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There are an extraordinary number of Z170 motherboards currently available to buy, of which a substantial proportion of these directly target the growing PC Gaming market. While it is true that Gaming motherboards tend to be more expensive than non-Gaming counterparts, due to the extra design work and features implemented …

Oculus has come a long way since starting its initial Kickstarter for the Rift and over the last several years, a lot has changed and evolved when it comes to virtual reality. As an enthusiast of the technology he was trying to push, Palmer Luckey has made plenty of public …

We have been hearing about AMD's Radeon Pro Duo for a while now but today, the company is finally bringing it to the market, featuring 16 teraflops of compute performance and LiquidVR technology to help developers looking to dive in to creating virtual reality content. Virtual Reality demands a lot …

If you were wondering what the inside of a HTC Vive virtual reality headset looks like but don't have the stomach to take your own one apart, never fear, iFixit is happy to do it for all of us. The step by step process is a lengthy one, but ultimately …

When thinking about which SSD to buy Transcend might not be the first name that springs to mind but they have been in the Flash storage game for many years. They have a range of SSD's for both consumer and industrial market segments using a variety of controllers and NAND. The …

Right now, rumour is pointing towards AMD finally launching its dual-Fury graphics card, the AMD Radeon Pro, later this week and now that looks even more likely as some benchmark results for the card have leaked on to the web this evening. As we reported last week, at least one …

As much as this generation of virtual reality hardware is amazing, the one big reminder that we're still not really in the fantastical world around us, is that we're tethered to the real one by cables. Zotac is looking to alleviate that problem with its new VR backpack, which gives you …

Despite a few supply issues, the past two weeks have seen the commercial launch of two high-end virtual reality headsets from Oculus VR and HTC/Valve, so understandably there's a lot of buzz about the topic. Part of that buzz is whether you have a system that is capable of powering …

The first big consumer virtual reality headsets have hit the market and while Oculus might be struggling to meet shipping dates, expert analysts still have high expectations for virtual reality hardware sales in 2016. According to research firm IDC, VR hardware will “skyrocket” in 2016 and generate well over $2 billion. …

2016 is the year of VR and KitGuru has published many articles on the topic already – we have discussed the technology, presented an AMD technical analysis (with an Nvidia analysis coming soon) and showcased an unboxing of the HTC Vive. News Editor Jon Martindale has had a pre-release version …

Following on from all of the rumours pointing towards a swiftly approaching launch for Nvidia's new Pascal graphics cards, a new image has appeared online. This time, we get to have a good look at the GP104 die, specifically, the GP104-200, which is a cut down version of then GP104-400. …

Right now, AMD hardware can be found in the Xbox One, PS4 and Wii U. However, the company could see more than $1.5 billion in revenue over the next few years thanks to “three design wins” from the company's console-focussed chip making business, coinciding with rumours that Nintendo, Sony and …

The Oculus Rift launch didn't get off to the best start, with many customers having their units delayed by part shortages. While Oculus didn't give us the full story surrounding the hold up in manufacturing, reports this week seem to point towards a lens shortage specifically. Many of those that …

While AMD officially announced the Radeon Pro Duo several weeks ago at this point, boasting three times the power of a Titan Black, the company has yet to announce a release date for its dual-fury graphics card. However, one retailer may have jumped the gun, as a listing for the …

As much as tracked hands might be one of the major selling points of the HTC Vive, some developers are already looking beyond that. With talk of HTC/Valve releasing standalone tracking pucks at some point, one developer has strapped a pair of ‘old' controllers to his feet and has used …

AMD has updated its roadmap for Radeon graphics card launches over the next two years, revealing some interesting bits of information. For starters, Polaris is still on track to launch this year, but we apparently won't be seeing HBM2 feature on an AMD GPU until the Vega architecture releases in …

The introduction of the Skylake platform by Intel successfully brought DDR4 to the “mainstream” market, previously DDR4 uptake had been limited by the high entry costs of the only supported consumer platform at the time, X99. As a direct result of the larger market for DDR4 afforded by Skylake there …

Do you want to try out virtual reality but don't have a friend with a headset? Do you know such a person, but don't have enough space to really test it out? Then never fear, we have found a solution. Overclockers UK in Stoke on Trent, is now offering roomscale, …

A couple of weeks back, we got out first look at what could be the new cooler design for Nvidia's upcoming series of Pascal graphics cards. At the time, the image was of a ‘work in progress' model but now a snap of the final product appears to have found …

Here on the PC, exclusive games isn't something we've ever really had to worry about but with the launch of VR, we have seen some games become exclusive to the Oculus Rift. Yesterday, someone figured out a way around that and got the Oculus exclusive title, Lucky's Tale, running on …

Virtual Reality has finally arrived in the hands of consumers but it looks like Valve and HTC have plans for the Vive headset to evolve a bit over time as future firmware update plans aim to add in “real, new functionality”. Speaking on the RoadToVR podcast, Valve developer, Jeremy Selan, …

In-case you haven't been following the VR scene particularly closely, it was shaken up quite violently in 2015, when Oculus VR was purchased by Facebook. While the parent firm has been rather quiet on its plans for the VR start up, now that the first consumer hardware is shipping (slowly), …

If you've ever wondered what it's like to perform surgery to remove cancerous tissue from a patient's bowel, today is the day to find out. All you need is a decent internet connection, a willing mind and a virtual reality headset. This is the first operation ever streamed in 360 …

One of the least tasteful aspects of the launch of commercial virtual reality headsets, was when Oculus VR announced that it would be restricting some of its games to its store, making them Oculus exclusives. However just two weeks after the initial hardware launch, someone has already developed a patch …

It looks like we are gearing up to the official announcement of Intel's Broadwell-E series of processors as motherboard maker ASRock has confirmed the new series of chips, including the 10-core 6950x Extreme Edition CPU. We have seen some leaks here and there over the last few months, with Broadwell-E …

Following on from yesterday's reports that Oculus has had to push back Rift shipment dates by a significant margin this week, the company has decided to offer a formal statement on the matter. As we know, the Rift has been facing supply chain issues, causing pre-orders to go out late …

SanDisk’s X400 is the successor to the X300/X300s series and is aimed at the corporate/mainstream market segments. It can be seen as an improved combination of both previous drives as it has the 256-bit AES encryption of the S version of the X300 built in as standard. The X400 family …

There has been a lot of talk surrounding Nvidia and the launch of the upcoming Pascal graphics cards over the last few weeks. We have seen supposed leaked images of the cooling shroud, we have heard about a potential reveal at Computex and now, word on the street is that …

Oculus has been facing some issues with the launch of the Rift, last week the company revealed that it was facing a component shortage and now this week, customers are being warned of lengthy delays and given new shipping windows. Oculus sent out some shipping update emails to customers last …

As much as the early crop of virtual reality games are exciting and innovative, the catalogue is still pretty small. Things will be different in a year or two, but for now, if you want to try out some of your favourite gaming classics in virtual reality, you can do, …