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By Darren Allan Nvidia’s line-up of Pascal-based desktop graphics cards will soon be complete with the release of the GeForce GTX 1050, and the specs of this low-end model have just been leaked. It’ll be based on the GP107 GPU and according to the leak from Chinese site Benchlife, the GTX 1050 will run with…

By Kane Fulton We’re big fans of mechanical gaming keyboards here at TechRadar. We appreciate anything from multi-color backlighting all the way to dedicated macro keys, but it’s the various tactile switch types that get our fingers excited. Little did we know that we would be experiencing a brand-new switch for the first time at…

By Kane Fulton We’re big fans of mechanical gaming keyboards here at TechRadar. We appreciate anything from multi-color backlighting all the way to dedicated macro keys, but it’s the various tactile switch types that get our fingers excited. Little did we know that we would be experiencing a brand-new switch for the first time at…

By Desire Athow The Xeon with a secret In the history of processing power, faster didn’t always quench the need for speed which is why multi-threading, multi-core and multi-socket solutions were introduced, first at the very top-end of the market and more recently to consumers. Having more of everything does help to speed up performance…

By Kevin Lee Logitech wants to lower the barrier of entry for PC gaming by launching a new Prodigy line of affordable peripherals staring with a keyboard, mouse and headset. Starting with the G213 Prodigy RGB gaming keyboard, it offers all the premium features of a gaming keyboard for just $69 (about £50, AU$90). It’s…

By Jon Porter USB Type-C’s march to take over literally every digital connection has hit another milestone with the announcement that the connector will soon be upgraded to carry HDMI signals. Although USB is unlikely to act as a full-on replacement to HDMI anytime soon according to Intel architects Brad Saunders and Rahman Ismail, the…

By Darren Allan Over at IFA 2016 today, Asus has been busy showing off the ZenBook 3 with an important change to the processor spec, along with a portable, super-thin 15.6-inch full HD monitor – and plenty more besides. We’ve already seen the ZenBook 3 of course – in fact we took it for a…

By Darren Allan Over at IFA 2016 today, Asus has been busy showing off the ZenBook 3 with an important change to the processor spec, along with a portable, super-thin 15.6-inch full HD monitor – and plenty more besides. We’ve already seen the ZenBook 3 of course – in fact we took it for a…

By Darren Allan Following Intel’s official unveiling of its new Kaby Lake (seventh-generation) processors, and a rash of incoming notebooks set to use the CPUs, Microsoft has confirmed what it announced earlier this year – that only Windows 10 will support this new processor. And it’s not just Kaby Lake either, but all future processors…

By Darren Allan Following Intel’s official unveiling of its new Kaby Lake (seventh-generation) processors, and a rash of incoming notebooks set to use the CPUs, Microsoft has confirmed what it announced earlier this year – that only Windows 10 will support this new processor. And it’s not just Kaby Lake either, but all future processors…

By Kevin Lee One of the most annoying things about working in the office has to be the constant clicking of mouse and so now Logitech has decided to snub out this problem with its first ever silenced mice. The new Logitech M330 Silent Plus and M220 Silent Mouse are designed to be whisper quiet…

By Kevin Lee One of the most annoying things about working in the office has to be the constant clicking of mice, and now Logitech has decided to tackle this particular irritation with its first ever silenced mice. The new Logitech M330 Silent Plus and M220 Silent Mouse are designed to be whisper-quiet even when…

By Patrick Goss LG has announced two new 21:9 monitors, including a 34-inch curved 144 Hz gaming monitor and a 38-inch behemoth built for designers. On the gaming front, the LG 34UC79G has what LG describes as a ‘blindingly fast’ refresh rate alongside one millisecond motion blur reduction. There’s AMD’s FreeSync functionality, while Black Stabilizer…

By Joe Osborne Who (and where) is MediaTek? When was the last time you thought about what’s inside your phone or that set-top box under your TV? Not the thousands of photos or movies you’ve downloaded, but what’s physically inside of it. We’re talking about the hardware inside those devices that makes it go. Sure,…

By Joe Osborne Who (and where) is MediaTek? When was the last time you thought about what’s inside your phone or that set-top box under your TV? Not the thousands of photos or movies you’ve downloaded, but what’s physically inside of it. We’re talking about the hardware inside those devices that makes it go. Sure,…