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Best Gaming PCs Under £2000
When it comes to buying our gaming PCs, we’d love it if budget wasn’t an issue. Sadly, we have “grown up” responsibilities that eat our funds. Thankfully, Overclockers UK has an extensive range of gaming PCs to suit any budget. Today, we’re looking at gaming PCs that fall under the £2000 price point. Each is from our range of configurable gaming PCs, so there is some wiggle room on cost and spec for each of them. We have three gaming PCs under £2000 to showcase today,…
Make Your DIY Projects Easy with Our How to Videos!
To ensure you can complete all your DIY projects with ease with summer, here at Overclockers UK, we’ve put together this one-stop-shop full of all our dedicated how to videos. Whether you’re building your first gaming PC or custom mechanical keyboard, all your questions will be answered. Overclockers UK Academy Our dedicated Overclockers UK Academy consists of a suite of in-depth video and blog guides, designed to answer every question you’ve ever had about your gaming PC and peripherals. You can find videos about installing…
Virtual Board Game Night: Weekend Fun with the Gang!
Get ready for some weekend gaming with your friends, it’s time for a virtual board game night! Board games are great, and their digital counterparts are even better. All the fun and none of the working out scores? Sign me up! We love a virtual board game night at Overclockers UK, so we rounded up a few of our favourites for you to try with your mates. Not big on board games? We got you – check out the rest of our weekend multiplayer gaming…
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty: New Hardware & Content!
Ready to launch back into Night City this September for Phantom Liberty? In this post, we’re explaining the new minimum PC requirements for Cyberpunk 2077 and taking a look at what this DLC will bring to Cyberpunk. When Will Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty Release? Launching September 26th, Cyberpunk 2077’s first paid DLC is set to bring more than just new content to the game. Clocking in at a whopping £24.99 on Steam, Phantom Liberty is certainly setting our expectations high. A risky play as great…
PCIe 5.0 SSDs: Next-generation Super-Fast Storage is Here!
The latest generation of PCIe has arrived! PCIe 5.0 SSDs boast a suite of performance enhancing features, including notably faster read and write speeds. If you’re looking to upgrade to a PCIe 5.0 SSD, then we’ve compiled everything you need to know into one handy post. We’ll be highlighting what exactly PCIe 5.0 is, how it compares to previous generations, and all the benefits it brings to gamers and creative professionals, alike. Corsair Force MP700 1TB PCIe 5.0 M.2 SSD What is PCIe 5.0? PCIe…
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Is Now on PC!
Hitting our PC gaming libraries on July 26th 2023 was Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart. Previously a PlayStation exclusive, this classic intergalactic adventure will see you hopping between different dimensions to save the omniverse from collapse. We’re heckin’ excited about the very first Ratchet & Clank PC game, therefore we’ve put together this complete guide, covering gameplay, PC optimisation, the official PC specification, and our top PCs to play. Let’s Go Dimension Hopping! When an evil robotic emperor is hell bent on destroying every dimension,…
The Repair House: Relaxing Restoration Simulator
Ever get the urge to clean and fix things up but low-key know you lack the skill? Enter The Repair House. This restoration simulator will scratch all your fixer-upper itches! This game comes from the original creator of PC Building Simulator, so you know you’re onto a winner with The Repair House. Boasting satisfying and relaxing gameplay, you can spend endless hours fixing up everything from old guitars to arcade machines! Today we’re taking a closer look at the gameplay, spec requirements, and what PCs…
BattleBit Remastered The FPS We Deserve
After years and years of waiting, someone has finally released a good military FPS, but it wasn’t Activision or EA. After just ten minutes of playing BattleBit Remastered, you could be forgiven for thinking you’d somehow been transported into a different timeline's Battlefield 4. Overnight success BattleBit Remastered is packed with the intense mayhem we’ve been missing since the good old days of Battlefield, and with colossal scale 127 vs 127 matches, there’s a lot to love. Gameplay Six years in the making, BattleBit’s…
Top Tips for Building Your Gaming PC: OcUK Staff Edition
Building your dream gaming PC can be a daunting task. All those precious components and tools. But before you start panicking, the PC experts at Overclockers UK are right here, with our top PC building tips! We’ve asked the staff at OcUK for everyone’s number one PC building tip and compiled them all into this handy post. Ensure Your Graphics Card is Plugged into Your Monitor – From Ed in the Video Team A mistake we’ve all made whilst building a PC, is not plugging…
Coming To VR: Roblox
What is this, a crossover episode? Two metaverses are set to collide with the long-awaited confirmation of Roblox’s arrival on Meta Quest VR headsets. Yes, we’re not joking. Earlier this week, Meta confirmed that online game platform and game creation system, Roblox, is set to arrive in VR soon. Love it or hate it, with more than 66 million daily users across PC, mobile, and Xbox, Roblox is already one of the largest gaming platforms. Whether you want to play a knock-off version of Call of…
Immortals of Aveum: New Magic-Slinging FPS Game with All-Star Cast
Immortals of Aveum takes the FPS mechanic and brings a whole new layer of magic to the experience. Although it has been delayed by a month, we are super excited to see Immortals of Aveum hit our gaming PCs. With its phenomenal graphics, incredibly detailed world, and all-star cast, it could definitely be a contender for one of the top ten games of the year. Does the fact that it stars Gina Torres heavily influence that statement? Absolutely. I said what I said. We’re going…
How to Get the Best from Your OLED Monitor
OLED monitors boast huge advantages for gamers, streamers, and creatives, capable of delivering stunning high-res images and videos, vivid colour accuracy, and fast response times. But how can you get the very best performance from your OLED display whilst minimising the effects of screen burn-in? That’s where Overclockers UK comes in! We’ve compiled everything there is to know about OLED displays and screen burn-in, along with our top tips on how to get the most out of your gaming monitor. LG 32EP950-B 32'' OLED Monitor…