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A new leak has surfaced, revealing the existence of an Nvidia RTX 3060 with a fully enabled GA106 GPU that never made it to market. This SKU, identified as PG190 SKU 50, was one of the several specs for the GPU that were shared among board partners before its official …

EKWB recently launched a range of Direct Die CPU cooling products, but unfortunately, there have been some issues. This week, EK confirmed that it has heard the feedback around issues and is making adjustments to solve them.  Some of you may remember that we worked with EKWB last year on …

The Zen 4-based Ryzen 7040 processors were announced at CES 2023 in January. Things have been quiet in the months since then, but that should change soon. According to new reports, AMD is gearing up to launch its new generation Ryzen APUs within the next few weeks.  According to a …

The RTX 4080 is a powerful graphics card and most air-cooled models are indeed massive, taking up a lot of space inside of PC cases. One way to shrink down the size of the graphics card and improve performance is to add a liquid cooling block. Today, Phanteks is announcing …

Since 2022, Thermaltake has offered a full range of TOUGHRAM DDR5 memory modules, primarily in black and white colour options, with and without RGB. Now, TT is adding six new colourways to the TOUGHRAM RGB D5 memory line-up.  Thermaltake's TOUGHRAM RGB D5 memory contains tightly-screened ICs, an optimised 10-layer PCB …

Leo unboxes two Intel Sapphire Rapids CPUs, worth about 10 grand

Kingston has been a key player in the memory market for decades and even after selling off the HyperX brand, the company has not slowed down in the high-performance market segment. This week, Kingston officially surpassed a new milestone, having sold an impressive 100 million overclockable memory modules worldwide.  In …

According to a report, Nvidia won't be increasing orders for testing and packaging of its latest GeForce RTX 40 series GPUs anytime soon. The company is reportedly waiting for partners to sell the remaining inventory of GeForce RTX 30 series cards before supplying them with the new chips. Nvidia GPU …

Back in February, Intel began rolling out big performance-boosting drivers for its Arc graphics cards, greatly improving performance for a range of older DX9-based games. In our Arc re-test in March, we found that Intel's drivers have indeed come a long way, but there is still room for improvement. Now, …

Asus already has plenty of different graphics card designs, aimed at both gamers and professionals. Now, Asus is launching its first graphics card line aimed at the creator market, with new ProArt RTX 40 series graphics cards.  While graphics cards are traditionally associated with gaming, that's not true for the …

EK's AIO portfolio is expanding this week with the new all-white EK-Nucleus AIO Lux D-RGB AIO CPU cooler, arriving in 240mm or 360mm form.  Following the success of the EK-Nucleus AIO, the company launched the Dark version, aimed at those looking for a more optimized price-to-performance ratio. However, there's still …

Some juicy details have recently surfaced about AMD's upcoming Zen architectures, straight from the LinkedIn profile of one of their engineers. This content has since been removed, but as expected from the Internet, someone was fast enough to take a screenshot. According to the engineer's profile (via Wccftech), he was …

AMD has just announced its latest workstation GPUs. The Navi 31-based W7900 and W7800 will represent the high-end segment of the Radeon Pro series, delivering a remarkable increase in performance compared to the previous generation. The W7900 is a powerhouse, packing 96 CUs and 48GB of GDDR6 ECC memory across …

Although AMD's Zen 5 architecture is not expected to debut anytime soon, it seems the company is already hard at work developing Zen 5 EPYC processors. In a recent report, an alleged engineering sample of a dual AMD Zen 5 CPU system has been spotted running the Cinebench R23 nT …

It's a budget NVMe SSD, available for less than £50 in the UK - but can it perform?

The RTX 4070 is here and today we put it through its paces in a whole heap of games

This week, PowerColor unveiled the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX Spectral White graphics card, the latest addition to the Hellhound line. As the name suggests, the new graphics card looks exactly like the original Radeon RX 7900 XTX Hellhound GPU, but this variant comes in an all-white colour scheme for …

Leo checks out the MSI MPG Z790 Carbon WiFi motherboard

Typically when buying a new PC case, it ships pre-assembled and ready for use. InWin's iBuildiShare series of cases goes in a different direction, with foldable parts so that you can put your PC case together yourself, using 0.8mm SECC steel sheets that you can shape to your liking.  DIY …

EVGA announced plans to delve deeper into other markets after dropping graphics card production from its business. Power Supplies are now a bigger area of focus for EVGA and the company is expanding its offering with the new GE series, offering 80Plus Gold efficiency at an affordable price tag.  The …

Following memory manufacturers like G.Skill and HyperX, TeamGroup is now announcing that it will also release 24GB and 48GB non-binary DDR5 overclocking memory modules. These modules will support XMP 3.0 and operate at speeds up to 8,000MHz. TeamGroup partnered with key motherboard manufacturers to perform compatibility testing of the modules, …

Nvidia GTX 1650 graphics cards are known for using TU117 GPUs, but that might change soon. With the stock of these chips diminishing and Nvidia reportedly planning to replace them, GTX 1650 cards will supposedly start using higher-end Turing GPUs. The report is from the BoardChannels forums (via VideoCardz), where …

Sony’s PlayStation VR2 launched in late February to high praise across the board with many deeming it to be the best virtual reality headset available. Unfortunately, it seems despite the critical reception Sony’s latest headset is off to somewhat of a slow start, with a new report claiming that the …

In recent years we have seen the price of PC hardware, particularly graphics cards, take a substantial hike – due to a whole host of factors both internal and external. As such, being able to snoop out a good deal is paramount when looking to build a new PC or upgrading your current one. EKWB is currently hosting a massive sale on their website with deals up to 60% across their range of waterblocks, motherboards and more...

AMD recently launched the Ryzen 7 7800X3D CPU as part of the Ryzen 7000 series, compatible with all MSI X670, B650, and A620 motherboards. Simultaneously, MSI introduced a set of new BIOS features to boost the chip's performance, including Enhanced Mode Boost, High-Efficiency Mode, and Memory Context Restore.  The Extended …

A few weeks ago, rumours claimed that the RTX 4070 line-up would be split into two camps, with cheaper graphics cards using standard 8-pin PCIe power connectors, and higher-end cards using the new 16-pin power connector. Newly leaked images of Gigabyte's custom RTX 4070 line-up appear to confirm this.  Twitter …

Can the new Phanteks NV7 knock the Lian Li O11D off its perch?

Seagate has released a range of licensed special edition storage drives so far. Today, the company is unveiling its latest, with new Star Wars editions of the FireCuda NVMe SSD, each with a lightsaber design on the heatsink, complete with RGB lighting.  There are three new Star Wars Edition FireCuda …

Intel has started to discontinue the first few 11th Gen Core "Tiger Lake" processors. The process began on April 3rd, 2023, and will run until January 26th, 2024, when Intel will ship the last batch of these CPUs to customers.

It's finally time to get hands on with the Ryzen 7 7800X3D - what does Leo make of it?