Realtek might be known for its onboard audio chips, but a few years ago they tried to push on the SSD market as well. Now, several years later, the company is ready to unveil a SSD controller which aims for the high-end part of the market.

Adaptive sync technologies like G-Sync and FreeSync are really important for hardcore gamers. While FreeSync is a cheap solution due to its open-source nature, the G-Sync from NVIDIA is a little more complicated. While the current G-Sync module is quite expensive, we might see even more expensive G-Sync HDR display anytime soon.

If you are looking for a mid-tower case which is compatible with high-end graphics cards as well as watercooling setup, SilentiumPC's Armis AR3 enclosure might be just what you've been looking for. The company has released a new case which is compatible with any kind of hardware as well as average size radiators.

According to a recent report from Prad.de, some manufacturers have been using 4K (2160p) panels for their 1440p monitors. The reason behind this move is pretty simple, the 27-inch 4K panel often costs the same price than a 27-inch QHD (1440p) panel. If the reports are true, several manufacturers are offering QHD monitors with 4K capabilities.

Micron has started volume production of next-generation GDDR6 memory. The company specifically says it has started mass production of 8Gb memory chips (1GB). According to latest rumors, the initial GDDR6 memory will come with speeds ranging from 10 to 14 Gbps with 1.25 or 1.35 voltage.

During the last week, AMD has announced that it would swap 40 Core i7-8086K won with the Intel sweepstakes program with Threadripper 1950X processor. Today AMD has officially opened its replacement program.

As you might know, Qualcomm is working hard in order to offer a good SoC for upcoming mobile solutions. While the company has already unveiled some SoCs during the last months, now they might be ready with a flagship model.

Intel on its website recently published a page on the Z390 chipset by mistake, the page has unveiled the feature set and chipset block diagram of the upcoming chipset. According to the document, the upcoming chipset is very close to current Z370 series.

A few months ago, TSMC started the mass production of Apple A12 chip in Taiwan. Today DigiTimes has reported that 7nm production has been scaled up to meet volume commercial demand. According to TSMC CEO CC Wei, the overall production is a bit higher compared the past year and the company will hit a production capacity of 12 million compared 10 million of last year.

EKWB has released a new monoblock for the MSI X299M Gaming Pro Carbon AC motherboard. This monoblock adds water cooling to both the CPU and the VRM, thanks to a huge single water block. The EK-FB MSI X299M Gaming Pro Carbon AC RGB Monoblock is compatible with MSI Mystic Light, which will allow you to create great looking setups thanks to customizable lighting.

EK Water Blocks has put two more water cooling kits together, which they're marketing as liquid cooling kits for beginners. Following the launch of the EK-KIT 240 and EK-KIT 360, the Slovenian maker of water cooling products has now added RGB LEDs to their water cooling kits.

The TITAN V is a graphics card aimed towards machine learning. The card features Tensor Cores and 12GB of HBM2. During the Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) conference, NVIDIA's CEO has given away twenty TITAN V "CEO Edition" GPUs to twenty random guests. Compared to a regular TITAN V, the CEO Edition packs 32GB of HBM2 VRAM.

Steam's Summer Sale has started, which means quite a few interesting titles are available at discounted prices. As usual we have checked the site's inventory for the best deals and created a list for you.

A few days ago, we have received a huge and heavy package from Deepcool. Inside the box there was the high-end NewArk 90 case. With the NewArk 90, Deepcool offers a ultra-wide chassis with tempered glass panels on three sides and a built-in 280mm all-in-one water cooler.

A few weeks ago, MSI has shown a PCIe expansion card that can accomodate up to four M.2 SSDs. During the last months, we have seen similar solutions from ASUS and ASRock. Today we have more details about the upcoming Xpander-Aero card.

Samsung has announced the release of the NF1 8TB, its highest-density datacenter NVMe drive. With the NF1 SSD, Samsung expects to quickly replace conventional 2.5-inch SSDs and create impressive storage space in 2U rack servers.

Steam is available since more than 10 years and it's an important store for PC gamers across the world. Steam has been famous for their sales event since a lot of users can spent a large amount of money for AAA games and even less famous game titles.

Basemark has launched their new Basemark GPU benchmark for Windows, Linux and Android. With this benchmark you can compare the performance of your gaming PC to other hardware when using Vulkan, OpenGL and OpenGL ES APIs. In a later stage this benchmark will be updated with other APIs like DirectX 12 and Metal.

AMD has announced that they will rename current FreeSync 2 in FreeSync 2 HDR. This is indeed a good move since quite often you can get confused between FreeSync and FreeSync 2. Since FreeSync 2 is compatible with LFR and HDR, it's correct to add "HDR" as part of its name.

Although AMD Ryzen APUs are very interesting chips since they pack a lot of CPU and GPU power, AMD has confirmed that we will see only a bunch of updates during the year. Raven Ridge APUs will only receive up to four driver updates per year, which is a bit disappointing since you will never get updated drivers for latest games around.