With its official release approaching fast on July 29, Windows 10 will be free to download for those using qualified Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 devices, and thankfully upgrading is pretty easy.

The process of getting your upgrade is the same whether you've got one of our Gaming PC or Laptops running on Windows 7 or 8.1.

To pre-register for your free Windows 10 download you simply click the small Windows icon which should have appeared down the right side of the task bar (near the time and date) or alternatively visit the Windows 10 Upgrade Site and follow the instructions.

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The first tests are uploaded for the PC version of Grand Theft Auto V with the GTX 900 series from Nvidia!

If you've been playing already, you'll know just how amazing and optimized GTA V is. But if you're thinking about treating your rig to a new GPU and have been waiting to see how it plays -we've got you covered. Check out the first of our many videos, and you'll be stoked with just how excellent a job Rockstar did!

We like to keep these early tests limited to short (one minute) videos without delving too deep into the awesome graphics customisation options within the settings of GTA V, but to get you started is our first video from the GTX 960 graphics card!

You'll be able to find this plus more videos at 1080p, 1440p and 2160p showcased on each GPU in the GTX 900 series plus more in our brand new Gorilla Rigs Youtube Channel! – don't forget to turn your Youtube quality settings to 60 FPS once you push play!

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We're never content to simply sit idle with our Gorilla Rigs… We always have to tinker with them. It doesn't seem that long ago that we were celebrating the new and improved Little Monkey, now here we are doing it again!

Now featuring stunning ASUS R7 260X Direct CU II Graphics, the Little Monkey now pumps out even more graphical goodness while being quieter than ever before! This is thanks to the DirectCU II cooler which achieves 20% lower temps with twice the dissipation area and 6X greater airflow then reference design.

This large graphics card also allowed us to use the awesome stability brackets built into the Zalman Z3 chassis, making it safer to take to upcoming gaming events like Ping Zero!

Of course, we couldn't change a Gorilla Rig without running a benchmark – check out how it did!

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The Second Monkey is part of a new custom rig line up called Gorilla EX.

Gorilla EX is made for IT savy gamers, looking for a base build they can customise over time.

The range is designed in the way that none of them come with dedicated graphics cards installed, but are still fully working PC suitable for home or student uses if needed – really though, it wouldn't be putting the 650 watt power supply to good use now would it?

The Second Monkey specifically comes fitted with our favourite AMD A8–6600K APU which gives exceptional performace. You will also find a 128GB SSD with the OS loaded on it to get super fast boot times and loading times in general. There is plenty more space for storage expansion when the time comes.

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This blog might get a bit geeky!

Today we start shipping our new range of enthusiast Gorilla EX Rigs, the first being aptly named The First Monkey

Gorilla EX are intended to be the base for a system that you can improve over time, they come assembled and pre-loaded with the windows 8.1 operating system so you can add wireless, more storage, graphics cards and cooling to the builds easily when you want to.

The First Monkey sits in a versitile Corsair Spec-01 mid tower, with plenty of space and power to do some pretty cool builds. We can add 120mm LED fans with fancy controllers, wireless and solid state storage later – right now we start off with a quick look at graphics card options!

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During the latter part of June we ran a competition to win 1 of 3 Elgato Game Capture HD devices. To enter you had to post a pic or screenshot of your gaming setup, benchmark scores or gameplay.

Thanks to everyone for the awesome gaming pics and screenshots!

Without further delay – the winners are!

Carl Knapp

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It's just about time to give away some awesome Elgato Game Capture HD!

We've got 3 to giveaway! To enter the draw simply post a pic on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter of your benchmark results, gameplay or gaming setup with the hashtag #MightyElgato and you'll be in the draw to win 1 of 3 Elgato Game Capture HD! up for grabs!

These awesome little units are compatible with PC & Mac and with the new Sony firmware update 1.70 you can finally record via HDMI from your PS4 which is pretty awesome!

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All Gorilla Rigs have Final Fantasy Benchmark results you can check out – this is a free benchmark you can download and try on your rig at home and it's a great way to compare performance :)

For these recordings we use the awesome Elgato Game Capture HD and in this FF benchmark Aiden's Ape pushed out an easy 11000 with the settings on maximum, 1080p and fullscreen – with this powerful build we even had it looped back into the rig recording as it ran the benchmark :)

Elgato is more than just a great capture device though, it includes some easy to use editing software that works with both PC and Mac and with it you can rewind back to the awesome moment you had 30 minutes ago and just record that bit… leaving out the 15 times I got killed by sneaky creepers.

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