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As Frank Yeary retires from Intel, the company picks an engineer to chair its board

By Luke James published 5 March 26

Premium Intel’s board of directors is getting a new independent chair, effective May 13, following the company’s Annual Stockholders’ Meeting.

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Nvidia invests $4 billion into photonics firms in a bid to bolster data center interconnect supply chains

By Jon Martindale published 4 March 26

Premium Into the photonic future.

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2026 will bring sharpest PC declines in over a decade — PC shipments to fall 10.4%

By Luke James published 3 March 26

Premium The forecast puts 2026 on track for the steepest device shipment contraction in over a decade, according to Ranjit Atwal, senior director analyst at Gartner.

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Exploring the future of Artificial Intelligence — today's models, tomorrow's agents, and the big privacy problem

By Bruno Ferreira published 2 March 26

Premium The world of AI is getting more complex, and we assess the current state of LLMs, what makes them tick, and explore the risks and features that companies are looking to integrate in the future.

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ISSCC 2026: Rebellions details industry's first quad-chiplet AI solution with UCIe interconnects

By Anton Shilov published 2 March 26

Premium A sign of things to come.

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Amazon invests $50 billion in OpenAI, comitting to 2 gigawatts of Trainium silicon

By Luke James published 27 February 26

Premium The investment is part of a $110 billion funding round that values OpenAI at $730 billion pre-money, with Nvidia and SoftBank each contributing $30 billion.

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Reviews

Logitech G Pro X2 Superstrike Review: Changing the Game…

By Christopher Coke published 4 March 26

… by removing clicks?

Gaming Mice

Biwin Black Opal X570 Pro SSD Review: An 8TB unobtanium monster

By Shane Downing published 3 March 26

The Biwin Black Opal X570 Pro is a monster of a drive and a compelling alternative to the 8TB Samsung 9100 Pro.

SSDs

Transcend 260S 2TB SSD Review: A Dependable Alternative PCIe 5.0 Contender

By Shane Downing published 2 March 26

The Transcend 260S is not a record-setter but it does deliver consistent performance in what should be a reliable package.

SSDs

Orico BookDrive P10Plus (512GB) review: Magnetic back and 100W passthrough charging

By Matt Safford published 1 March 26

Novel features, but poor sustained writes.

External SSDs

Corsair Sabre v2 Pro Wireless MG Review: Not enough magnesium?

By Sarah Jacobsson Purewal published 27 February 26

Corsair's Sabre v2 Pro Wireless MG is an ultra-lightweight wireless mouse with a perforated magnesium shell. It's $50 cheaper than the carbon fiber version, but at $150, it's still not cheap.

Gaming Mice

Best Picks

Best Gaming Keyboards 2026: We've Tested Full-size, TKL, Mini, and more

By Sarah Jacobsson Purewal last updated 5 March 26

These are the best gaming keyboards that combine responsiveness, features, and style.

Gaming Keyboards

Best Gaming Headsets 2026: Tested for Comfort, Connectivity, and Communication

By Sarah Jacobsson Purewal last updated 5 March 26

These are the best gaming headsets for listening to your virtual world for hours on end.

Gaming Headsets

Best 4K Gaming Monitors for PC 2025: 144Hz, Curved and More

By Christian Eberle, Brandon Hill last updated 5 March 26

These are the best 4K gaming monitors available in 2025, including 144Hz, curved and HDR options.

Gaming Monitors

CPUs

‘CPUs are cool again,' Intel and AMD reporting spikes in CPU demand due to agentic AI

By Jowi Morales published 5 March 26

Both AMD and Intel reports increased demand for CPUs, driven by AI agents' need for general computing power.

CPUs

Intel Chairman Frank Yeary retires, Craig Barrat to become the new chairman of the Board of Directors

By Anton Shilov published 3 March 26

The man who tried to split Intel retires from the board of directors.

CPUs

Intel's make-or-break 18A process node debuts for data center with 288-core Xeon 6+ CPU

By Anton Shilov published 3 March 26

Intel formally announces Xeon 6+ CPUs with up to 288 cores that are made on 18A process technology.

CPUs

Graphics Cards

Nvidia reportedly working on RTX 5050 with 9GB of VRAM, new RTX 5060 with cut-down GB205 also planned

By Hassam Nasir published 5 March 26

Moving away from 8GB GDDR6 modules.

GPUs

Nvidia driver 595.71 reportedly limits overclocks on some GeForce GPUs, but not all

By Aaron Klotz published 4 March 26

Users report that Nvidia's latest 595.71 driver is creating artificial voltage limits on many RTX 40- and 50-series GPUs, causing some products to lose as much as 200MHz in overclocking headroom.

GPUs

Nvidia RTX 5070 mobile GPU looks set to get more VRAM despite global memory crisis

By Zhiye Liu published 3 March 26

Multiple manufacturer listings show a new Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Mobile graphics card with 12GB of GDDR7 memory.

GPUs

Meet The Team

Jake Roach

Senior Analyst, CPUs

Running on coffee filters and isopropyl alcohol

Jeffrey Kampman

Senior Analyst, Graphics

A machine that converts espresso into game benchmarks.

