as a cheaper alternative. It looks like this strategy will continue with Intel's 13th Gen Core processors too, with a prominent leaker claiming Raptor Lake will also support DDR4.  As reported by …

Today, AMD is making some noise in the professional graphics market with the introduction of the Instinct MI200 series accelerators. AMD claims the new Instinct MI250 and the MI250X boast up to 4.9x better performance than the competition in double precision (FP64) HPC applications and enable 380 TFLOPs of peak theoretical half-precision (FP16) performance for AI workloads...

Intel's 4th Gen Core “Haswell” processors are around eight years old at this point but continue to receive updates. This time around, a security bug was discovered and unfortunately, this has led to Intel disabling support for the DirectX 12 API in most Haswell based processors for desktops and laptops.  …

Last week, Intel released the first 12th Gen Core processors, including “K” and “KF” SKUs. The line-up should expand with the non-K and “F” series processors in early 2022 and some retailers are already revealing details.  The listings spotted by @momomo_us show the Core i7-12700F, the Core i5-12400 and 12400F and …

After launching the M1 and M1 Pro chips based on the 5nm process node, it seems Apple is now moving to newer process nodes. According to sources, Apple will be making the jump to 3nm for its second and third generation M-series processors over the next two years...

Intel has yet to announce its non-K 12th Gen Core processors, but benchmarks are already starting to come through. The first early Core i5-12400F benchmarks point to Ryzen 5 5600X-level performance for gaming and productivity when paired with DDR5 memory.  The guys at Comptoir Hardware (via @davideneco25320) appear to have …

Xiaomi is trying to improve the cooling of its phones with a new system called Loop LiquidCool. Designed to succeed vapour chambers, Xiaomi claims the new cooling technology has “twice the cooling capabilities and ranks as the most efficient smartphone cooling solution” available today. As per Xiaomi, its new cooling …

There is a new AMD GPU launching today – the next-gen Radeon Pro V620. This GPU is aimed at the data centre market, aiming to tackle the increasing need for GPU acceleration for cloud applications, 3D workloads and immersive experiences.  Based on the RDNA 2 graphics architecture, the AMD Radeon …

The DDR5 generation has officially begun and overclockers are quickly racing to set some new world records. Throughout the DDR4 generation, G.Skill was at the forefront of overclocking, with its memory being used to break world records a number of times. That won't be changing with jump to DDR5, with …

Ever since the launch of RTX 30 series graphics cards, we've faced numerous issues with stock. Scalpers and cryptominers were quick to buy up early stock, then supply chain shortages kicked in, keeping retail stocks low and waiting lists long. Now, we're seeing examples of straight up thievery, with a …

Back in August, PNY unveiled its first DDR5 memory modules, promising 4800MHz speeds. Now a few months later, the first DDR5-supported platform is available, with Intel 12th Gen Core processors and Z690 motherboards beginning to roll out. In the months ahead of launch, PNY was able to improve its DDR5 …

Our second Alder Lake review is here and Leo is mighty impressed with the i5-12600K

Intel’s new 12th Gen Alder Lake processors and Z690 platform usher in a raft of new technologies. One of those key updates is a new memory technology to the desktop audience for the first time since 2014; enter DDR5!

This morning a few hours ahead of the embargo lift for Intel Alder Lake reviews, Gigabyte Aorus published an impressive seeming overclocking result, claiming to have reached 8GHz on the Core i9-12900K. The embargo for Alder Lake has since lifted, allowing more people to talk freely about performance and it has quickly become clear that this 8GHz result was faked. 

Intel 12th Gen is here and Leo is checking out the big boy - the i9-12900K

With Intel's 12th Gen Core processors starting to roll out, the company is also releasing a new graphics driver to accompany them. As you would expect, this new driver brings support for the new Xe iGPU found on the new processors, but digging through the files reveals references to a …

With Intel's 12th Gen Core processors now out in the open, overclockers have been getting their hands on the new CPUs and racing to set new records. This week, overclocker 'Hicookie' posted the most impressive result yet, pushing a Core i9-12900K to 8GHz and following it up with DDR5 memory running at 8300 MT/s. 

Intel has now stepped into hybrid CPU architectures with Intel 12th Gen desktop processors. Now, rumours about AMD's future Zen 4D and Zen 5 architectures are beginning to emerge, with Zen5 poised to be AMD's own hybrid processor combining performance cores and efficiency cores.  In Moore's Law Is Dead‘s latest …

Today, ARCTIC is expanding its CPU cooler line-up with a new tower heatsink. The Arctic Freezer i35 for Intel sockets and the Freezer A35 for AMD sockets promise support for the latest CPUs, ARGB lighting and unrestricted RAM compatibility. The new Freezer CPU cooler is available starting this month, with …

G.Skill recently unveiled its launch line-up of DDR5 memory, with the high-end Trident Z5 series offering speeds up to 6600MHz. In the weeks following, overclockers have been tinkering to see just how far they can push these new memory modules and already, they are successfully pushing past the 7000MHz barrier.  …

WD's has launched its latest Blue drive - the SN570, priced at £92 for 1TB

So far, most Intel Arc Alchemist (DG2) rumours have mentioned three SKUs for desktop – the DG2-512EU, the DG2-384EU and the DG2-128EU. As it seems, there may be another high-end SKU in the works, with Intel's Xe-HP graphics driver pointing to the existence of a DG2-448EU graphics card.  The mention …

CaseLabs cases were widely known within the DIY PC community due to their industrial design and build quality, making them some of the best chassis for custom liquid loops. Despite that, the company went bankrupt in 2018 due to the increase in aluminium price, the most abundant material in their …

The Cooler Master NR200P is back... but this time it's not just a case!

During a recent stream, MSI brought to light some additional details on Intel's 12th Gen Core CPU design. There are a number of SKUs in the line-up, but there also seems to be different die types depending on the core count.  During the MSI Insider stream, MSI showed that Alder …

Lian Li is upgrading the Galahad AIO with Uni Fan SL120 fans and introducing support for the new Intel LGA1700 socket. The newly revised version comes with fewer cables thanks to its new fans and unified RGB system, so it will look clean in any build.  The new AIO will …

Intel Arc “Alchemist” graphics cards are just a couple of months away from launching. Earlier this year, we saw the first renders for Intel's reference design graphics card, and now, we have actual photos, showing the high-end DG2-512EU GPU, as well as the entry-level DG2-128EU desktop graphics card.  Moore's Law …