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The 10 best graphics cards in the world

By Kane Fulton On PC, choosing the right graphics card (GPU) for your build can be the difference between barely pushing 30 frames-per-second (fps) at the lowest settings and playing Skyrim Special Edition, remastered for the glorious 4K 60 fps gold standard. Unfortunately, with so many cards to choose from, buying a graphics card isn’t…

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Seagate unleashes the world’s biggest portable hard drive

By Darren Allan Seagate has launched a new BarraCuda drive which offers the biggest capacity you can currently get for an external HDD, alongside a fresh FireCuda model which is targeted at gamers boasting speedy performance levels. For those who want the most space to cart about their photos, videos, documents, presentations or other files,…

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Seagate unleashes the world’s biggest portable hard drive

By Darren Allan Seagate has launched a new BarraCuda drive which offers the biggest capacity you can currently get for an external HDD, alongside a fresh FireCuda model which is targeted at gamers boasting speedy performance levels. For those who want the most space to cart about their photos, videos, documents, presentations or other files,…

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Western Digital revisits SSDs with speedy Blue and Green drives

By Kevin Lee Western Digital has been the king of hard drives for the longest time and its recent acquisition of SanDisk signaled the company ambitions further establish itself in the SSD world. And so months after the merger, the company is introducing its first WD Blue and WD Green SSDs. As with its hard…

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Western Digital revisits SSDs with speedy Blue and Green drives

By Kevin Lee Western Digital has been the king of hard drives for the longest time and its recent acquisition of SanDisk signaled the company ambitions further establish itself in the SSD world. And so months after the merger, the company is introducing its first WD Blue and WD Green SSDs. As with its hard…

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Leaked Nvidia GTX 1050 Ti benchmarks hint at budget 1080p bruiser

By Darren Allan Those of you looking for an affordable graphics card with some genuine punch when it comes to 1080p gaming will be heartened by a new set of leaked benchmarks for Nvidia’s incoming GeForce GTX 1050 Ti. We should see the base 1050 and the peppier Ti model arrive before the month of…

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Leaked Nvidia GTX 1050 Ti benchmarks hint at budget 1080p bruiser

By Darren Allan Those of you looking for an affordable graphics card with some genuine punch when it comes to 1080p gaming will be heartened by a new set of leaked benchmarks for Nvidia’s incoming GeForce GTX 1050 Ti. We should see the base 1050 and the peppier Ti model arrive before the month of…

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The best hard drive and SSD deals in October 2016

By Brendan Griffiths There has never been more content available to fill your hard drive space on your laptop or desktop PC. Movies, music, and those many Steam games you bought in the sale that you absolutely will play one day all need a home. On the plus side, storage manufacturers are constantly striving to…

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The best hard drive and SSD deals in October 2016

By Brendan Griffiths There has never been more content available to fill your hard drive space on your laptop or desktop PC. Movies, music, and those many Steam games you bought in the sale that you absolutely will play one day all need a home. On the plus side, storage manufacturers are constantly striving to…

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Here’s what Microsoft’s Surface keyboard looks like

By Darren Allan Remember the Surface-branded keyboard which was rumored last week? Well, we’ve now got a look at the device courtesy of images filed by Microsoft with the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) – and apparently there’s a Surface Mouse in the pipeline, too. Windows Central spotted the image of the keyboard which you can…

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Here’s what Microsoft’s Surface keyboard looks like

By Darren Allan Remember the Surface-branded keyboard which was rumored last week? Well, we’ve now got a look at the device courtesy of images filed by Microsoft with the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) – and apparently there’s a Surface Mouse in the pipeline, too. Windows Central spotted the image of the keyboard which you can…

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Here’s what Microsoft’s Surface keyboard looks like

By Darren Allan Remember the Surface-branded keyboard which was rumored last week? Well, we’ve now got a look at the device courtesy of images filed by Microsoft with the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) – and apparently there’s a Surface Mouse in the pipeline, too. Windows Central spotted the image of the keyboard which you can…

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Gigabyte’s new GTX 1080 is a cool customer that’ll blow you away

By Darren Allan Gigabyte has revealed a new GTX 1080 graphics card which boasts one-click overclocking along with a ‘turbo fan’ cooling system, and it promises to pitch up at a palatable price. The GeForce GTX 1080 Turbo OC 8G’s core specs consist of a base clock of 1632MHz with boost to 1771MHz in gaming…

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Gigabyte’s new GTX 1080 is a cool customer that’ll blow you away

By Darren Allan Gigabyte has revealed a new GTX 1080 graphics card which boasts one-click overclocking along with a ‘turbo fan’ cooling system, and it promises to pitch up at a palatable price. The GeForce GTX 1080 Turbo OC 8G’s core specs consist of a base clock of 1632MHz with boost to 1771MHz in gaming…

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AMD blasts last CPU salvo before the launch of Zen processor

By Darren Allan AMD has unleashed a new range of processors which bring the company’s Bristol Ridge tech – previously seen on mobile CPUs – to desktop PCs. The seventh-generation AMD Pro processors are APUs (accelerated processing units) meaning they have built-in graphics, and they’re targeted at businesses, and will be available in HP and…

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