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Best of Week: Best New Tech of 2022
It’s the final entry to our Best of Week: New Tech in 2022. I can tell you; it has been a stellar year for tech and innovations. Tech is advancing faster and faster these days, so it’s important to stop and smell the innovative roses every now and then. Today, we are celebrating the best new tech that came to Overclockers UK in 2022. AMD Ryzen 7000 Series CPUs First up, we have the AMD Ryzen 7000 Series CPUs, which dropped back in September. This…
Best of Week: Best Streaming Hardware of 2022
Next in our ‘Best Of’ week, we’re highlighting a selection of the best streaming hardware of 2022! These must-have accessories have been designed to enhance your stream, and production level, along with wowing your audience. Streamplify MIC: Be heard loud and crystal clear with the Streamplify MIC Microphone. As a cardioid microphone, it is sensitive at the front whilst the sides and back have near-zero sensitivity. This ensures no unwanted background noise is picked up. Along with this, the Streamplify MIC features two different audio…
Best of Week: Best of Peripherals 2022
We’re back for the next item on our Best of Week: Peripherals. From keyboards to headsets, our peripherals enhance gaming performance, comfort, and aesthetics. They are the real MVP of our gaming set-ups. Some great products have joined the Overclockers UK line-up this year. We’re taking a look back over five of our favourite peripherals that were added to our virtual shelves in 2022. Glorious Model O PRO Wireless Mouse First of our peripherals, we have the Glorious Model O PRO Wireless Mouse, fresh from…
Best of Week: Best Gaming PCs of 2022!
Continuing our ‘Best Of’ week, we’re showcasing some of our best gaming PCs of 2022! Each of these incredible gaming PCs has been released in 2022 and is available to purchase from Overclockers UK! We’ve got systems designed for casual and high-end gaming, to mind-blowing elite-tier powerhouses. Refract Gaming Amber Pre-built PC: Originally launched in May 2022, our Refract Gaming range has been expertly crafted to suit a vast range of gameplay styles, favourite games, and budgets. The Amber pre-built system has been designed for…
Great Party Games to Play With Your Friends for Christmas Weekend
Hang up your stockings and deck the halls, because Christmas is almost upon us. That means it's time to crack out the party games to entertain your friends and family. Who needs a roaring fire to gather around when you have great titles like this to play? We’ve asked around here at Overclockers UK to find some fantastic party games that everyone can enjoy, as well as the gaming PCs to play them on. Don’t panic – no simulated Monopoly to be found here! Among Us …
Top Tips for Keeping Your Gaming Setup Clean and Cool
Keeping your gaming PC and peripherals clean is key to having the best gaming experience. Here are our top tips for staying on top of the dust and debris, as well as some tricks to help your system keep its cool. Why is it Important to Keep my Setup Clean? Cleaning takes up valuable time you could be spending gaming. We understandably all roll our eyes at having to do it sometimes. However, if you allow dust and dirt to build up in and around…
An Overclockers UK Christmas Carol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neOWduFp07o&ab_channel=OverclockersUK Gather round ye gamers and geeks, And listen to this tale of which we speak. For here at Overclockers Christmas is upon us, So, we think of games that are with the season eponymous. You see, as we took to bed for the night, Dreaming of Haribos and RGB lights, A spectre awoke us with a smack. Far from Jacob Marley - ‘twas the ghost of 8Pack! “I’m Parry and Parry!” he started to sing In a tone so awful that our ears did ring. When his number was done, he warned us of…
Five Best Gaming Chairs to Give as Christmas Gifts
Give the gift of comfort this Christmas with a phenomenal gaming chair. At Overclockers UK, we love our gaming chairs and have put together five of our faves for you! We have some pretty incredible gaming chairs in our ranks, so picking just five is no easy matter! We stock some amazing brands, but there are four in particular we wanted to show off today. Whether your loved one streams professionally, works from home, or dedicates their downtime to gaming, everyone needs the proper support…
RAM Form Factors Explained – Everything You Need to Know!
Selecting the perfect components for your gaming PC can seem a little daunting. Especially when you have to also consider the size of your hardware, not just the type, you need. That’s where our team of PC experts at Overclockers UK comes in! We’ve put together this handy series all about different component form factors. This particular blog post focuses on RAM. RAM Form Factors Along with different generations and configurations, there are two main form factors of RAM. SO-DIMM DIMM SO-DIMM: SO-DIMM stands for Small…
Anatomy of a Graphics Card – Everything You Need to Know!
Whether you are a complete beginner or a veteran PC builder who wants to touch up on your hardware knowledge – our ‘Anatomy of’ series has all the key information you need. The ‘Anatomy of’ series has been designed to show you what goes into all of the key PC components. In this blog article, we’re covering graphics cards. MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ventus 3X 12GB GDDR6 Graphics Card What is a Graphics Card? Typically referred to as the ‘muscle’ of a computer, the graphics…
Game Like Never Before with AMD Radeon RX 7000 Series
After teasing us back in August, AMD’s latest series of graphics cards armed with RDNA 3 is finally here. Introducing the AMD Radeon RX 7000 Series GPUs. Would you like an uptick in native 4K performance by up to 1.7 times? Of course you would! How about nearly three times the performance on AI acceleration and ray tracing? Honestly, why am I even asking? The AMD Radeon RX 7900 Series facilitates the most advanced graphics for gamers and creators, alike. Even better, from this point…
How to Connect a Monitor to Your Laptop
Whether as an improvement on your laptop’s existing screen or as a second one to boost your productivity, connecting a monitor to your laptop has many benefits. Here’s how you can easily hook them up for yourself. Considering Connections The first thing to consider is what kind of cable you will use to connect your laptop and monitor. The three main types are HDMI, USB-C, and VGA. Unless you’re using an older monitor, you are unlikely to use VGA (or Video Graphics Array) as it…