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F1 23 PC Specs: What You Need To Run It

by Liam Major F1 23 is one of the biggest racing game releases of the year and it’s already racked up 10s of thousands of regular players, and hundreds of...

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Cyberpunk 2077 Specs & PC Requirements

UPDATED: 20/2/24 CD Projekt RED’s Cyberpunk 2077 could be the Crysis of the early 2020s, demanding more from PCs than ever before. It looks stunning for it, but if you want to play...

God of War Specs & PC Requirements

by Liam Major God of War was one of the best games of its generation, and may well be one of the best games of all time.But, as a PlayStation exclusive at release, the number of people who have...

Destroy All Humans 2: Reprobed Specs - What You Need To Run It [PC]

by Liam Major The Destroy All Humans franchise was thought to have died off with its original creator and publisher, Pandemic Studios and THQ, but that couldn’t be further from the truth....

Best Gaming Headsets of 2022

by Liam Major Playing your favourite games with one of the best gaming headsets can make a huge difference to your gaming experience. They make games sound and feel more immersive, are extra...

Computex 2022 Highlights: New CPUs, but where were all the GPUs?

by Liam Major Computex 2022 has been and gone, and though it wasn’t the big dramatic show it’s been in the past with heaps of major announcements, debuts, and releases, it did have some...

Evil Dead: The Game – What PC Do You Need to Play?

by Liam Major It seems that the Evil Dead franchise is just as unkillable as its titular Deadite entities, with a brand new Evil Dead: The Game experience shortly set to wreak havoc on our PCs and...

Intel Core i9-12900KS Breakdown

by Liam Major Intel is soon set to launch a new flagship processor with a specialist slant. The Core i9-12900KS will likely be the fastest gaming processor ever made, but it will demand a lot to...

AMD Ryzen 5800X3D – The Last Hurrah For AM4

by Liam Major AMD’s longstanding AM4 socket is set to be replaced after five years of long service by the incoming AM5 socket for next-generation Zen 4, Ryzen 7000 CPUs later this year. It’s a...

The Best Storage Configuration For 3D Work

by Liam Major Gamers might like to believe that they have the fastest and most powerful PCs money can buy. But those gaming PCs would have nothing to render at all if capable artists with...

Intel Alder Lake Lineup – Why 12th gen is so exciting

by Liam Major Intel’s 12th-generation Alder Lake CPUs have landed and they’ve done so in dramatic fashion.After years of slow progress on Intel’s ageing 14nm process, it’s finally brought...

Best Graphics Cards for Ray Tracing 2021

by Liam Major Ray tracing might have started out as a niche feature of Nvidia’s RTX 2000 graphics cards, but it’s quickly evolved to become one of the most exciting visual features of modern...

Pairing Ultra Fast M.2 Storage with Ultra Reliable HDDs

by Liam Major Over the last 20 years, we’ve seen storage solutions evolve and change to the point where they’re almost unrecognisable from their storage ancestors. From the amount of storage...

AMD RX 6600 and 6600 XT – Affordable 1080p Power

by Liam Major AMD’s RDNA 2 RX 6000 graphics cards have brought serious competition to the top end for the first time in several generations, giving Nvidia’s RTX 3000 graphics cards a run for...

Back 4 Blood: What PC do you need to run Turtle Rock’s new coop shooter?

by Liam Major One of the most hotly anticipated games set to release this year is Turtle Rock’s cooperative zombie shooter, Back 4 Blood. It’s the spiritual successor to Left 4 Dead 2 that...

Is Now a Good Time to Buy a PC?

by Liam Major Buying a new PC is a momentous decision. It means changing your trusted hardware and sticking with something new for potentially years to come. It’ll lock you into the games you...

Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti and 3070 Ti – the next great GPUs?

by Liam Major Nvidia recently expanded its range of Ampere, RTX 3000 graphics cards with two new, high-powered entries: the RTX 3080 Ti, and the RTX 3070 Ti.The former, an effective replacement...

Nvidia RTX 3080 vs AMD RX 6800 XT (2021)

by Liam Major The Nvidia RTX 3080 vs AMD RX 6800 XT debate is hotly argued as both are undoubtedly the flagship graphics cards of their respective generations.Although the RTX 3090 and RX 6900 XT...

The Best 11th Gen CPUs for Gaming (2021)

by Liam Major After months of hype and waiting, Intel’s 11th-generation Rocket Lake CPUs are finally here. They pack a backported 10nm Ice lake architecture into the mature 14nm Intel...

Intel Launches 11th Gen Desktop “Rocket Lake” Processors

by Liam Major Today, Intel has unveiled their latest range of desktop processors – The 11th Gen Intel Core Processor – codenamed “Rocket Lake”. The launch is boasted as bringing up...

Should You Buy a Gaming PC Bundle?

by Liam Major There’s no denying that buying a pre-built or custom gaming PC that’s ready to use right away has its advantages. But what about all the other things you need to go with...

Chillblast Earns Best PC Manufacturer Award 2020

by Liam Major Everyone here at Chillblast is proud and grateful to be nominated, voted for and to WIN two awards this year at the PC PRO Technology Excellence Awards...

Samsung release Gen 4 NVMe - 980 PRO

by Liam Major Samsung’s brand new 980 PRO NVMe SSD is the first to utilise the new PCIe Gen.4 technology, available to AMDs Ryzen CPUs and supporting motherboards....

NVIDIA's 3000 Series Announcement Recap

by Liam Major If you’ve been paying attention to the rumour mill over the last month or two, you will have heard musings regarding the “next-big-thing” in computing:...

Samsung Unveils New 8TB 870 QVO SSD

by Liam Major In previous years, if you wanted a fast and large storage solution (without remortgaging), the best you could do was a Samsung 4TB 860 QVO drive. When...

Is it reasonable to spend £2,000 on a gaming PC?

by Liam Major Gaming PCs can be the heart and soul of a gamer’s favourite pastime.It gives them access to the most beautiful of virtual worlds, the most engaging of stories, and the most...

NVMe Storage Explained

by Liam Major If you’re relatively new to computers or you haven’t investigated buying a new one in a few years, NVMe storage might be an unfamiliar topic for you. It’s a technology that is...

Is it worth upgrading an ageing 4670K for 1440p gaming?

by Liam Major One of the best features of modern gaming is that games are designed to support a wide range of hardware. This means that the days of a gaming PC feeling outdated and useless within...

What features are important when buying a gaming laptop?

by Liam Major Article Updated: 13th December 2022Buying a gaming laptop is arguably one of the biggest decisions a gamer can make. Since they’re not entirely upgradeable and are usually more...

What features are important when buying a gaming laptop?

by Liam Major Article Updated: 13th December 2022Buying a gaming laptop is arguably one of the biggest decisions a gamer can make. Since they’re not entirely upgradeable and are usually more...

Building The Ultimate Small Form Factor PC

by Liam Major At Chillblast we extensively prototype a specification before we release it for sale, just to make sure everything works as it should and guarantee our clients get a perfect...

What are the advantages of gaming on a desktop and a laptop?

by Liam Major PC gaming is often held up as the pinnacle of gaming – there’s a reason the latest generations of consoles are more like miniature PCs than ever before. But what is that...