Components

By Darren Allan Intel has revealed a number of new CPUs of the desktop and mobile variety, with both Skylake and Broadwell processors being added to the company’s official line-up. What’s interesting about these models – eight in total have been added to the firm’s roster – is that they have rather different model numbers,…

By Darren Allan Intel has revealed a number of new CPUs of the desktop and mobile variety, with both Skylake and Broadwell processors being added to the company’s official line-up. What’s interesting about these models – eight in total have been added to the firm’s roster – is that they have rather different model numbers,…

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By Andrew Wiliams Introduction Read too much into the mainstream press and you could easily think you can do everything on your phone. Of course, that’s not really true. Want to try playing The Witcher 3 on an iPhone 6S or try convincing Kanye to make his next record with a Nexus 5X? Thought not.…

By Andrew Wiliams Introduction Read too much into the mainstream press and you could easily think you can do everything on your phone. Of course, that’s not really true. Want to try playing The Witcher 3 on an iPhone 6S or try convincing Kanye to make his next record with a Nexus 5X? Thought not.…

By Darren Allan Want to convert your non-touch notebook into an all-singing-and-dancing laptop with a touchscreen display? Then you might want to check out the AirBar. This is a new gadget made by Neonode (due to be shown off at CES next month) and it falls under the bracket of simple but ingenious inventions (at…

By Darren Allan Want to convert your non-touch notebook into an all-singing-and-dancing laptop with a touchscreen display? Then you might want to check out the AirBar. This is a new gadget made by Neonode (due to be shown off at CES next month) and it falls under the bracket of simple but ingenious inventions (at…

By Kane Fulton Best Graphics Cards Are you a PC gamer? Then trust us on this: there is no other component nearly as important as the graphics card. Yes, your monitor and even your mouse matter. But nothing has more impact on both frame rates and fun than your graphics card. Problem is, at any…

By Kane Fulton Best Graphics Cards Are you a PC gamer? Then trust us on this: there is no other component nearly as important as the graphics card. Yes, your monitor and even your mouse matter. But nothing has more impact on both frame rates and fun than your graphics card. Problem is, at any…

By Darren Allan AMD is hooking up with Samsung as a supplier for its chips in 2016, at least according to the rumour mill. This piece of speculation comes from the Electronic Times, via the usual anonymous sources. According to the South Korean paper, both Samsung and Globalfoundries will be involved in jointly manufacturing an…

By Darren Allan AMD is hooking up with Samsung as a supplier for its chips in 2016, at least according to the rumour mill. This piece of speculation comes from the Electronic Times, via the usual anonymous sources. According to the South Korean paper, both Samsung and Globalfoundries will be involved in jointly manufacturing an…

By Darren Allan LG is teasing the products it will be showing off at CES, and they include an ultra-light laptop, along with a range of tasty monitors aimed at gamers and creative professionals. How light is ultra-light? In the case of the LG gram 15, it’s incredibly light and LG is claiming this is…

By Darren Allan LG is teasing the products it will be showing off at CES, and they include an ultra-light laptop, along with a range of tasty monitors aimed at gamers and creative professionals. How light is ultra-light? In the case of the LG gram 15, it’s incredibly light and LG is claiming this is…

By Darren Allan As you’re no doubt aware, for some considerable time now – since Sandy Bridge processors were introduced by Intel – overclocking hasn’t been possible (or rather, any real overclocking hasn’t) and CPUs have been locked at their default clock speed unless you pay a bit more for an unlocked ‘K’ model (and…

By Darren Allan As you’re no doubt aware, for some considerable time now – since Sandy Bridge processors were introduced by Intel – overclocking hasn’t been possible (or rather, any real overclocking hasn’t) and CPUs have been locked at their default clock speed unless you pay a bit more for an unlocked ‘K’ model (and…