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    PCSPECIALIST Noctua "Thermosiphon" cooler expected to market next year

    So this bad boy was demoed last year at CES and Noctua have said it should be officially released next year It's not an AIO as it looks, it actually uses a phase change refrigerant that cycles the loop, but there is no pump, it's all done by simple thermal flow mechanics. Basically exactly the...
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    PCSPECIALIST Mouse of yesteryear finally gives up the ghost

    My trusty old Mad Catz R.A.T. 7 has finally died, it's been a little intermittent for around a year where the horizontal tracking would just stop, so it would only track vertically. Tonight it's pretty much fully gone and isn't recovering. I bought this when they were first released in 2010...
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    PCSPECIALIST Nvidia stocks unlikely to improve

    So it turns out at NVidias recent trade show, they announced the RTX5000 Pro GPUs, these are using the same dies as the normal RTX models but with significantly increased VRAM, intended for Threadripper level workstations. The 5090 equivalent on the Pro range has 96Gb of VRAM...
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    PCSPECIALIST Buildzoid Calling Out Linus Sebastian

    I’ve never known Buildzoid to ever do this publicly! Worth a watch
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    PCSPECIALIST PSA: Latest Nvidia driver bricking cards

    Please please be aware of this, the latest nvidia driver is being reported to fatally brick nvidia cards, and not just the 5090 Jay has an additional note pinned in the comments: “Turns out this is a much wider issue affecting people on older gen nvidia cards too using 572.16 driver! Some...
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    PCSPECIALIST R.I.P. David Lynch

    Truly the end of an era, and what a wonderfully odd one at that. The passing of the great David Lynch. https://variety.com/2025/film/news/david-lynch-dead-director-blue-velvet-twin-peaks-1236276106/ We need to call out @AgentCooper, although I'm sure he will have heard And we need to put a...
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    PCSPECIALIST Upcoming 5000 series cooler rundown

    This is interesting as to what coolers the board partners will be going with in the upcoming 5000 series GPU's from a cooler design perspective. I think we're all waiting with baited breath to see if K1ngP1n will be doing some PNY 5000 series models!!! But it's also hilarious from the amount...
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    PCSPECIALIST NVidia RTX 5000 series

    So they've officially been announced: UK Pricing is as follows (for Founders Edition models, board partners will likely be more expensive): https://www.nvidia.com/en-gb/geforce/graphics-cards/50-series/ Availability For desktop users, the GeForce RTX 5090 GPU with 3,352 AI TOPS and the...
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    PCSPECIALIST The CES 2025 Thread

    So, CES kicks off on Monday Linking to the livestreams for the big events should you want to watch them AMD - 11:00 Pacific Time / 17:00 UK Time Will be announcing new GPU's only up to the RX9070 XT, perhaps the 9950X3D CPU, likely new laptops, release expected before March, but not many...
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    PCSPECIALIST PSA: Honey Chrome extension scam

    If anyone is using Honey still which is a chromium extension that gives you online codes to get money off when you check out, I’d delete your account and uninstall it quickly. TLDR: The app was purposefully hiding the best deals for its favorite professional customers, you know, those...
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    PCSPECIALIST PSA: Facebook will be spinning up "AI" ie fake accounts

    I feel this is a sign of things to come. The timing of this is no coincidence with trump about to take office, there is a history between his movement and Facebook. If anyone is still on Twitter, you'll know exactly how bad this can get and the damage that can result in a very short space of...
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    PCSPECIALIST The 2024 Wrap Up

    With Reilly in a dressing gown, gotta love it
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    PCSPECIALIST RIP Gordon Mah Ung

    Gordon Mah Ung of the YouTube account PCWorld unfortunately has lost his battle with cancer. Gordon got started as a very successful print magazine reporter back in the 90s, then ventured onto YouTube https://www.pcworld.com/author/gung...
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    PCSPECIALIST Final Fantasy VII Rebirth coming to PC

    Just announced yesterday Final Fantasy VII Rebirth which is chapter 2 of the reboots is on it's way to PC in January, pre-orders are live and 30% off at £45 They've left Midgar, so now it's the desert part with Chocobos and loads of side quests. Release date is January 23rd...
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    PCSPECIALIST Upcoming Naughty Dog new IP

    Naughty Dog, the guys that brought us Crash Bandicoot, Last Of Us and Uncharted have announced a new franchise Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet https://www.naughtydog.com/blog/intergalactic_the_heretic_prophet_announcement
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    PCSPECIALIST Gaming headsets that have excellent audio too

    In this category I’m only including headsets that include a microphone. So there’s been some really impressive improvements in the world of gaming headsets. In the last few years, some serious audiophile brands started making “gaming headsets” like the Audeze Maxwell Wireless, or the Audeze...
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    PCSPECIALIST Doechii killing it

    New to me artist hitting the scene in a HUGE way. Her name is Doechii, she released a "Mix Tape" called Alligator Bites Never Heal apparently in August, I've only just heard of it, but listening to the record now and it is quite spectacular. She's just done a Tiny Desk Concert which is worth...
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    PCSPECIALIST Asus ZenScreen Fold OLED 2560 x 1920 portable screen

    This is really cool, obviously price is pretty restrictive at the moment but these halo products do tend to pass down to more mainstream products fairly quickly, especially with how mainstream OLED is now becoming Folds up to a 12” x 9 or so I think Unfolded its 4x3 Apect Ratio at around 17.3”...
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    PCSPECIALIST Geo-Political concerns on the horizon likely to affect PC prices

    @Scott @Rakk @steaky360 Just alerting you if this is too on the nose, totally understand if you need to remove it, will attempt to take any politics out of it, but thought it was an important thing to make people aware of. Firstly, please this is not a political discussion in any way, it's...
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    PCSPECIALIST Elastic Micro LED displays

    No joke, this is from LG, they've developed a Micro LED 100ppi full rgb display that can stretch from 12cm to 18 cm whilst in use.
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