ASRock’s Z97 motherboard lineup was recently exposedThe z97 Extreme series, Z97 Killer series and the ASRock Z97 OC Formula are amongst them.This post is about the Z97 OC Formula motherboard designed for Overclockers and Enthusiasts. At the middle of the motherboard you can see the name of “Nick Shih” a well-known overclocker, meaning this board will feature Nick Shih OC profile as well. 

And it is kind of mysterious, AMD stated a countdown page showing a new architecture as it seems. They show a somewhat cryptic clue “Something Small is Coming but its Big News”. So this almost certainly points to a mobile processor or an SoC. We think this will be the Mobile APUs Beema and Mullins.

Corsair today announced that it has acquired Simple Audio. Corsair also announced the introduction of Simple Audio's GO compact portable Bluetooth 3.0 speakers for music aficionados and purists. Simple Audio GO is a portable speaker that uses advanced Bluetooth 3.0 technology and it is compatible with iOS or Android-based smartphones and tablets.

Most of us will probably walk away from an Oculus Rift demo thinking, "Yea, that was pretty cool." This person, on the other hand, totally loses his grip on reality.

Sapphire has released a Factory Overclocked R9-295x2 called the R9-295X2 OC. Now before you expect a massive tweak I'd say don't get excited just yet as the reality of things is almost funny. The overclock is rather shameful and very laughable as the reference clock from 1018 MHz got tweaked towards (drum-roll) 1030 MHz. That's right a whopping 12 MHz overclock !

After their CPU coolers EreBoss, Themis and Pallas the young brand RaiJintek released a cooler for graphics cards. As the product’s name - inspired by Greek mythology - already suggests, Morpheus lets the user’s dreams come true. Whisper-silent operation, twelve heat pipes and a superb compatibility - such are key features of the gargantuan model, that can easily handle the latest high-end graphics cards. Only at Overclockers UK!

So this has to be the story of the day, as a Call of Duty gamer loses a game online and then calls in a real SWAT team on his enemy. A prank caller called the cops over Skype, saying that he was Rafael Castillo, 17, from Long Beach, saying "I just killed my mother and I might shoot more people". Castillo was a real person, except that he was playing Call of Duty - Castillo's brother, Jose, told The Post: "Some guy threatened to swat him. He was pissed that he had lost".

Intel Devils Canyon and Pentium K launch are going to launch in the week of Computex, June 2nd 2014. The K-Series Haswell Refresh processors in specific are codenamed Devil’s Canyon which have an improved  packaging and improved TIM (Thermal Interface). The processors are specifically re-engineered for enhanced performance and overclocking. The Core i7-4790K will be the flagship processor of the Haswell Refresh lineup and the first 22nm consumer CPU to obtain clock frequency of up-to 4 GHz.

Here are some pretty 8K screenshots from the tech demos that were included in Unreal Engine 4. below the fold you can see some rescaled screenshots, and click the link to see them full size.

Tripwire Interactive has announced that you can get Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad for free on Steam until April 24th at 10:00AM PST. Word is: "Today, Tripwire Interactive is pleased to announce a special fan promotion in which users can download Red Orchestra 2, PC Gamer's 2011 First-Person Shooter Game of the Year (Multiplayer) on Steam free of charge for a 24 hour period! And, so long as you install it during that 24 hour period, it is free to keep. Permanently! "

Grab it here

BenQ today announced the availability of three new additions to its XL-Z series of first-person shooter (FPS) purpose-built gaming monitors: the 27-inch XL2720Z and 24-inch XL2420Z and XL2411Z widescreen full-HD displays. 

ASUS today announced that research and development work supported by Intel has led to the discovery of a BIOS structure that unleashes the true full potential of the latest SATA Express interface standard on future ASUS motherboards. Following the CES 2014 debut of the ASUS Z87-Deluxe/SATA Express concept motherboard, ASUS and Intel continued working together to ensure that users enjoy the full performance of the SATA Express interface and SATA Express components.

VisionTek Products LLC, (VisionTek), a leading manufacturer of award-winning, high-performance upgrades and accessories for PC and Apple Macintosh computers, today announced the immediately availability of the VisionTek mSATA mini Enclosure. The USB 3.0 bus-powered enclosure is a Plug and Play solution for re-tasking an existing mSATA Solid State Drive after upgrading the SSD in an ultra-slim notebook or for adding a new mSATA SSD to create a high-performance ultra-portable external drive.

OnePlus announced the One, a low-cost smartphone that goes toe-to-toe with the world's best devices. The OnePlus One runs CyanogenMod, which is based on Android 4.4 KitKat but includes stronger security and some features not found in stock Android, such as Voice Wakeup and custom on-screen gestures. The OnePlus One is one of the first mass-market devices to ship with CyanogenMod on board. The phone includes a 5.5-inch full HD display protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 3 and has exchangeable rear covers that come in a variety of difference materials, such as cashew and bamboo. The One is powered by a 2.5GHz quad-core Snapdragon 801 processor with 3GB of RAM. It packs a 13-megapixel Exmor camera sensor from Sony, with an f/2.0 aperture and six lens elements.

Sony revealed a new media-player that can manage 4K content encoded in hevc/h265. According to to Sony the mediaplayer is intended to be coupled and connected towards Sony 4K Ultra HD televisions. The product is due for a release in August.

AOC launches its first two 28″ (71.1 cm) monitors. The m2870Vhe and m2870Vq feature extra-large 16:9 MVA panels with Full HD resolution, wide viewing angles and high luminosity. Rich colours, high contrast and fast response times make these two displays ideal for both professional needs and entertainment such as video games and movies. Both models come with an extensive array of input options and other features, with the m2870Vq even boasting an additional DisplayPort connector and stereo speakers.

Kingston has just added two new storage capacities ’240GB’ and ’480GB’ to its SSDNow mS200 mSATA SSD line-up. Designed for notebook, tablet and ultrabook PCs, these ultra-compact SSDs come with a SATA 6.0 Gbps interface, an LSI SandForce 2281 controller, a MTBF of 1 million hours.