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A no-nonsense card that works well. Introduction AMD stalwart Sapphire has simplified its line of PC graphics cards. Gaming enthusiasts looking for the most cost-effective method of purchasing a ...
Today's games aren't getting any smaller. High-res textures, additional modes and frequent content drops have resulted in ballooning file sizes, and whereas a 500GB SSD may have seemed vast just a ...
The near-silent monster arrives.Introduction Few graphics cards have elicited as much interest as the one born from the fruits of Asus and Noctua labours. Asus provides the GeForce RTX 3070 ...
WD updated its performance Black and NAS-optimised Red series of M.2 SSD drives within the last year. Handy to know, but the real volume seller in the PC space is the entry-level Blue line. HEXUS ...
In recent times, AMD has led the charge on implementing new standards across graphics cards and motherboards. The X570 chipset, released in 2019, ushered in expansive connectivity and PCIe 4.0 ...
Introduction Issues affecting supply of high-end PC hardware continue to plague the industry as we move into Q4 2021. There's some light at the end of a long tunnel as stock of graphics cards has ...
A colourful take on Apaltek coolers. Introduction Fractal Design is doing good things in the chassis arena, and its power supplies tick a lot of the right boxes, but when it comes to liquid ...
Last week, Intel's data deluge shared during its Architecture Day was welcome but certainly needed time to digest. The presentation was over two hours long, and one of the PDFs we received from ...
MSI isn't reinventing the wheel here, and neither should it attempt to. Few companies have the necessary expertise to build modern NVMe PCIe M.2 SSDs from scratch. Spatium M480 uses a tried-and ...
Introduction AMD's newest desktop GPU, Radeon RX 6600 XT is an impressive piece of engineering hamstrung by the twin evils of a subjectively high SEP and lack of availability. On the plus side ...
Radeon RX 6600 XT Analysis AMD uses what is known as the Navi 23 die for this card. Purposely designed for the mid-range segment, the 237mm² footprint and 11.1bn transistors is comfortably ...
Introduction High-performance towers and liquid all-in-ones tend to hog the limelight when it comes to CPU coolers, but there are instances where other form factors warrant consideration. Top-flow ...