Picking up the best gaming headset is almost always going to beat external speakers when it comes to FPS games, helping you hunt down enemy footsteps with pinpoint accuracy. However, for other games you might just want to sit back without the pressure of a pair of headphones wrapped around your ears, which is where the …
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TeamGroup might’ve been one of the first to announce that consumer DDR5 RAM is coming in 2021, but it’s not alone in ushering in the new standard. Asgard – the Chinese-owned memory company, not the mythical home of Norse gods it’s named after – has now joined the ranks, announcing three capacities of its very …
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When it comes to putting together the best gaming PC, the case is often an afterthought based on the budget you have left or what you think looks the best. But since it houses all of your shiny new components, it’s not all about aesthetics – you’ll want the case to have good airflow to keep your …
Best PC case in 2021 – the top chassis to house your new build Read More »
The best gaming PC isn’t complete unless it’s paired with one of the best SSDs for gaming and a report from Trendfocus shows PC builders and consumers are certainly heeding that advice. Throughout 2020, SSDs outsold conventional hard disk drives, shipping 333 million over the 259 million its mechanical counterpart managed to shift last year. …
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If you’re looking to make your new PC build unique, then instead of picking up a new case, why not go for a DIY solution, such as a PC stuffed inside a hollowed-out Xbox One? Redditor Teapowereddesigner has turned one of Apple’s PowerMac G5 cases from the early noughties into one of the best gaming …
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Colorful has released its SL500 Mini SATA SSD, and while you’re probably rolling your eyes at the thought of SATA being remotely newsworthy in 2021, there’s something special here – it’s the smallest SSD you can buy right now. Weighing in at 2g with a size of just 2.6×6.8cm, Colorful says it’s perfect for both …
If you’ve been putting together a new gaming PC, and you’ve splurged too much on the best graphics card and best gaming CPU to have any funds left over for a PC case, why would you not just enshroud your components with the thousands of lego bricks you have stashed away in the attic? Redditor …
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If you’re building the best gaming PC in 2021, then an NVMe SSD is essential for nearly instantaneous boot times and improving game performance. In fact, some games now even require an SSD in their system requirements, such as Cyberpunk 2077 and Microsoft Flight Simulator. We’ve found two great deals on the latest generation of …
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System requirements are always changing, with what was once the recommended amount of RAM to play a game slowly but surely becoming the minimum. And that’s to say nothing of more demanding tasks, like photo and video editing or, well, Chrome tabs. A lack of RAM could be the source of any performance bottleneck you …
Best gaming RAM – fast, cheap, and RGB memory picks for 2021 Read More »
If you’re looking for the best SSD for gaming right now, then a PCIe 4.0 NVMe drive is your best bet, with speeds of up to 7000MB/s. Since we’re nearing the theoretical maximum speeds of 8GB/s in its x4 M.2 format, however, we’re already looking ahead towards PCIe 5.0 technology before PCIe 4.0 even becomes …
PCIe 5.0 SSDs are on the horizon just as Intel shifts to PCIe 4.0 support Read More »
