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Halo: Reach PC Review

Halo Reach is a solid PC port and remains a decent shooter, although it has dated more than we expected.

December 6, 2019 | 21:00

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2080 Super Gaming OC Review

Triple-fan cooler, mild overclock, basic RGB - worth it over Founders?

December 4, 2019 | 12:00

bit-tech Mod of the Year 2019 in Association with Corsair - Nominate your Favourite Mods!

Who do you think deserves the crown for 2019?

December 4, 2019 | 09:00

AMD Phenom II X4 970 Review

Has AMD's tinkering allowed it to catch up some ground with Intel?

October 14, 2010 | 07:40

AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Review

AMD has launched its fastest desktop CPU ever, the Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition. With an improved manufacturing process making it more tolerant of high voltages, is this the most overclockable Phenom ever?

August 17, 2009 | 10:21

Overclocking AMD's Phenom II X3 720 BE

For under £120, AMD has a fast 45nm triple core CPU that's unlocked and prime for overclocking. We walk you through our experiences and settings with a bevy of popular motherboards to show you that this budget monster is well worth considering.

May 11, 2009 | 11:03

Rumour: AMD releasing Athlon II before September

Quad-core and triple-core Athlon-branded CPUs are rumoured to be scheduled for release later this year.

April 1, 2009 | 15:27

ASRock unlocks extra cache and cores on Phenom II

ASRock says it can unlock the full 6MB of L3 cache on some Phenom II X4s, as well as the fourth core on some Phenom II X3s.

March 20, 2009 | 17:21

Rumour: Phenom II X3 can have fourth core unlocked

AMD's bottom-end Phenom X3 710 can reportedly have it's fourth core unlocked to give you a dirt cheap quad-core CPU.

February 24, 2009 | 09:09

SanDisk shrinks to 32nm

SanDisk has announced that it has perfected a 32nm die shrink that will allow for chips carrying 4GB of data each to be squeezed into a microSD card form factor.

February 12, 2009 | 14:06

AMD Phenom II 810, 805, 720 & 710 AM3 CPUs

AMD CPUs finally get support for DDR3, but does it make a difference? We put the latest Phenom II X4 810 and 805, as well as the X3 720 and 710 through their paces on DDR2 and DDR3 platforms to see how they stack up against the competition.

February 11, 2009 | 08:57

AMD cuts desktop processor prices

AMD has announced its latest round of desktop processor price cuts. Pick up a high clocked quad-core for a little over £100!

September 2, 2008 | 13:42

Intel cuts processor prices

Intel has announced another slew of price cuts on its processors in order to keep the pressure on AMD. Quad-core processors are starting to look even more attractive than ever before.

April 23, 2008 | 13:17

AMD Phenom X3 8750

If you think quad-core is excessive but dual-core is old hat, how about a Ménage à trois from AMD's new Phenom X3 8750? Is it the cheap and cheerful multi-threading meat eater enthusiasts have been waiting to lap up? We just had to find out...

April 23, 2008 | 08:47

Asus shows off its Radeon HD 3850 X3 Trinity

Yes, that's an X3 - three Radeon HD 3850s on a single PCB with watercooling as standard. We've got plenty of pics inside too!

March 28, 2008 | 07:29

AMD announces new Phenom processors

AMD has announced several new Phenom processors today and these should finally help to give AMD's troubled quad-core chip a good name.

March 27, 2008 | 19:06

Ultra X3 600W & 1,000W PSUs

Ultra X3s are shiny, totally modular and ooze coolness factor. We take a look at the mainstream 600W and enthusiast 1,000W models to see if the insides are as good as the outsides.

November 10, 2007 | 13:16

PSU preview palooza

We check out two new releases from enthusiast suppliers - a new revision of the Hiper Type-R and a booster PSU designed to help you out with SLI and CrossFire.

August 13, 2006 | 14:51

Full Steam ahead

Aside from Half Life 2, there's a whole bundle of different games on Steam. We take a look at some of the undiscovered gems on the online delivery service.

August 8, 2006 | 11:59