Windows 11
5 Jul 21
The system checker tool from Microsoft has been a bit of a clustermess since it was first launched.
For those of you who haven't been following along there was a tool released by Microsoft that ran in Windows 10 and told you if your system would be compatible with the forthcoming Windows 11 upgrade. Almost immediately problems arose where it didn't tell
Zadak Spark DDR5 Announcement
1 July 2021
No sooner have we all just got used to the idea of DDR4 memory, or perhaps taken advantage of the recently launched Ryzen 3rd Gen and Intel 11th Gen CPUs than a new memory specification is on the horizon in the form of DDR5.
Zadak produce high end memory kits and one of their most popular models is the
Beastmen and Lizardmen Oh My
Total War has been impressing us all for years with its combination of overworld turn based strategy and almost 4X style gameplay, and the RTS mode with more units than you can shake a stick at. There have been many takes upon the formula but we think that the Warhammer Fantasy setting is comfortably the best of them. Not only do you get some spectacular units to
New Lian Li Range
Whilst most of the country was watching England finally beat the Germans in a knock out format, the rest of the worth carried on which means we must carry on despite a heroic quantity of beer inside us. Lian Li have been holding their second Digital Expo, and they've revealed a raft of models that will be in shop soon, alongside a couple of prototypes.
Introduction
Along with power supplies the CPU cooling you use, and definitely the case into which everything is installed, tend to be the parts of your case that survive the longest. We upgrade our GPUs all the time, CPUs now and again, motherboards rarely, but cases could've been designed for IDE hard drives and we still cling to them. This is particularly true if you
I'm Sorry, Dave. I Can't Let You Do That
There is always a lot of discussion when a new version of Windows is released. Whether it's the insanity of the tile system from Windows 8, or the move to a MacOS style central icon section for the forthcoming Windows 11.
Whilst many people are
Introduction
We're big fans of when the market gets together and produces a range of products which work in harmony together. This is especially important if you're the kind of person who wants their system to be aesthetically pleasing. Anyone who has been building rigs for a few years will know the difficulty in getting things to match, especially if you've got tastes outside of
Microsoft To Ditch Skype
The pandemic did much to change the way we all interact with each other. Unable to see our family or loved ones many of us took to utilising the many video calling apps to be able to keep in touch. The trouble is that there are so very many to choose from and all with lots of positives and negatives.
Depending upon your own age, dear
Seagate Reveals FireCuda 530 Gen4 NVMe
25 June 2021
Nobody gets tired of having more storage, or indeed faster storage, and any opportunity to see something new we can lust after is one we're always going to take.
Seagate are one of the most famous manufacturers of storage options and data solutions. During SG21, their inaugural
CPU Benchmarks Added to 3DMARK
24 June 2021
We're all familiar with 3DMARK thanks to its easy method of comparing and contrasting gaming systems since pretty much the year dot. Regardless of your feelings about synthetic tests, we've all used 3DMARK and we're all, at least partly, aware of our own 3DMARK score.
Naturally gaming