Yesterday at Intel’s Technology Open House event, we got the chance to catch up with Natalie from MSI on one of their new ultraportable laptops for content creators. Importantly, the MSI Prestige 14 is one of the first ultraportable laptops to be shown with Intel 10th Gen Comet Lake CPU …
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We snuck a Cinebench Run on the Intel Ice Lake Core i7-1065G7
We sneaked a run on the new 10th Gen Intel Dell XPS 13. ssshhhhh.
Read More »Borderlands 3 latest patch addresses stability and player balance
The new Borderlands 3 patch has been released to improve stability while addressing a number of concerns, including hotfixes and general improvements to the game such as tuning some enemies and bosses. The latest patch focuses on a reported stability issue where an infinite loop could occur when hitting the …
Read More »Apex Legends spooky ‘Fight or Fright’ special event coming for Halloween
From 15th October through to 5th November Apex Legends will include a Halloween themed event titled Fight or Fright. The event will include a limited-time game mode, exclusive challenges and special Halloween inspired cosmetics. Apex Legends Fight or Fright Event will start on 15th October and will include an all-new …
Read More »8Pack Discusses Intel Performance Maximizer & £16K Core i9-9990XE Supernova XL
KitGuru got a minute to talk with expert overclocker, 8Pack, and discuss Intel's Performance Maximizer, and 8Pack's own Supernova XLTD system
Read More »Arctic Liquid Freezer II all-in-one CPU Cooler Review
Arctic is back with the Liquid Freezer II - just how good is it?
Read More »Intel announce new Xeon W-2200 series processors
Intel has announced a new Xeon W-2200 series to join the Cascade Lake-X HEDT line-up for 2019. The Xeon W-2200 series will offer lower performance options compared to some Cascade Lake-X processors, with quad-core CPUs available. The top four Xeon W-2200 processors will effectively share the same characteristics as Cascade …
Read More »Free games for PlayStation Plus subscribers during October are available now
Here’s what PlayStation Plus subscribers have to look forward to this month. The October free games and discounts for PlayStation Plus members has been announced and we have all the details here for you. If you have been a PlayStation Plus subscriber for some time, then you will probably already …
Read More »MSI’s Alpha 15 will be the first machine with RX 5500 graphics
Yesterday, when AMD announced its new Radeon RX 5500 series, we heard that the MSI Alpha 15 would be the first machine to launch sporting the RX 5500M graphics chip. Now, we have more details on the laptop itself, and it's an all-AMD machine targeting 1080p gamers. The main feature …
Read More »Samsung announce new ‘value for money’ Chromebook 4 series devices
Samsung has announced its new Chromebook 4 and Chromebook 4+ entrants to the Samsung Chromebook line-up, offering great performance and a sleek design to consumers looking for a portable and reliable way of tapping into the Google experience. According to Samsung their new Chromebook 4 and 4+ offer both hardware …
Read More »macOS Catalina is now available as a free update
Yesterday Apple began rolling out its latest operating system, macOS Catalina. The successor to macOS Mojave, the new update is notable for removing iTunes and introducing Apple Arcade. It is available for some Mac machines released as far back as 2012. Announced in a Newsroom post by Apple yesterday, macOS Catalina …
Read More »New products announced from TeamGroup include high speed DDR4 and a PCIe Gen4 M.2 SSD
TeamGroup has announced it is releasing a couple of new products. Included in the announcement is T-Force DARK Z gaming memory and the T-Force Cardea Zero Z440 which is a Gen 4 PCIe M.2 SSD drive, both are designed for AMD Ryzen 3000 systems to offer the best possible performance. …
Read More »Humble Bundle’s latest deal gets you Crash Bandicoot, Spyro and COD:WWII for $12
Humble Bundle has given us some fantastic deals since its inception in 2010 and this month's subscriber bundle is up there with the best we've seen – for just $12 you can get Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy, Call of Duty: WWII and Spyro Reignited Trilogy. Available directly from Humble Bundle …
Read More »Intel has dropped the price on its 9th generation KF and F graphics-disabled processors
Intel has announced it will be cutting the price of their 9th generation CPUs which have their integrated graphics disabled. The F and KF variants of Intel’s 9th generation Coffee Lake processors are now cheaper than their GPU enabled counterparts. Intel has often been criticised by consumers for offering 9th …
Read More »Thermaltake ToughPower GF1 750W PSU Review
This is the version without the RGB fan, and its £35 less ! worth buying ?
