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Corsair's RMx series has been updated for 2021 - is this a unit to consider?

The latest BIOS update for Gigabyte's B560 Aorus motherboards has shipped and there is good news for prospective 11th Gen Core i9 buyers. Gigabyte Aorus B560 motherboards will support 5.1GHz all-core boost on the Core i9-11900K and KF, as well as memory speeds up to 5300MHz.  Typically, Intel B-series motherboards …

The first time Gigabyte submitted RTX 3080 Ti cards to EEC was in December 2020, back when the rumoured specifications of the SKU pointed to it featuring 20GB of VRAM. Since then, Nvidia has changed the specifications of the RTX 3080 Ti, leading Gigabyte to submit the cards once again …

Last year, MonsterLabo officially announced ‘The Beast', a powerful, fanless PC case with 6 kilograms of heatsinks capable of cooling 400 watts passively. Ahead of the launch, MonsterLabo has given us a good idea of what performance to expect while gaming, with the latest video detailing performance and temperatures while …

Nvidia confirmed it would enable ResizableBAR support on all RTX 30 series graphics cards by late March. While we've yet to have an official update on availability, board partners are beginning to release their own vBIOS for custom RTX 30 series GPUs with ResizableBAR support enabled.  Unlike the AMD Radeon …

Finalwire has recently launched a new beta update for AIDA64 Extreme introducing support for multiple unannounced Nvidia RTX 30 series and AMD Radeon RX 6000 series SKUs.  As per the patch notes of AIDA64 Extreme 6.32.5659 Beta, this version added information on the RTX 3050 laptop GPU and the desktop …

Intel's 11th Gen Core Rocket Lake-S processors aren't releasing for another day, but overclockers already have their hands on a few of them. The first major overclock for the Core i9-11900K was revealed over the weekend, pushing the chip over the 7GHz mark at a whopping 1.873V.

Would you buy a graphics card with hot spot temperatures over 100C?

Thermalright has introduced a new dual-fin stack CPU cooler – the Frost Commander 140. Equipped with a 120mm fan and a 140mm fan, the new Thermalright cooler was designed to offer better RAM clearance than other dual-tower CPU coolers. By using a 120mm fan to cool the first fin-stack, Thermalright's …

As we've known for some time now, Intel is planning to launch its 12th Gen Core series “Alder Lake” processors in late 2021. The follow-up won't be too far behind, with Intel confirming the Raptor Lake-S platform, which will presumably launch as the 13th Gen Core series in 2022.  Intel …

With the alleged release date of the Nvidia RTX 3070 Ti coming closer, a new report suggests that this graphics card will come in two variants, giving customers the option of a cheaper 8GB SKU, or a more expensive 16GB version. 

Intel is slowly beginning to confirm its discrete GPU plans for this year. We've been anticipating Intel Xe DG2 for quite some time and now, we have a much better idea of what to expect, thanks to new specification listings, promising up to 512 Execution Units (EUs). 

How good is the RX 6700 XT when given the Sapphire Nitro+ treatment?

As we learned earlier this year, Nvidia is no longer branding its laptop GPUs with the Max-Q or Max-P moniker, meaning laptop makers need to be a bit more specific about GPU specifications compared to past generations. Gigabyte is getting on-board early, revealing the GPU specifications for its full 2021 gaming laptop line-up. 

The new PassMark CPU rankings are out and a surprising entry has risen to second place. Based on PassMark CPU benchmark results, the Apple M1 is able to outperform AMD's Ryzen 5 series processors and the newly launched Intel 11th Gen Core series with just one exception – the Core …

It has been a couple of years since NZXT first began shipping motherboards, starting with the N7 Z370 in 2018. Since then, NZXT has continued to release Intel-based motherboards, leaving the AMD market untouched. That changes today, with NZXT announcing the new N7 B550, built for AMD Ryzen processors.  Due …

The memory market is heating up this year with companies like SK Hynix, TeamGroup and Adata all unveiling upcoming DDR5 memory modules for release later this year. Now, Samsung is joining the club, announcing the industry's first 512GB DDR5 module.  Samsung has announced the first HKMG-based DDR5 memory, aimed at …

Nvidia seems to be getting ready to launch two new workstation graphics cards. As per Khronos Group's OpenCL conformant products page, Nvidia has submitted two unannounced Ampere SKUs to receive OpenCL 1.2 certification – the Quadro RTX A4000 and RTX A5000. As seen on this page spotted by @KOMACHI_ENSAKA, Nvidia added two graphics cards …

In recent weeks, we've seen reports that Nvidia is planning to launch the RTX 3080 Ti in April. Unfortunately, things may have already changed, as new sources claim that Nvidia internally delayed the release again. 

 Intel has revealed the first specifications of its Xe-HPC Ponte Vecchio GPU this week. Through the use of a multitude of technologies and Intel's “most advanced packaging”, the Ponte Vecchio GPU will feature over 100 billion transistors to offer more petaflops-scale AI computing performance. Powered by OneAPI, Intel's Xe-HPC Ponte Vecchio …

Leo goes hands-on with a bunch of NZXT hardware to build a high-end gaming PC

ASRock has listed multiple unannounced Xeon W-13xx processors on its Intel 1200-based CPU support list. As per the ASRock support page, these processors will be based on the Rocket Lake CPU architecture and feature a TDP of up to 125W. Like all Rocket Lake processors, the Intel Xeon W-13xx workstation processors …

be quiet! is getting ready to launch a new AIO liquid cooler featuring RGB lighting. Starting with a 120mm radiator, up to 360mm, the Silent Loop 2 comes with Silent Wings 3 fans to create the company's “most powerful” water cooling system to date. The be quiet! Silent Loop 2 has been …

Given everything that happened last year, it can be easy to forget that Valve shipped Half-Life Alyx in 2020. This week, the game officially turns one-year old and Valve is celebrating that anniversary with the game's biggest discount to date.  If you are currently stuck at home with a VR …

It is no secret that Apple is working on an Augmented Reality headset. While the original source of some of these leaks may have been caught out at this point, there is still new information flowing from insiders. This time around, reports indicate that Apple's mixed reality headset will be …

We test a total of nine different coolers on a 5950X - which is right for you?

Intel confirmed that its first 7nm client processor architecture will be named “Meteor Lake”. Intel has seemingly solved the issues it had with its 7nm process node, allowing it to tape in Meteor Lake by the end of Q2 2021 and release the first processors in 2023. The news came …

While AMD has not announced the non-XT RX 6700 graphics card, it is undoubtedly coming. The latest leak comes from PowerColor, showing a press image of the upcoming RX 6700 Fighter graphics card. The packaging leak also confirms that the RX 6700 will have a 6GB version.  The press shots …

According to a couple of sources this week, Nvidia is planning on releasing a very high-end CMP HX series crypto-mining card. A flagship model featuring the GA100 GPU is apparently on the way, expected to provide a hash rate of up to 210 MH/s – double the mining performance of …

While many had hoped that the graphics card supply situation would improve over Q1 2021, it seems that things actually got worse. During a recent investor conference call, ASUS confirmed that it received less shipments of Nvidia GPUs in Q1 than it did in the previous quarter.