Articles by Aaron Klotz, Contributing Writer

Aaron began building computers back when he was 8 years old in the mid-2000s, and it’s been a hobby of his ever since then. With a focus on computer hardware, he became an avid member of the Tom’s Hardware forums several years later, helping people solve issues with their PCs. He is now a freelance writer for Tom’s Hardware, writing about computer hardware news and more. When not busy playing or writing about computer hardware, he spends his free time playing video games like Star Citizen or Apex Legends.

Articles by: Aaron Klotz

Razer Hanbo Chroma 240mm RGB AIO liquid cooler

Razer's Hanbo AIO coolers up to 70 percent off, drop as low as $29 in clearance deal — Chroma RGB CPU coolers fall to extreme budget territory, with 360mm model priced at $39, 240mm for $10 less

By Aaron Klotz published 30 December 25

Deals Liquidations are causing Razer's Hanbo Chroma RGB AIO liquid coolers to be sold at absurdly low prices

ShaderBeam provides CRT-like motion clarity on high refresh rate LCD and OLED monitors — open-source project offers BFI emulation in any game

By Aaron Klotz published 30 December 25

Blur Busters has released an overlay that enables its CRT motion clarity emulator to run in Windows and PC games. Gamers can now enjoy the motion-blur-reduction effects of CRT emulation in PC titles.

Rainbow Six Siege X servers are back online after a hack completely shut down the game — Ubisoft rolling back free ultra-rare skins and billions of credits

By Aaron Klotz published 29 December 25

Rainbow Six Siege has recovered from yesterday's attack, with servers now fully operational once again. The only issues players will experience re-entering the game are a possible wait queue.

Modders are slapping 32GB of VRAM on Nvidia's RTX 5080 GPUs, but that isn't good for gamers — modded variants designed for AI workstations and servers

By Aaron Klotz published 28 December 25

We have seen these types of mods on multiple generations of Nvidia cards; it was only inevitable that the RTX 5080 would get the same treatment.

Arch Linux kills off Nvidia Pascal GPU support — users still running GTX 10-series graphics cards will have to manually install older drivers

By Aaron Klotz published 25 December 25

Nvidia Linux driver 590 axes support for GTX 10 series GPUs

Gigabyte removes controversial leaking thermal gel from RTX 5070 Ti Windforce V2 — company opts for traditional thermal pads with updated graphics card

By Aaron Klotz published 22 December 25

The second iteration of Gigabyte's RTX 5070 Ti triple-fan Windforce graphics card comes with traditional thermal pads.

MSI adds auto BCLK overclocking to X870 MAX motherboards — claims new 'one-click' features add up to 15% extra performance on Ryzen 7 9800X3D

By Aaron Klotz published 20 December 25

MSI adds several auto overclocking features, including BLCK overclocking profiles and DDR5 sub-timing overclocking profiles that boost performance up to 15% on AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D.

AMD's legacy Ryzen 7 5800X3D chips now sell for up to $800, more than a new 9800X3D — AM4 chip costs twice as much as MSRP, as enthusiasts flock to old DDR4 memory

By Aaron Klotz published 18 December 25

As DDR5 memory prices skyrocket, demand for AMD's two-generation-old Ryzen 7 5800X3D has increased, causing second-hand prices to climb as high as $800 on eBay.

'$100 Steam Machine' uses a cut-down PS5 APU with Bazzite — DIY console offers 60 FPS at 1080p with 16GB of GDDR6

By Aaron Klotz published 18 December 25

If you can get this particular unit for $100, it represents one of the cheapest methods to get into PC gaming, as long as you are willing to do some tweaking.

Goodram's massive DC25F enterprise SSDs are ready for the immersion-cooled future — 123TB QLC drive boasts compatibility with multiple coolants

By Aaron Klotz published 17 December 25

Polish company Goodram's 123TB QLC enterprise SSD has been thoroughly tested for use in servers submerged in coolant.

Sapphire PR manager wishes AMD and Nvidia would let partners run wild with design — wants freedom to bring back Toxic line more often

By Aaron Klotz published 15 December 25

If AMD weren't so strict, Sapphire would bring back the Toxic series more regularly.

User reports claim December Windows 11 security update fixes AMD GPU hanging and driver crashing

By Aaron Klotz published 10 December 25

A multitude of AMD GPU owners claim the December security update for Windows 11 has fixed GPU hanging and driver crashing, primarily on RX 9000 series GPUs.

