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Some Intel Skylake CPUs are literally bending under the weight of heavy aftermarket CPU coolers. Or, more specifically, the pressure exerted by some coolers seems to be causing damage to Skylake chips. The likely culprit: Intel used a thinner wafer on Skylake CPUs than past chips. According to Intel, the thinner substrate is still rated for the […]
I mentioned earlier today, in the news about Final Fantasy VI coming to Steam, that Guilty Gear Xrd Sign is also on the way—and due sooner than FFVI, too. It was interesting in the context of the moment because it doubled the number of games on yesterday’s SteamDB leak list that have gone from rumored to […]
Corsair’s new inverted-ATX PC cases, the 600Q and 600C, put your main heat generating components directly in the airflow of its three big fans. To be clear, in an inverted-ATX case, your motherboard mounts upside-down from its usual orientation. Corsair says its first attempt at inverted cases create a high-airflow, low-noise interior that’ll keep your PC running at […]
We test a lot of hardware at PC Gamer to find the best of everything your rig will need. Whether it’s accessories like mice, vital pieces like graphics cards, or even extras like screwdrivers, we’ve found the best choices for your computer. Check out all of our buying guides below, full of our top recommendations, […]
‘Come get your armor, nerds!’ said RonBurgundy69. He placed a container on the ground and danced around it. I wish he could’ve seen my grin. It was the kind of small light-hearted gesture that kept an entire evening of Rainbow Six Siege from teetering off into a hapless string of simple mistakes, head-to-keyboard contact, and creative […]
CD Projekt have snuck two screenshots onto Twitter of the second and final Witcher 3 expansion, Blood and Wine. This one takes place in Toussaint, a Nilfgaardian duchy big on wine and tradition. As its name and favourite tipple suggest, Toussaint takes after southern France, all bright colours, terracotta roofs and sunshine. Maybe it’ll be the thing to relieve that […]
he interstellar MMO EVE Online has received its biggest update of 2015 in the form of Operation Frostline, which sees the mercenary faction Mordu’s Legion continuing its military actions against the stumbling Serpentis Corporation. Operation Frostline adds 13 new ships to the game, which developer CCP says is the largest single introduction of new ships […]
Nintendo has announced when this month’s Smash Bros.-themed Nintendo Direct will take place. The briefing will be held Tuesday, December 15, starting at 2 PM PST / 5 PM EST. It’s the “final video presentation dedicated to Super Smash Bros. for 3DS and Wii U,” Nintendo said in a statement. During the briefing, the runtime […]
Score one for AMD’s take on variable refresh technology: its FreeSync standard, currently only available via DisplayPort, will begin supporting HDMI in early 2016. That gives AMD a leg up over Nvidia’s proprietary G-Sync tech, which is still DisplayPort-exclusive (although there are now G-Sync monitors with HDMI ports, the variable refresh rate mode only works with […]