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Hype for AMD’s B550 budget Ryzen 3000 platform has been building for some time now with a release expected maybe around mid-June. The big players in the motherboard market have been announcing B550 line ups but without any solid pricing info announced so far. However, that has changed now since …

After briefly teasing its next-gen headset back in March, today HP has officially unveiled the Reverb G2 VR headset, designed with input from the folks at Valve and Microsoft.

Earlier this month, we shared the news about ASRock's approach to enabling overclocking of non-K CPUs on non-Z motherboards. Now it seems that both MSI and Asus will also offer the same feature on their non-Z motherboards...

Does the AH T600 chassis from Thermaltake take us to heights we have not reached before?

Aqua Computer has just launched a new CPU water block with RGB lighting. The new Cuplex Kryos Next RGBpx water block is designed to provide a unique look for your system, even before the ARGB lighting has been turned on. Available in both plexiglass and white Delrin, the Cuplex Kryos Next RGBpx …

Details about the next-gen Ryzen 5000 "Cezanne" and Ryzen 6000 "Rembrandt" APUs have leaked. These APUs will utilise Zen CPU cores alongside Vega/RDNA graphics, and will be used in both desktops and laptops...

It's an external SSD/hub, designed specifically for Apple's MacBooks

Rumours and leaks have been ramping up at a steady pace about the next-gen of desktop GPUs and APUs. Now it has been announced that Nvidia, Intel and AMD will holds talks at technological symposium Hot Chips, scheduled for August 16-18 this year. Hot Chips has been held in August …

Zadak has just announced a new AIO liquid cooler featuring 2x ARGB fans and an ARGB pump. The Spark AIO 240 liquid cooler was designed to offer “excellent quiet, cooling, no-fuss installation” for PC modders and enthusiasts while maintaining Zadak's focus on “original design and exquisite craftsmanship.” The 2x 120mm …

Peter Chou helped shift HTC's direction from smartphones towards the virtual reality space with great success, with the VIVE being one of the most popular headsets to date. He hasn't been at HTC for some time now, but he certainly isn't out of the VR industry. Today, Chou revealed his …

How good is this 1TB external SSD from Crucial?

To celebrate this Memorial Day Weekend, EK has launched a US-themed Velocity CPU water block. There are two versions of this themed Velocity CPU water block: one for Intel processors and another for AMD processors. “Decorated” with the US flag, the EK-Quantum Velocity Honor is limited to 200 units. For each …

Lian Li has unveiled a new version of the O11 Dynamic case made in partnership with the Official PCMR. Featuring a space grey finish with chrome mirror glass panels, this new Lian Li case will be limited to 2000 units, each with its own production number plaque. With 3.5 million …

Following on from Intel's recent launch of its 10th Gen desktop processors, there are rumours that AMD might respond with a refresh of its Ryzen 3000 series processors...

A Core i9-10900K overclocked to 7.7GHz across all ten cores.

We've known for a long time now that Apple is deep into development of its own augmented reality wearable, tentatively known as Apple Glass. There has been mixed messaging on when we might see a standalone AR product come to fruition, but the latest report suggests that we could see …

Sabrent may not be the most well-known drive manufacturer in the world, but that could be about to change as it seems the company will be the first to release an 8TB M.2 SSD. The Rocket Q 8TB NVMe PCIe M.2 from Sabrent uses a PCIe 3.0 x4 interface is …

One of the most exciting VR games of 2020 is Marvel’s Iron Man VR. Developed by Camouflaj, this PSVR exclusive will let you take to the skies as Tony Stark in what has been described as a “full-length experience”. With the game finally releasing on the 3rd of July, fans …

Designed for “hardcore gamers and professional visual content creators”, the Lexar Professional NM700 SSD offers high data transfer speeds via a PCIe Gen3 x4 interface. Compatible with laptops and desktops, the NM700 offers speeds up to 3500MB/s. The Lexar NM700 uses an M.2 2280 form factor and 3D-TLC NAND flash …

Following Asus' announcement of its B550 motherboards, MSI has also shared information on its upcoming B550 models. As an alternative to the X570 chipset, the B550 motherboards are a more affordable option if you're planning to build a Ryzen-based system, while still keeping support for PCIe 4.0. The PCIe 4.0 …

Compatible with Ryzen 3000 series processors, Gigabyte's new B550 motherboards feature PCIe 4.0, improved thermal solutions and digital power design, making these boards the perfect alternatives to their X570 counterparts...

ASUS introduces a range of motherboards for AMD's B550 chipset.

Thermaltake began showing off its new TOUGHRAM DDR4 modules at Computex last year, with enhanced RGB lighting features, a 10-layer PCB and pre-binned memory ICs to ensure performance. Over the course of 2019, speeds for these kits were pushed from 3600MHz all the way up to 4400MHz and now in …

This week marks the launch of Intel's 10th Generation Core desktop processors and the Z490 chipset for motherboards. We've already seen some memory records broken utilising this new hardware and it looks like MSI's motherboards are turning up some decent CPU overclocking results too. First up is the flagship MSI …

Antec has announced its new award-winning 7 Series Katana DDR4 memory kits with ARGB. Recipient of an iF Design Award in the Gaming Hardware/VR category, the design of these memory kits was inspired by the silhouette of the Japanese samurai sword, hence the name ‘Katana'. The aluminium heatsink has a …

G.Skill already had an impressive showcase for the Z490 and Intel 10th Gen launch yesterday, delivering 5000MHz memory kits. It turns out that with some additional overclocking, even greater heights can be achieved, as G.Skill Trident Z Royal memory has been used to reach record speeds of 6666MHz.  Paired with …

New listings of the AMD “Vermeer” processors, also known as Ryzen 4000, have given us a glimpse of the speeds that these upcoming chips may be able to run at. These two listings show a 8C/16T processor and a 16C/32T processor, both clocked up to 4.6GHz. According to Igor's Lab, …

Today, we finally saw performance testing and reviews unveiled for Intel's new 10th Generation Core-series desktop processors. This is also the launch day for Z490 motherboards. There are going to be a ton of options available, so in this article, we'll break down what ASUS has to offer, as well …

G.Skill is back and continuing to do what it does best- pushing consumer memory to its limits. This time around, G.Skill is showing off all new DDR4-5000MHz  for 8GB and 16GB, as well as DDR-4400 for 32GB modules.  Coinciding with the launch of Intel's 10th Gen desktop processors and the …

Leo takes an in-depth look at the performance of Intel's 10-core consumer processor