Read More »Croteam Co-founder Alen Ladavac leaves the studio to join Google Stadia team
Alen Ladavac, Co-founder of Croteam, the guys behind the Serious Sam series and The Talos Principle, has left the studio to join the Google Stadia team, hailing the project as a “landmark undertaking”. The co-founder of Croteam, Alen Ladavac has been with the company for 25 years, the past 14 …
Read More »Samsung has announced it will be closing its final smartphone facility in China
A huge downturn in Samsung smartphone sales in China has forced the company to close a number of its factories in the country recently. Samsung has now announced the closure of its final smartphone production plant in China. Samsung is to shut down its sole remaining mobile phone factory in …
Read More »AMD announces RX 5500 series, available in laptops and pre-builts first
AMD has announced the RX 5500 series, available for both laptops and desktops, targeting 1080p gamers
Read More »Information points towards a new Nvidia Shield could be in development
It looks like Nvidia may have an updated Shield on the way. Rumours have been circling since March that updates to the controller and remote are coming along with a potential console refresh too. Now there are new rumours to suggest a completely new device is in development. Earlier in …
Read More »MSI has added to its professional range with a series of X299 motherboards
MSI has unveiled a range of new X299 motherboards directed at content creators and supporting Intel’s highly anticipated, upcoming 10th generation Cascade Lake-X processors. The new series of motherboards are expected to debut this month. MSI seems to be focusing a lot of attention on content creators recently and as …
Read More »Intel’s Raja Koduri hints at June 2020 release for Xe graphics
There's been a slow and steady trickle of news surrounding Intel's upcoming Xe graphics cards. First, the company hired former AMD employee Raja Koduri, while Nvidia's Tom Peterson also jumped ship last April. In May, we learned that Xe graphics would support ray tracing, and now a tweet by Raja Koduri …
Read More »More rumours suggest Nvidia Ampere could come early in 2020
It doesn’t seem that long ago we were all looking forward to Nvidia’s current generation of Turing architecture. According to rumours, the new Ampere cards may be coming sooner than expected, with further talk of a release early in 2020. Ampere may not be Nvidia’s best-kept secret. However, nothing official …
Read More »SilverStone Permafrost PF240-ARGB AIO Liquid Cooler Review
It's a new AIO from SilverStone, priced at under £100
Read More »Ghost Recon Breakpoint servers were down at launch
We've been hearing a lot about Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint over the last few months, and the game finally launched last Friday, October 4th. However, it seems the launch was not as smooth as Ubisoft would have hoped for, with many players experiencing connectivity issues as a result of …
Read More »Samsung Galaxy Fold torture test falls short of the company’s promise
When the Samsung Galaxy Fold initially launched earlier this year, it had a few problems. Samsung has since ironed out those problems and the device is ready to be launched again. But can it hold up in a folding torture test? This time around Samsung were upbeat about the improvements …
Read More »AMD announce future specifications and roadmap for EPYC processors
New details have come to light on AMD’s future Zen 3 and 4 architectures, along with a roadmap providing the timeline and key specifications for its next-generation EPYC Milan and Genoa lines of data centre processors. During a recent presentation at the HPC-AI Advisory Council Conference in the UK, AMD …
Read More »New content patch released for Outward offering new end game bosses and more
Hardcore RPG game Outward gets some new updates in a patch making it even more hardcore. Included are new enemies and a new difficulty level, with bugs fixes and secret endgame bosses also added to spice things up. The open-world RPG game Outward focuses on ultra-realism and is one of …
Read More »Official specification for Google’s Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL are finally revealed
Throughout this year, we have seen many leaks and rumours regarding Google’s new Pixel 4 phone. With images of how it will look, the colours available and how many cameras it will have already common knowledge, we now know the official specification. Google’s Pixel 4 is probably the most leaked …
Read More »Nvidia 1660 Super clock frequency and memory detail confirmed
Some of Nvidia’s upcoming GTX 1660 Super graphics card specifications have been leaked, which show the card will be released to fend off the competition coming from AMD’s 5500XT which is due to launch very soon. The guys over at igor's Lab recently confirm the Nvidia GTX 1660 Super clock …
Read More »AMD Ryzen CPUs are set for a microcode update in November
According to MSI, AMD Ryzen CPUs will be getting a new microcode update soon, with a new BIOS which will be packed with over 100 features and improvements being rolled out next month. Microcode is the lowest level of CPU and machine instruction sets that are loaded from the BIOS …
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