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Luke has never built a custom loop before - we throw him in at the deep end

With Intel's Tiger Lake launch event coming up soon, the company is sending out more teasers, with the latest revealing a lot of rebranding...

MSI has announced its first series of power supplies. Named ‘MPG GF', these new power supplies will be available in three models: the A650GF, the A750GF, and the A850GF. Rated with 80Plus Gold efficiency and featuring a modular design, the MPG GF power supplies are aimed at gamers and “support …

Designed specifically for small form factor PCs, the Alphacool Eisbaer LT92 CPU cooler is quite different from other Eisbaer coolers. Featuring a 92mm full copper radiator and a relatively small but powerful pump, the Eisbaer LT92 CPU cooler “offers more than enough power for powerful processors with an appropriate fan”. The 40mm high …

This week, Nvidia released a video featuring a number of engineers discussing graphics card design. In that video, we got some hints at what the future holds, with confirmation of the 12-pin PCIe connector and the weirdly shaped PCB for the next generation of Founder's Edition GPUs. Beyond that, some additional leaks …

This week, the SkyBox was announced. This is a small and compact SSD with both wired and wireless connectivity options for streaming and backing up data with universal compatibility for all devices. It also comes in capacities up to 4TB, hitting a range of price points and user needs.  The …

Nvidia is continuing to build up to its big GeForce Special Event this week, this time with a new teaser. In a new video today, Nvidia engineers explain the “remarkable art and science” of modern graphics card design, going over all the steps that go into designing a new GPU …

be quiet!'s latest addition to its PSU portfolio is the Dark Power Pro 12 series of power supplies. Available in 1200W and 1500W models, the Dark Power Pro 12 power supply is the “most technologically-advanced PSU be quiet! has ever built”. Certified with 80Plus Titanium efficiency, the Dark Power Pro …

The creator of DRAM Calculator for Ryzen has launched a new utility called ClockTuner for Ryzen. CTR is a tool that can squeeze extra performance from Zen2 processors by undervolting the highest quality CCXs in your processor individually.

MSI has listed 29 new Nvidia graphics card in the EEC database. The listing doesn't clearly name these graphics cards, but based on timing, it would appear that these will be MSI's custom versions of the upcoming Nvidia RTX 3000 series, which is due to be announced next week.  With …

Recently, Oculus announced that use of its VR devices would soon require a Facebook account, in a move intended to bring the Oculus brand and its owner – Facebook – closer together. Now, the VR manufacturer’s annual ‘Oculus Connect’ event has been rebranded to Facebook Connect, with the next event …

We weren't expecting any Nvidia GPU announcements to hit our inbox for another week but today we got a surprise addition to the GeForce mobile GPU line-up. Today, Nvidia has announced the GeForce MX450. It might not be a next-gen RTX GPU, but the MX 450 includes support for PCI …

Last year, Corsair entered the custom liquid cooling market with Hydro X, a full lineup of custom liquid cooling gear, all available separately. This year, Corsair made upgrading to a DIY liquid cooling loop even easier by packaging together Hydro X kits, each containing everything needed to liquid cool your …

Today we are back and pleased to hit the 50-episode milestone for Leo Says! In this Half-Century special, Leo is one again looking closely at Intel and the latest news surrounding the company. There's more discussion about Xe GPUs, Ponte Vecchio, and a look ahead to both Alder Lake and Tiger Lake CPUs...

Despite AMD stating that there was no support for CPU overclocking on A520 motherboards, it seems that a workaround has been found - at least on Gigabyte A520 motherboards.

New images of the reported Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 have been posted online alongside the reported prices of each of the remaining models of the RTX 3000 series. The photos posted by @GarnetSunset shows the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition side-by-side with an Nvidia RTX 2080Ti Founders Edition. From what we've seen …

We have previously covered the possibility of Nvidia introducing a new 12-pin connector with its upcoming next-gen graphics cards. Now, Seasonic has confirmed that the 12-pin connector will power the RTX 3000 series GPUs on Chinese social network Bilibili, showing the converter made by the company. The guys at HardwareLuxx …

A reliable source has leaked more of AMD's future roadmap, detailing upcoming APUs. This time, we get some new details on processors codenamed 'Warhol', 'Van Gogh' and 'Cezanne', as well as their respective successors. 

With the launch of the AMD A520 platform, Asus has officially announced its A520 motherboard lineup. This lineup has been originally hinted back in May, but there are some absent models. The new details shared by Asus gives us a clear understanding of what each of these motherboards is capable …

AMD B550 chipset and motherboards only launched two months ago, but Gigabyte has already launched a second version of its B550 Aorus Elite and Elite AX motherboards. Apparently, the reason behind the launch of these motherboards is due to the shortage of PWM doubler, a component that the original B550 …

This week, TSMC announced a very significant milestone – the semiconductor officially shipped one billion 7nm chips as of July 2020. That number doesn't include any chips that had to be thrown out due to defects, it is a cool one billion, functional and defect-free 7nm chips.  According to TSMC, …

We check out this kit of 4600MHz memory from Thermaltake - just how fast is it?

AVerMedia launched the world's first video capture card with two HDMI inputs supporting 4K60 HDR10 and Full HD at 240FPS. Named ‘Live Gamer DUO', this capture card is the latest addition to the extensive portfolio of streaming components offered by AVerMedia. With the Live Gamer DUO primary input, you will be …

Available with up to 2TB of storage, the new My Passport external SSDs from Western Digital are aimed at “consumers who need to accelerate their productivity and protect their valuable content”. Featuring NVMe technology and a compact design, the new My Passport external SSDs are a stylish portable solution for your …

This week, MSI continues to expand its portfolio of PC cases. The latest addition to the lineup is the MPG Sekira 100 Series, featuring a minimalistic and elegant design. The MPG Sekira 100 series consists of the MPG Sekira 100R and the MPG Sekira 100P. The MPG Sekira 100R uses a …

It is still early days for Apple's next-gen Bionic SoC, but so far, it looks like it will give a laptop 9th Gen Intel Core i9 a run for its money. Geekbench 5 benchmark scores of the Apple A14X Bionic have surfaced, and the results are impressive, offering as much performance …

Intel has revealed more details about its upcoming Tiger Lake CPU architecture. During a presentation at Hot Chips 2020, Intel revealed the die of a quad-core Tiger Lake processor and shared new information on the architecture's specifications and power management. Intel Tiger Lake is the company's latest mobile focused architecture. …

When Facebook acquired Oculus back in 2014, many VR owners expressed concern that the tech giant would force users onto the controversial social media platform. While this hasn't been the case until now, with Oculus operating mostly independently, Oculus owners will soon be forced to create a Facebook account in …

Just yesterday, we went over some of the recent AMD A520 motherboard leaks, hinting at an imminent launch. Now just 24 hours later, AMD has officially launched its entry-level chipset for those looking to upgrade to 3rd Gen Ryzen CPUs, based on the Zen 2 architecture.  Today, the AMD A520 …

This week, Nvidia is bringing its GeForce Now streaming service to a new platform. For the first time, Chromebook users will be able to stream their PC games, bringing access to high-end gaming wherever you go, just as long as you have the internet connection to support it.  As of …