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Goofy Goobers, Are You Ready? SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake is Here
It’s time to goofy goober rock back to Bikini Bottom, with the brand-new SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake. It’s no secret we love a bit of SpongeBob SquarePants at Overclockers UK. If you’ll recall, there was great excitement over the Minecraft SpongeBob DLC. Well, now our favourite fry cook is back in a brand-new adventure that crosses dimensions, and right into our hearts. SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake is set to fill our gaming PCs with the whimsy and madness we live for. If Battle…
Top 5 Motherboards for Gaming!
At the heart of any gaming PC is the motherboard. Responsible for connecting all of your vital components together to allow them to work in sync, a high-quality motherboard is a must. Therefore, we’ve put together this list of our top five motherboards for gaming! Each of these boards come equipped with support for the latest generation of processors, DDR5 RAM, along with a full suite of innovative features designed to enhance your gaming performance. Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite X DDR5 ATX Motherboard: The Gigabyte…
The Best Gaming Chairs for Under £500!
Gaming in comfort and style doesn’t have to break your wallet! In fact, here at Overclockers UK, we’ve put together this list of our top five gaming chairs for under £500. Whilst our budget may seem expensive, you can’t put a price on elite-tier ergonomics, premium materials, and superior comfort. Investing in a high-quality gaming chair comes with a whole suite of benefits. This includes helping you game in comfort, improving your posture, keeping your back supported, and most importantly making your set up…
Gather the Party for an MMORPG This Weekend
The weekend is here, and we’re all gearing up for a Saturday night gaming session with the squad. We're feeling an MMORPG! MMORPGs are some of our favourite multiplayer games at Overclockers UK. Spanning genres from fantasy to sci-fi and beyond, they offer great co-operative gameplay for you and your friends to enjoy. We had a quick whip round the office to find out everyone’s top MMORPGs and put together some fab suggestions for this weekend’s gaming session. Not feeling MMORPGs? Why not check out…
The Dead Space Remake is Here! Time to Get Your Gaming PC Ready
It’s finally time to return to the USG Ishimura as Isaac Clarke in the reimagined sci-fi classic Dead Space Remake. Do you and your gaming PC have what it takes to survive the cosmic horrors that await you both? The Horror Survival Classic Returns Fifteen years after the original game came out, Dead Space is back to give you a fresh batch of nightmares. Completely rebuilt from the ground up, this remake is set to offer a deeper and more immersive experience than the 2008…
Work From Home: Make the Most of Your Desk (Part 1)
For many of us, we are heading into another year of flexible or working from home. By now, our work-from-home office desk set-ups are pretty near perfect. But there are always great tips to be shared! The Overclockers UK content team is giving you a behind-the-scenes peek at our work-from-home set-ups. We’ve got great tips, the hardware we’re using, and pictures to show off the spaces we’ve created. What? We’re really proud of them! We’ve shared our workspaces, so if you’re looking for some office…
Level Up Your Knowledge: F-Keys and Their Function
Now... what exactly is the function of an f-key? Here at Overclockers UK, we’ve put together this handy dandy guide on where you can find the F-keys and an explanation of their function. What are the F-keys? The F-keys on a Ducky One3 Classic Full-sized Mechanical Keyboard The F-keys, or function keys, are shortcuts. These are typically located at the top of your keyboard, dependent on your keyboard form factor. Each will perform a specific task that is defined by the operating system, for example,…
Your Guide to Gaming Chairs
Investing in a gaming chair can be a daunting task, especially if you don’t know where to start. Fear not, we’ve compiled all our expert knowledge on gaming chairs and put it in this handy guide. Just for you. Aren’t we sweet? In this guide, we will go over the why, the what, the who, and the how. The why gaming chairs, the what to look for, the who to choose from, and the how to care and clean. You already know the where –…
Unlock Interstellar Performance with the 8Pack Asteroid
Bringing in the New Year right, we have a new 8Pack gaming computer to unveil – overclocked and decked out with all the latest hardware. Meet the 8Pack Asteroid. With its mirror-finish, carbon fibre accents, and beautiful RGB lighting, the 8Pack Asteroid looks like it has come from space. Harnessing the power of 13th Gen Intel and NVIDIA’s Ada Lovelace architecture, it may well be from the future. Get ready for out-of-this-world performance in all your gaming, content creation, and streaming endeavours! https://youtu.be/bnmx1pTbACM Astronomical Hardware…
2023 Is the Year of VR
Get ready for a year of Virtual Reality like you’ve never seen it before. Haptics, new headsets, gloves? It’s all in this post. 2023 might just be VRs best year yet! Throughout 2022 we saw an explosion in technology developments and games. Plus with CES 2023 jam-packed with plenty of virtual reality companies, there is a lot to be excited about. In this post, we’re taking a look at what we’re excited for this year. CES 2023: Great Tech to Look Out for This Year …
How to Connect Your Stadia Controller via Bluetooth
Google Stadia has come to its unfortunate end. Whilst Google has officially stopped support for Stadia, this doesn’t mean your controller is unusable. In fact, you can now connect your Stadia controller via Bluetooth to enjoy playing your favourite games on your PC and even your phone. Here at Overclockers UK, we’ve put together this handy step-by-step guide showing you how to connect your controller via Bluetooth. What is Google Stadia? Originally launched back in 2019, Stadia was a cloud gaming service developed by Google.…
Get the Right Gaming PC for Multiplayer Games
We love a bit of multiplayer gaming mayhem here at Overclockers UK, and we’re sure you do too. But is your gaming PC up to scratch? With single-player gaming, you only have to worry about your gaming PC running the game in question. Add multiplayer into the mix, and you’ve got additional programs to consider, connectivity issues to contend with, and extra hardware to plug in. We’re here to clear the air and make sure you know just what you need for popular multiplayer genres.…