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Qualcomm has officially detailed its latest Snapdragon 865 5G Mobile Platform that combines the world’s most advanced 5G Modem RF system and mobile platform, to deliver unrivalled performance for next-generation flagship smartphones and mobile devices. At the annual Snapdragon Summit this week, Qualcomm announced its new Snapdragon 865 platform and …

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DirectX 12 was recently updated with Variable-Rate Shading (VRS), giving developers the ability to improve performance by reducing the level of details in parts of a frame where you are unlikely to notice an impact on image quality. In August, UL Benchmarks added a VRS-specific test to 3DMark, utilising Tier-1 …

TeamGroup has established its T-force RAM as one of the most high-performance brands on the market, making it popular with gamers and enthusiasts who want to extract every ounce of performance from their rigs. The company has now launched the world’s first mirror design ARGB gaming memory. TeamGroup’s gaming division …

EK Vardar has been one of the most popular PC case fans for quite a few years, with its excellent airflow and low noise levels. EK Water Blocks is taking the Vardar to the next level now by going digital with the EK-Vardar EVO. EK-Vardar EVO fans are available in …

With modern surveillance systems required to operate in harsh environments, digital video and network video recording platforms require reliable and robust storage. Toshiba has this covered with the new DT02-V series of surveillance hard drives. Toshiba has announced a new series of HDDs designed for digital video recorder (DVR) and …

It's a feature-rich, high end GTX 1650 SUPER... but is it just too expensive?

At the annual Snapdragon Tech Summit in Hawaii, Qualcomm has unveiled its roadmap for the coming year and declared that 2020 will be the time for 5G multi-gigabit speed to become mainstream. Qualcomm says that 2020 will be the year that its 5G mobile platforms will define what is possible …

AMD has announced it will be deploying an open ecosystem to enable OEMs to create custom, high-performance Mini PCs powered by Ryzen Embedded V1000 and R1000 processors. The new ecosystem will deliver mini PCs for industrial, media and enterprise markets. ASRock Industrial, EEPD, OnLogic and Simply NUC will be the …

AMD's AIB partner HIS has developed a new series of graphics cards, the HIS Radeon RX 5700 XT Pink/Blue Army. These cards feature the previously used IceQ X² cooling system from the company and, as the name suggests, come in a blue or pink camouflage pattern. Both cards have a 2.5-slot …

The next-generation X670 chipset from AMD will be produced by a third-party, according to insider sources. These same sources also revealed that X670 would release in late 2020, alongside the 7nm+ Ryzen 4000 CPUs. The current X570 platform is manufactured in-house, by AMD, unlike the previous 300-series and 400-series motherboards. …

With the size of game downloads and software applications increasing all this time, it is essential to have the storage capacity to cope with all this data inside your PC. HDD manufacturers realise this and are increasing HDD capacity in desktop products. Toshiba has announced it is adding additional lines …

KitGuru is proud to announce that we have launched our very own mobile app. The KitGuru app is available today for users of Android mobile devices and can be downloaded from the Google Play Store right now. The new KitGuru mobile app provides readers of our site a great new …

Sharkbay, a user from the PTTWeb forum, has posted what appears to be a list of specifications for Intel's upcoming Rocket Lake-S CPU. The successor to Comet Lake is currently rumoured to cap out at eight cores while using the 14nm process node. As with any rumour though, all of …

Tempered glass panels and RGB lighting are the norm for PC cases these days, with manufacturers launching new products with these features on a regular basis. Gigabyte has provided another tempered glass and RGB option now with the release of the C200 Glass chassis. The new C200 Glass PC case …

If you are thinking of building a budget PC system over the Christmas period and wondering which CPU cooler to buy, then ID-Cooling may have a new cost-effective option worth checking out. ID-Cooling has just launched a new CPU tower cooler that looks idea for those budget-friendly gaming PC builds. …

AMD's latest series of HEDT processors have officially arrived alongside the new TRX40 motherboard platform and the sTRX4 socket. To support the latest chipset and 3rd Gen Threadripper CPU socket, EKWB has ensured sTR4 compatible waterblocks for those looking to put a custom loop together. The EK Velocity sTR4 series …

Kingston's latest DC500R SSD is a drive designed for read-centric workloads in data centres

The MasterAir MA620M looks great, but does the performance match the aesthetics?

Taiwan Excellence Awards were handed out recently with both Gigabyte and MSI winning awards for their innovative products. Two of Gigabyte’s motherboards and a content creation product from MSI were among the winners of the awards. Gigabyte’s Z390 Aorus Xtreme Waterforce motherboard has won a Taiwan Excellence Silver award by …

Just a few days ago, intel announced it will be providing a microcode update in the BIOS of X299 motherboard to help improve overclocking capabilities of its new Core-X series processors and would be rolling out the new microcode very soon. MSI was the first manufacturer to detail which motherboards …

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With an increase in bandwidth and speed of M.2 SSDs, it is a good idea to keep them running as cool as possible to ensure they are operating at maximum performance all the time. Some of the latest PCIe 4.0 M.2 devices feature integrated passive cooling, however, for those that …

Just a couple of days ago, we brought you the news that a survey carried out by the European Hardware Association found more than 60% of 10,000 respondents expressed that they would choose AMD processors for their next CPU purchase. Now AMD has virtually locked out Amazon’s top ten Best Sellers’ …

With a rise in popularity of streaming platforms like Twitch and so many people turning to YouTube to broadcast their skills, products aimed at content creation is becoming a large and lucrative market for hardware manufacturers. Gigabyte has a whole host of products available for the growing community of content …

Many of the latest PC chassis' coming to market seem to feature vertical GPU mounting and it is often the case that the chassis does not include all the hardware required for mounting the graphics card in the vertical position. Asus has launched a new product that will help users …

Use of large lower air coolers seems to be becoming popular again with the PC enthusiast and modding community. European based manufacturer of PC cases and cooling products SilentiumPC has launched a new high-end CPU air cooler. The SilentiumPC Fortis 3 RGB HE1425 is designed to upgrade the stock air …

USB 3.2 is becoming a common feature of the latest PC motherboard and case designs with manufacturers adding at least one Type-C port in new products. However, users with older motherboards and cases are unable to benefit from the higher bandwidth USB 3.2 provides. Gigabyte has come up with a …

Samsung has become the first tech company to receive global recognition for environmental sustainability of its semiconductor solutions with its 512GB eUFS 3.0 memory, earning the Carbon Footprint and Water footprint certifications. The company announced its 512GB embedded Universal Flash Storage 3.0 has been awarded Carbon Footprint and Water Footprint …

Fujitsu has announced a collaboration with AMD in its new Primergy LX1430 single-slot rack server designed specifically for Internet Service Provider data centres. The new Fujitsu rack server will feature 2nd generation AMD EPYC processors. The new single-slot rack server from Fujitsu is designed to meet the needs of scale-out …