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Its £200 - thats a lot of money but how does it work on the PC ?

Want a console replacement but demand maximum performance? MSI's new Trident X (2018) can ship with an Intel Core i9 9900k and RTX 2080 ti graphics card. Its a beast!

Earlier this year, Razer expanded its lineup with the Razer Blade 15, adding a 15-inch display option for the first time. Now alongside the Razer Phone 2 announcement, the company has launched a new base model for the Blade 15 series in addition to a limited edition ‘mercury white' colour …

We've had two massive hardware launches over the last couple of months. In September, Nvidia's RTX 20 series of graphics cards officially became available and now this week, Intel has begun rolling out its 9th Gen CPUs. With those launches now out of the way, we are starting to see …

MSI has wasted no time at all baking Intel’s brand new 9th generation CPUs into its small form factor PC solutions, unveiling the state-of-the-art Trident X series. Packed in the small 10-litre case, the compact desktop is the first of its kind to pack an SFX power supply and MSI’s …

Back in May, PC Specialist launched the Recoil II gaming laptop, complete with a 15.6-inch high refresh rate display, an Intel 8th Gen CPU and Nvidia GTX 10-series graphics. It has been a few months since then and now, PC Specialist is bringing out a bigger version for those who …

In the third instalment of the ‘Briony Games’ series – reviewer and gaming addict Briony tries out ‘Two Point Hospital', the spiritual successor to Bullfrog's Theme Hospital from 1997. Briony hadn't tried the game before filming this video, so come and watch as she designs her own hospital and endeavours to cure …

It's a pre-built desktop from MSI - with a VERY interesting design

During IFA in Berlin last week, MSI launched its latest laptop, the ‘P65 Creator', a sleek white laptop that is primarily built for designers and photographers but also packs a punch for gaming. With the P65, MSI doubled down on design, creating a brushed aluminium and pearl white version. The …

PC Specialist has built a gaming PC for just £799 - we put it through its paces

Got £1150 to spend on a new gaming rig? We look at the Falcon Project X VR Ready Gaming PC

In the first of our new 'Briony Games' series - reviewer and gaming addict Briony Hannam takes a look at 'PC Building Simulator' - a new title which is designed to let people build their own virtual PC system. It could be used as a way of checking how a rig looks before buying the real, physical components online. Briony had never loaded this simulator before producing this video - it was recorded live as she played about with the software herself at home.

Over the years, hardware makers have been trying to come up with new ways to make gaming more immersive. Emerging technologies like Virtual Reality show promise, but for racing game fans, nothing quite beats a full racing simulator setup. The folks at PCSpecialist have teamed up with Milltek to produce …

It's a £2500 custom watercooled system from Cyberpower. Just how good is it?

It's got an overclocked i7-8700K and GTX 1080 Ti - for just £1629.99

Back in the 1980’s, the BBC was at the forefront of bringing computing to the masses. The Computer Literacy Project was a huge undertaking that saw the BBC release its own computer, the BBC Micro, as well as teaching viewers how to program. The BBC is now releasing every single …

We've partnered with Overclockers UK to update our test system for all of our graphics card reviews

8Pack has a history of building ridiculous PCs with insane custom loops – if you don't believe us, just look at the £30,000 Orion X. Over at Computex 2018, we met with 8Pack to see his latest creation, the £10,000 Polaris MK2. While there is undoubtedly some top-notch hardware inside …

It's a pre-built system from Overclockers UK - but is it worth £2400?

Watch Leo build an epic £10,000 watercooled dual system rig!

After eleven months of floating around in the ether, AMD’s Radeon Vega 56 has finally found its way into a laptop- specifically, the new Acer Predator Helios 500. There’s even the option to go all AMD by switching out the default Intel CPU with a 2nd Gen Ryzen 7 processor, …

It's a £2500 system from MSI - but you can't buy it in the UK

You may remember Viglen from way back - we review their £999 Incepta Professional RX PC

If you're a casual gamer, you probably won't need Acer's Predator Orion 5000 – with an i7-8700K and up to two GTX 1080 Tis, it is both immensely powerful and (most likely) immensely expensive. However, for the entry-level gamers out there, Acer's Nitro 50 desktops could be just the ticket. …

At the ‘Next@Acer' event in New York, the first thing to catch our eye was the new range of Orion 5000 desktops. These are from Acer's Predator range, so they are designed with gaming in mind – and it shows. While it is important to note that is is a …

It's a compact, SFF PC from Zotac. Is it 2018's console killer?

It's a smart-looking system from Alienware, but is it just too expensive for what you get?

While console gamers can simply purchase an Xbox or PlayStation from the nearest GameStop and enjoy fun straight out of the box, PC gamers don’t always have this luxury. It takes a lot of resources to build an efficient gaming machine. And if you aren’t careful, you could end up …

PC Specialist is bolstering its gaming laptop line-up today with the official launch of the RECOIL II. This new 15.6-inch gaming laptop slims things down with a new brushed aluminium chassis, while offering plenty of gaming power with new Intel 8th Gen processors and Nvidia GTX 10-series graphics. This is …

There are just a handful of places you can go in the UK to get some hands-on time with high-end PC gaming gear, and more often than not, it involves travelling. ASUS is looking to change that with the launch of the ROG Battle Bus, intent on delivering the ROG …