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Recently, an insider shared the first renders of AMD's upcoming ‘Raphael' processors, using leaked information to put the visual together. Since then, more details have come to light, giving us a new look at the IHS that may cover AMD's next generation of desktop processors. Interestingly, the heat spreader may …

Phanteks is about to expand the Glacier One AIO liquid cooler series with a 360mm white coloured model. Featuring 3x 120mm fans and a PWM pump, the Glacier One 360MPH AIO liquid cooler provides “sufficient cooling for an advanced modern system”. The 360mm aluminium dual radiator of the Glacier One …

Valve has recently shared the results of the Steam Hardware & Software Survey for May 2021. According to the data, AMD has crossed the 30% usage milestone, suggesting AMD's market share in the mainstream gaming market is growing. As per Steam Hardware & Software Survey: May 2021 results, AMD processor's …

We are a few days away from the launch of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti, but the first benchmarks have already started to surface. The first benchmarks results are from Geekbench 5 and Ashes of the Singularity, which should give us a good idea of what to expect from …

At Computex this week, AMD revealed the RX 6000M series of GPUs for laptops. As it turns out, AMD may have more graphics cards to announce very soon, with the latest leaks pointing towards a new flagship Radeon PRO with a massive 32GB of memory. Leakbench, a Twitter account dedicated …

While fans eagerly anticipate the new PlayStation VR hardware which Sony showed off recently, the console manufacturer continues to support and push the VR platform’s software side. As part of the latest PSVR spotlight, 7 new VR games were shown off, including Sniper Elite VR. The first game shown off …

We sit down with EKWB's Joe Robey for a wide-ranging discussion, looking at everything that EKWB announced at this year's Virtual Computex...

When AMD announced FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) at Computex 2021, the company also revealed a list of compatible Radeon graphics cards, ending with the 4 year old RX 580 and RX 570. As it turns out, RX 400 series graphics cards will also be supported.  The announcement was made on …

NZXT has been slowly expanding its N7 motherboard line-up this year. In March, we saw the launch of the company's N7 B550 motherboard and now, the NZXT N7 Z590 is launching for high-end Intel-based systems.  The NZXT N7 Z590 retains the same sleek design as the company's other motherboards, simplifying …

With the RTX 3080 Ti now technically ‘available', it is time for a new Nvidia driver update. The latest GeForce driver brings day-one support for the RTX 3080 Ti, in addition to Nvidia DLSS and Reflex integration on several games.  Aside from day-one support for the RTX 3080 Ti, which …

Our latest 'Leo Reacts' video for Computex 2021 is devoted to EKWB and their enormous range of products for custom loop liquid cooling. In particular we were taken by the Nucleus AIOs and an enormous array of radiators... but EK had plenty more shiny and exotic items to unveil..

Raja Koduri is back at it again, teasing the upcoming flagship Intel Xe-HPG graphics card. This week, the SVP of Intel Architecture, Graphics, and Software at Intel came to Twitter to share a photo of the Xe-HPG GPU with 512 EUs and stated that Intel is already looking into AMD …

EK Expo at Computex 2021 included many announcements from the company. Whether you're interested in new workstation and gaming systems, a new line of AIO coolers, the completion of the Quantum line of cooling components, the upcoming Velocity² and Vector² water blocks, or a brand-new case, EK has got you …

RTX 3080 Ti is here - but does it need to exist?

During AMD's keynote at Computex, we got an early look at new 3D stacking technology that the company is working on. Using a prototype Ryzen 9 5900X with 3D stacking, significant performance improvements were shown, with games running up to 25 percent faster. 

Now that Nvidia has announced the RTX 3070 Ti and RTX 3080 Ti GPUs, it's time for AiB partners to share their designs and cards. There will certainly be more third-party graphics cards in the future, but for now, we have details on the first models announced by Asus, MSI, …

G.Skill is teaming up with MSI to deliver co-branded Trident Z Maverik DDR4 member kits as part of MSI's MPG Gaming Maverik bundle. Offering speeds up to 3600MHz and capacities up to 32GB, the Trident Z Maverik memory kits aim to be “the ideal companion” for high-end gaming on the …

Intel has officially introduced two new processors to the 11th Gen Core mobile line-up: the Core i5-1155G7 and the Core i7-1195G7. Both processors are similar to other SKUs, offering slightly higher clock speeds while maintaining the core configuration. Like the other i5 and i7 processors of the 11th Gen Core …

During the 2021 Thermaltake Expo June Virtual Exhibition, the PC components manufacturer has introduced new colour variants to some of its most popular products and new real leather gaming chairs. Anyone thinking about getting a Tower 100 mini chassis can now choose between three additional colours. The Tower 100 mini …

The beginning of the DDR5 era is just before us. ADATA has just announced plans to launch its first DDR5 modules in Q3 2021. The modules will come with up to 32GB capacities each and clocked at 7,400MHz, but Adata claims they can be overclocked up to 12,600MHz. The new …

Today at Computex, Nvidia announced the RTX 3080 Ti and RTX 3070 Ti graphics cards. Alongside these new GPUs, the company also announced a number of games getting RTX feature support, including the likes of Doom Eternal, Red Dead Redemption 2 and Rainbow Six Siege.  This follows on from rumours …

Let's see how this Gigabyte Aorus Z590 board deals with the i9-11900K

Today at Computex 2021, Nvidia officially announced the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti graphics card, Nvidia's new gaming flagship. Up against the last generation RTX 2080 Ti, the 3080 Ti is said to be 1.5 times faster in games.  The jump to the Ampere architecture brought about 2nd Gen RT Cores …

AMD has been working on FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) for quite some time now. Now, Radeon's open source alternative to Nvidia's DLSS is ready to go, promising up to 2.5x higher performance in some titles...

AMD is kicking off Computex with new GPU announcements. Today, AMD is launching the Radeon RX 6000M series of mobile GPUs, featuring RDNA 2 architecture, Infinity Cache and support for features like Smart Access Memory, SmartShift, Radeon Chill and the FidelityFX tool suite. This launch is part of a new …

The latest report on Intel Xe-HPG graphics cards includes a lot of new details about the upcoming GPU family. The PCB Intel is using for its flagship DG2 desktop graphics card has also leaked, giving us our best look yet at what to expect from Intel in the graphics card …

The next generation of AMD Ryzen Threadripper processors is on the way. Previous reports claimed an August launch, but sources now say that this is the announcement date, which will be followed by availability in September.  The rumour was shared by STH Forum member “lihp”, who also posted information about …

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In a completely unexpected move, Intel added four new processors based on the Tiger Lake architecture to its product database. What is even more surprising is that all of them are for desktop, marking the launch of the first 10nm processors for desktop from Intel. The new processors were initially …

A new report has revealed the PL values of the upcoming Alder Lake-P and Alder Lake-M mobile processor architecture. While Alder Lake-M comes with rather conservative values maxing at 30W, Alder Lake-P goes well beyond that, reaching up to 115W. Intel's hybrid processor architecture should be more efficient as it's …