Dave Hall at CCL Tech

Arctic Cooling British Breeze

17th June 2014 by Dave Hall

Your PC isn't the only thing that needs to be cool this summer.

Goat Simulator Review

12th May 2014 by Dave Hall

Not a simulator for goats..

Ducky Leather Wrist Rest Review

14th April 2014 by Dave Hall

Quack Quack with a bit of Moo Moo?

Facebook Buys Oculus Rift VR Company for $2Bn

28th March 2014 by Dave Hall

The backlash begins

Kingston 16GB DataTraveler microDuo Review

26th March 2014 by Dave Hall

Dave takes a look at one of Kingston's newest and smallest USB drives.

Pokemon for the Mega Drive - Unlicensed Game Review

20th March 2014 by Dave Hall

Gotta catch all the Fakemon

Kingston DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 G3 Review

19th March 2014 by Dave Hall

I have to say, it's pretty metal!

CCL Wins PCR 2014 Reseller Award

18th March 2014 by Dave Hall

Top of the class once again

MSI Gaming Notebooks just got better!

12th March 2014 by Dave Hall

New processors, New Graphics and New Chassis.

Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn hits IndieGoGo

12th March 2014 by Dave Hall

Everybody's worst game is on the comeback.

Razer to Make Own Mechanical Keyboard Switches

8th March 2014 by Dave Hall

Could this be a game changer?

Kickstart Corner : Koe - A JRPG that helps to teach Japanese

27th February 2014 by Dave Hall

Another Kickstarter that I feel should be a worthwhile

SanDisk releases first 128GB MicroSDXC Card

26th February 2014 by Dave Hall

Who would have thought, all that storage in something the size of a stamp

Western Digital announce surveillance class hard drives

26th February 2014 by Dave Hall

Wenger Pegasus - Review

21st February 2014 by Dave Hall

A Break from hardware reviews, Dave gives his thoughts on a replacement for his old Alienware backpack.

Nvidia 334.89 WHQL Drivers Released

20th February 2014 by Dave Hall

Performance Boost : Increases performance by up to 19% for GeForce 400/500/600/700 series GPUs in several PC games vs. the previous WHQL-certified drivers (332.21).

A new Humble Bundle has entered the fray

20th February 2014 by Dave Hall

Humble Bundle 11, bigger and better than ever.

Crowdsourcing to a whole new level

17th February 2014 by Dave Hall

The Twitch community is trying to play Pokemon.

Squirrel King - Unlicensed Game Review

14th February 2014 by Dave Hall

Unlicensed games, they can't all be bad can they?

When Robot Vacuum Simulator 2013 is not enough....

12th February 2014 by Dave Hall

You can now play Goat Simulator !

PowerColor announce R7 250X graphics card

10th February 2014 by Dave Hall

A new entry level gaming card for the masses.

CCL Now Accepting Amazon Payments!

10th February 2014 by Dave Hall

A new Fast, Secure and Familiar way to pay.

Catalyst 14.1 beta driver released

5th February 2014 by Dave Hall

Mantle support added for graphics cards, and also drivers for Kaveri chips

Sid Meier gets in on the Humble Bundle action

5th February 2014 by Dave Hall

Civilization games galore, in the new Humble Bundle

Valve announces Steam Music

4th February 2014 by Dave Hall

You can listen to your own music library while gaming

Seagate preparing 6TB hard drive for Q2

3rd February 2014 by Dave Hall

Enterprise only though, so don't get too excited

Func announce HS-260 Gaming Headset

28th January 2014 by Dave Hall

Get down with your bad self....

CM Storm Trigger-Z Launched

28th January 2014 by Dave Hall

Successor to the original Trigger soon to be available

Sandisk announce release of ULLtraDIMM

27th January 2014 by Dave Hall

The Industry's First Flash-Based Ultra-Low Latency Storage Device

In Win 901 Mini-ITX Case announced

27th January 2014 by Dave Hall

Smaller brother to the In Win 904

How to manually update a driver in Windows

24th January 2014 by Dave Hall

Ever wanted to know how to update a driver, when you have no installer and just a list of files ?

