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At this point, it is well known that Nvidia’s next-gen GPU launch is just around the corner, with the most recent leaks pointing towards a switch away from ‘GTX’ branding for the high-end. We are expecting to see reference versions of the RTX 2080 on Monday, but it looks like …

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Supermicro are known for their high grade server boards, but can they create a great MINI ITX board?

Sony’s efforts to bring virtual reality gaming to consoles have been paying off quite well over the last two years. By June last year, the company had officially sold one million PSVR headsets. Two million sales were hit before the end of the year and now, the three million sales …

AMD’s latest Threadripper 2990WX is a powerhouse at its default 4.2GHz boost clock speed, but that hasn’t stopped overclockers from putting the processor through its paces. Thanks to the use of liquid nitrogen, IvanCupa has managed push the chip as high as 6GHz. Last week, we saw overclockers achieved an …

Late last year, we learned that Intel was making the bold decision to enter the discrete graphics card market. The ball got rolling with a slew of high-profile hires and now, the teasing has begun, with Intel aiming for a 2020 launch date. Yesterday, Intel finally began posting to its …

Nvidia wasn’t the only company dropping new announcements at SIGGRAPH this year. StarVR was also in attendance, announcing the StarVR One headset, providing an extra-wide field of view and eye tracking. StarVR has been around for years now and has had deals with IMAX and other venues to showcase high-end …

It's Razer's cheapest external GPU enclosure yet - but is it the product we've been waiting for?

Intel adds three L1 Terminal Fault (L1TF) bugs to its growing list of processor flaws, led by Foreshadow.

AMD recently launched four models of 2nd Gen Threadripper CPUs, including the mighty 32-core Threadripper 2990WX CPU that features in our review of the Armari Magnetar Workstation. We expect that new CPUs will arrive with a new chipset and a raft of new new motherboards  but this time round things …

Nvidia has finally unveiled its brand new Turing architecture under the Quadro RTX series, confirming two of the three trademarks spotted at the end of last week. The third and final GeForce RTX trademark is still being teased, with Nvidia’s new ‘Be For The Game’ trailer pointing towards the RTX …

Samsung is well known in the semi-conductor world and is an established leader when it comes to memory. The company has been working on 16 gigabit GDDR6 memory modules since last year, the chips even went into mass production back in January. Now, we are seeing the proper debut, as …

Nvidia's brand new Turing architecture is officially here, launching first in the Quadro RTX series.

AMD's new 32 core 2990WX is here, and its a monster.

Cooler Master and AMD have been working together for a while in an effort to create official air coolers for various CPUs. The latest effort sees Cooler Master developing the new ‘Wraith Ripper’ cooler for AMD’s newly launched 2nd Gen Threadripper processors. The Wraith Ripper is designed with Threadripper in …

At Computex in June, AMD gave us a brief tease of what to expect from 2nd Gen Threadripper with the announcement of a top-end 32C/64T version. Now we’ve made it to the official launch, with all of the details on specs and pricing laid out. At a briefing in London …

Last week, we had the official announcements of AMD’s Threadripper 2nd Gen processors. We already knew that AMD would be sticking with the X399 chipset for its second generation processors, and ASUS seems to be right on the ball with an X399 BIOS update already available. Today ASUS announced that …

CaseLabs might not be a name that you hear often, but the company is renowned for its quality enthusiast-grade cases. Over the years, CaseLabs has made quite the name for itself, but unfortunately, the company has fallen into bankruptcy and liquidation. This means that CaseLabs will be closing down permanently …

Nvidia’s next line-up of graphics cards is now believed to be just 10 days away, supposedly making their debut during the company’s GeForce Gaming Celebration on August 20th. While this was thought to concern the tentatively titled GTX 1180, patent filings suggest that the Green Team could be introducing an …

Its a totally silent SFX-L power supply. Its expensive, but it is highly spec'd. Worth it ?

Yesterday, Samsung announced a staggering 180 trillion won ($161bn/£124bn) investment towards component research and capital expenditures over the next three years. $22 billion of that pool will primarily be taken up by Samsung’s Electronics division, as the company bolsters its efforts in artificial intelligence (AI), 5G, electronic components for motor …

Large tech companies tend to acquire smaller firms on a regular basis. Sometimes these acquisitions are relatively uninteresting on the surface, but they do tend to provide insight into what is going on behind the scenes at any given time. This week, Google announced that it has acquired ‘GraphicsFuzz’ a …

The latest SATA SSD drive family from Kingston is the UV500 series.

Yesterday, AMD announced the full line-up for its 2nd generation of Ryzen Threadripper processors. We’re getting two different series this time around, distinguished by ‘X’ and ‘WX’ branding. Those of you interested in the 32-core flagship TR 2990WX will be pleased to know that retailers have already begun listing them, …

Last week, MSI accidentally let some news out surrounding Intel’s 9th Gen processor launch. At the time, we learned that Z370 motherboards would be getting a BIOS update to support some of Intel’s upcoming 9th Gen SKUs. Since then, other motherboard makers have also begun announcing their own plans for …

Samsung is ramping up its efforts with solid state drives, beginning mass production of the industry’s first commercial 4-bit quad-level cell (QLC) 4TB SSD. Once this has flooded the market, Samsung promises that 1TB SSDs will become much more affordable as a result. Executive vice president of memory sales & …

Following on from its Stronghold and Observatory cases, Kolink has introduced the Levante, once again designed with price to performance in mind. The Kolink Levante features a double tempered glass panel design, full mesh front, PSU shroud and four pre-installed RGB Fans, all for £72.95. While aesthetic is certainly an …

Last week, MSI accidentally let some news out surrounding Intel’s 9th Gen processor launch. At the time, we learned that Z370 motherboards would be getting a BIOS update to support some of Intel’s upcoming 9th Gen SKUs. Now Gigabyte has followed the same path, confirming its own Z370 9th Gen …

Today Leo is focusing on AMD's Theadripper 2 processors as the first embargo has now lifted and we can reveal more information about the CPUs. Leo also discusses Apple, TSMC, Intel and ... a RGB toothbrush?

ASRock shrinks AMD Ryzen into the mini-ITX form factor