Latest articles by Jacob Fox
Motherboard manufacturers beat AMD to the punch confirming Ryzen 7 9800X3D as the first 9000X3D chip to launch next week
News The latest whispers from the grapevine are that it won't be cheap, either.
AMD's Dr. Lisa Su predicts AI GPU market will grow to $500 billion by 2028 or 'roughly equivalent to annual sales for the entire semiconductor industry in 2023'
News Please feed some of that back into gaming GPUs, Dr. Su.
Extreme overclockers might need new mounting frames for AMD 9000X3D chips, as Thermal Grizzly says two 'are likely incompatible without modifications'
News De-lidders beware.
Ayaneo's teasing us with concept photos of its 'Code: REVO' handheld, a codename 'symbolizing the innovative strength that leads gamers to walk into a whole new dimension of Ayaneo handhelds'
News Marketing fluff it may be, but pretty marketing fluff nonetheless.
SteelSeries Arctis GameBuds review
Best Buds A premium pair of versatile, high-quality wireless gaming earbuds.
Three—yes, three—upcoming Legion Go handhelds are rumoured to sample the entire generational mix of AMD Z2 processors
News Buckle up because AMD doesn't seem to want to make understanding its Ryzen Z2 processors easy.
You might want to hold off installing the latest Game Ready Nvidia GeForce driver if you're using Corsair iCUE or Bluestacks
News Optimised performance or RGB control? You decide.
Cutting through the 'fake news', Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang says Blackwell's design flaw was '100% Nvidia's fault' and there are no tensions with TSMC
News Team Green's AI server chips can now roll out unhindered.
The best gaming projectors in 2024: These are the beamers I'd use for my home gaming theatre
Beam me up Bigger and more portable than monitors, grab one of these projectors for the ultimate home gaming experience.
You can now turn your Raspberry Pi 5 into a proper retro gaming PC with official hardware as the manufacturer just released its own PCIe 3.0 SSDs
News No third-party HATs or SSDs needed.
Remember that Redditor who claimed to be scammed by Overclockers UK? The company just slapped down a paper trail to suggest 'the customer was trying to defraud us'
The UK retailer's recent statement shows it still has a bone to pick.
AMD might not give up on AM4 just yet as it looks like more refreshed 5000-series chips are on the way
News Two generations old but still kicking.
Corsair TC500 Luxe gaming chair review
Luxury seat A comfy, stylish, subtle gaming chair held back by one frustrating design flaw.
No need to wait for Black Friday when this solid RTX 4080 Super gaming PC is cheaper than similar builds were for October Prime Day
Deal Ryzen 7 7700X | RTX 4080 Super | 32 GB DDR5-6000 | 1 TB SSD
Best external SSD for gaming in 2024: These are the portable drives I'd use for backups, game libraries, and travel storage
SSDs to go Bag one of the best USB Type-C SSDs for game storage on a PC or console.
I didn't realise how much I needed a comparative thermal paste database until now—here's +1 rep to Igor's Lab for this world first
News Formed of real-world testing data and featuring a filter for skill level.
Nvidia might be in the blame game with TSMC over Blackwell chip failures, but that doesn't mean it will go back to Samsung
News It's not impossible, but TSMC's incredibly strong right now.
Researchers seem to have cracked 6G wireless, achieving speeds over 9,000x faster than the 5G average at 938 Gbps—would download Black Myth Wukong in 1.1 seconds
News Vegeta, what does the scouter say about the 145 GHz bandwidth wireless transmission of orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) signals?
There may be a use for the Copilot key after all, but not quite yet—Microsoft is toying with the idea of allowing us to change what it opens
News You might want to hold fire with those keycap pullers.
SanDisk Desk Drive 8 TB external SSD review
Hefty puck Not the most portable drive but great for system backups, giant game libraries, and media storage.
Adata SE920 2 TB external SSD review
Glass cannon The glass cannon of portable drives: fast but expensive and possibly even risky.
October Prime Day was bangin' this year because we're nearing the end of a generation—this might mean last calls for value this Black Friday
News Do we go for value right now, or next-gen hardware come early 2025?
Fraudsters sentenced for tricking Apple out of more than a whopping $2.5 million by sending in convincing fake iPhones for repair
News Take extra care in the second-hand iPhone market, folks.
