Components

By Darren Allan Kaby Lake CPUs, the successor to Skylake and seventh generation of Intel’s Core processors, have now begun shipping. This fact was announced by chief executive Brian Krzanich, as Intel revealed its latest financial figures for Q2, although when he says the CPUs have started shipping, that means they’re going out to hardware…

By Darren Allan Kaby Lake CPUs, the successor to Skylake and seventh generation of Intel’s Core processors, have now begun shipping. This fact was announced by chief executive Brian Krzanich, as Intel revealed its latest financial figures for Q2, although when he says the CPUs have started shipping, that means they’re going out to hardware…

By Darren Allan It was all about Nvidia yesterday with the launch of the GTX 1060, but we can focus back on AMD today as Asus has unveiled its new ROG Strix RX 480 graphics card. The stock flavor of the card will be clocked at 1266MHz in gaming mode with boost to 1286MHz in…

By Desire Athow Best business printer: 10 top printers 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’s so much competition; the real money is made on the many consumables…

By Darren Allan Cooler Master has unleashed a new ‘mem-chanical’ gaming keyboard along with a partner mouse, and some headphones for good measure. So, doubtless your first question is: What’s a ‘mem-chanical’ keyboard? It’s like a mechanical keyboard, but it’s not. Clear enough? In actual fact, the Cooler Master MasterKeys Lite sports keys which aren’t…

By Darren Allan Nvidia’s new GTX 1060 is now available for purchase, and this is an affordable graphics card which many folks have been waiting for – after all, Nvidia claims it delivers no less than GTX 980-level performance. Which is pretty astounding for this relatively wallet-friendly step up from the 960. But exactly how…

By Patrick Goss The news that Softbank has snapped up British tech giant ARM for £24 billion (c$31.8bn) might well be met by a shrug of the shoulders by the average person on the street, but the megabucks deal is pretty significant for a number of reasons. You may not be all that familiar with…

By Patrick Goss The news that Softbank has snapped up British tech giant ARM for £24 billion (c$31.8bn) might well be met by a shrug of the shoulders by the average person on the street, but the megabucks deal is pretty significant for a number of reasons. You may not be all that familiar with…

By Darren Allan The latest Asus Republic of Gamers monitor to be wheeled out is a 24-inch panel with a 1ms response time and a blazingly quick refresh rate thanks to the possibility of overclocking the display’s native 144Hz. The ROG Swift PG248Q is a full HD panel (1920 x 1080) with a refresh rate…

By Darren Allan The latest Asus Republic of Gamers monitor to be wheeled out is a 24-inch panel with a 1ms response time and a blazingly quick refresh rate thanks to the possibility of overclocking the display’s native 144Hz. The ROG Swift PG248Q is a full HD panel (1920 x 1080) with a refresh rate…

By Darren Allan Razer has invented a new ultra-low-profile mechanical switch, which it has put to use in a keyboard case for Apple’s iPad Pro. The idea here is that the low-profile switch allows for a nicely slim and portable keyboard, without sacrificing anything in terms of the typing experience. Razer says that the new…

By Darren Allan Razer has invented a new ultra-low-profile mechanical switch, which it has put to use in a keyboard case for Apple’s iPad Pro. The idea here is that the low-profile switch allows for a nicely slim and portable keyboard, without sacrificing anything in terms of the typing experience. Razer says that the new…

By Darren Allan AOC has launched new 24-inch gaming monitors that boast fast response times and a choice of anti-stutter technology. The pair of models are the AOC Agon AG241QG and the higher-end AG241QX, although both are 24-inch TN displays with a 2560 x 1440 resolution, screen brightness of 350cd/m2 and dynamic contrast ratio of…

By Darren Allan AOC has launched new 24-inch gaming monitors that boast fast response times and a choice of anti-stutter technology. The pair of models are the AOC Agon AG241QG and the higher-end AG241QX, although both are 24-inch TN displays with a 2560 x 1440 resolution, screen brightness of 350cd/m2 and dynamic contrast ratio of…

By Darren Allan Razer has launched a new gaming mouse, the Abyssus V2, with the philosophy ‘less is more’ – in other words, the device offers what the peripheral maker believes are the most important features for tournament-level gaming in a simple package that won’t break the bank. So you get a 5,000 DPI optical…