IBM agrees to sale of low end server business to Lenovo

24th January 2014 by Dave Hall

Potential to be the largest ever tech purchase by a Chinese company

Top Gear's Test Track now visible on Google Street View

23rd January 2014 by Dave Hall

Unfortunately it seems the driver is not able to match The STIG's prowess

Toshiba acquisition of OCZ complete

22nd January 2014 by Dave Hall

Rebrands it as OCZ Storage Solutions, does this mean a brighter future ahead?

CCL's First New PC of 2014

22nd January 2014 by Dave Hall

A perfect base for a media centre, or simply a low power PC.

HMDX Jam Party Wireless Bluetooth Rechargeable Stereo Boombox - Review

22nd January 2014 by Dave Hall

Where there's a Jam, there's a party!

Cool Funding

21st January 2014 by Dave Hall

The Internet is helping send the Jamaican Boblsed team to Russia!

Google removes two applications from Chrome store

20th January 2014 by Dave Hall

Rogue extensions were purchased by adware developers then changed to push advertising

Humble Weekly Sale now live

17th January 2014 by Dave Hall

With games provided by Bohemia Interactive

New range of Ducky Shine 3 Keyboards available

16th January 2014 by Dave Hall

Do you like Gold and Green Switches Mr Powers ?!....

Road Redemption gameplay video revealed

14th January 2014 by Dave Hall

Gameplay including the Grenade Launcher and Uzi has been shown

AGDQ 2014 is over..

13th January 2014 by Dave Hall

Long Live AGDQ!

Corsair Demo new RGB Cherry MX Keyboard

7th January 2014 by Dave Hall

It looks very pretty....

Awesome Games Done Quick 2014

31st December 2013 by Dave Hall

It is nearly upon us!

All I want for Christmas is....

24th December 2013 by Dave Hall

Dave only wants one thing this year

GAMDIAS Eros Headset Review

23rd December 2013 by Dave Hall

You may not have heard about GAMDIAS

Steam Christmas sale underway

20th December 2013 by Dave Hall

Your wallet will never feel the same again....

DayZ Standalone released as early access Steam title

17th December 2013 by Dave Hall

Alpha release, so still a long way to go

Steam OS available to the masses

16th December 2013 by Dave Hall

if your system meets the specs, you can download and install it now

OCZ reaches agreement with Toshiba

11th December 2013 by Dave Hall

The path looks bright for the SSD manufacturer

Telltale announces Tales from the Borderlands

9th December 2013 by Dave Hall

Hopefully this series will stand up to both publishers standards

The biggest problem PC users face is set to be solved!

4th December 2013 by Dave Hall

USB 3.1 cable will be smaller, better, faster, and more importantly reversible!

Humble Jumbo Bundle

4th December 2013 by Dave Hall

Another collection of games; pay what you want

RGB backlit Cherry MX Keyboards on the horizon

4th December 2013 by Dave Hall

My precious...

Han Solo's Blaster is set to be auctioned

3rd December 2013 by Dave Hall

Opening bids start at $200,000

Amazon to launch drone deliveries

2nd December 2013 by Dave Hall

Not in the UK just yet, but interesting all the more.

Steam Autumn Sale Begins!

28th November 2013 by Dave Hall

Wallets at the ready, fingers steady it's time to play.....Steam Sales !

Retron 5 delayed

28th November 2013 by Dave Hall

It's a sad day for retro gamers everywhere.

OCZ files for bankruptcy

27th November 2013 by Dave Hall

Is this the end for one of the leaders in SSD tech ?

Tesoro announce full RGB backlit keyboard

26th November 2013 by Dave Hall

First ever full colour illumination mechanical gaming keyboard.

Catzilla EVGA Edition released

26th November 2013 by Dave Hall

Special version of the benchmark now available.

Ozone announce Strike Pro backlit mechanical gaming keyboard

26th November 2013 by Dave Hall

Yet another mechanical gaming board.

SSD, SSHD and regular hard drives tested in PS4

25th November 2013 by Dave Hall

Is the PS4 finally able to make use of the added performance?

In Win GT1 Case Review

21st November 2013 by Dave Hall

A case from In Win given a test drive....

