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

Early RTX 5090D V2 benchmarks suggest that maybe 384-bit memory is just fine after all — 'nerfed' China-market GPU runs within 2.2% of 5090D in some tests

By Aaron Klotz published 15 August 25

There's barely any difference in performance between the RTX 5090D and its 512-bit interface compared to the 5090D V2 and its skinnier 384-bit interface in games.

Epic Games adds Easy Anti-Cheat for ARM devices — Feature unlocks support for Windows, Linux, and Switch 2

By Aaron Klotz published 14 August 25

The most popular anti-cheat engine now supports ARM-based PCs

Intel releases new software for GPU-powered Project Battlematrix workstations — Arc Pro B-series GPUs get LLM Scaler 1.0 software to optimize performance in AI workloads

By Aaron Klotz published 13 August 25

Project Battlematrix is almost ready for deployment

Intel's fabled Itanium refuses to die, but the end is probably near — deprecation of IA-64 support is back on the chopping block in GCC version 16

By Aaron Klotz published 13 August 25

Maintainers are discussing whether or not to remove IA-64 support from the GCC compiler once again. If their plans go through, IA-64 support could be dropped for GCC 16.

Ryzen 7 5700X3D reportedly reaches 'end-of-life' — AMD's last eight-core Zen 3 3D V-Cache CPU ends production

By Aaron Klotz published 11 August 25

AMD's Ryzen 7 5700X3D has finally reached end-of-life status. Various retailers have allegedly confirmed that AMD is no longer selling the 5700X3D.

Nvidia unveils 2U RTX Pro 6000 servers at SIGGRAPH — double shot of Blackwell power comes to smaller rackmount form factors

By Aaron Klotz published 11 August 25

Enterprise customers will be able to purchase and deploy Blackwell AI-powered servers in a 2U form factor.

Retailer ships RTX 5090 with missing GPU and memory chips to customer — $2,300 order arrives with internal components 'completely removed'

By Aaron Klotz last updated 11 August 25

The box was allegedly sealed.

Adaptec announces new RAID card that supports up to 32 NVMe PCIe 4.0 and 5.0 SSDs — offers up to 291GB/s read speeds at full capacity

By Aaron Klotz published 11 August 25

Adaptec has introduced a new enterprise RAID card that uses software-defined storage to support up to 32 PCIe 5.0 SSDs with speeds of up to 291 GB/s.

Major Intel Linux driver projects are dying due to Intel layoffs and corporate restructuring — compatibility and reliability issues could increase over time

By Aaron Klotz published 10 August 25

Intel is continuing to drop more Linux maintainers and Linux drivers due to corporate restructuring within the company.

Samsung's revived Z-NAND targets 15x performance increase over traditional NAND — once a competitor to Intel's Optane, Z-NAND makes a play for AI datacenters

By Aaron Klotz published 8 August 25

Samsung is reviving its Z-NAND memory technology with a next-generation version that could be up to 15x faster than today's PCIe 4.0 or 5.0 NVMe SSDs, aimed at AI applications.

OpenAI intros two open-weight language models that can run on consumer GPUs — optimized to run on devices with just 16GB of memory

By Aaron Klotz published 7 August 25

gpt-oss-120b and 20b are the first open-model LMs since GPT-3

Hardware hacker tries to run NVMe SSD on the Switch 2 but fails — adapter doesn't light up NVMe SSD controller but could work in the future with microSD Express emulation

By Aaron Klotz published 6 August 25

The open-source community is trying new methods to expand the Switch 2's storage, without resorting to ultra-expensive MicroSD Express cards

Huawei is making its Ascend AI GPU software toolkit open-source to better compete against CUDA

By Aaron Klotz published 5 August 25

Huawei is planning to open-source its Ascend AI GPU toolkit in efforts to accelerate development and compete with Nvidia's CUDA software ecosystem.

Unreported $3.5 billion Bitcoin hack from 2020 dwarfs Mt. Gox in value, is worth $14.5 billion today — intelligence firm uncovers heist that shuttered 6th-largest bitcoin mining pool

By Aaron Klotz published 4 August 25

Arkham Intelligence has uncovered the largest Bitcoin heist ever, amounting to $14.5 billion worth today. The heist was conducted in 2020 against the Chinese mining pool LuBian.

MSI's RTX 5080 Expert features a dual-fan blower-style cooler inspired by the Nvidia RTX 40-series Founders Edition — GPU retails for $1,399 at the MSI online store

By Aaron Klotz published 2 August 25

Specs and pricing of MSI's new RTX 5080 Expert have appeared, featuring virtually identical cooling to its predecessor, the RTX 4080 Super Expert.

Rebadged Alder Lake CPU is priced higher than the new Arrow Lake chip in retailer listing — Core 5 120 and Core 5 120F listed for $246 and $216

By Aaron Klotz published 2 August 25

Bottom Line Telecommunications, Inc. has published listings for the Core 5 120 and Core 5 120F, including pricing information.

Battlefield 6's Javelin anti-cheat Secure Boot requirement could kill its Steam Deck support

By Aaron Klotz published 2 August 25

This is probably why the Deck and Linux gaming are not supported

MSI will add its proprietary EOTF Boost mode to more QD-OLED gaming monitors this month

By Aaron Klotz published 2 August 25

The new mode provides better brightness with peak 1,000 nit support and will arrive through firmware updates

SignalRGB takes a swipe at Razer, makes functioning RGB toaster PC — quad-slice toaster case incorporates a Stream Deck, Mini-ITX components

By Aaron Klotz published 1 August 25

SignalRGB is giving away a toaster PC that houses a full-blown Mini-ITX gaming PC. You could win the toaster PC, along with a Thunderbolt 4 dock.

RDNA 4's Unreal Engine 4 ray-tracing stutters may not be AMD-specific

By Aaron Klotz published 30 July 25

Even Intel's B580 suffers from the same stuttering issue.

FBI seizes $2.4 million in Bitcoin from member of recently ascendant Chaos ransomware group

By Aaron Klotz published 29 July 25

The FBI in Dallas, Texas, has seized 20 Bitcoins from a member of the Chaos Ransomware gang, amounting to almost $2.4 million in value.

Ayaneo crams dedicated GPU-class Strix Halo and battery inside next-gen gaming handheld — second Ryzen AI Max+ 395 handheld boldly features an internal battery

By Aaron Klotz published 29 July 25

Given the 55W default TDP of Strix Halo, battery life will almost certainly be short.

Zotac launches liquid cooled RTX 5090 with 360 mm radiator and low-profile RTX 5060

By Aaron Klotz published 26 July 25

Zotac has released two new RTX 50 series graphics cards today, one boasting a 360mm AIO liquid cooler and the other a ultra tiny low-profile cooler for SFF builds.

Intel Core Ultra Series 3 CPUs could finally answer AMD's V-Cache — Nova Lake could boast massive 144MB L3

By Aaron Klotz published 25 July 25

Intel is allegedly working on a large L3 cache for Nova Lake, something big enough to compete with AMD's 3D-VCache technology. The new cache pool is expected to offer 144MB of memory capacity.

Microsoft adds telemetry to monitor Windows 11 sluggishness in latest beta, dev builds — logs reportedly only sent when users submit feedback

By Aaron Klotz published 21 July 25

Microsoft is taking customer feedback more seriously regarding system performance.

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