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PCSpecialist Ionico 18 review: a great, big gaming laptop

With an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 12GB GPU and QHD+ screen, this gaming laptop packs plenty of performance and punch for just under £2,000.

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Samsung is now mass producing PCIe 6.0 SSDs, with huge 28,400MB/s speed claims

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Valve just released the Steam Machine Windows drivers, but there’s a catch

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Intel Nova Lake CPUs resurrect AVX-512 support on P-Cores and E-Cores, according to leak

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Steam Machine red line of death shows memory training, not GPU failure, as Valve admits front panel code mistake

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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Super GPU breaks cover, and it has a high TDP

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Microsoft just confirmed that this Windows 11 bug is hoarding up to 500GB of your storage

Windows 11's Capability Access Manager service is eating hundreds of gigabytes of your storage capacity over time, although not everyone is affected.
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More PC gamers are using 16GB of RAM, and 32GB use drops, as memory prices go through the roof

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Noctua confirms NL-LC1 chromax.black will “hopefully” arrive before 2027

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Microsoft reportedly had a Copilot OS in the works, focusing on web-based apps

Microsoft appears to have been developing a lightweight web-based OS, built around web apps, Copilot and AI.
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Intel is reportedly restarting production of 13th and 14th-gen CPUs, with even Comet Lake getting more supply

Intel is apparently planning to maintain an abundant supply of DDR4-compatible CPUs in China, as DDR5 prices skyrocket.
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 is more popular than 5060, as PC gamers demand more GPU power

Nvidia's mid-range GPU grabs the #4 spot in the Steam Hardware Survey, suggesting PC gamers now want more than 8GB of VRAM when they upgrade.
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Steam Machine ‘red line of death’ claims first victim, days after launch

Allegedly following less than half an hour of use, the AMD Radeon GPU on one customer's Steam Machine has mysteriously failed.
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Philips launches world’s first triple-mode IPS gaming monitor, reaching up to 540Hz

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Microsoft may let you digitise physical Xbox games, softening blow of digital-only consoles

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