Winamp is closing after 16 years

21st November 2013 by Dave Hall

It seems that the llama may have won the war

Nvidia release 331.82 WHQL Drivers

19th November 2013 by Dave Hall

designed for Assassins Creed IV and Need For Speed Rivals

CM Storm Quick Fire TK Stealth Mechanical Keyboard Announced

19th November 2013 by Dave Hall

Comes with sideprinted keycaps

Ducky Shine 3 TKL Coming Soon

15th November 2013 by Dave Hall

Ducky's new keyboard is almost here

It's competition time again !

14th November 2013 by Dave Hall

Enter to be in with a chance of winning a pair of Bring Your Own Computer tickets for Insomnia 50!

Cooler Master Silencio 652 announced

13th November 2013 by Dave Hall

Sign up to be notified when first stock lands !

Wikileaks releases part of the secret negotiated draft of the TPP

13th November 2013 by Dave Hall

No doubt it saw the bounty that had been placed

Playstation 4 stripdown and unboxing

12th November 2013 by Dave Hall

Interesting design and an odd unboxing

Humble Store Now Open

12th November 2013 by Dave Hall

signals daily deals for opening week, and poor times for my wallet.

CnM Smart Dongle now available

8th November 2013 by Dave Hall

Turn your TV into a Smart TV with this simple device

Nvidia GTX 780 Ti Released

7th November 2013 by Dave Hall

At reference speeds, without overclocking, the GeForce GTX 780 Ti blitzes past the previous-generation GeForce GTX 680.

Humble Warner Bros Bundle now available

5th November 2013 by Dave Hall

Gives you GOTY editions of Batman Arkham Asylum and if you pay more than the average Arkham City GOTY

HGST ship He6 drives - Helium filled hard drives!

4th November 2013 by Dave Hall

First Hermetically Sealed, Helium HDD Platform Provides Path for Higher Capacity Storage

Exploit found in some TP-Link Routers

1st November 2013 by Dave Hall

Allows for a man in the middle attack to take place

Steam Passes 65M Registered Users

31st October 2013 by Dave Hall

More users than the population of the UK !

Spooky goings on!

31st October 2013 by Dave Hall

Halloween easter eggs upon us !

First Huawei all-in-one container data centre installed in Manchester

30th October 2013 by Dave Hall

All your data centre needs housed in a 20ft or 40ft container

Pirates, Heroes and Spies Oh My!

28th October 2013 by Dave Hall

It's Gear up with Nvidia time again

R9 290X Released

24th October 2013 by Dave Hall

AMD Radeon R9 290X graphics. A new GPU for a new era of gaming.

Eyefinity Enhanced !

24th October 2013 by Dave Hall

Enhance........ Enhance....... Enhance.......

GTA V PC Torrent Available but all is not what it seems

22nd October 2013 by Dave Hall

If you think this was a bit too good to be true then you would be correct....Don't Download It!

XFX release Double Dissipation R9 280X

18th October 2013 by Dave Hall

Improvements made over the reference cooler

Bit Torrent search site IsoHunt is shutting down

18th October 2013 by Dave Hall

Has to pay $110m in damages

Windows 8.1 available to Pre-Order

17th October 2013 by Dave Hall

You can find out about some of the features in this post, as well as finding out how to upgrade !

Steampad Demoed by Valve

16th October 2013 by Dave Hall

shows its use in Civ 5, Portal 2 and Counterstrike GO

Hostamania - Now In Beta

15th October 2013 by Dave Hall

Web Hosting powered by Hulk Hogan, you read that right!

Play Expo 2013 finishes for another year

14th October 2013 by Dave Hall

Closes it's doors after another successful event

Corsair release new mouse mats

10th October 2013 by Dave Hall

Get your Corsair Vengeance mouse mats now !

Raspberry Pi Foundation hits milestone

8th October 2013 by Dave Hall

1.75 Million Pis sold with 1 Million being made in the UK

Steambox Specs Revealed

8th October 2013 by Dave Hall

All I can say is wow! We didn't expect them to be like this

Play Expo 2013 less than one week away

7th October 2013 by Dave Hall

Less than a week to go until the UK's most diverse video gaming expo begins!

Half Life 3 - Confirmed !?

3rd October 2013 by Dave Hall

Updated 07/10/13

GTA V goes Online

2nd October 2013 by Dave Hall

Problems abound for online mode in GTA V

Keyboard Technology Guide

2nd October 2013 by Dave Hall

The Ins and Outs of keyboards, broken down and hopefully easy to understand.

