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Time for a retest - this time in a two unit configuration!

Today we are looking at the new Fractal Design cooler - is it any good?

Nvidia's latest financial report landed earlier this week and it seems that the company's jump back in to the console market is paying off. The Nintendo Switch launched this year and already, it has doubled Nvidia's Tegra revenue compared to the same period of time last year. Meanwhile, overall revenue …

EA held its quarterly earnings call last night and as usual, some interesting information came out about the publishers plans and view of the market. We already know that Bioware's new IP has been pushed back of FY 2019, but it seems EA has also been surprised by growth in …

Microsoft dropping support for older versions of Windows isn't an irregular thing. However, with Windows 10, the company is approaching things a little differently. From today onwards, Microsoft will no longer be issuing monthly service and security updates to the original build of Windows 10. Unlike past versions of Windows, …

An innovative M.2 heatsink and Dual M.2 ports crammed into the mini-ITX form factor.

Over the last couple of years, Bioware's main studio has been secretly working away on a brand new IP. According to current information, this game is set to be a ‘live service' title in a similar vein to Destiny. Initially, this game was expected to be coming out in 2017 …

One of the biggest stories of 2016 was the Apple V FBI encryption and privacy battle. At the time, the FBI wanted to force Apple into cracking an iPhone 5c used by a criminal but by doing so, Apple would be forced into creating a backdoor to its software, which …

Cooler Master is adding a new member to its family of cases today with the launch of the MasterBox Lite 5. This is an ATX mid-tower chassis featuring a ‘DarkMirror' front panel to help class up the front of your case. This is more of a straightforward, mainstream case for …

Update: Way back in August 2016, it was discovered that Google is building a brand new operating system, currently codenamed ‘Fuchsia'. Since then, things have been a little quiet on that front but this week, new footage of the OS in action has been released, showing off the UI elements. …

Over the last couple of years, PC Gaming has been more prevalent at E3, thanks to the PC Gaming Show. Over the last two years, AMD has been the main sponsor of this event, using it as an opportunity to show off new graphics cards but this year, the show …

Prey has only been out for a few days at this point but speed runners are already having a lot of success with it. This week, Speedrunner ‘DraQu' set the speed run record for Prey and then almost instantly broke it again, beating the game in 45 minutes and then …

Today we look at the FSP Dagger 600W SFX power supply. If you can find it, worth a purchase?

While some networks are staying one step ahead by agreeing to drop roaming charges across the EU early, others are dragging their feet a bit. Over the last two years, the European Union has been working to abolish mobile network roaming charges across 47 European countries. This law comes into …

With the X10 R9000 AD7200 Wireless Router NETGEAR gives us our first look at 802.11ad.

As we learned earlier this year, Valve is planning some significant changes to the Steam Store at the moment. One of the key changes has been Steam's recommendation algorithm, which Valve has now fully detailed in a new update, going over the Steam Store's ‘philosophy' and the tech behind it …

The Home Assistant connected device market seems to be massive in the United States, with an estimated 60.5 million users this year taking up the devices, according to a recent report from eMarketer (that's a little under 1-in-5 human beings in the country) . So it stands as no surprise …

Ever since releasing the original ‘flagship killer' a few years back, OnePlus has generated a fairly large following. This year, the phone maker will be back with the OnePlus 5 and as we have come to expect from OnePlus, it will feature specs to match the likes of Samsung, with …

As popular as AMD's new Ryzen processors have been, one of the common complaints has been DDR4 RAM speed compatibility. While some users are able to break the 3000MHz barrier, others see their memory speeds capped much lower. Fortunately, a new microcode update is on the way and it will …

The Titan Katana combines the Ryzen 7 1700 CPU and GTX 1070 graphics card, priced close to £1,300.

Dead Island 2 has had a turbulent development cycle, the game was originally supposed to release in 2015 but was then delayed to 2016. Shortly after that delay, the studio handling the project was let go by publisher Deep Silver and since then, the game has been floating in limbo. …

2017 has been a very busy year for AMD already, but the company still has quite a bit to reveal to us from behind the scenes and some of that information may be coming as soon as next week. Earlier today, invites started going out for an AMD event on …

Way back in the late 80s and early 90s, Nintendo and Sony formed an alliance, bringing to life what we now refer to as the ‘PlayStation SNES'. This prototype console was essentially a Super Nintendo with a CD-ROM drive built in, allowing it to play discs and cartridges. The relationship …

Way back in 2014, Overkill, the studio behind the PayDay series, announced that it would be making a new co-op game based on The Walking Dead. This caused quite a bit of buzz back then and while more details were released in 2015, things have been quiet since. The game …

be quiet! are back with a very small air cooler - the Pure Rock Slim. Is it worth £24.95?

Over the course of 2016, we reviewed quite a few coolers from Deepcool, including its Captain EX 120 and 240 all-in-one liquid coolers. Now in 2017, Deepcool is giving them something of a refresh, adding a new wired controller and RGB lighting. The original Captain EX 120 and 240 were …

Corsair has long been one of the top makers of gaming peripherals and this week, the company unveiled its all new mouse, the Corsair Glaive RGB. The Glaive combines a 16,000 DPI sensor with interchangeable thumb grips, allowing you to change the shape of the mouse depending on your preferred …

Years ago, Blizzard lost the Gold Master disc for the original Starcraft, containing all of the original source code. Eventually, it was put in a box of Blizzard memorabilia and was sold on eBay, ending up in the hands of Reddit user ‘Khemist49'. At the time, there were plenty of …

Has Gigabyte ticked all the boxes for mini-ITX gamers?

We have known for some time now that Bethesda and AMD have partnered up to optimise future games for Ryzen CPUs and Radeon GPUs. The first game to benefit from this partnership is Prey, which launches today. To mark the occasion, AMD has shipped a new Radeon Software update, which …