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Slightly deeper pockets will soon be required if a new motherboard is on the shopping list. It's been said that motherboard vendors will be looking to increase prices on their boards by as much as 10%... more.

Intel's X79 platform has transformed the high end enthusiast market, with performance levels outside anything that AMD can currently challenge. We have reviewed several memory kits in recent month... more.

Windows 8 is just around the corner and many companies are preparing their strategy to get market share in the tablet sector. AMD have a tough fight ahead, having to release very power efficient chip ... more.

If the question was asked about what type of hardware Lite-On is renowned for bringing to market, I'm sure the majority of you would have been quick to say optical drives. A statement was briefly made... more.

Today we get a clearer picture of AMD's hardware plans heading well into 2013 thanks to the company presenting an updated client roadmap at its annual Financial Analyst Day yesterday. As we've lear... more.

Aria are certainly on the ball for all you Intel lovers this week. Today they listed the new C2 stepping version 2011 processors. They are available now for pre-order. ARIA informed us that they wi... more.

Sharkoon have been in existence for nearly 10 years and have recently expanded their market significantly. Their product range is rather extensive but they do focus quite heavily on the production... more.

We reported a short while ago that Intel were planning to release a new range of Core i5 processors with the graphics circuitry stripped from the die. Makes sense really as many enthusiast users have ... more.

Today we are looking at the latest 'audiophile' grade Asus Xonar Essence One external soundcard and digital to analogue converter. The Essence series of products have targeted the enthusiast and a... more.

be quiet! scored first place in reader's survey for best power supply brand at German Hardwareluxx. It is one of the biggest online publications for computer hardware with their own quarterly print ma... more.

Thanks to a conspicuous document making it's way onto the internet, we can learn more about AMD's plans for the HD 7000 series of cards beyond the now launched HD 7970 and HD 7950 models. We knew the ... more.

While the world plus dog might have thought that the days of graphics battles between the industry giants might fade with time (and the ever increasing market share being taken by integrated solutions... more.

Today AMD release their new HD7950 graphics card, tackling the GTX580 'head on' at the same price point. When we were finally in a position to review HD7970 partner hardware, XFX stole the show th... more.

While Nvidia regroup to launch their next round of discrete graphics cards, AMD have been running amok in the high end. Their HD7970 has reclaimed the single GPU throne from the GTX580. Today AMD ... more.

AMD launch their latest graphics card today ... the high end HD7950. We have analysed several partner products already this morning and in this particular review we will focus on the custom Sapphi... more.

Initially available through Japanese channels, Hitachi has outed a 7200RPM version of its 4TB Deskstar series HDD for folks seeking top end capacity with the best possible performance. Oddly howeve... more.

Gabe of Swiftech has kindly given us a treat over at the XtremeSystems Forums in the form of some pre-release CGI drawings of the company's upcoming waterblock to suit the new Radeon HD 7970. The bloc... more.

VTX3D, a leading manufacturer of AMD based graphics products, is proud to announce the release of the brand-new HD7900 GPU based model, VTX3D HD7950, with higher performance and new features. VTX3D HD... more.

ASRock have worked hard in the last year to compete with the big players such as ASUS and Gigabyte in the enthusiast sector.  Products like the 990FX Fatal1ty motherboard that we looked at a few ... more.

While much of the focus has been on AMD in the graphics realm recently with the birth of the HD 7970 in particular, NVIDIA is getting some real momentum happening in the mobile segment with its new 28... more.

GlobalFoundries publicly disclosed for the first time its preparations for 14nm process node technology during an interview with EE Times late last week. The world's third largest independant semicond... more.

Today we have the Bitfenix Raider Mid Tower chassis in our test lab.  The Raider is the latest offering from Bitfenix and going on past experiences, we hope this is a quality case at a competitiv... more.

Thanks to an updated compatibility list on GIGABYTE's website for its LGA1155 motherboards, we can expect to see a few new Core i5 processors from Intel sometime soon. All three models are said to be ... more.

At the end of 2010, the mood at AMD was pretty positive. After languishing around the $4 Billion turnover mark for ages, the company finally delivered a quantum jump to a bigger revenue position. Howe... more.

FSP have been creating power supplies for other companies for many years now, but today we are looking at their latest self branded 650W unit, a modular design which is 80 Plus Gold Certified. At ... more.

Cooler Master, an industry leading chassis, thermal solution, power supply, peripheral, and accessory manufacturer, today announces the trendy and stylish CM 690 II Advanced Black & White Edition ... more.

The first retail listing for the soon to be launched HD 7950 has popped up, that being from online distributer PROVANTAGE who are advertising a model from GIGABYTE (GV-R795WF3-3GD) for pre-order at qu... more.

In our effort to provide the best possible support to our customers, we’re providing a free LGA2011 bracket to owners of the award-winning KUHLER H2O 620 and 920 CPU coolers. Starting with the ne... more.

Today we are looking at the latest cooler from Arctic - the Freezer i30, which features an interchangeable 120mm PWM fan, 4 double sided direct touch heatpipes with cooling support up to 320 Watts... more.

Today we are looking at the latest offering in the Antec Performance One lineup ... the P280 chassis. We have reviewed many Antec cases in the past and have generally been impressed with their com... more.