Xigmatek announce new Micro ATX Case

1st October 2013 by Dave Hall

The Aquila can fit large tower coolers and graphics cards upto 330mm

MSI GS70 Stealth 17.3" Laptop

30th September 2013 by Dave Hall

A great buy for anyone looking for a gaming Laptop, now with a free warranty upgrade if bought before 31st Oct

Google turns 15

27th September 2013 by Dave Hall

Marks the day with an interactive pinata doodle

BenQ RL2455HM 24" gaming monitor now available

27th September 2013 by Dave Hall

BenQ's own professional RTS Gaming monitor.

Steam announcement number 3 - Steam Controller

27th September 2013 by Dave Hall

I'm not sure what to think of it, will it be a success ?

AMD announces Hawaii graphics card range

26th September 2013 by Dave Hall

Radeon R7 and R9 series announced in naming scheme shake up

Steam announcement number 2 - Steam Machines

26th September 2013 by Dave Hall

You can even join a beta, to be in with a chance of getting one to test !

Less than 6 hours to go, til the AMD GPU '14 webcast begins

25th September 2013 by Dave Hall

New cards, new products, new everything ? Only a short while to go til we find out.

iPhone 5s touchID hacked

23rd September 2013 by Dave Hall

fingerprint locking mechanism bypassed

Steam OS Announced

23rd September 2013 by Dave Hall

Linux based OS coming to your living room soon

Hyperkin RetroN 5 to be available in December

20th September 2013 by Dave Hall

Finally a console for all your retro needs.

Grand Theft Auto V pulls in over $800 Million on first day

19th September 2013 by Dave Hall

Worldwide sales surpassed $800 Million in just 24 Hours

G.Skill breaks worlds fastest memory record

19th September 2013 by Dave Hall

G.Skill now hold frequency record for Quad channel memory

Diablo 3 Auction house set to close

18th September 2013 by Dave Hall

Real money auction house set to shutter it doors in March 2014

Google to buy complete output of Texas wind farm

18th September 2013 by Dave Hall

Agrees to buy all of the output from Happy Hereford wind farm, all 240MW of it.

Ducky release new firmware upgrade for Shine 3 keyboards

17th September 2013 by Dave Hall

Improves compatibility and adds new features

Triathlor ECO PSU series announced by Enermax

17th September 2013 by Dave Hall

New 80 Plus Bronze power supplies launched

CM Storm Pitch - Review

16th September 2013 by Dave Hall

Do the Pitch stand up to CM Storms quality standards? find out inside

What are USB Condoms ?

16th September 2013 by Dave Hall

A surprising product, to help prevent data theft

Coolermaster announce HAF Stacker

12th September 2013 by Dave Hall

Just when you thought your case was big enough

Gamdias Products now available from CCL

11th September 2013 by Dave Hall

These have caused quite a stir at CCL, what are your thoughts?

EVGA announce mini-ITX chassis

10th September 2013 by Dave Hall

Called the Hadron Air, EVGA quality now in cases

HDMI 2.0 specification released

9th September 2013 by Dave Hall

Increased bandwidth for larger resolutions

Ducky announce TKL Shine 3

9th September 2013 by Dave Hall

No longer a tease, as Ducky UK announce new Shine 3 TKL range // Year of the Snake keyboards almost here!

Hynix memory factory closes after fire

5th September 2013 by Dave Hall

Plant expected to resume operations soon however

New to CCL

4th September 2013 by Dave Hall

Just when you thought it was gone, we're back with a new list!

Ducky tease TKL model of Shine 3

4th September 2013 by Dave Hall

Ducky UK Facebook page hints at new TKL model of Shine 3

Lenovo CEO is set to split bonus with workers

3rd September 2013 by Dave Hall

For the second year running, Lenovo's CEO is going to share his $3M bonus with 10,000 workers

Western Digital Expands Red Series of Drives

3rd September 2013 by Dave Hall

Now offering 2.5" NAS Orientated drives

End of an era ?

2nd September 2013 by Dave Hall

BT turns off dial-up internet access

What Is NFC ?