AMD FirePro S10000 dual-GPU card from 2012 runs Arc Raiders at playable frame rates — but half of its GPU power goes unused in the process

By Aaron Klotz published 10 December 25

YouTuber turns 2012 AMD FirePro S10000 dual-GPU workstation graphics card into a gaming GPU, capable of running Arc Raiders at more than 40 FPS.

Intel Arc B370 Xe3 iGPU appears on Furmark 2 — Panther Lake graphics fall 14% behind last-gen Xe2 Arc 140V

By Aaron Klotz published 8 December 25

A Furmark 2 benchmark of Intel's upcoming B370 Xe3 iGPU, has appeared on X with underwhelming results. Intel's outgoing Arc 140V Xe2 iGPU beats the B370 by 14% in this particular benchmark.

Two GTX 580s in SLI are responsible for the AI we have today — Nvidia's Huang revealed that the invention of deep learning began with two flagship Fermi GPUs in 2012

By Aaron Klotz published 6 December 25

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang revealed in a recent Joe Rogan podcast that the inventors behind deep learning ran the world's first machine learning network on a pair of GTX 580s in SLI in 2012.

Nvidia replaces entire $10,000 RTX Pro 6000 graphics card of stricken user who broke it in transit — company offers to ship replacement and troubleshoot busted GPU

By Aaron Klotz published 5 December 25

Nvidia won't send customers replacement parts to fix their cards themselves, but apparently, Nvidia will send them replacement units, even if the customer is at fault for the damage.

First ARM-supported 3D driver for discrete gaming GPUs emerges from China — Lisuan 7G106 runs 3DMark on a Windows 11 ARM machine

By Aaron Klotz last updated 4 December 25

Nvidia, AMD, and Intel have yet to introduce ARM support for their discrete GPUs

Reviewer records first drop in overall brightness after 21 months of burning in his QD-OLED monitor — but the 2% decrease isn't likely to be noticeable

By Aaron Klotz published 3 December 25

The burn-in artifacts, on the other hand...

At just $60, the Fractal Design Pop Air is one of the best all-round cases you can buy — get a black mid-tower chassis for 40% less

By Aaron Klotz published 1 December 25

Deals Fractal Design's tempered glass Pop Air black mid-tower chassis is 40% off for Cyber Monday with a price of just $60.

Seagate's 24TB BarraCuda is back in stock for just $0.01 per gigabyte — the storage steal of the weekend returns, still great value

By Aaron Klotz published 1 December 25

Deals Seagate's monster 24TB BarraCuda hard drive is back on sale for nearly the same price that we last saw it at. The 7200RPM high-capacity champ is on sale for $260 at Newegg.

GTX 1060 bought for $5 turned out to be a GTX 560 Ti — Black Friday shopper learns the hard way to always check what's in the box before walking out the door

By Aaron Klotz last updated 29 November 25

Black Friday shopper spots a GTX 1060 at Salvation Army for only five bucks, or so they thought. The GTX 1060 box turns out to be holding an old GTX 560 Ti inside.

Seagate achieves a whopping 6.9TB storage capacity per platter in its laboratory — 55TB to 69TB hard drives now physically possible

By Aaron Klotz published 26 November 25

Seagate is squeezing as much capacity out of its HAMR technology as it can

Nvidia RTX Pro 6000D squeaks ahead of RTX 5090D in Geekbench OpenCL—China-tailored AI card still performs well despite regulatory woes

By Aaron Klotz published 26 November 25

Nvidia's harried China-specific RTX Pro 6000D graphics card has been tested in Geekbench's OpenCL benchmark, delivering performance similar to the server edition of the RTX Pro 6000.

Lenovo stockpiles RAM as prices skyrocket, reportedly has enough inventory to last through 2026 — memory stock claimed to be 50% higher than usual to fight pricing shock

By Aaron Klotz published 24 November 25

Lenovo is playing it smart and buying up as much memory inventory as it can

Gamers celebrate 50% performance gains following Nvidia hotfix driver — patch fixes October Windows 11 cumulative update that broke performance in some games

By Aaron Klotz published 22 November 25

Users on X have benchmarked Nvidia's latest 581.94 hotfix driver that fixes performance issues stemming from Microsoft's October cumulative update for Windows 11.

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