Components

By Darren Allan AMD has unveiled a trio of new GPUs aimed at the machine learning and AI arena to rival Nvidia’s Tesla range, backed up with a suite of open source software offerings for an all-round solution. The Radeon Instinct range are high-performance GPU solutions for machine intelligence – deep learning and training –…

By Darren Allan Qualcomm has announced the Centriq 2400, noting that it’s the first server CPU in the world to be built on a 10nm process, and one that could be a worry for Intel and indeed AMD, particularly given other recent developments in terms of Qualcomm hooking up with Microsoft over Windows and ARM.…

By Darren Allan Western Digital has revealed new hard drives and SSDs aimed at the enterprise, including a new fourth-generation helium drive which offers the biggest capacity available in the HDD world, and a super-speedy solid-state drive. The Ultrastar He12 is helium-based 3.5-inch hard disk which uses PMR technology and notches up 12TB in capacity,…

By Darren Allan Nvidia has a new offer on the go for those buying GTX 1050, GTX 1050 Ti or GTX 1060 graphics cards (or systems containing them), with a choice of one of three free indie games being offered, including the virtual reality shooter which some have described as the best reason to buy…

By Darren Allan The GeForce GTX 1060 with 3GB of video RAM could possibly become a more compelling budget graphics card option, at least if speculation about it adopting the same chip as the GTX 1070/1080 is on the money. According to the rumor mill, Nvidia is set to use GP104 chips (as seen on…

By Darren Allan One of the bigger complaints concerning Apple’s new MacBook Pro – particularly the base 13-inch model – is its relative lack of connectivity. A dongle is a potential way round this, of course, and a nifty new offering which claims to be the world’s fastest and most compact Thunderbolt 3 USB-C Hub…

By Darren Allan HP has announced an overhauled Secure Managed Print Services (MPS) solution which the company claims represents a new standard in bolstering the security of networked printers against cyber-attacks. Broadly, the redesigned scheme includes a raft of professional services such as ‘print security implementation’, whereby trained security technicians deliver and implement corporate print…

By Desire Athow Far more powerful computers coupled with much better tools (like cloud-based services) have slowly transformed the way scanners are being perceived – not to mention the arrival of smartphones with multi-megapixel sensors. While these multi-purpose, ubiquitous devices can compete with dedicated scanners in ad-hoc scenarios, they are inadequate for anything that requires…

By Darren Allan Are you mulling over a potential move to an SSD? If it’s a 2.5-inch solid-state drive you’re after, then Amazon has quite a bargain with a 750GB offering from Crucial which has been slashed to just £106. The MX300 750GB SATA 2.5-inch SSD (with 9.5 mm adapter) is Amazon’s best-selling internal SSD.…

By Darren Allan AOC has unleashed its fastest Agon gaming monitor yet, with a refresh rate and response time swift enough to please even the most demanding eSports competitor. The Agon AG251FZ is a 25-inch Full HD (1920 x 1080) monitor with a refresh rate of 240Hz (the fastest you can get right now) and…

By Desire Athow You may well be sitting in front of your monitor all day, regardless of whether you’ve jumped on the laptop bandwagon or not, so making sure that you have the right one is essential for the benefit of your eyes and physical health. Choosing the correct monitor doesn’t only mean getting one…

By Desire Athow The sheer range of business printers is bewildering and with the many manufacturers in the market after your money, making the right decision can be tough. It’s doubly tough when you realise why there is so much competition; the real money is made on the many consumables your business will be purchasing…

By Darren Allan After previous whispers about AMD’s incoming Radeon RX 490 flagship graphics card, the rumor mill is now claiming that the board will not only be revealed, but actually launched as soon as next month. This is the word from Wccftech.com, which cites sources claiming that the RX 490 will be both announced…

By Desire Athow Size matters, and the best SSDs prove it. Back in 2008, Intel launched its first solid state drive for £400, and in return, you were given a mere 80GB to store your files. Things have changed in the last eight years, however. Nowadays you’ll pay almost 25x less than what you did…

By Jon Porter Outside of a monitor, your mouse and keyboard are the most important things connecting to your PC gaming experience, which is why it’s important to have quality under your fingertips. A mouse is especially important. A bad mouse won’t last long, will be uncomfortable to use, and will prove unreliable when you…