30th August 2013 by Dave Hall

A brief look into Near Field Communication

Gear up with Nvidia

30th August 2013 by Dave Hall

And get £50 credit split across Warframe, Dungeons & Dragons and Marvel Heroes

Samsung mass producing DDR4 memory for enterprise server

30th August 2013 by Dave Hall

Using 20 nanometer technology

Square Enix suspend digital download sales of Final Fantasy XIV : A Realm Reborn

29th August 2013 by Dave Hall

Due to overwhelming demand on their servers

Synology release Disk Station Manager 4.3

28th August 2013 by Dave Hall

After a successful public beta, Synology advance the DSM software

First human to human brain interface completed

28th August 2013 by Dave Hall

used to play a video game

Steve Ballmer to retire as Microsoft CEO

27th August 2013 by Dave Hall

Set to retire in next 12months, after a successor is chosen

New at CCL this week

21st August 2013 by Dave Hall

another summary of the newest products to grace CCL's website

Origin Great Game Guarantee announced

21st August 2013 by Dave Hall

Looks to offer refunds on EA games purchased through origin

League of Legends suffers privacy breach

21st August 2013 by Dave Hall

Usernames, email addresses, salted password hashes, and some first and last names were accessed.

AMD Never Settle Bundle Upgraded

20th August 2013 by Dave Hall

AMD Update their free game bundles to include more games and different reward levels

Only a few days til Insomnia 49

19th August 2013 by Dave Hall

Only a few days left to go til the UK's biggest gaming festival begins

Google goes down

19th August 2013 by Dave Hall

Worldwide traffic reportedly drops 40%

Windows 8 Results banned at HWBot due to RTC flaw

19th August 2013 by Dave Hall

Allows users to gain an unfair boost to scores in overlocking benchmarks

Xbox One controller to be compatible with PC

15th August 2013 by Dave Hall

In 2014 at least

Razer announce more affordable gaming keypad called Tartarus

15th August 2013 by Dave Hall

Successor to the popular Razer Nostromo and new little brother to the Orbweaver

Yet another Humble Bundle !

15th August 2013 by Dave Hall

This time featuring games from EA

What's new to CCL

14th August 2013 by Dave Hall

Back once again to tell you about all the new things at CCL

When a Promo Stunt goes too far

14th August 2013 by Dave Hall

LG Publicity event goes horribly wrong and is dubbed World War G

Fancy a tour of the Tardis ? Google have you covered

14th August 2013 by Dave Hall

Fun little easter egg found in Google Streetview

Mega to launch encrypted email service

13th August 2013 by Dave Hall

After Silent Circle and Lavabit close, Kim Dotcom steps into the fray

Beer by Drone ?

13th August 2013 by Dave Hall

Probably the best beer delivery service in the world

Humble Introversion Weekly Sale

9th August 2013 by Dave Hall

Pay what you want for four games from Introversion Software, from the same team that brings you the humble Bundle

Nvidia Shield goes open source

9th August 2013 by Dave Hall

OS for Shield now Opensource, Nvidia want you to modify to your heart's content

* New * CCL Competition

9th August 2013 by Dave Hall

Enter to have a chance of Winning a Plantronics Gamecom 780 Headset

More games added to the Humble Bundle

8th August 2013 by Dave Hall

Beat the average to get three more games

UPDATED : Flaw found in the software of Xerox scanners

7th August 2013 by Dave Hall

the numbers in your copy may not always be correct

Sample Review 2 - Dragon War darkSector keyboard

7th August 2013 by Dave Hall

Another month, another sample. This time a new gaming keyboard from Dragon War hit my desk

AMD 13.8 Beta Drivers released

6th August 2013 by Dave Hall

Fixes most cases of Micro-Stutter in Crossfire setups

Ducky to include a less flamboyant spacebar with the Shine 3

6th August 2013 by Dave Hall

If you don't like the Snake spacebar..you now have another option

Versus Resonance 3 Available

5th August 2013 by Dave Hall

Turn almost any surface into a speaker

Superspeed gets........Speedier

2nd August 2013 by Dave Hall

New specification for USB 3.1 completed

O2 to switch on 4G network in August

1st August 2013 by Dave Hall

Looks to go live from 29/08/13

Razer release Naga 2014 Edition

31st July 2013 by Dave Hall

Offers improvements all around

New to CCL this Week

31st July 2013 by Dave Hall

Some shiny looking products here

Ducky Shine 3 - Almost here

31st July 2013 by Dave Hall

I really cannot contain my excitement in the office now

New Humble Bundle Launched

31st July 2013 by Dave Hall

Pay what you want and Get Saints Row 2 and 3, Risen 2 and Sacred 2 Gold...plus options of more

