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Best gaming and productivity laptop deals under $1,000
Best gaming and productivity laptop deals under $1,000

By Stewart Bendle last updated

The best available gaming and productivity laptop deals that you can still find under $1,000.

Gaming Laptops
The end of an era as Linux 7.5 purges the last 30-year-old Intel MMX optimizations from Pentium age

By Mark Tyson Published

Linux developers are preparing to make Intel’s ancient MultiMedia eXtensions irrelevant, with the last MMX code now set to be removed from the kernel.

Linux
Best Mini-ITX Cases
Best Mini-ITX Cases 2026: Our Tested Picks for Compact PC Builds

By Matt Safford, Joe Shields last updated

See the best Mini-ITX cases we've tested for compact, high-performance builds. From airflow and cooling to GPU and component fit, find the best small-form-factor case for your rig.

PC Cases
Mirror Maze PC Build
Best Gaming PCs of 2026

By Andrew E. Freedman last updated

We test the best gaming PCs with our typical gauntlet of real-world and synthetic benchmarks to measure overall prebuilt system performance.

Gaming PCs
Intel’s next-gen Nova Lake needs new motherboards — what we expect from Nova Point and Z990, Z970, and B960 chipsets

By Joe Shields Published

Premium More PCIe 5.0 lanes, Thunderbolt 5 support, faster memory speeds, and the potential of active chipset cooling highlight the list of Nova Point chipset features.

Premium
Raptor Lake CPU
Intel leaker claims Nova Lake desktop chips have 5.1 GHz clock limit beyond 90°C

By Zak Killian Published

A known Intel leaker claims that Intel's next-generation processors will top out at 5.1 GHz if the CPU core temperatures aren't kept below 90°C.

CPUs
Best College Laptops
Best College Laptops: Tested Picks for Research, Writing, Gaming and More

By Andrew E. Freedman last updated

College laptops fit for any student.

Laptops
Open source project renders your Windows 11 desktop using the NPU rather than the GPU

By Mark Tyson Published

Open source developers have released a prototype driver for Windows 11 that renders the desktop using an NPU instead of the system’s (i)GPU.

GPU Drivers
A collection of eight recent motherboards, in their boxes, on a desk, showcasing the types of boards that typically land on our lest of best motherboards we have benchmarked.
Best Motherboards 2026 for Gaming, by Socket and Chipset

By Joe Shields last updated

Here are the best motherboards we've tested for recent AMD and Intel platforms. Choose from our expert benchmarked picks of the best available motherboards based on our testing and reviews.

Motherboards
Lowest RAM Pricing
RAM price tracking 2026

By Zhiye Liu, Stewart Bendle last updated

Check the best prices on DDR5 and DDR4 memory kits of different capacities.

RAM
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