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By Kevin Lee Razer has announced a new Thresher Ultimate wireless gaming headset for the Xbox One and PS4 – also compatible with Xbox One X – that promises to bring Dolby 7.1 surround sound. Both versions of the Razer Thresher Ultimate come equipped with 50mm drivers, which claim to deliver the “highest highs and…

By Kevin Lee Just ahead of the PC Gaming Show, Intel held its own press conference and announced that Intel Core X-series processors will be available for preorder starting next week. Intel’s Core X-series processors, from 4- to 10-core CPUs, will be available for pre-order beginning on June 19 and will ship to consumers the…

By Joe Osborne Logitech has announced two brand new gaming mice, the Logitech G703 and G903, as well as its first-ever wireless charging mouse mat, the Powerplay, in time for E3 2017. Both mice feature much of the same specifications and capabilities, though, the glossy white, $99 (about £77, AU$131) G703 lacks the configurable buttons…

By Darren Allan Gigabyte has shattered some world records for overclocking and benchmarking, after pulling off a rather spectacular overclock on an Intel Core i7-7740K quad-core processor, reaching 7.5GHz using liquid helium cooling. In fact, this was the effort of a team of overclockers led by Gigabyte’s own HiCookie, working with the 7740K – one…

By Darren Allan Apple let loose with plenty of Mac goodness at WWDC yesterday, but one thing you might have missed is that as well as announcing official support for the HTC Vive and Steam VR on Mac, the company also revealed an official first-party external GPU enclosure to supercharge its computers. This means that…

By Mastufa Ahmed Taiwanese PC hardware maker MSI had a busy Computex 2017, showcasing several gaming devices including the GT75VR Titan, Raider and Stealth Pro gaming laptops. Alongside those major launches, MSI also unveiled some new gaming peripherals, including the Vigor GK80 mechanical keyboard, Clutch GM70 mouse and Immerse GH70 Gaming Headset. All three sport…

By Gabe Carey Fourth time’s the charm. At least that seems to be Intel’s contention with its upcoming fourth generation of chips to be based on the 14nm manufacturing node and 8th generation of Core processors altogether. After finally releasing the 7th generation, or Kaby Lake, Core processors unto the world late last year, the…

By Kevin Lee Logitech has announced two new wireless mice with mobile productivity in mind, but what’s arguably more impressive is its new multi-desktop navigation software. Starting off with the hardware, Logitech introduced a pair of its latest flagship mice, the Logitech MX Master 2S and MX Anywhere 2S. Both mice feature improved DarkfieldHigh Precision…

By Darren Allan While we’ve had lots of juicy news from AMD regarding monster Ryzen processors and gaming laptops at Computex, the only disappointing sniff of information on the next-gen Vega graphics card front is that the consumer models won’t be out for quite some time yet (contrary to previous rumors that we’d see a…

By Kevin Lee The Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 might be known as the latest and greatest mobile platform powering the Samsung Galaxy S8, but at Computex 2017, it’s the catalyst for the next wave of Windows 10 devices. But, beyond seeing a ton of new laptops, tablets and 2-in-1s, Qualcomm’s vice president of global product marketing…

By Darren Allan We’ve seen plenty of gaming hardware revealed at Computex 2017 today, and Zotac has added to the growing pile of kit with the introduction of the world’s smallest GeForce GTX 1080 Ti graphics card and new gaming PCs (complete with a new brand, no less). Zotac prides itself on making compact PCs…

By Darren Allan Over at Computex, Cooler Master has revealed a host of new peripherals, led by a rather tasty-looking mechanical keyboard, alongside some mice, a gaming headset and fresh PC cases. The headline revelation is the new flagship MasterKeys MK750 mechanical keyboard (pictured above), which comes with Cherry MX switches rated for 50 million-plus…

By Matt Hanson At one of the most exciting – but least surprising, thanks to a series of leaks and rumors – announcements at Computex 2017, Intel unveiled its powerful new line of Core X-Series processors, including the beastly 18-core Core i9 CPU. The Intel Core i9 is the world’s first ever consumer desktop CPU…

By Chethan Rao ARM today unveiled two new CPUs catering to the high-end and mid-ranged market segments respectively. Starting with the Cortex-A75, the company claims that this CPU offers 22% better performance compared to the Cortex-A73. Further, the CPU can apparently use just 2W of power and offer a 30% increase in performance on large…

By Kevin Lee Imagine fighting your hardest to win a team battle in Overwatch and just when you think you can take that victory swig, a Mercy flies in with a last ditch revive. Your hand jumps back to attention on WASD, but in your haste you’ve inadvertently knocked over the bottle onto your keyboard…