Summer Games Done Quick - Ends to over $250,000 raised

30th July 2013 by Dave Hall

Charity Marathon breaks last years record

Samsung 840 Evo's Coming Soon to CCL Shelves

29th July 2013 by Dave Hall

New consumer drives from Samsung now listed at CCL

Razer Comms Beta gets a new feature

26th July 2013 by Dave Hall

new file transfer ability as well as improvements to the VoIP quality

Today is SysAdmin Appreciation Day

26th July 2013 by Dave Hall

So go hug your companies tech

Startech release new Universal Laptop Dock

26th July 2013 by Dave Hall

Offers additional ports to your Laptop

RAIDR Express PCI-e SSD Released by Asus ROG

26th July 2013 by Dave Hall

The world's first PCI-e SSD to be compatible with both legacy and UEFI BIOS'

Plantronics release Backbeat GO 2

25th July 2013 by Dave Hall

Update to their bestselling wireless in-ear headphones

Google releases Chromecast TV dongle

25th July 2013 by Dave Hall

Released in the US, for the moment.

New to CCL this week

24th July 2013 by Dave Hall

Another smattering of products new to CCL

Summer Games Done Quick 2013 (July 25th - 29th)

24th July 2013 by Dave Hall

A charity marathon of speedrunning video games

Nvidia announce new graphics card for the pro's

24th July 2013 by Dave Hall

Quadro K6000 comes with whopping 12GB of RAM

Benchmarking in Focus - Fraps

23rd July 2013 by Dave Hall

Just another entry, listing the features of Fraps

Ubuntu Edge joins the crowdsourcing fray

23rd July 2013 by Dave Hall

Looking for $32,000,000 to reach its goal

Pornography to be blocked by default

22nd July 2013 by Dave Hall

ISP level filtering to be put in place

Honda builds the worlds fastest lawnmower

22nd July 2013 by Dave Hall

'Mean Mower' can reach 130mph

Coolermaster release V8 GTS CPU Cooler

19th July 2013 by Dave Hall

Remake of the Older V8 Cooler released

Samsung announce 840 EVO SSD Range

18th July 2013 by Dave Hall

Capacities up to 1TB available

CCL Choice ITX Case Review

18th July 2013 by Dave Hall

We look at the secrets of this little case and see whats what

Gangnam Style Turns 1

17th July 2013 by Dave Hall

Video has garnered over 1.7B views

What is SweetFX ?

17th July 2013 by Dave Hall

A quick look at a program that makes your games look less like a game

Razer Release new Gaming Headphones

17th July 2013 by Dave Hall

Seems everyone is releasing new headphones now...

New to CCL This Week

17th July 2013 by Dave Hall

New products arriving all the time here in our warehouse

CM Storm Pitch Gaming Headphones announced by Coolermaster

16th July 2013 by Dave Hall

Their first gaming in-ear headphones

Ducky Shine 3 Available Globally by September 2013

15th July 2013 by Dave Hall

Good news for those wanting a new keyboard

Capcom announce Ultra Street Fighter 4

15th July 2013 by Dave Hall

Just when you thought there couldn't be anymore...

Getting the best and most out of the Steam Summer Sale

12th July 2013 by Dave Hall

A quick guide on how best to spend your money in the Steam summer sale

Bohemia Interactive website suffers hack attack

12th July 2013 by Dave Hall

Personal info downloaded in attack, but no financial info leaked.

The Last of Us Edited into a 3.5 Hour Long Movie

12th July 2013 by Dave Hall

Spoilers ahead, but this is pretty awesome for those that can't play Naughty Dog's latest game, and are not bothered by the ending being spoiled

Apple Found Guilty of Conspiring Over eBook Prices

11th July 2013 by Dave Hall

Judge says Apple played 'central role' in ebook price-fixing conspiracy. Apple intend to appeal.

Steelseries release the Apex Keyboard

11th July 2013 by Dave Hall

SteelSeries' Keyboard Delivers The World's Fastest Response Times Through Superior Design, Low-Profile Keys with an Optimized Layout and Smart Illumination