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By Darren Allan If you’re getting rid of an old drive – by either selling it (or giving it away) to somebody else, or recycling it – then you’re hopefully aware that you need to securely destroy all the data on that drive. What you might not be aware of are some critical differences between…

By Mark Pickess To add your event to this list, please send information to [email protected]. Love it or loathe it, events and conferences are often where wheelers and dealers in the world of technology meet to decide on the future of the industry. Ironically, technology itself has accelerate the demise of some massive tech events…

By Kevin Lee It’s been less than a month since AMD revealed its flagship octo-core Ryzen processor and now it has revealed its value-packed Ryzen 5-series chips. At the top of the Ryzen 5 heap is the 1600X, which features 6-cores and 12-threads for just $249 (about £200, AU$320). By comparison, the cheapest hexa-core processor…

By Darren Allan Prices of SSDs are going to rise this coming quarter as demand outstrips supply, according to a new report which cites a shortage in NAND flash chips – and this will have a knock-on effect on laptops. The report, from analyst firm TrendForce, talks specifically about the prices of SSDs supplied to…

By Darren Allan AMD has come out defending its new Ryzen processors, addressing concerns which have recently been aired on possible problems with Windows 10’s thread scheduler, and temperature-related issues. In a blog post on AMD’s community site, the company said it had investigated reports of Ryzen suffering decreased performance levels at the hands of…

By Dan Grabham,Matt Hanson If you’re looking for a NAS (Network Attached Storage) device to house all your important files (as well as stream media) in your home network, or in an office, then you’ve come to the right place, as we’ve put together a list of the best NAS devices money can buy right…

By Darren Allan Zotac has revealed a trio of new GTX 1080 Ti graphics cards which include some neat cooling tricks and customizable lighting. The top-end card is the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti AMP Extreme (pictured above), followed by the GTX 1080 Ti AMP edition (pictured below), and lastly the base model is the GeForce…

By Jim Hill It’s fair to say that in recent times, there’s been an explosion of increasingly sophisticated IP (internet protocol) cameras – and in this guide to the best of CCTV, we’ve covered the smartest smart cameras on the market. You won’t find any analogue closed-circuit TV systems here, and instead of complex centralised…

By Darren Allan We’ve just discovered that the successor to AMD’s freshly revealed Ryzen chips is expected to be unleashed in early 2018, and the company has already been talking about the sort of performance gains we can expect to see. Lisa Su, chief executive of AMD, revealed details of what she called the Zen…

By Darren Allan Alongside the release of its new GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, Nvidia is unleashing a fresh graphics card driver which promises a performance boost in DirectX 12 games. Those running DX12 games (under Windows 10) will benefit from driver optimizations which according to Nvidia will deliver an average performance boost of 16% across…

By Darren Allan Following the big splash AMD caused with its Ryzen processors, the firm has now revealed initial details on its ‘Naples’ CPUs destined for servers and data centres. These processors are built on the same Zen architecture as Ryzen, and will be delivered in models with up to 32-cores, boasting what AMD describes…

By Darren Allan Logitech has unleashed a new mechanical keyboard aimed at pro gamers that’s been designed in conjunction with eSports veterans (namely the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Cloud9 team). The G Pro Mechanical Gaming Keyboard is a ‘tenkeyless’ effort (with no numeric keypad, making it more compact) that boasts Logitech’s own Romer-G switches, which the…

By Matt Hanson After years of the processor market being dominated by Intel, AMD is back in the game with the launch of its new Ryzen range of processors. It’s also proved to be very popular, with many stores going out of stock – but there are still retailers out there with Ryzen CPUs in…

By Darren Allan AMD’s new Ryzen processors were officially launched yesterday to great fanfare (and plentiful reviews – here’s our 1800X write-up), and they’ve sold out of stock on Amazon already, not to mention other major retailers. Tom’s Hardware spotted that Amazon US has sold out of the flagship Ryzen 1800X, as well as the…

By Darren Allan Fancy having a look at some comparative gaming benchmarks pitting AMD’s new Ryzen processors against Intel rivals? Then your luck’s in, because AMD has released a whole slew of official results to feast your peepers on. In 4K gaming, AMD pitted its Ryzen 7 1800X against Intel’s Core i7-6900K, in a system…