Content and news by Jamie Fletcher

With an unexpected press release, AMD has slashed the price of one of its flagship Fiji based GPUs, the Radeon R9 Nano, from its launch price of $649, to a much more attractive $499. This out of the blue price cut comes just days after the end of CES, where AMD also…..

Ever wanted the camera in a game to follow your eyes, instead of relying on your mouse? Eye tracking is one of those odd technologies that crops up every now and then when it comes to games. MSI is experimenting with such a feature by utilizing eye tracking tech from Tobii, and…..

AMD already hit us at the beginning of the week with some rather encouraging news, it’s new Polaris architecture and the jump to FinFET manufacturing techniques. While less dramatic, AMD has few more surprises in store with its current line of APUs, and some changes to come with the next generation. Meeting…..

And now the fun begins. Intel’s ultra compact NUC mini computers have received their update and are now beginning to pack the all new mobile-based Skylake CPUs. These small, yet incredibly powerful machines have been growing a strong niche over the years, gaining more attention each generation. The latest batch follow a…..

Intel’s Compute Stick is a noble concept, a personal computer the size of a thumb-drive, with all the benefits of an x86 processor. Many thumb-drive computers have emerged and failed over the years, largely because of poor software support, too limiting hardware, or the price was never right. It’s a very hard…..

Synology’s annual update of its NAS line continues with the introduction of the DS416j, a 4-bay NAS for streaming multimedia content over a home network. Rather than being built like a tank of a NAS, suitable for enterprise use like much of the other NASes that Synology has released this year, the…..

We’ve been seeing murmurs of the Oculus rift going on sale soon over CES, but it’s finally happened, we can now tell you the price – not that it’ll do you much good right now, as it’s already sold out. For that next generation experience that we’ve all been waiting for over…..

It’s now day five as we cover CES 2016. A lot of information can be lost in the deluge of press releases and social media. We’re going around and pulling it all together in a single article, to help you track down that special something that caught your eye. New updates from the team, a lot of photos from the event, and some cool things you may have missed from social media.

Network Area Storage units are not always the most sleek of designs, having to cater for the rather boxy 3.5-inch mechanical drives they are often packed with. QNAP wants to change that, and bring with it some interesting technology – swapping out the boxy hard drives for sleek M.2 slots. Bring on…..

If the onslaught of CES press releases isn’t enough to get you excited over cool new gear coming over the next year, well, there’s still plenty more. ASUS announced a flurry of new products that will be gracing us over the coming year, and there’s bound to be something to appease everyone.…..

Desktops are so passé, that giant tower on the floor or hidden away in a cupboard can take up a lot of space, leaving less room for things that matter – like a giant 34-inch ultra-wide 4K curved display. So MAINGER took said display, and bolted every imaginable high-end desktop component inside…..

After a long delay, AMD begins to divulge information on its new 4th generation GCN GPU architecture: Polaris. With it comes improvements to data handling, power efficiency, new hardware features, and a design overhaul for smaller manufacture processes; 14-16nm FinFET.

It looks as if 2016 will be the year of VR, with a number of vendors releasing headsets in the coming months (Oculus Rift, HTC Vive). As a result, NVIDIA will be starting an initiative to help consumers spot systems that are ready for VR with a new badge bundled with select…..

It’s that jovial time of year as the festive season dawns upon us, and Samsung spreads some light-hearted joy in the form of a parody song about its success in an SSD endurance experiment. At the end of a tortuous 18 months, a single surviving SSD breathed its last digital breath, reaching…..

With some disappointment, backers of the successful castAR Kickstarter campaign will have received an email today about getting a refund for any hardware tiers they may have sponsored. However, it’s not all bad news; the same people will also be getting a free castAR unit when it’s released in 2017. castAR initially…..

There are big changes coming to and from AMD these last couple months. The release of the Fury GPUs introducing HBM for the first time in the consumer market, the corporate reshuffle and creation of the Radeon Technologies Group, and now we have AMD going open source on a number of projects.…..

Are you in the market for some high-end wireless headphones but crave something a little different? V-MODA may have something of interest. With a range of 3D printed customizable headphones available in a variety of materials, including metal, the Crossfade Wireless certainly has our ears perked.

The high density storage market has become a rather bizarre mix of technologies and sizes over the last couple years. Desktop hard drives have remained at the 6TB level for a while, with servers making use of 8TB, and in some cases 10TB densities. WD today announced a new enterprise drive that…..

It’s that time of year again, Black Friday hits and sales go through the roof. If you are on the lookout for some new hardware for your PC, we’re trawling the Internet to find some of the best deals we can. Rebates may crop up in places, so we’ve included non-rebate items…..

Looking for quality audio for on-the-go gaming? Cooler Master might have you covered with its newly refreshed CM Storm Pitch Pro IEMs. Combining a pair of 10mm drivers and an in-line mic, we see how they fair in a competitive market.