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A new 80 Plus Gold rated unit that is actually in stock in the UK at £70. Any good?

MSI's new addition to its portfolio of CPU coolers is the MEG Coreliquid S series of AIO liquid coolers. Designed to be silent during operation, the new MEG Coreliquid S series will be available in two sizes, both featuring an IPS display that you can customise to your liking. Available …

We check out the Cougar MX660 Mesh RGB - but Leo has a thing or two to say about it

This week, many outlets began posting new hands-on previews for Valve's upcoming handheld gaming PC, the Steam Deck. Interestingly, one of these previews took an interesting turn, suggesting that the Steam Deck APU could also be repurposed to power a standalone VR headset.  Valve launched its own high-end VR headset, …

Yesterday, we shared a rumour claiming the Intel Arc Alchemist line-up would include a 128EU-GPU. That particular rumour claimed the entry level GPU would feature 4GB or 8GB of memory, but a leaked photo suggests that it will actually ship with 6GB of VRAM across a 96-bit memory bus.  The …

The AMD Radeon RX 6600 has been circulating in rumours for months now. While AMD has yet to officially announce the card, it is believed that it will be launching in mid-October, and some retailers are already beginning to list them throughout Europe.  One listing appeared at a Portuguese retailer and …

Like several other cooler makers, MSI will also be offering a free upgrade kit so that users can continue to use their current CPU cooler on the upcoming Intel LGA 1700 socket. The new socket will launch on new motherboards alongside Intel's upcoming Alder Lake-S desktop processors, which may be …

Western Digital has a new series NVMe SSDs launching today – the WD Red SN700. Built from the ground up to tackle demanding 24/7 workload environments, the new WD Red SSDs will be available with up to 4TB capacity. The WD Red SN700 family includes a 250GB, 500GB, 1TB, 2TB …

WD's latest SSD family is the SN700, the first NVMe drives to carry WD's Red label.  The SN700 has been designed and built from the ground up to work as a cache/storage drive to tackle demanding 24/7 NAS workload environments.

While John Carmack and other members of the Oculus team did have plans for an Oculus Go 2 headset, the success of the Oculus Quest forced the company to recalibrate, dropping all other projects to double down on the Quest. As a result, there will be no more updates for …

There is nothing more fitting than a horror video game and an October release date. Such is the case with resident Evil 4 VR, which has now been confirmed to be releasing next month, offering a whole new way to play this classic survival horror title – though only for …

With Intel's Alder Lake-S desktop processors set to launch very soon, we've been seeing more and more benchmark leaks. The Intel Core i9-12900K has been at the centre of most of these leaks, with the latest benchmark scores revealing strong single-core performance.  The screenshot shared on Bilibili (via VideoCardz) shows an unnamed …

New reports this week claim that the Intel Arc Alchemist GPU series will consist of three SKUs, from which two are based on the same GPU. These GPUs will be divided up based on the number of execution units (EUs), with the top-end GPU using 512 EUs, with the remaining …

Since its release, Nvidia RTX 3060 graphics cards have always featured a GA106 GPU, but that might be changing soon. Some board partners have recently begun updating listings for RTX 3060 graphics cards, pointing to a switch over to a cut down GA104 GPU instead.  Nvidia RTX 3060 cards usually …

More alleged benchmark results of the Intel Core i9-12900K have surfaced. Until now, we only had a multi-core score on Cinebench R23 and the Ashes of the Singularity benchmark result, but the latest leaks add single-core scores of two benchmarks to the mix.  The results shared by HXL come from …

Deepcool has a new airflow case and dual tower cooler, but how do they stack up to the competition?

Intel has been working on its big push into the desktop graphics card market for several years and in just a few months, we'll see the first Intel Arc ‘Alchemist' graphics cards hitting shelves. While no board partners have announced their plans officially yet, it would seem that we know …

AMD introduced ray-tracing support to its graphics cards with the RX 6000 series. However, older GPUs may also be able to benefit, as a developer was recently able to implement ray-tracing support for Polaris, Vega and RDNA GPUs using the Linux Mesa 3D graphics library.  Nvidia and AMD GPUs with …

This week during the China Flash Memory Summit, Kioxia gave us a glimpse at the future of SSDs. While PCIe 4.0 is still relatively new, SSD makers are already working on PCIe 5.0 drives, and Kioxia's prototype is already capable of hitting very impressive speeds.  Photos of Kioxia's event posted …

The BitFenix Prodigy is back. Today, the BitFenix Prodigy M 2022 launches, retaining the iconic, cube-like design, while also mixing in some new features, delivering an easy to use case for anyone looking to put together a Mini-ITX or Micro-ATX system. On the outside, not much has changed from previous …

Rumours around the RTX 30 Super series continue to pick up steam. This week, a known leaker claimed that there would be four RTX 30 Super SKUs, including an RTX 3060 Super, RTX 3070 Super, RTX 3080 Super and an RTX 3090 Super. Some alleged specifications for these GPUs were …

In recent weeks, we've seen a number of benchmark results for the upcoming Intel Core i9-12900K, mostly coming from the Ashes of the Singularity database. Today, we seem to have the first Cinebench R23 result for the same processor, showing higher performance than a Ryzen 9 5950X.  The screenshots shared …

AMD has released a new graphics driver, and with it comes multiple bug fixes, support for new games and optimisations for existing ones. The biggest highlight is a significant performance improvement for Diablo II: Resurrected, which now runs up to 13 percent better.  Diablo 2: Resurrected now runs up to …

It's a big day for NZXT, as the company has announcing a slew of new hardware, including the H510 Flow, new Kraken AIO coolers and new 80Plus Bronze rated power supplies. The Kraken family refresh will see these coolers available in white for the first time, meanwhile the new C-series …

The ever-popular Liquid Freezer is back, this time with ARGB lighting

A massive leak on AMD's mid-range Radeon RX 6600 graphics card has just been published, confirming its specifications, embargo dates and hinting at when we will see it hitting the shelves. The leak comes from VideoCardz, which got access to embargoed information on the upcoming Radeon RX 66000 and a …

It seems to be an unwritten rule that before every major CPU and GPU launch, someone has to run an early benchmark of Ashes of the Singularity using the new component. Well, that's what has happened here with the Intel i9-12900K, and judging by the results, we might be in …

If you're looking to build a custom loop but you're not sure what parts to get, or if you're worried not everything will be compatible, EK has just made life easier for you. From fittings, tubing and cables to the block, pump and radiator, the EK-Quantum Power Bundle Magnitude X360 …

In an interview with ASCII, Raja Koduri, senior VP and GM of accelerated computing systems and graphics group at Intel, shared more details about the upcoming Intel Arc architecture. Moreover, Raja commented on XeSS compatibility and Intel Arc support for high-end applications and the workstation market. The interview conducted by …

XFX and EK have collaborated to create the FX Speedster ZERO RX 6900XT RGB EKWB Waterblock Limited Edition, a new graphics card with possibly the longest name we have ever seen. XFX maintains this GPU can reach 3GHz when overclocked though, which makes us think that this is likely another …