Introduction. AMD's newest desktop GPU, Radeon RX 6600 XT is an impressive piece of engineering hamstrung by the twin evils of a subjectively high SEP and lack of availability. On the plus side ...

Introduction. Conventional wisdom has it that those in the market for a high-end CPU cooler ought to buy a Noctua. There's merit to that line of thinking, as the Austrian firm's cooling solutions ...

MSI isn't reinventing the wheel here, and neither should it attempt to. Few companies have the necessary expertise to build modern NVMe PCIe M.2 SSDs from scratch.

Fine for productivity because of its wide-angle IPS display, the GB2770HSU-B1 hits its stride in gaming. Paired with a Ryzen 9 5950X and Radeon RX 6700 XT combination, we're able to hit the ...

Introduction. Arctic has served as a go-to provider of no-nonsense coolers for the best part of two decades. The firm's traditional CPU heatsinks are renowned for offering well-rounded performance ...

Introduction. Corsair's rapidly expanding product line is showing no signs of a Covid-related slowdown. Following hot on the heels of the RGB Pro XT all-in-one coolers launched earlier this year ...

If you haven't done so already, it's well worth investing time in reading the architecture that makes Zen 3 so good.. Getting straight to the nub of the matter, Ryzen 7 5800X uses a single CCD die ...

All three models are available in a choice of black or white, and it has to be said, we're quite partial to the pale 5000D. Light-coloured chassis can be hard to pull off, but Corsair's done a ...

Introduction. Gaming monitors are very much a case of personal preference. Some savour the extra eye candy of a 4K resolution, others take a liking to an ultrawide aspect ratio, and there are ...

Introduction. The final GeForce RTX 3080 to grace the labs is from Nvidia stalwart EVGA. Part of a five-strong line-up, the XC3 Ultra Gaming slots neatly into the middle of the stack, above the ...

CCN positioning. Image credit to ARM. Modern mainstream and premium ARM system-on-chip (SoCs) products use the CoreLink Cache Coherent Network (CCN) 504 or, more recently, 508 interconnects.

Introduction. Graphics card launches have moved into top gear as Nvidia and AMD flesh out the premium end of the market with a slew of boards based on Ampere and Navi technology, respectively.