I reviewed the Thermaltake V200 RGB towards the end of last year, at the time it cost £79, and I classed it as a must-buy for affordable gaming. Since then priced has dropped down to just £59.99, and for just a tenner extra compared to the original price you can get the case plus 550W … Read more
The PC Gamer market appears to have been growing in recent years, and it is an affluent audience, especially when you look at some graphics cards that can cost well over £1k nowadays. So it is no surprise that Acer has been expanding their Predator line considerably in recent years. Their gaming laptops have always … Read more
Large PCs are slowly going out of fashion with the consumer enthusiasts frequently building PCs using small form factor allowing you to fit a powerful PC on your table without taking up much room. Small PCs make even more sense in a crowded office environment, where large desktop PCs can become a nuisance taking up … Read more
The Acer N50-600 series of desktops cover a wide range of configurations that mainly focus on the entry to mid-end of the market with the Predator Orion range being the options for the mid to upper end. The Nitro model I have been sent is the N50-600-28 which sits about as low down in the … Read more
Dell has been busy with announcing products at Gamescom 2018, then immediately after releasing more products at IFA 2018. Along with the below announcements, Dell had on show several of their new Alienware PCs which feature the latest Nvidia RTX 2080 graphics cards. Launch highlights include: New Inspiron 5000 and 7000 laptops and 2-in-1s elevate … Read more
The Raspberry Pi 3 Model B has been an amazing device used by millions worldwide from commercial application to Kodi builds. For the home user wanting to use Kodi, Plex, or just run an ultra-low powered server the processing power and more importantly, the ethernet speeds have been an issue. Some of these issues have … Read more
The annual Microsoft Surface event may not have as much hype behind it as the Apple and Google events, but they still announce some very interesting products. The Surface line has been a big success for Microsoft, then there have been announcements such as the Hololens which throw a curve ball and create a huge … Read more
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] The first day of the #AcerBlogLive2016 is over and it has been great so far. I am loving the focus on the high end gaming equipment. The monitors are the things that really stand out from the event, but there is also pre-built gaming PCs … Read more
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] Intel’s NUCs (Next Unit of Computing) have been a niche but successful project by intel that offers a fully-functional desktop computer in an extremely small form factor. They have proven particularly popular with HTPC enthusiasts. The latest offering from Intel is the most powerful yet that is aimed at gamers … Read more
Intel’s Compute Stick might not look as exciting as some of the other gadgets at CES, such as LG’s OLEDs, but it is still impressive nonetheless. It is a great example of how far computing has come, it is a fully fledged Windows PC that can plug directly into your HDMI. The first release had … Read more
The Raspberry Pi Foundation has officially launched its latest single-board computer, the Raspberry Pi 2 Model B+ 1G, which boasts an upgraded quad-core processor and double the memory of its predecessors. The previous generation used a Broadcom BCM2835 system-on-chip processor with a 700MHz ARMv6 CPU, this was already an outdated chip on release but the … Read more
ChromeOS has been mainly reserved for laptops until now. LG has decided to try and buck this trend by announcing the LG Chromebase, a 21.5-inch ChromeOS powered all in one desktop. The display is 1080p IPS LCD which hides an Intel Celeron CPU, 2GB of RAM and a 16GB SSD inside. You will also find your … Read more
Intel recently released its Ivy Bridge family of processors and anyone who likes gadgets should be asking the question -is it a good idea to upgrade? True, its always a good idea to upgrade but sometimes neither the purse, nor the bank manager (my wife hates me calling her that) will yield the necessary quid. … Read more
CES has been the talking point this week for all our up and coming gadgetry, whether it be cameras, mobile phones or computers. MSI have announced some new models from varying series of it’s top quality laptop, netbook and tablet range. So here they are click on for the goods.
The desktop PC unless for business use or hardcore gaming seems to be dying, a thing of the past replaced by fancy Tablet PCs, Laptopsand Netbooks. Re-invented as with space saving in mind and the popularity of the iMac, all-in one PCs seem to be the way of the home desktop PC but you can … Read more
Just when you thought computing was going just with tablet PCs and all-in-one affairs, Lenovo have offered to the world two brand spanking new laptops and a pretty good desktop to boot. Sadly you can’t get one of these till the new year so Santa won’t be bringing you them even if you’ve been extra … Read more