Earlier last week HP propagated new firmware to their printers, rendering 3rd party ink cartridges incompatible. The firmware was intentional and not a bug. The printer manufacturer also stated it won’t release a firmware update to resolve the issue.

Plextor is releasing a budget friendly S2 series SSDs. These have been fitted with TLC NAND Flash from SK Hynix and are paired with an Silicon Motion controller. The drives will become available in capacities of 128GB, 256GB and 512GB in a 2.5″ and M.2 form-factor.

Over in the Asian countries there's quite a bit of speculation on the GeForce GTX 1050. Apparently there will be two models released, the regular 1050 with 2GB graphics memory yet also a 1050 Ti with 4GB memory

A new week has started, and yes as it seems GTAV is still going string. Here are the ten top selling titles on Steam for the week as reported by Valve:

• Grand Theft Auto V
• Battlerite
• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
• Divinity: Original Sin 2
• Cossacks 3
• NBA 2K17
• ARK: Scorched Earth - Expansion Pack
• Cossacks 3
• Sid Meier’s Civilization VI
• NBA 2K17

In an announcement on Steam the system requirements for Sid Meier's Civilization VI have been shared. The strategy sequel is highly anticipated for release next month, and here's word on what sort of PC hardware it will require:

An extended Mafia III gameplay video from Gamescom and Tokyo Game Show has been released, Lincoln Clay takes out one of Sal Marcano's underbosses, Tony Derazio. Mafia 3 releases on October 7th.

In a blog post on their website EA released the final System Requirements for Titanfall 2, as well as sharing graphics settings. 

In a new report Analysts forecast the global peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) SSD market to grow at a Compound Annual Growth Rate of 33.24% during the period 2016-2020.

Capcom has revealed the official PC requirements for Resident Evil 7, weatch them after the break. 

Again, one full terabyte though still a prototype. Western Digital Corporation, a global storage technology and solutions leader, today unveiled its SanDisk 1TB terabyte (TB) SDXC card prototype at the world's leading trade fair for photo and video professionals.

I-O Data launches a new wireless LAN repeater, the WN-AC1167EXP. The unit uses an AC plug (can be directly plugged into the electrical outlet) and a WPS button, and supports for dual-band WiFi access point (2.4GHz – 300Mbps and 5GHz – 867Mbps).

The first result set on the Socket AM4 AMD Bristol Ridge A12-9800 have been spotted, the processor currently is only available for OEM. Mind you we are not talking ZEN here. This is a 28nm part based on Excavator-cores.

New power supplies have aluminium casing. In Win released their all new Classic Series 80 Plus Platinum power supplies. Two models have been released in a 750W and 900W version. 

With two specific graphics card drivers released yesterday for this title from AMD and Nvidia,  Microsoft released the launch trailer for Forza Horizon 3. 

Gigabyte released the XTREME GAMING XP1200M Platinum power supply series. It's 1200W, Platinum certified, fairly silent, modular and can be spotted for just 225 EUR. Hell they even throw in a 5 year warranty. That just oozes value, features and lifespan for your enthusiast grade PC build.

Check out the review here.

Thermaltake Pacific V-GTX 10 Series Transparent Water Block is a full cover water block and included an aluminum alloy backplate. Compatible with ASUS ROG STRIX GTX 1080/1070.

Preorders are now underway for Sniper Elite 4, the upcoming sharpshooting sequel. Rebellion announces that preorders will include a free copy of their Target Führer DLC and additional content for Windows, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 

GSC Game World has announced that Cossacks 3 is now available on Steam! Word is" "The real time strategy classics awakens colossal mass battles with up to 10,000 soldiers simultaneously on the battlefield.