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Samsung has put Intel's 25-year run as world's largest chipmaker to an end, after a record breaking 2017.

Samsung has been on a bit of an SSD-binge over the last week. We've seen the launch of the new 860 EVO and PRO series drives and now today, the electronics giant has announced its first Z-SSD product, the SZ985, sporting Z-NAND memory, Samsung's competitor to Intel's 3D XPoint memory …

Since launching the PlayStation VR headset, Sony has relied on the ageing PS Move controllers to provide motion controls for its games. However, that could be changing soon as it appears Sony has been developing a new set of controllers, which have since been detailed in a patent filing revealed …

Fancy a colourful CPU cooler for only £30? Arctic has you covered with its Freezer 33 eSports One

Last year, Cybenetics came out of the woodwork to announce plans to implement a more accurate efficiency and noise rating certification for power supplies on the market, challenging the traditional 80PLUS ratings we are used to. This is achieved through two certification programs: ETA (efficiency) and LAMBDA (noise). Now this …

The Samsung 860 Pro uses 64-layer MLC V-NAND and has an endurance rating that eclipses the previous generation 850 PRO's life expectancy.

A new power supply from be quiet!. Its beautifully built, but what about the UK pricing?

Intel revealed record fourth-quarter revenues during its earnings call last night, but is keen not to lose this profitability to recent security concerns. Intel CEO Brian Krzanich has since reassured investors that Intel already has a solution to its Meltdown and Spectre issues with a line of upcoming processors set …

Bargain of the year? or a badly made case shipping with a load of extras? We spill the beans

AMD has filled Raja Koduri's shoes with two industry veterans, Mike Rayfield and David Wang, who will now lead the Radeon Technologies Group.

A power supply specifically designed with the mining community in mind, and its competitively priced too.

Spectre and Meltdown have caused havoc for Intel, from the initial security issues posed, to impending lawsuits and even the company’s fix resulting in reboot issues across Broadwell and Haswell systems. It seems that Intel has finally isolated the problem and is now working on an update. “We have now …

It took some time, but over the last few months we've seen custom RX Vega cards finally making their way out. On the Sapphire side, we've seen Nitro+ versions of the RX Vega 64 and 56. Now this week, Sapphire is expanding its lineup with the RX Vega 56 Pulse Edition, opting for a dual-fan custom cooler known as the Dual-X.

The SSD860 EVO uses Samsung's latest 64-layer 3-bit MLC, V-NAND along with a new controller, the MJX.

Back during the Pre-CES press day earlier this month, AMD unveiled its CPU roadmap for the year, confirming that we would be getting the first Ryzen ‘Raven Ridge' APUs quite soon. At the time, specific specs for the Ryzen 5 2400G and the Ryzen 3 2200G weren't announced, but this …

Its the cream of the crop, but its £530, so its not for the faint of wallet. How good is it?

It’s no secret that now isn’t the best time to build a custom PC, with the prices of hardware going through the roof. Part of the problem is cryptocurrency miners, but now Nvidia has spoken out against retailers selling to digital miners, asking for gamers to be prioritised instead. The …

Hot in the heels of Samsung's 16-gigabit GDDR6 announcement last night, SK Hynix has also begun listing its own GDDR6 memory modules as ‘available'. We've known for a while that SK Hynix has been working on GDDR6 with a 2018 roll out date in mind, though these chips won't be …

NZXT impressed us all last week with the launch of the Z370 N7 motherboard, though the price tag seemed a bit steep. Since then, the company has taken this feedback on board, and has made several changes to reduce the MSRP.

Surely not another great power supply from Seasonic, tweaked and upgraded for 2018?

It looks like Samsung's 4TB 860 Pro SSD won't be the only new drive hitting the market soon. Another update to Samsung's website has unveiled a full range of 860 EVO SSDs too. The 860 Evo listings were more comprehensive, showing new SATA drives in 250GB, 500GB, 1TB, 2TB and …

Samsung is preparing for the next wave of graphics cards by kicking off mass production on the industry's first 16-Gigabit GDDR6 memory

It looks like Samsung is going to be bolstering its high-capacity SSD options this year, as the company accidentally listed a brand new 860 Pro SSD on its website ahead of an official announcement. The Samsung 860 Pro will be available in capacities up to 4TB, though the price tag …

During the fallout of the Spectre/Meltdown bug discovery, lawsuits have already begun flying left and right. Intel, ARM and Apple are already named in one particular suit, and it looks like AMD won't be getting away unscathed either. This week, an AMD shareholder filed a lawsuit against the company, after …

Intel's fight against the Spectre and Meltdown bugs continues but with it, more issues are also beginning to arise. Last week, it was discovered that a recent firmware update was causing reboot issues with older Intel processors. Now Intel has confirmed that newer processors can also be affected, with Sandy …

Keen to live up to its name, Alphacool took to CES 2018 to unveil a selection of its new watercooling solutions. This ranges includes a new high-end GPU waterblock, an experimental AIO unit and an adapter to illuminate clear CPU waterblocks with RGB lighting. Alphacool has high-end GPUs in its …

Over the course of 2017, the prices of RAM have been in flux, often breaching double that of the original. This could all change soon, however, as a recent drop in memory chip pricing spells good news for incoming memory kits.

CES 2018 has kicked off and we are already starting to see some exciting announcements. Today, HyperX launched its new Predator DDR4 RGB Memory, which leverages IR technology to synchronize lighting across all channels. This new HyperX Predator memory has IR communication channels embedded onto each memory module, allowing for …

There has been a lot of discussion surrounding the Spectre and Meltdown security bugs over the last week. After evaluating the situation, AMD has explained which of these bugs affect its own CPUs and how it plans to solve the problem.

We managed to get up close and personal with the Limited Edition Quadstellar and ARK 90 cases from Deepcool! We also took a closer look at the Fryzen CPU cooler in all of its RGB glory.