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On Monday we ran a little public poll on our Facebook page. Around 2,000 readers answered and today, as promised, we share the results. No, This is not an AMD versus Nvidia editorial because that always gets much too heated and people end up arguing over nothing. We simply wanted …

Platinum is the new gold! Not really, but the Seasonic PRIME 850W Platinum is a killer supply.

This week, we are once again teaming up with Game Max to offer you guys the chance to win a PC upgrade bundle, including a Cobalt Game Max case, a Game Max GM1050W power supply and a gaming mouse/keyboard combo to top it all off. The case we are giving …

Does Gigabyte's Aorus AX370-Gaming 5 back up flashy lights with its performance?

Back in February, Leo and I went to Brussels to visit Calyos and take a look at their completely-passive NSG S0 chassis prototype. Today, Calyos has announced that the finished product will be launching on Kickstarter tomorrow, March 29. According to our information, the early-bird price will be just 479 Euros – …

Back in January, we started coming across the first rumours surrounding Intel's next HEDT CPU launch. At the time, we heard that Skylake X and the X299 platform would be launching in August but it seems that things might be further along than we thought as this week, AIDA 64 …

Just last week, Intel kicked off its rollout of Optane products, featuring its long in development 3D XPoint technology. It all began with the Optane DX P4800X SSD for data centres but this week, Intel is launching something more consumer-oriented. In April, Intel will begin shipping Optane Memory in 16GB …

Eurocom are a Canadian company. That’s unusual, but even so we won’t drag up a weak joke about Bryan Adams, Rush or maple syrup.

It looks like Microsoft's upcoming Surface Book 2 might take a bit longer than expected. We previously heard rumours that Microsoft might be planning to launch its next-generation laptop at its next event in April but reports this week point towards that not being the case, with reliable sources coming forward …

As fun as I am finding Mass Effect Andromeda at the moment, the game has plenty of shortcomings, some of which include various bugs and in-game issues. Fortunately, Bioware is already working to fix Andromeda's problems, with the next patch focussing on various bugs, performance drops and unintended progression blocks. …

Newcastle's Life Science Centre will be the home of a hands-on technology event called Maker's Faire on Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd of April 2017. Enthusiasts of all ages are invited along to be inventive, creative, explorative and down right playful.  Cooler Master will be there with an unusual challenge and …

A high-end AM4 motherboard with plenty of features on offer.

With the second quarter of 2017 now at our doorstep, it is about time to start counting down the days to AMD's launch of the RX Vega. We've already seen some details through various leaks and demonstrations over the last few months and this week, we learned that the RX …

Following on from earlier reports surrounding Apple's plans for augmented reality, new sources have come to light to reveal more about the company's own augmented reality glasses. Apparently, Apple has been working on its one Augmented Reality smart glasses for more than a year already, with plans to possibly unveil …

Cryorig's biggest and baddest air cooler features two 140mm fans and 7 heatpipes - is it worth the £76.99 asking price?

It looks like Microsoft is facing more lawsuits over the rollout of Windows 10 as this week, three new complaints have appeared at the Chicago District Court. These new complaints claim that Microsoft “failed to exercise reasonable care” when pushing out the Windows 10 update, which caused data to be …

It looks like Ofcom and BT are still slugging out out as this week, the telecoms regulator hit BT with a £42 million fine and ordered the company to set aside £300 million to compensate competing ISPs, which have been held back by slow upgrades and BT/Openreach's failure to meet …

Konica Minolta invited us to an event called Spotlight Live about the “rise of the cognitive company and the evolution of employment”.

It looks like last week's Starcraft Remastered rumour held some truth to it as over the weekend, Blizzard dropped its announcement, giving us a trailer and a release date for the game. This remaster features a graphical overhaul for the game, though gameplay has been kept the same with no …

ASUS has slapped a triple-fan cooler and 115MHz overclock onto GTX 1080 Ti. Is this the best graphics card you can buy?

This is the second part of our Star Wars Tie Advanced X1 article – last week we published an unboxing of a cool looking new Drone by company Propel. Propel have been one of the few companies lucky enough to snag a Star Wars license. Their goal was to create …

After a near five year break from the franchise, Mass Effect returns this week with an all new entry to the series. Mass Effect Andromeda leaves earth and Sheppard behind in an effort to expand the universe with new characters, a new story as well as all new planets and enemies. Aside from …

Some technical diagrams for the upcoming AMD X399 and a would-be X390 chipset have made a splash on the internet, it seems. A post on an AMD subreddit included some very convincing chipset block diagrams showing off what looks like the X399 and X390 chipsets, and even a board layout …

Earlier this month, MSI officially began teasing its GTX 1080Ti Gaming X graphics card. This was one of the first custom GTX 1080Ti boards we saw announced and while it won't begin shipping until April, we do know some additional details, like out of the box overclock speeds. The MSI …

Back in February, we first heard that AMD had filed a complaint with the US International Trade Commission (ITC), calling for it to investigate and possibly ban several products sold by the likes of LG, MediaTek, Vizio and Sigma Designs due to patent infringements on graphics technology. Since then the ITC …

Back at CES earlier this year, Dell first unveiled its brand new 32-inch 8K monitor. The Dell UltraSharp UP3218K uses a 32-inch IPS panel running at a monstrous 7680×4320 resolution and while things went quiet on its release for a couple of months, today Dell finally started accepting orders- if …

It looks like Ofcom has some new ideas in mind for UK-based internet providers as this week, the regulator put forward a new proposal under which ISPs would be required to give customers compensation for loss of connection, slow repairs and missed engineering appointments. The proposal, which is bound to upset …

Over the last week or so, Mass Effect Andromeda has received plenty of criticism for its animation quality. There are certainly parts of the game where characters aren't looking as good as they should and sure enough, these moments have all been compiled into highlight reels and spread around like …

The Razer DeathAdder Elite - a premium gaming mouse. Can it justify the £69.95 cost?

After teasing its reveal just a few weeks ago, Corsair has now officially announced the Corsair One, an all-new lineup of pre-built systems designed to deliver high performance in a small package. While some other gaming companies have tried to imitate the Mac Pro's cylindrical design, Corsair has opted for …