Anj Bryant

Assistant Managing Editor

3D printing aficionado, content juggler, all-around TH MVP.

Stephen Warwick

News Editor

Drink energy drink, find news, repeat.

Paul Alcorn

Editor-in-Chief

Has more chips than a bag of Doritos.

Matt Safford

Managing Editor

18 years covering CPUs, GPUs, motherboards, and storage. 14 trips to Scotland.

Sarah Jacobsson Purewal

Senior Editor: Peripherals

Needs bigger desk for all these monitors.

Andrew E. Freedman

Senior Editor: Laptops and Desktops

Needs the right screwdriver bit for this upgrade.

Brandon Hill

Senior Editor - Monitors and Networking

Has anyone seen my patch cables or DisplayPort cord?

Les Pounder

Associate Editor

Raspberry Pi and microcontroller wizard. Can program anything with pins.

Stewart Bendle

Deals Writer

Potion seller, Azeroth adventurer, sales soothsayer.

Sayem Ahmed

Subscription Editor

Commands throughput, conjures reports — THP's pact-bound silicon warlock.

Joe Shields

Staff Writer, Components

Mage of motherboards, keeper of copper paths, warden of wires

Ben Stockton

Deals Writer

Laptops

M4 MacBook Air with 24GB of RAM plunges to lowest-ever price following M5 announcement

By Stephen Warwick published 5 March 26

Deals Apple's 15-inch MacBook Air with the M4 goes on sale for $1,299, its lowest-ever price at Amazon.

Deals

Apple announces $599 MacBook Neo running A18 Pro chip

By Andrew E. Freedman, Brandon Hill published 4 March 26

Apple announces $599 MacBook Neo running A18 Pro chip

Ultrabooks and Ultraportables

Features

Exploring the future of Artificial Intelligence — today's models, tomorrow's agents, and the big privacy problem

By Bruno Ferreira published 2 March 26

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Behind the scenes of our massive CPU retest for Bench — testing at 1080p, choosing new apps, and gathering data for a decade of CPUs

By Jake Roach published 27 February 26

Premium We’re retesting a decade’s worth of CPUs for our CPU hierarchy and Bench database, and we’re taking Tom’s Hardware Premium users behind the scenes to show you how it’s done.

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The great Bench GPU retest begins — how we're testing for our GPU Hierarchy in 2026, and why upscaling and framegen are still out

By Jeffrey Kampman published 20 February 26

Premium It's time to test. Here's how the sausage is made.

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PC Components

Best motherboard deals 2026

By Joe Shields last updated 4 March 26

Here are the best motherboard deals in 2026. We're constantly updating this list with the best deals across all your favorite retailers.

Motherboards

Micron begins sampling 256GB SOCAMM2 units for up to 2 TB of LPDDR5X per CPU

By Bruno Ferreira published 4 March 26

Micron is now sampling 256GB SOCAMM2 units, enabling capacities of up to 2TB of LPDDR5X per CPU in AI servers.

RAM

Seagate begins shipping 44TB hard drives with HAMR tech to data centers

By Anton Shilov published 3 March 26

Seagate has begun shipping its 44TB Exos HDDs based on its HAMR technology to two hyperscale customers as others qualify the all-new Mozaic 4+ hard drive platform.

HDDs

Desktops and PC Building

How to setup an Android smartphone as a webcam — Camo Studio unlocks new uses for old smartphones in Windows 10 or 11 and OBS software

By Les Pounder published 29 January 26

You don’t need to throw out that old Android smartphone; you can recycle it into a backup webcam or create a multi-camera setup for your streaming platform. And we show you how to do that, for free!

Android

The NexPhone connected to a monitor and peripherals running Windows 11

Windows Phone makes a spiritual comeback thanks to NexPhone, which can triple-boot Windows, Android, and Linux

By Kunal Khullar published 22 January 26

Designed as an all-in-one computing device, NexPhone lets users switch between Android, Linux, and Windows 11 depending on the task

Phones

Passive-aggressive iPhone 17 pro Max cooling

Monstrous SSD cooling solution strapped to iPhone 17 Pro Max delivers unparalleled performance

By Mark Tyson published 2 October 25

A smartphone performance enthusiast has shown pictures of their PC SSD cooler-boosted iPhone 17 Pro Max on Reddit.

iPhone

Deals

M4 MacBook Air with 24GB of RAM plunges to lowest-ever price following M5 announcement

By Stephen Warwick published 5 March 26

Deals Apple's 15-inch MacBook Air with the M4 goes on sale for $1,299, its lowest-ever price at Amazon.

Deals

Best motherboard deals 2026

By Joe Shields last updated 4 March 26

Here are the best motherboard deals in 2026. We're constantly updating this list with the best deals across all your favorite retailers.

Motherboards

Bag a 1440p Asus ROG monitor with a 280Hz refresh rate for just $210 at Amazon.

By Stephen Warwick published 4 March 26

Deals Get a 1440p monitor with a 280Hz refresh rate for just $210 at Amazon.

Deals

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