It has been quite a week with more firmware updates then we'd like to see. But we finally have received the final firmware spec from MSI. The new Radeon RX 5600 XT has been announced, in this review, we peek at the MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming Z. The Radeon RX 5600 XT is basically an RX 5700 however with 6GB of GDDR6, lower clock frequencies and a price tag to match.

Read our full review here.

NZXT announces the NZXT RGB & Fan Controller. Powered by NZXT CAM, the RGB & Fan Controller gives users the tools to customize lighting and fan profiles to perfection.

ABKONCORE (X2/Spire) is pleased to announce the availability of the ASTRA AM6 cost effective gaming mouse. This rigor PC gaming mouse is ambidextrous, ergonomic and simply cool. 

A new report on the web indicates that the upcoming Comet Lake-S processors (tenth generation of Intel Core for desktop) actually do support PCI Express 4.0, some Z490 motherboards are designed for it as well. However an issue prevents PCIe 4.0 to become usable, so the platform will support PCI-E 3.0 instead.

It has been widely addressed by us already. But AMD created a lot of confusion by changing the specs for the OC/factory tweaked Radeon RX 5600 XT graphics cards. Yesterday we already reported that we would not launch our Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming X review as MSI was still finalizing the firmware update.

Gigabyte today launched the AORUS RAID SSD 2TB AIC Expansion Card which delivers up to 6.2GB/s read/write speeds through the PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.

Up-to April 1st (not a joke) – in anticipation of Half Life: Alyx, the upcoming virtual reality first-person shooter you can download and play all Half-Life games.

MSI welcomes 2020 with a new selection of curved and portable gaming monitors that bring innovation to gamers at home and on the road. Designed to provide complete immersion for serious and on-the-go gamers, the new Optix gaming monitors showcase next-generation technology, including 240Hz refresh rate and Type-C connections.

The VX85 series comes in two sizes, 24-inch and 27-inch, and boasts an innovative circular ringed design to enable convenient rotational tilt/swivel display adjustment and practical cable management. Its sleek, ultra-thin bezel and borderless design, as well as blue light filter ensure absolute comfort level regardless of environment.

If you have read our three reviews yesterday, you will have noticed that the factory tweaked versions of the 5600 XT cards received BIOS updates that make them substantially faster.

NZXT, a leading developer of software-powered hardware solutions for PC gaming, today announces the C Series line of 80 plus Gold modular ATX power supplies.

SteelSeries, the leader in gaming and esports peripherals, today announces the Rival 3 gaming mouse, and Apex 3 and Apex 5 gaming keyboards - high performance gaming peripherals approachable for any gamer. 

The recent Core X series already has seen a pretty dramatic price drop in the HEDT segment, a reaction to AMD, as consumers are fleeing towards AMD for that better price perf ratio. It's now reported that Intel will further reduce prices in 2020 to remain competitive with AMD.

You can now download Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.1.3 with support for Radeon RX 5600 XT. Next to the new graphics card support, there are a number if fixes addressed in this release, you can read them on the download page.

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be quiet! is expanding the company's most silent power supply series with 80 PLUS Platinum-certified models. In addition to the increased efficiency, Straight Power 11 Platinum power supplies will include a high-quality topology, additional connection options, and models from 550 up to 1,200 watts. 

Noctua introduced a new addition to its chromax line of all-black CPU coolers: the new NH-L9a-AM4 chromax.black is a low-profile quiet CPU cooler for AMD's Ryzen-based HTPCs and Small Form Factor (SFF) builds.

The rumor mill on graphics cards news stops, today big NAVI is rumored to get 80 CS, that's double the 5700 XT. This would make the chip twice the size of the Radeon RX 5700 XT. Albeit AMD already confirmed the chip to be released this year, specs have never been mentioned.

Kingston launched a larger version of the KC600, this round they put a 2 TB version to the table. It is good to see larges volume sized SSDS, handy to drop in and nice and fast. The sequential read and write speeds are still at 550 and 520 MB/s.

Acer today expanded its line of TravelMate notebooks with the convertible TravelMate Spin B3 and clamshell TravelMate B3, devices intended for the K-12 education market.