Fit a new power supply to keep your components fed It ain’t the most glamorous piece of thePC buildingpuzzle, but your PSU (power supply unit) is ultimately what brings the whole system to life. Beeping, whirring life. Let’s look at how to install a PSU in your PC case, how to prep yourself for better cable management once the build is complete, and how to make sure you get a PSU with enough power for your build in the first place....
All your desktop PC storage needs covered Behold, the final piece of actual hardware installation work you’ll need to perform on yourcustom PC build. In this section we’ll walk you through how to install SSDs of two different types, as well as how to install an HDD, if you’re including some mechanical storage as well. None of these are particularly tricky, though it’s worth stressing that any NVMe SSDs should be compatible with the PCIe interfaces that yourmotherboardsupports....
If memory serves, this is how you install DDR4 or DDR5 kits Installing RAM takes mere seconds – honestly I feel a little silly for even having an entire page dedicated to explaining how to do it. The only possible complexities come from making sure you havethe right kind of RAM for your system, and that you’re inserting each stick of memory into the right slot. But these are easily done as well, making RAM installation both the most painless part ofbuilding a PC from scratchand a dead simple way to upgrade your rig in the future....
Set up the operating system, and your PC build is complete This is it, folks. We’vesqueezed thermal pastetogether,seated graphics cardstogether, andtidied cablestogether, so now all that’s left to finishbuilding your own gaming PCtogether is to install Windows on the SSD or hard drive. But which version to choose? Windows 11 could be argued as the very, very slightly better option for a games-focused rig, if largely on the back on itsAuto HDRfeature....
The final hardware steps to a completed PC build With all the internal components installed and connected, congrats: you basically have acustom built gaming PC, albeit one that won’t be functional until youinstall Windows. There are also just a few more details to attend to first, including a spot of cable management (optional, but highly recommended) and putting your opened-up case back together. Why bother with tidying cables? The risk of loose wires restricting airflow tends to be exaggerated at best, but it’s not solely for aesthetics either....
The festival runs from March 29th to April 8th Starting on March 29th, the Official Selection games will be highlighted in a number of ways across the Festival. Some will have free demos to try across the week and a half, others will be discounted, and some will also be releasing “special content” during the Festival period as well. No details yet on exactly what that special content is, but there you are....
Zenozoik isn’t messing about Clash: Artifacts Of Chaosis nails, mate. And that’s coming from someone who recently reviewed Team Ninja’sWo Long: Fallen Dynasty, a game that’s mighty good at grinding people into paste. I’m not trying brag; I’m being vulnerable with you. I have a case of the Ben Affleck blues, where most sessions of Clash’s third-person action-adventuring have me veering from elation to being slumped against a wall with Affleck’s signature grimace on my face....
Reports of rogue early Twitch ads suggest demo is “available now” When Capcom showed off their latestResident Evil 4remake trailer the other week, they promised aplayable demowould be coming ahead of the game’s launch on March 24th. At the time, no date was given for when the demo might be arriving, but thanks to some seemingly early Twitch ads doing the rounds today, it would appear that Resi 4 demo will be coming later today - presumably onceCapcom’s Spotlight Showcase streamhas wrapped up this evening....
Play the horror opening as much as you like Resident Evil 4’s remake launches in just a couple of weeks on March 24th. If even that is too long to wait, you’re now in luck: Capcom just released a demo. It features an early section of the game and no time limit. Capcom announced the demo during a livestream this evening, which featured news from several Capcom games. You can watch the entirety of the presentation below, with theResident Evil 4part appearing near the end, around the 35m 50s mark:...
Dead or alive RoboCop is a gloriously entertaining action movie and satire which like many ’80s movies has spawned several lesser sequels and several lesser video game adaptations.RoboCop: Rogue Cityis the latest to try. Last year’s Nacon Connect stream featured anunderwhelming “gameplay reveal”; this year’s Nacon Connect features a “gameplay overview”. Step below to judge its whelm. For a start: as an overview, I don’t feel like it gives much of a view over....
Law, this is bad SurpriseRPGremasterThe Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Editionhas turned out to be even more of a PC wilter than itsraised system requirementswould suggest. I’ve only been bumbling around the starting planet of Terra-2 so far, and thus haven’t seen every single weather system upgrade and character model touch-up that the Spacer’s Choice Edition has to offer, but it’s made a worrying first impression in the performance department. I started on an RTX 3070 (matched with an Intel Core i5-11600K and 16GB of RAM, all well above the recommended spec), and slapped on Ultra quality to try at 1440p....
Development is not painless Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice Leaguewas recently shown insome detail, in a presentation that made clear it was a floaty live service looter shooter with purchasable cosmetics. Then it was confirmed that the third-person supervillain adventurerequired an always online internet connection. The response to both these reveals was not great. Now a reportby Bloombergcites an anonymous source who says Suicide Squad has been delayed until later in the year....
There’s some good in this world The Lord Of The Rings: Gollumhas been on a long road, which I suppose is fitting given the source material. It now has a story trailer, as of this evening’s Nacon Connect, but the third-person stealth ‘em up once again impresses mostlyin terms of its headgear. Here’s the video: Gandalf’s hat is a large, drooping pyramid; a gaunt elf wears a head of branches; the dark lord’s emissary wears a head of unlit sparklers; and even his goons seem to be wearing upturned vases....
