HWBot Professional Overclockers Cup: R1 2014
In most technical hobbies, such as cars, audio, visual, or even non-technical, such as hiking or reading, there are a level of extreme enthusiasts that go above and beyond what … Continue reading
Building a £500 Gaming PC
As part of an overclocking demonstration I did in Hull for the last two days, one of the public that watched the event asked about building a gaming PC with … Continue reading
Eurocom X7 17.3″ Laptop with i7-4930MX, GTX 780 SLI + 4.5TB Storage ?!
When I hear the word laptop, ultimately this screams the word ‘portable’ to me. Something not wholly powerful but you can carry around. 17.3 inch screen laptops are thus a … Continue reading
29″ 2560×1080 Dell U2913WM on the cheap: £350
I am always monitor browsing. If it’s not for my next testing monitor, I’m considering a 2×2 arrangement for 4K, or looking at something with silly resolution densities like the … Continue reading
ECS Launch H81 Motherboards with Durathon Certification
Almost every motherboard manufacturer likes to have some form of certification on their motherboards to showcase advanced testing or improved components – with ECS this is called Durathon. Durathon is … Continue reading
AMD Revises Naming Scheme for GPUs?
Every 5 generations or so all the major product manufacturers go through a name change. For example, NVIDIA went through 6000, 7000, 8000 and 9000 series before starting at 1xx, … Continue reading
EUROCOM offer 11.6″ Notebook with 1.5 TB Storage
Storage is becoming less and less of an issue, in general. Most people are happy with 128GB from an SSD for normal usage with photos and home movies, but gamers … Continue reading
8Pack and OCUK Launch World’s Fastest Systems
Got a spare £10k? Need a new PC? OverclockersUK and 8Pack have you covered with a new line of extreme systems. These systems are developed and hand built by 8Pack, … Continue reading
Intel launches Haswell Pentiums and i3 Series. But…
September 1st, the official launch date of the low end Haswell processors, has come and gone. On the launch list are the following: Name C/T Speed Turbo Power Price i7-4771 … Continue reading
MSI Announces the GTX 780 Lightning GPU, One of the World’s Fastest
For the last few generations, MSI has launched LIGHTNING versions of their graphics cards on both the AMD and NVIDIA side. These cards are designed to be the fastest GPUs … Continue reading
New H81 Motherboards from GIGABYTE
For almost every review site, the main area for motherboard reviews is in the medium to high-end. This is because manufacturers want their premium products to showcase the best of … Continue reading
MSI’s new AG2712A Gaming All-In-One
As a PC user, something strikes me fairly odd about the All-In-One market. This are like old Macs – you get a PC and a screen in one chassis that … Continue reading
ASUS Z87-Deluxe/Quad Announced: Introducing Thunderbolt 2
The purpose of Thunderbolt is simple – the goal is to be the standard for data transfer, display and PCIe connectivity. This means in a single Thunderbolt port a user … Continue reading
HWBot bans Win8 due to MS Flaw [Update 27.08.2013]
Currently being strewn across the internet, news of overclocking league website HWBot’s decision to ban Windows 8 submissions has gathered a lot of interest. As posted by Pieter-Jan Plaisier, the … Continue reading
Did AMD’s 5 GHz CPU Just Get a $500 Price Cut? [Update]
Despite the fact that AMD released their top of the line AMD FX processor, the FX-9590 that turbos up to 5.0 GHz, less than two months ago, it seems that … Continue reading