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

RTX 2080 Ti Hall of Fame with Titan RTX and memory swap

Modder turns RTX 2080 Ti Hall of Fame into a supercharged 900W Titan RTX with transplanted core and memory — fully unlocked TU102 die with a 900W power limit hits 18k on 3DMark TimeSpy Extreme

By Aaron Klotz Published 25 January 26

The modder also unlocked the full bus width of the core, upgrading the GPU from 11GB of GDDR6 to 24GB.

Our favorite gaming headset gets a 50% price cut for a limited time — Razer's BlackShark V2 Pro (2023) drops to $100

By Aaron Klotz Published 23 January 26

Deals TKTK

SSDs now cost 16x more than HDDs due to AI supply chain crisis — hybrid SSD + HDD datacenter deployments are now significantly cheaper to deploy than SSD-only equivalents

By Aaron Klotz Last updated 22 January 26

A new report reveals that enterprise SSDs now cost a whopping 16x more than hard drives.

Elon Musk restarts Dojo3 'space' supercomputer project as AI5 chip design gets in 'good shape' — will be first Tesla-built supercomputer to feature all-in-house hardware, with no help from Nvidia

By Aaron Klotz Published 20 January 26

Elon Musk confirms the restart of the Dojo3 supercomputer project. Success in AI5 chip design has enabled Tesla to start porting resources over to Musk's next-gen supercomputer aimed at "space AI".

Benchmarks of Performance-core only Bartlett Lake CPU emerge, 10-core offers 26% faster multithreaded performance than 14-core i5-14400 — 12-core version launch could be imminent

By Aaron Klotz Published 17 January 26

10 P-cores beat six P-cores and four E-cores.

Intrepid PC builder fights RAM crunch by building DDR3 system that runs Cyberpunk 2077 at 60 FPS — Core i7-4790K, RTX 2060 Super, and 32GB of DDR3 would cost just $300

By Aaron Klotz Published 17 January 26

32GB of used DDR3 can be had for as little as $50-$80 on eBay

Troublesome 16-pin connector sidelines $30,000 H200 Hopper GPU — repair technician saves the data center day by fixing power port

By Aaron Klotz Published 15 January 26

Technician repairs 16-pin power connector on a $30,000 H200 PCIe Hopper graphics card. Connector's sense pins were damaged and had to be fixed by soldering new pins to the card.

Report estimates $17 billion worth of bitcoin was stolen in 2025 alone —massive haul arises from impersonation tactics and the use of AI for scams

By Aaron Klotz Published 14 January 26

2025 saw the largest revenue generated through crypto scams to date with an estimated $17 billion stolen from victims worldwide.

Jensen Huang claims that 'god AI' is a myth — Nvidia chief says 'doomer narrative' is 'extremely hurtful'

By Aaron Klotz Published 12 January 26

Nvidia's Jensen Huang says negative narratives around AI are "extremely hurtful," and that science fiction speculation isn't connected to reality.

Asus adds 64MB ROM to Strix Neo AM5 motherboards, following Gigabyte — capacity large enough to fit pre-installed Wi-Fi drivers

By Aaron Klotz Published 10 January 26

But the added capacity is designed primarily for upcoming CPU releases, similar to AM4.

AMD claims Panther Lake has 'too much baggage' for handheld PC use — fights back after Intel jabs AMD for using 'ancient silicon' in its Z2 series APUs

By Aaron Klotz Published 8 January 26

AMD jabs Intel for calling its Z2 chips "ancient". Claims its Panther Lake mobile chips carry too much "baggage" for handheld gaming use.

AMD is unfazed by Panther Lake's big integrated GPU — 'It's not even a fair fight' to compare the Arc B390 to Strix Halo, AMD exec claims

By Aaron Klotz Published 8 January 26

AMD's Rahul Tikoo claims that the company has a better selection of products compared to Panther Lake that are better suited to the needs of graphics-intensive customers and mainstream consumers.

Nvidia's next-gen RTX 60 series might not debut until the second half of 2027, says leaker — rumor claims Rubin architecture will power future consumer GPUs

By Aaron Klotz Published 7 January 26

Rumors claim that Nvidia will be launching its next-generation RTX 60 series graphics cards in 2H 2027 and building its next-gen GPUs on the Rubin architecture.

Community tests confirm DLSS 4.5 yields 20%+ performance loss on older RTX 30 and 20 series GPUs compared to DLSS 4.0 — Nvidia warnings ring true following rollout

By Aaron Klotz Published 6 January 26

DLSS 4.5 testing by enthusiasts has revealed a 20% or greater performance reduction compared to DLSS 4.0 on RTX 20- and 30-series GPUs.

Thermaltake goes retro at CES 2026, shows off liquid cooler with CRT-themed display and 80s-style PC cases

By Aaron Klotz Published 6 January 26

The nostalgia hits hard with Thermaltake's new products

Nvidia CEO confirms Vera Rubin NVL72 is now in production — Jensen Huang uses CES keynote to announce the milestone

By Aaron Klotz Published 6 January 26

Blackwell's successor is expected to arrive in the second half of 2026

Intel Arc B570 GPU kicks off new year at just $199 — save $30 on one of the best budget GPUs around

By Aaron Klotz Published 3 January 26

Deals Sparkle's Arc B570 Guardian OC dual-fan graphics card is on sale for 13%, bringing its price down to $199.99 on Amazon.

Gigabyte unleashes new DDR4 AM4 motherboards as RAM shortage continues to slam PC builders — sky-high DDR5 prices spark rush for affordable alternatives

By Aaron Klotz Published 3 January 26

Gigabyte is capitalizing on the resurgence in demand for AM4.

Plasma-powered solid-state laptop cooler to debut at CES — new cooler design uses ionized gas and electrical discharge to generate airflow

By Aaron Klotz Published 3 January 26

This cooler operates on electrohydrodynamics

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.

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