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Budget in price, mainstream in aspiration.

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November 1, 2021 | 14:00

Inscryption Review

Welcome challenger. Why not sit down, and play a little game?

October 27, 2021 | 12:05

SilentiumPC Regnum RG6V TG Case Review

Budget in price, mainstream in aspiration.

October 21, 2021 | 09:43

XFX ATI Radeon HD 4770 512MB

The Radeon HD 4770 might boast 40nm technology and an £80 price tag, but can it batter modern games into submission? We put XFX's HD 4770 to the test against some of its nearest rivals to see if it really is the mid range king it claims to be.

May 27, 2009 | 10:57

Guantanamo game announced

A new game about the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility has been announced, with actual prisoners acting as consultants.

May 27, 2009 | 10:51

Android app support coming to Ubuntu

Applications developed for Google's Android platform may soon be executable on a standard Ubuntu system thanks to work by Canonical.

May 27, 2009 | 09:57

Overclocked Orange

David Penfold's Overclocked Orange was inspired by the winner of Custom PC's Dream PC 2008 winner, the Scan Great White. The attention to detail in his water-cooled orange monster is impressive as is its specification and gorgeous powder coating.

May 27, 2009 | 09:05

Rumour: Intel told MS to limit Win 7 netbook specs

According to rumours coming from Taiwan, Intel persuaded Microsoft to change the maximum specs for Windows 7 Starter Edition.

May 26, 2009 | 17:21

EU urges music industry to change online rights

EU antitrust regulators have told the music industry that it needs to change the way it licenses music online in Europe.

May 26, 2009 | 14:55

Epic: Photorealistic games in ten years

Epic's Tim Sweeney reckons that photorealistic games aren't far off and that the tech may be ready within the next ten years.

May 26, 2009 | 14:24

Windows Vista SP2 now available

Microsoft has made Service Pack 2 available for Windows Vista and Server 2008 - grab the installers within if you need 'em.

May 26, 2009 | 13:09

Lenovo launches first Ion netbook

Lenovo has announced the first netbook to be built around Nvidia's Ion platform, the IdeaPad S12 - with 12" screen, HDMI output, and 1.6GHz Atom processor.

May 26, 2009 | 11:53

Mass Effect 2 details revealed

BioWare has dropped a few Mass Effect 2 details in the run up to E3 2009, including some new story points.

May 26, 2009 | 10:56

Sapphire Radeon HD 4890 1GB Atomic

Sapphire has broken the 1GHz core barrier with its latest card, the Radeon HD 4890 Atomic. Does the monster overclock lead to some equally monster performance scores, or is this simply a PR barrier ATI is playing up to be bigger than it really is? We grab the testing gear and find out.

May 26, 2009 | 10:42

Why We Need New Nvidia Chipsets

May 26, 2009 | 10:32

Win 7 SE three-app limit to go

The three active application limit on Windows 7 Starter Edition is to be ditched according to news posted by Paul Thurrott last week.

May 26, 2009 | 09:58

Order of War Preview

The first truly western RTS to come from Square Enix, Order of War is developed by Wargaming.net and offers some truly spectacular graphics - but can the gameplay match? We take a look at this Japanese take on WWII to see if it's worth going AWOL for.

May 26, 2009 | 09:34

Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P

With a refined design to that will please most enthusiasts, Gigabyte's GA-MA790FXT-UD5P socket AM3 motherboard is on the test bench. We find out whether this Gigabyte motherboard's new found beauty is more than just skin deep.

May 25, 2009 | 11:35

Episode 2 of the CPC and bit-tech Podcast

The second episode of the all new combined Custom PC and bit-tech podcast is here. It's louder than ever and packed with tech discussion, including our thoughts on the massive fine given to Intel by the EU, whether monopolies are inevitable in IT, the regular guess the game music competition and more.

May 24, 2009 | 10:16

Series 3, Episode 2 - Netbooks, SSDs and Intel is fined £948 million

May 23, 2009 | 16:35

On Our Desk - 17

This time in we're looking at a video-watch, a networked USB hub, an 8GB e-SATA thumb drive, a Lego Technic model and a pair of magnetised USB keys in the shape of some tiny octopuses. That last item might not be the weirdest thing we've looked at, but it's definitely the creepiest.

May 23, 2009 | 12:18