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Why is My Keyboard Not Working?
When your keyboard suddenly decides to stop working, it’s certainly not the time to start panicking (Cue screaming Spongebob meme). There are plenty of easy and simple-to-do troubleshooting methods and fixes you can try, before you throw your keyboard out of the window. In fact, we’ve put together this guide, highlighting a few of our tips and tricks to get it back into working order. Have You Turned It Off and On Again? An easy, quick troubleshooting method is to restart your PC. Believe…
Is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 Series Worth it in 2023?
Since the RTX 40 Series was first revealed last autumn, it’s quickly become every hardware enthusiast’s go-to graphics card. But that doesn’t mean its predecessor has nothing left to offer. In fact, the RTX 30 Series still has plenty for gamers and might be the GPU for you in 2023. Please note, there is limited availability for RTX 30 Series GPUs and gaming PCs. First released in September 2020, the RTX 30 Series supported 2nd generation ray tracing, used NVIDIA’s Ampere architecture, and made use…
Time for a Threequel! I Expect You to Die 3
Yes, the highly anticipated threequel to I Expect You To Die is indeed on the way this year. The third instalment in the I Expect You To Die franchise has been announced and promises to provide players with an even more immersive and challenging experience than its predecessors. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kFmrUfRDJg Here’s Everything We know So Far The I Expect You To Die franchise has been a massive success since its debut in 2016. Both I Expect You To Die and I Expect You to Die…
Coming To VR: Across The Valley
Across The Valley is set to bring the world of farming to VR next month! Players will need to muck in whilst relaxing in a hand-drawn paradise. Farming has never been so immersive! Across the Valley, the latest VR farm simulator developed exclusively for VR by FusionPlay, lets you lend a hand - literally! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiIUwSlB4NI From April 6th, you can sow, water, harvest your own plants, and raise adorable baby animals. You can even milk the cows, shear the sheep, and go on a truffle hunt…
The Best Budget Gaming Chairs
We certainly all dream of having a gaming chair to call our own, but not all of us can make that a reality. But if your bank balance is getting in the way of your ambitions then that doesn’t have to be the case. Here at Overclockers UK, we have the best budget gaming chairs that deliver plenty of comfort. What Do You Want From a Gaming Chair? Even without considering the cost of investment, buying a gaming chair is a daunting task if you…
The Difficulty with DRAM – New Innovations to DDR5 RAM with Corsair
RAM is a crucial aspect of any gaming PC, and you can never have such a thing as too much RAM. In fact, Corsair has been making innovative strides to help change the fundamental design of DRAM to boost maximum capacities, speeds, and, ultimately, performance. Today, we’ll be taking a closer look at DRAM, its limitations, and the latest developments made by Corsair in their new generation of RAM kits. What is DRAM? Corsair Vengeance 32GB EXPO DDR5 RAM Kit DRAM, or ‘’Dynamic Random Access…
Our Fave Five Badass Gaming Women
To continue our celebration of all the incredible women in gaming, we asked around the Overclockers UK office, for everyone’s favourite female video game characters and put together our list of the top five badass gaming women. Lara Croft – Tomb Raider: Lara Croft is the protagonist of the infamous Tomb Raider series. An archaeologist, treasure hunter, and tomb raider, throughout the franchise Croft embarks on a series of thrilling adventures on the hunt for powerful and deadly artifacts. Her iconic ponytail, tank top, shorts,…
The Best PCs for Working with Pi
This Pi Day, we’ve decided to take a closer look at our incredible line of workstations and powerhouse PCs. A powerful PC can be designed for much more than high-speed AAA gaming. Our configurable workstations and powerhouse PCs have been crafted utilising cherry-picked hardware, primed for creative and intensive workloads. This includes 3D rendering, simulations, AI modelling, and much more. Today, we’ll be highlighting a few of our favourites, along with showing you how you can build the workstation of your dreams to enhance your…
Level Up Your Streaming: How to Capture PSVR 2 Footage
Released back in February 2023, PSVR 2 is a brand-new virtual reality headset that is compatible with the PlayStation 5 console. Designed to deliver next-gen performance, mind-blowing visuals, and ultra-realistic gameplay, PSVR 2 promises to take your gaming to new heights. Especially for live streamers. Therefore, we’ve put together this blog post showing you how you can capture PSVR 2 footage, including all the necessary hardware you need. What is PSVR2? PSVR2 combines the power of the next-gen PlayStation 5 console with immersive virtual reality. …
Best Gaming Laptops for 2024: 10 Incredible Laptops You Can Buy Right Now!
We're always being spoilt for choice for gaming hardware with all the top names bringing out cutting-edge tech designed to level up your performance. All of which has certainly got us thinking about upgrading our set-ups - therefore we've put together this list of the top ten gaming laptops that you can buy right now. Each of these laptops are equipped with all the latest hardware to enhance your performance in gaming and streaming alike. Gigabyte AORUS 15 Gaming Laptop Enhance your gaming and streaming…
OcUK’s Ultimate Mixtape: Our Fave Gaming Songs
The soundtracks to games are often phenomenal. One Monday morning, the OcUK team were talking about our favourite gaming soundtracks. An idea after another snowballed, and now we have another collaborative blog for you! With a matching mixtape playlist. (Hands up those who always want a matching playlist for blog content. Just me?) Music elicits emotion, and gaming composers have mastered that art down to a tee. The score will tug at your heart strings in the sad cut scenes, or signal danger is just…
Spend the Weekend with These Five Puzzle Platformers
The long-awaited weekend is finally here! We can’t think of a better way to de-stress other than playing one of our favourite puzzle-platformers. Portal Portal is all about solving puzzles with your handy dandy portal gun. Trapped in the Aperture Science Laboratories, play as Chell, who must solve a series of unique puzzles set by GLaDOS, an artificial intelligent lifeform. To solve these puzzles, utilise your trusty portal gun to defy gravity by manipulating various portals and objects through time and space. Official PC System…