Intel

Alphacool confirms that all of their CPU coolers support AMD's socket AM5

Alphacool's ready for Zen 4

Published: 19th August 2022 | Source: Alphacool | Author: Mark Campbell

All of Alphacool's currently available coolers will be compatible with AMD's Ryzen 7000 series CPUs

Alphacool has today confirmed that all of their currently available CPU water blocks and All-In-One (AIO) Liquid Coolers will support AMD's Ryzen 7000 processors and AM5 motherboards.

The included mounting kits with Alphacool's currently available products are

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Insanity! - Gigabyte's AORUS Gen5 10000 SSD promises up to 12.5 GB/s read speeds

Gigabyte's latest SSDs are more than 50% faster than their predecessors

Published: 19th August 2022 | Source: Gigabyte Aorus | Author: Mark Campbell

Gigabyte is ready to launch their next-generation of AORUS SSDs, promising users high speeds and up to 4TB capacities

SSD storage is about to enter the PCIe 5.0 era, setting a new performance barrier that hardware manufacturers can aim towards. With their first PCIe 5.0 SSD, Gigabyte plans to deliver sequential read speeds of

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Intel

ASUS' ROG Z690 Hero Recall is Old News - Here are the facts

Last year's news is doing the rounds again

Published: 19th August 2022 | Source: US Consumer Product Safety Commission | Author: Mark Campbell

Don't worry, your ROG Z690 Hero probably isn't a fire hazard

On August 18th, the US' Consumer Product Safety Commission released a statement regarding the recall of ASUS's ROG Maximus Z690 Hero motherboard due to "Fire and Burn Hazards", leading many PC/hardware websites to report

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Samsung's developing 1TB DDR5 DRAM modules for next-gen servers

Need more memory? Samsung may soon have a solution for you

Published: 19th August 2022 | Source: AMD Meet The Experts | Author: Mark Campbell

Samsung's working on insanely dense DDR5 memory modules for future servers - 1TB per DIMM

At AMD's latest Meet the Experts event, the company discussed the latest memory technologies with Samsung, who confirmed that the company plans to create next-generation DDR5 memory solutions that can offer memory capacities of up to 1TB per module

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Corsair's a1600 VOYAGER laptop is now available to pre-order

Corsair's first gaming laptop has beastly specifications

Published: 18th August 2022 | Source: Corsair | Author: Mark Campbell

Corsair's first gaming is an all-AMD gaming monster

Starting today, Corsair's AMD Advantage A1600 Gaming Laptop is available to pre-order, with Corsair confirming that the laptop will be available with North American, UK, German, French, and Nordic keyboard layouts at launch.

As mentioned before, Corsair's A1600

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Corsair H115i Elite 280mm AIO Review

Introduction and Technical Specifications

Published: 18th August 2022 | Source: Corsair | Price: | Author: Tom Logan

Introduction

There is no doubt that Corsair range of AIOs is amongst the best around, with everything from the famous H50 that started it all, up to the Elite Capellix 360 models that bring everything you could hope to find to the cooling of your processor.

For most of us the sweet spot lies somewhere between these two models. After all, a 120

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Crusader Kings 3's DLC prices are being doubled

The DLC price hike is coming on September 13th

Published: 18th August 2022 | Source: Paradox | Author: Mark Campbell

Crusader Kings 3's DLC is about to get a lot more expensive

Paradox has confirmed that the DLC content for Crusader Kings 3 is about to get a lot more expensive. On September 13th, the pricing of the game's flavour packs is almost doubling, with the game's Northern Lords and Fate of Iberia seeing their prices increase from $

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Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered's first patch improves HBAO+, Ray Tracing, and more

Work on the game's next PC patch has already started

Published: 18th August 2022 | Source: Spider-Man - Steam | Author: Mark Campbell

Spider-Man Remastered's first PC patch has landed - Here's what it does

Marvel's Spider-Man has proven to be a huge success for Sony, launching on PC with relatively few issues. The game runs well on most hardware, the game launched with relatively few bugs, and the game is very fun to

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Phison confirms that older PCIe 4.0 SSDs will work well with DirectStorage as new "optimised" drives casts doubt

Newer drives and optimised firmware will deliver better results, but most NVMe SSDs already surpass Microsoft's DirectStorage requirements

Published: 18th August 2022 | Source: PC Gamer | Author: Mark Campbell

You won't need a new NVMe SSD to take full advantage of Microsoft's DirectStorage API - Phison Confirms

In recent weeks, Phison revealed their I/O+ technology and Sabrent revealed their new Rocket 4 Plus G SSD, both of which are designed to accelerate DirectStorage workloads, delivering stronger levels of

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Intel

Intel's Raptor Lake CPUs reportedly have a 350W Extreme Performance Mode

Good luck keeping this Raptor cool

Published: 18th August 2022 | Source: prohardwer | Author: Mark Campbell

Some Intel 700 series motherboards will have an insane 350W mode for Raptor Lake series CPUs

Intel's likely to launch their next-generation Raptor Lake processors within the next few months, and rumour has it that Intel has an "extreme performance mode" up their sleeve that can deliver up to 15% performance gain for those that are crazy enough to use it

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