Making sensible choices with Ampere.Introduction The final GeForce RTX 3080 to grace the labs is from Nvidia stalwart EVGA. Part of a five-strong line-up, the XC3 Ultra Gaming slots neatly into ...

GeForce RTX 3080 GPUs are still coming in thick and fast to the labs. The situation remains exactly the reverse at retail, where Ampere-based stock is more of a trickle than a steady stream ...

Gaming monitors are very much a case of personal preference. Some savour the extra eye candy of a 4K resolution, others take a liking to an ultrawide aspect ratio, and there are those who are ...

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 ...

Wouldn't it be nice to have the entire office kitted out with 5K monitors? That's the dream, but if budget limitations are forcing you to lower the bar, fear not as there are plenty of high ...

Introduction Common practise in the high-end PC graphics space is to first release a GPU by building a reference board around it. Nvidia does this with Founders Editions and AMD has followed suit ...

Introduction It is easy to see the appeal of a console gaming monitor. Fast response times are an obvious attraction, and with the convergence of PC and console technologies, a single 4K HDR ...

We suspect most folk would claim complete impartiality, yet there isn't a tech company out there without its own horde of fans. Some folk like to support the underdog, others build allegiances ...

Introduction Graphics card launches have moved into top gear as Nvidia and AMD flesh out the premium end of the market with a slew of boards based on Ampere and Navi technology, respectively. The ...

Storage giant WD splits its eponymous internal solid-state drives (SSDs) into six recognisable families. Performance is taken care of by various speedy drives under the Black umbrella, enterprise ...

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 ...

Introduction 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 ...