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Half-Life: Alyx Review

Half-Life is back! But how does the switch to VR stack up?

March 31, 2020 | 12:00

Mod of the Month February 2020 in Association with Corsair

We've picked some of the best projects recently completed in our project log forum.

March 25, 2020 | 14:00

Call of Duty: Warzone Review

Call of Duty takes another stab at battle royale. But is it King of the Hill, or stuck in the Gulag?

March 25, 2020 | 12:17

The Best Memory for Sandy Bridge

We test and compare memory performance, scaling from 1,333MHz to 2,133MHz, to find the sweet spot.

January 11, 2011 | 11:31

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 480 SOC Preview

We grab a few minutes with Gigabyte's latest Super Overclock pimping of a GeForce GTX 480 1.5GB

November 5, 2010 | 14:44

Asus Rampage III Gene Motherboard Review

We get our hands on the update to our favourite micro-ATX motherboard

July 19, 2010 | 11:23

Thermaltake Frio CPU Cooler Review

The Frio comes with two 120mm fans, and delivers great cooling whether you use one or both

July 14, 2010 | 08:29

Gigabyte Radeon HD 5870 SOC Graphics Card Review

This Super Over Clock edition Radeon HD 5870 aims to deliver GeForce GTX 480-beating performance

July 1, 2010 | 11:25

XFX Radeon HD 5870 Black Edition Graphics Card Review

XFX attempt to push a HD 5870 as far as it will got to to try and topple the GTX 480

June 17, 2010 | 10:29

Akasa Venom CPU Cooler Review

Akasa's latest cooler is made for overclocking and high-end cooling. Does it deliver?

May 20, 2010 | 08:26

Asus Rampage III Extreme Motherboard Review

We take a look at Asus’ third attempt at an extreme overclocking Core i7 motherboard.

May 13, 2010 | 08:12

Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R Motherboard Review

Gigabyte trims the fat from its latest Core i7 board, but leaves in USB 3 and SATA 6Gbps.

May 7, 2010 | 09:11

Asus P6X58D Premium Motherboard Review

Asus adds USB 3 and SATA 6Gbps to its latest LGA1366 Core i7 motherboard.

May 5, 2010 | 10:48

AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition

Intel was first to six-core, but AMD's six-core Thuban CPU is £600 cheaper. Is it any good?

April 27, 2010 | 05:05

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EVGA X58 SLI Micro Motherboard Review

Who says a Core i7 system has to be large? We put EVGA's X58 micro-ATX motherboard through its paces.

April 26, 2010 | 01:03

Zalman CNPS10X Flex CPU Cooler Review

This cooler is great, but only if you've already got a pair of quiet fans to use with it.

April 25, 2010 | 00:54

Alienware AW2310 23.5in 3D TFT Review

Nvidia and Alienware combine to make the latest screen for 3D gaming.

April 22, 2010 | 10:04

Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD7 Motherboard Review

Gigabyte's new X58 motherboard has tons of ports, but can it tame the mighty Core i7-980X?

April 21, 2010 | 11:23

Gigabyte GA-P55M-UD2 Motherboard Review

Gigabyte's brilliant micro-ATX P55M-UD2 offers a bag-full of features and overclocking potential for its modest £85 asking price. Read on to see why this is one of the best motherboards ever made.

March 25, 2010 | 08:37

Kingston LoVo: Power saving 1.25V DDR3 RAM

In an extension of our recent investigation into energy efficiency, Kingston dropped in some of its latest LoVo DDR3 memory that can run at just 1.2-1.25V. How much power does it save and is it a significant difference? We check to find out.

March 18, 2010 | 11:12

Intel Core i7-980X Extreme Edition Review

Intel has finally released a CPU worthy of its premium Extreme Edition brand - the first six-core desktop processor. Previously known as Gulftown, the Core i7-980X Extreme Edition is not only brutally fast out of the box but also a fantastic overclocker thanks to its 32nm transistors.

March 11, 2010 | 04:50

Intel Core i7-930 CPU Review

The original Core i7-920 is the best selling high-end CPU, but as it's now nearing its 18-month birthday Intel has decided it's due for retirement. We check out its replacement, the i7-930. Clocked at 2.8GHz, it's only 133MHz faster than the i7-920 - but thanks to overclocking, it's still the chip to buy.

March 1, 2010 | 08:15

Akasa Freedom Tower CPU Cooler Review

They might take our lives, but they will never take our Freedom Tower! Well, we'd rather they didn't take either, truth be told - we're rather fond of our lives, and also of this excellent and well priced cooler. Read on to see why (and we promise no more Braveheart references).

February 27, 2010 | 06:46

AVG Free is best free anti-virus

A recent test of anti-virus suites reveals that AVG Free is actually very secure.

February 11, 2010 | 14:31

Radeon HD 5450 Review: HTPC Heaven?

A £40 graphics card? Surely that's as useful as a chocolate teapot? We take a look at AMD's latest and cheapest Radeon from the HD 5000 series, the HD5450, see how it stacks up against integrated graphics and find out in what situations it might be a great buy.

February 9, 2010 | 08:09

Intel Core i5-661 & Core i3-530 CPU Review

Intel's latest 32nm processors, codenamed Clarkdale, are the first to integrate a GPU. We take the new budget-sensitive Core i3-530 and Core i5-661 for a spin to see how they compare to previous CPUs - will a Core 2 Quad Q6600 still cut it, and has AMD got anything to fight back with? Read on to find out...

January 4, 2010 | 08:45