With the new AMD Athlon 3000G, ‘team red’ are hoping to capture that entry-level budget gaming market. Yet have AMD hit the mark with this, or fallen short? Let’s find out!
The madlads at Valve did it: we actually, truly, really do have a new Half-Life game coming in the form of Half-Life: Alyx!!! Sound the alarms, get the hype train started, IT’S HAPPENING!!! But first, we need to build a PC to play the thing.
An often-overlooked part of a PC gaming setup is what gaming chair to buy. Most modern “gaming” chairs are more form that function, lined with bright colors and shaped like race car bucket seats. But the truth is that you might not need one of those “gaming” chairs. In fact, you’re usually better off buying […]
Up until a few years ago, the value king for gaming was the Intel i5 processor. More recently, AMD’s Ryzen APUs have stolen the show at the low tiers, and we all know that no integrated graphics from Intel can currently compete with AMD’s Vega 8 and Vega 11 iGPUs. So it’s a no-brainer for […]
If you’ve spent more than five minutes checking headphones online, you’ve probably realised a few things: There’s thousands of different headphones. There’s thousands of different headphones with different properties and use cases. There’s thousands of different headphones with different properties and use cases, all within your budget. So you’ve furrowed your brow, opted out of […]
These days, you don’t need to get a humongous gaming desktop to play AAA titles at max settings. With lower prices, powerful components, and sleek designs—now is an excellent time to get a gaming laptop. Most modern gaming laptops feature Nvidia’s new RTX cards, although even the ones with older GPU models manage to achieve […]
There is perhaps nothing more enjoyable to a hardcore PC gamer than an ego-stroking list highlighting the most demanding games that their system can run. This may be because it’s amazing to see a machine handle what used to be a major challenge for the high-end computers of yesteryear—or it may be because there’s nothing […]
M.2 SATA, M.2 NVME, SSD, HDD—if any of those abbreviations make your head spin faster than a hard drive platter, look no further. This article outlines the different storage options on the market today, highlighting the best use-cases for each and recommending the best product in every class. Upgrading an older storage drive to an […]
Just when you thought new releases from NVIDIA could not get any weirder, they go and announce the GTX 1660 to the world. With their first push into mid-tier-priced cards in years, we take a look at creating a balanced PC with the GTX 1660!
The rapid development of virtual reality (VR) headsets has been one of the most exciting leaps in tech in the last five years. What was once a clunky, expensive technology relegated to university research departments has become mass-produced and cheap enough for anyone to enjoy. We’ll break down what types of headsets are out there, […]
