Phanteks' Glacier One 360D30 CPU Liquid Cooler Review

Introduction - A new AIO for ultra-clean PC builds

Published: 1st September 2023 | Source: Phanteks | Price: | Author: Mark Campbell

An ultra-clean AIO for modern PC builds - Meet Phanteks' Glacier One 360D30

Phantek's latest generation of all-in-one CPU liquid coolers have launched, and they are designed both to deliver better thermal results than their predecessors, and to allow PC builders to create tidier systems.

With daisy-chainable fans and

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Better Late Than Never - MSI confirms plans to create new Radeon GPUs

MSI simply aren't ready to manufacture these new GPUs

Published: 1st September 2023 | Source: Andreas Schilling - Twitter | Author: Mark Campbell

MSI are making Navi 32 GPUs, but they will not be available at launch

MSI are not one of AMD's launch partners for their newly revealed Radeon RX 7800 XT and RX 7700 XT graphics cards, and now we know why. Thanks to Andreas Schilling , Editor of Hardware Luxx, we can confirmed that MSI

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Starfield's PC player count on Steam is insane, and the game's not even fully launched yet

Starfield is already a huge success on PC, and the game hasn't even launched yet

Published: 1st September 2023 | Source: SteamDB | Author: Mark Campbell

Starfield is already one of Steam's most played games, and it hasn't even launched yet

Starfield's official release date is September 5th, but Premium Edition purchasers are now able to play the game thanks to the title's early access benefit. That means that a lot of gamers on PC and Xbox are

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Starfield problems - Intel's ARC GPUs are struggling to play Bethesda's newest RPG

Starfield's Premium Edition Early Access has started, and Intel ARC GPU users aren't happy

Published: 1st September 2023 | Source: Intel Graphics | Author: Mark Campbell

Intel's ARC GPUs have issues running Starfield, but a fix should arrive before the game's general release next week

Starfield is now available to play though the game's Premium Edition Early Access period, and users of Intel ARC series GPUs have not been having a good experience with the game so far.

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Huge Gains! - Patch 2 for Baldur's Gate 3 adds substantial optimisations to the game

Baldur's Gate 3 now runs a lot better on PC

Published: 31st August 2023 | Source: Baldur's Gate 2 Patch Notes | Author: Mark Campbell

Expect higher framerates in Baldur's Gate 3 following the release of Patch #2

Patch 2 for Baldur's Gate 3 has just been released, and it has delivered a wide range of performance enhancing changes that should give PC gamers significant performance gains across all areas of the game. Additionally, velocity vectors have also been added

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Saints Row creator Volition Games is closing down

The Embracer Group are restructuring, and part of those plans will see Volition close

Published: 31st August 2023 | Source: Volition - LinkedIn | Author: Mark Campbell

The Embracer Group has closed Saints Row developers Volition "effective immediately"

Volition has been a game developer for over 30 years, starting off as Parallax Software before changing the company's name to Volition in 1996. The studio is well known for the Descent series, the Red Faction series, and, most famously

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All-White All-NZXT PC Build

Introduction and Parts List

Published: 31st August 2023 | Source: OC3D | Price: | Author: Mark Campbell

Introduction - Building an All-NZXT PC Setup

Like many PC parts manufacturers, NZXT has expanded in recent years to cover more and more areas of the PC gaming market, so much so that PC builders can now construct systems almost entirely of NZXT components.

In recent months we have reviewed new NZXT cases, motherboards, cooling solutions and audio components, and while we have found

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Crisis Avoided - AMD once planned to add 12VHPWR connectors to their latest GPUs

AMD didn't want to use a cable that they lack confidence in

Published: 31st August 2023 | Source: CLUB386 | Author: Mark Campbell

AMD were planning to add 12VHPWR to their Radeon RX 7800 XT and RX 7700 XT GPUs, but the idea was dropped

In an interview with Club386 , AMD's Scott Herkleman confirmed that the company once considered using the controversial 12VHPWR connector on their Radeon RX 78

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Big Performance Gains! - AMD's GPUs are ready for Starfield

AMD Software 23.8.2 is a must download for Starfield players

Published: 31st August 2023 | Source: AMD | Author: Mark Campbell

AMD promises significant performance gains in Starfield with their latest GPU drivers

AMD Software version 23.8.2 has landed, and it features game-specific optimisations for Starfield, a game that is launching to early access players very soon. This driver claims to deliver up to 16% performance gains in Starfield, which is a huge performance

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Intel

A new high-end contender - Thermaltake launches their TOUGHAIR 710 Black CPU cooler

This new heatsink is available starting today

Published: 31st August 2023 | Source: Thermaltake | Author: Mark Campbell

Thermaltake's latest heatsink promises powerful cooling and low noise levels

Thermaltake has today launched their new TOUGHAIR 710 Black CPU cooler, a new dual-tower CPU heatsink that boasts strong levels of cooling performance and low noise levels with its dual 140mm fans, seven heatpipes, and broad levels of CPU socket support.

With a price tag of £79.9

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