PC Component

Building your own PC needn’t be difficult, and our guides to the components for your rig are a great place to start. Check out our round-ups of the ideal gaming PC specs to build yourself, the ideal graphics cards, top CPUs for gaming, top SSDs and best motherboards.

What is Nvidia Dynamic Boost 2.0?

Nvidia Dynamic Boost 2.0 is one of the latest features to come to Nvidia RTX 30-Series GPUs. But wha…

Buyer's guide | Ryan Jones

What is an Arm processor? Everything you need to know

Arm-based processors have been a big talking point in the laptop world in recent years, especially w…

Opinion | Ryan Jones
What is the Apple M1 chip? Here's everything you need to know

If you've looked into buying an Apple Mac in the past few months, you've likely come across the M1 c…

Buyer's guide | Ryan Jones
What is Apple Silicon? Performance and specs detailed

The computing world was turned upside down when Apple revealed back in 2020 that it will be transiti…

Opinion | Ryan Jones
AMD outs first Ryzen 5000-Series chips with integrated graphics

With GPU shortages showing few signs of letting up in 2021, a powerful desktop series processor with…

Buyer's guide | Chris Smith
Best Gaming CPU: The best Intel and AMD gaming processors

What's the best gaming CPU? Looking to upgrade your gaming PC or build an entire new system from sc…

Buyer's guide | Ryan Jones

Intel vs AMD: Which processor should you opt for?

The Intel vs AMD face off is as fierce as any technology rivalry, and poses the first question you'l…

Opinion | Ryan Jones
Best Intel processor: Core i3, i5, i7 and i9 explained

What’s the best Intel processor? If you've already sided with Team Blue in the Intel vs AMD debat…

Opinion | Andrew Williams
PC Gaming Deal: The Ryzen 5 3600 CPU just fell to its lowest price yet

Calling all PC gamers, if you’re on the lookout for a well-priced CPU that can still get the job don…

Buyer's guide | Thomas Deehan
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Review

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Can this jack-of-all-trades processor compete with Intel Rocket Lake?

Review Price: £420.00

Opinion | Ryan Jones
Ctrl+Alt+Delete: Why it's a bad time to buy an expensive gaming processor

Intel’s new Rocket Lake processors hit stores this week, which means every serious PC gamer will…

Opinion | Ryan Jones

Trusted Recommends: The Core i5-11600K is an Intel-ligent purchase

Friday is finally here and as ever it’s bringing with it a fresh slice of Trusted Recommends, the we…

Opinion | Alastair Stevenson
Intel Rocket Lake: All you need to know about Intel's 11th Gen processors

Intel has finally launched its 11th Generation Intel Core desktop processors, which are also known a…

Buyer's guide | Ryan Jones
Intel Core i9-11900k vs i9-10900k: Which processor should you get?

Intel’s newest flagship desktop processor, the Intel Core i9-11900k, has officially launched. The Ro…

Opinion | Hannah Davies
Intel Core i5-11600K

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Intel's mid-range desktop processor offers a high-class gaming performance

Review Price: £250.00

Opinion | Ryan Jones
Intel Core i9-11900K Review

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The world's most powerful gaming processor

Review Price: £530.00

Buyer's guide | Ryan Jones
Ctrl+Alt+Delete: Why you should be excited for Intel's 7nm processor

This week, Intel’s new CEO Pat Gelsinger revealed that the company has finally resolved issues with …

Opinion | Ryan Jones
What is a CPU? A beginner's guide to processors

Everything you need to know about CPUs

Opinion | Ryan Jones
Intel Meteor Lake: What we know about its release date, specs and performance

Intel Meteor Lake is confirmed to be the first desktop processor from Intel to feature a 7nm archite…

Buyer's guide | Ryan Jones
What is DLSS? Nvidia's RTX technology explained

If you've been thinking of buying a new graphics card recently, you've likely come across 'DLSS'. Th…

Opinion | Ryan Jones