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MSI’s slashing its laptop prices through June, so if you’re thinking of upgrading now’s the time
By Sponsored published
sponsored The company’s laptop 20th anniversary sale is good timing for anyone about to invest in new tech.
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Sad times: The big Shadow of the Erdtree Elden Ring patch is still tarnished with micro-stutter. And it's not always that micro
By Nick Evanson published
Scarlet Stutter The persistent stutter issue is elusive, and some systems won't see it at all, but Elden Ring on at least one of my testing PC is still full of scarlet rot.
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The ideal desk fan for a PC builder: I've kept the best of Britain's lacklustre summer away with Noctua's quiet, effective and pricey desk fan
By Jacob Ridley published
Cool off Noctua's desk fan is everything you'd expect it to be.
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Forget all the AI fluff—some serious next-gen CPUs are on their way, praise the sun
By Andy Edser published
NPUs? Nah, CPUs Yeah yeah, NPUs etc. I wanted proper next-generation CPU announcements at Computex, and I got some.
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The solid-state AirJet cooler 'not bound by the limitations of mechanical devices' aims to double its thermal performance every two years. Y'know, Frore's Law
By Andy Edser published
hot topic A bold claim, but seeing the AirJet Mini Slim perform in person did ease some of my initial scepticism.
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Retesting Ghost of Tsushima with a fresh Arc A770 shows that Intel has a mountain to climb to compete against AMD and Nvidia
By Nick Evanson published
Ghost of Arc But at least the latest game patch and AMD drivers mean RDNA 3 owners can fully enjoy the game now.
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The battle for the heart of next-gen handheld gaming PCs: AMD's Strix Point versus Intel's Lunar Lake
By Jeremy Laird published
AMD v Intel Frame rates or battery life, take your choice...
![A Thermaltake custom case at Computex 2024, with a huge watercooling radiator outside linked to the case itself by long tubing](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ovLWSvyzEvuegKPhhqzawe-320-80.jpg)
Beating the heat: Huge radiators, clever heatsinks and transparent water blocks were the order of the day at Computex 2024
By Andy Edser published
Computex 2024 We live in toasty times, but plenty of companies were keen to keep things chill at Computex.
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AMD is right about AI PCs being 'the biggest change in the PC form factor in the last decade' but it's not because of AI
By Nick Evanson published
It's not AI PC, it's just PC Good competition drives innovation and development, not fads and phrases.
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Mystery RAM slots, watercooled Nvidia GPUs, and dragons galore: The MSI booth was jam packed with PC gaming gear (and crowds) at Computex 2024
By Andy Edser published
Crowd control So busy you could hardly breathe, but some genuinely interesting gaming hardware more than made up for it.
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