Aw, micro-ATX PC… you never get the love you deserve! You’re always seen as the middle child between ATX and mini-ITX. Well not today! Let’s get into some builds.
Building a Micro-ATX PC in 2020
- Chris Cunningham
- 29th Sep 2020
- PC Builds
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Building a Mini-ITX PC in 2020
- Chris Cunningham
- 24th Sep 2020
- PC Builds
With the march for bigger and bolder cases ongoing, has the sun set on the Mini-ITX PC? Let’s take a look!
The Logical Increments September 2020 Update
- The Falcon
- 2nd Sep 2020
- Logical Increments Updates
If you missed the nVidia Ampere reveal, you can read a recap here. Ampere, like nVidia’s previous ~2-3 generations of chips, should be really good. Just… be sure to stay realistic and not to get your hopes up too high, or believe too deeply in marketing material. Every modern product launch promises to dramatically alter […]
Battle of the $200 CPUs: AMD or Intel?
- Chris Cunningham
- 3rd Jul 2020
- PC Hardware Comparison
AMD or Intel? It’s a question that comes up at every flagship launch… yet what if the flagship options are irrelevant to you, because you don’t want to spend a fortune on a CPU? What if you just want to spend something more within a sensible budget, plug everything in, and get going? Well, the […]
A Guide to Buying a 4K TV for PC Gaming
One of the best aspects of console gaming is that it’s frequently done from the comfort of a couch. With a dedicated living room gaming PC, a dedicated Home Theater PC, or a streaming box like a Steam Link or an Nvidia Shield, you can have the same experience while PC gaming with a 4K […]
5 PC Hardware Releases Coming in 2020
- Nigel Delmore
- 5th Feb 2020
- PC Hardware
A new decade means lots of exciting new technology to spend your hard-earned money on! If you’ve got the itch to upgrade your PC, it might be worth checking these things out. Then you can either wait to see what improvements are in store, or be confident that a purchase made right now won’t be […]
The Dramatic RX 5600 XT (and Minor GPU Updates)
- The Falcon
- 24th Jan 2020
- Logical Increments Updates
After many rumours and much debate, the RX 5600 XT has been released. Originally slated to be a GTX 1660 “killer”, AMD re-positioned this card to compete with the RTX 2060. From the reviews, you can see that it competes well with the 2060, beating it by a tiny margin. The 5600 XT is a […]
What We Know about Intel’s 10th-Gen Desktop CPUs
- Alex
- 22nd Jan 2020
- PC Hardware
For the past few years, Intel has just barely been able to eke out a competitive edge against AMD’s wildly successful Ryzen chips. For straight gaming, Intel’s i7 and i9 chips have been the leader, albeit by a slim margin over AMD’s multitasking powerhouse lineup of CPUs. Will Intel’s 10th generation, dubbed Comet Lake-S, change […]
Building a PC with the GTX 1650 Super
- Chris Cunningham
- 10th Jan 2020
- PC Builds
Being the latest in the ever-expanding line of GPUs from NVIDIA, here comes the GTX 1650 Super! The GTX 1650 Super sits in a very specific spot in an already stacked line-up. So, where does it fit into all of this? And what would it look like to build a balanced 1080p gaming system with […]
How Many CPU Cores Do You Need?
- Nigel Delmore
- 20th Dec 2019
- PC Hardware
Whether you’re building a new computer or just upgrading your current one, the CPU (central processing unit)—being the ‘brain’ of the computer—is an important component to get right. But, with all the improvements and advancements in recent years on both the hardware and software sides, how many CPU cores do you need?