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Celebrating 50K YouTube Subscribers with a Giveaway!
We have hit an incredible milestone on our YouTube channel, and it’s all thanks to you. Today, we are opening up celebrations for 50K subscribers with a juicy giveaway! We are so honoured that 50,000 of you have subscribed to our humble little YouTube channel. It seemed only fitting that we shared the love, with a spicy giveaway that gives you the chance to win an ASUS ROG Strix 4080 GPU. Overclockers UK YouTube The Overclockers UK YouTube channel has been going for over ten…
Explore the Great Outdoors from the Comfort of Your Gaming Chair
To celebrate the Summer Solstice, we’re showcasing our top five survival exploration games. In each of these games, you can escape into the great outdoors as you try to rebuild your life and survive against various threats. To ensure you can truly enjoy your wilderness explorations, we’ve paired all our games with one of our top PCs or laptops and a comfortable gaming chair. Forager: Explore, craft, and farm in the 2D survival game, Forager. Set your own path and goals to work towards, whether…
Our Favourite Farming Sims for the Summer Solstice!
The summer solstice is here, and we like to spend those extra daylight hours on the farm. Sometimes there’s no better way to relax than to take a stroll through virtual hills, tend to your crops, and look after your farm animals. There is no shortage of farming sim games that offer us a relaxing experience for us to get our teeth stuck into. Our resident farming sim fanatic rounded up five of her faves. Read More Across The Valley Enter the world of farming…
New AMD Ryzen CPUs are Coming – Is Your Gaming PC Ready?
It’s time to get hyped as more incredible AMD Ryzen CPUs are heading our way! At Computex 2024, we got a glimpse at the upcoming Ryzen 9000 and tasty new 5000 Series processors that will soon be hitting the virtual shelves. If you’re in the market for a new CPU, keep on reading as we’ve got all the details you need. What are the New AMD Ryzen 9000 CPUs? Engineered with the innovative Zen 5 architecture, the AMD Ryzen 9000 Series has been fine-tuned to…
The Ultimate FPS Set-Up
Harnessing only the very best hardware, our ultimate FPS set-up delivers everything you need to secure your victory and dominate your enemies. If you’re in the market for your next selection of upgrades to boost your performance, you’ll certainly want to get this FPS set-up bookmarked! FPS Games FPS games are insanely popular, packed with plenty of fast-paced action that is sure to keep you on the edge of your seat. It’s hard for us to just pick one favourite so we’ve got some tasty…
NVIDIA Inside Look: DLSS and DLAA
NVIDIA graphics cards have been fine-tuned for gamers and creators alike, harnessing plenty of integrated cutting-edge technology to boost your performance. Our series ‘Inside Look’ has been designed to showcase all this powerful hardware. This blog post is all about DLSS and DLAA. What is NVIDIA DLSS? DLSS, or Deep Learning Super Sampling, is NVIDIA’s own upscaling technology which has been designed to level up your in-game performance. Powered by AI, DLSS intelligently increases your frame rates, enhances image quality, and boosts your response times…
New Kolink Observatory HF PC Cases & Cables
We are back with more Kolink goodies! This time, it’s more additions to the Observatory HF Series and some handy dandy cables hitting our virtual shelves. There is a total of five new cases and five new cables joining the Kolink ranks today, and we simply love it. You know what time it is – time to grab a cuppa and some biscuits as we talk you through all these new Kolink shinies. The Observatory HF Series There are three new Kolink Observatory HF models,…
How to Safely Remove Keyboard Keycaps
Whether you need to give your keyboard a deep clean or upgrade, knowing how to remove your keycaps is a useful skill. Whilst taking your keyboard apart might sound a little scary, it’s actually rather simple and opens up new possibilities for making your set-up your own. If you don’t know how to remove your keycaps, you’re certainly in the right place! We’ve put together this step-by-step guide detailing everything you need to know. Covering the whys, what you need, and how to safely remove…
The Best Games to Play With Dad For Father’s Day
We hope we’re not the first ones to tell you that it’s Father’s Day. Lucky for you, if you did forget to order dad a hilarious card to mark the occasion, there’s something you can still do to make the day special. Playing video games together, of course! Didn’t you read the title? These couch co-op games are the perfect way for you to spend some quality parent-child time together. Whether you want to solve puzzles, get stuck in with nature, or just fly around…
Cyber Manhunt 2: New World – Cracking Cases with AI
Greetings Programs. It’s time to solve some corporate shenanigans as a next-gen AI in Aluba Studio’s Cyber Manhunt 2: New World. Delve into the digital world, exploring people's public and not-so-public information, to keep Titan Corporation free of any scandal. AI Awakening In Cyber Manhunt 2: New World, you are an experimental AI assistant developed by Titan Corporation and deployed to CIO Ashley Clayson. Under her purview, you are tasked with protecting Titan Corporation from any scandals that could shake faith in the company. Your…
Is It Dead: DDR4?!
With more manufacturers making the switch to DDR5, is it still worth upgrading to DDR4 or is this standard nearing the end of its lifespan? In this blog post, we’re taking a deep dive into DDR4, examining whether it's still useful and why you should upgrade to DDR4. What is DDR4? DDR4 is the fourth generation of DDR computer memory. Expanding on the limitations of DDR3, DDR4 has been fine-tuned to deliver high capacities, improved data integrity, and reduced power consumption. With up to 50%…
Lian Li O11D EVO RGB Automobili Lamborghini PC Case
Strap in Overclockers, Lian Li has partnered with Automobili Lamborghini to bring you the O11D EVO RGB Automobili Lamborghini. A limited-edition case that packs phenomenal gaming performance, with Italian supercar good looks! Supercar Inspired Looks Automobili Lamborghini supercars have been dream vehicles for millions of people around the world for decades. That’s because they know how to make something look pretty, whilst packing some real oomph under the bonnet. Now, they have teamed up with Lian Li to put the same practices into a PC…