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Asus ROG Thor III is a massive 1600W PSU that will handle the Nvidia RTX 5090 with ease - but could be a nightmare for your energy bills
A powerful PSU to match a powerful rig
Looking at buying an SSD? Hold fire for now – prices are predicted to drop (and on top of that, Black Friday is on the horizon)
Want a new SSD for your next PC upgrade? Don’t buy a drive yet, there are good reasons to bide your time.
Samsung prepares to unleash even faster GDDR7 VRAM early in 2025 – rocket fuel for Nvidia’s RTX 5080 Ti, perhaps?
Samsung’s speedy new spin on GDDR7 could supercharge Nvidia’s next-gen GPUs.
Nvidia rumored to launch whole range of next-gen GPUs by March 2025, including RTX 5060 and 5060 Ti – but we’re not convinced
Nvidia could launch RTX 5070 and 5070 Ti in February, RTX 5060 and 5060 Ti in March in a GPU blitz to overwhelm AMD.
Let the games begin: after October the battle of the next-gen processors kicks off, so you might wanna hold off on building that new PC
More AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D announcement rumors
An RTX 5070 18GB GDDR7 version may follow the planned 12GB model, but I have to ask, Nvidia - is it really necessary?
The upcoming RTX 5070 12GB may be followed up with an 18GB model, expected to offer a 5-10% improvement on the 12GB model and could be released under Nvidia’s 'Super' branding.
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 hits turbulence with reports of the game bringing internet connections to their knees – but don’t grab the sick bag just yet
Is Flight Simulator 2024 going to blow an Airbus A380-sized hole in your internet data plan?
AMD Ryzen 9800X3D benchmark leaks could disappoint PC gamers – but let’s not rule out this CPU just yet
New leaks have burst the optimistic bubble around the CPU’s gaming prowess, but there’s lots to chew over with these benchmarks.
