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This beefy 850W Asus ROG Strix 80+ Platinum PSU is a third off from Amazon
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This beefy 850W Asus ROG Strix 80+ Platinum PSU is a third off from Amazon

Just like the 'Apple tax' of a certain phone and laptop manufacturer, the 'ROG tax' is an increasingly well-established concept in PC hardware circles; Asus' components do often carry a bit of a premium to them, for various reasons. Nonetheless, Amazon UK currently have a decent deal on the 850W 80+ Platinum ROG Strix PSU, taking it down to £120. That's the lowest price it's ever been, by the looks of price tracking graphs, and a tasty 33% saving on its £180 RRP. Read more

Starfield modders fix Terran Armada progress blocker bug that punishes you for visiting one particular space station
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Starfield modders fix Terran Armada progress blocker bug that punishes you for visiting one particular space station

A quest-breaking bug has been stopping some Starfield players from progressing in the Terran Armada DLC Bethesda released earlier this month, but thankfully there's a now a mod offering a headache-free fix for it. The issue, which sees your Terran Armada quest progression locked around the time of a mission dubbed 'Into the Void', looks to be caused by simply having paid an early visit to a space station from the Free Lanes update that dropped alongside the DLC. Read more

You can save ÂŁ100 on this Ryzen Z2 Extreme-powered MSI Claw A8 handheld from Cyberpower
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You can save ÂŁ100 on this Ryzen Z2 Extreme-powered MSI Claw A8 handheld from Cyberpower

MSI's Claw A8 was one of the first handheld PCs to come packing AMD's beefier Ryzen Z2 Extreme chip, promising a comfortable chassis, capacious RAM and storage arrangements, and a big 8-inch 1920x1200 IPS touchscreen on top. It launched at £849, which while cheaper than the Asus ROG Xbox Ally X, still came in rather expensive. However, a handy price cut down to £749 from Cyberpower has made this model the cheapest of all the Z2 Extreme handhelds by a considerably healthier margin.

Alien Isolation 2 teaser video shows the horror game heading planetside, but those panic-inducing save stations are following it
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Alien Isolation 2 teaser video shows the horror game heading planetside, but those panic-inducing save stations are following it

It's been well over a year since the announcement of Alien: Isolation 2, or whatever Creative Assembly and Sega end up calling the sequel to 2014's xenomorph horror romp. There's been no further word about the game, and the protracted quiet may have given you a false sense of security. "False Sense Of Security", by happy coincidence, is the title of a spooky new video just uploaded to the Alien: Isolation Youtube channel. True, there are no Aliens in the footage, and they don't explicitly label