Articles by Sayem Ahmed, Subscription Editor

Sayem's first foray into building PCs dates back to the 90s, where he helped his dad run a small PC business from their garage. After getting tired of installing Windows using a stack of floppy disks, he eventually became obsessed with disassembling video game consoles, without his parents' permission. His love for gaming led him to build his first gaming PC, using an Intel Core i5-2500K that spent most of its life overclocked, alongside a hand-me-down GeForce 9800 GTX. Since then, he's worked as a professional tech journalist since 2015, writing for Gamespot, IGN, and Dexerto. When Sayem isn't focused on the latest tech, he can usually be found playing his guitar, or reading old fantasy novels.

Articles by: Sayem Ahmed

Tech titans team up to form optical interconnect alliance to solve the AI buildout's big data bottleneck — Nvidia, AMD, Broadcom & more set sights on building PHY to break through the limitations of copper

By Sayem Ahmed published 13 March 26

Premium OCI MSA collaboration seeks to break past the copper wall

Inside Meta and AMD's $100 billion deal, and why AMD is giving up a slice of the company in return for GPU orders — Meta stays platform-agnostic as it develops AI compute strategy

By Sayem Ahmed published 25 February 26

Premium Deal mirrors OpenAI agreement from 2025.

Brace for a barren landscape of new hardware launches, as AI demand reshapes the world of consumer electronics — trillions in AI investment threaten to derail entire industries

By Sayem Ahmed published 17 February 26

Premium Amid the ongoing DRAM supply squeeze, the world of consumer electronics is evolving, and it threatens to derail entire industries with its sheer scale and monetary backing.

A monitor light bar is the most underrated upgrade you can make to your setup — but not all of them are born equal, so here’s how to choose one that fits you

By Sayem Ahmed published 11 February 26

The best upgrade that I’ve made to my setup in recent years is the addition of a monitor light bar, but there’s a lot to consider before you purchase one.

Deepseek research touts memory breakthrough, decoupling compute power and RAM pools to bypass GPU & HBM constraints — Engram conditional memory module commits static knowledge to system RAM

By Sayem Ahmed published 13 January 26

Premium Deepseek paper seeks to reduce reliance on GPU compute for basic information retrieval

Intel Panther Lake press Q&A transcript — EVO is still alive, and the company ditches prior-generation naming scheme

By Sayem Ahmed published 9 January 26

Premium We sat down at CES 2026 with a panel of Intel staff to ask questions about Core Ultra Series 3.

Asus' Zenbook lineup gets 2026 refresh — ZenBook 14, Duo return with new AMD, Intel, and Snapdragon chips

By Sayem Ahmed published 6 January 26

A pretty platter of portable PC's pepper CES 2026

Nvidia CES 2026 keynote live blog — Jensen Huang takes the stage to reveal what's next for the AI company, but don't expect new consumer GPUs

By Sayem Ahmed, Jeffrey Kampman last updated 5 January 26

Jensen Huang takes the stage to lay out Nvidia's upcoming plans at CES 2026.

Newegg bundles $1,460 128GB DDR5 memory kit with $50 Starbucks gift card — 'Drink Coffee while you game!!' retailer says as memory hits RTX 5080 pricing

By Sayem Ahmed last updated 5 January 26

Newegg has listed two 128GB G.Skill DDR5 RAM kits with a free $50 Starbucks gift card. Both kits are more expensive than a brand-new RTX 5080, as the DRAM pricing crisis hits DIY PC builders hard.

White House U-turn on Nvidia H200 AI accelerator exports down to Huawei's powerful new Ascend chips, report claims — U.S. committed to 'dominance of the American tech stack'

By Sayem Ahmed published 10 December 25

Can CUDA still capture China?

Corsair Case 2500x with Black Friday lettering

Steal 68% off of Corsair's Micro ATX 2500X PC case — iCUE Link 2500X drops to under $50 at Newegg

By Sayem Ahmed published 28 November 25

Deals Corsair's 2500X Micro-ATX dual chamber PC case has plummeted to under $50 in this stunning Newegg Black Friday deal.

Colossal 28TB Seagate Ironwolf Pro drops to $449 in Amazon Black Friday deal — egregiously big HDD costs just $16 per TB, makes recycle bin pointless

By Sayem Ahmed published 28 November 25

Deals Seagate's enormous 28TB enterprise-grade Ironwolf Pro is on sale for just $16 per terabyte in this Amazon Black Friday deal

Save over 30% on this 27-inch AOC gaming monitor Black Friday deal — Grab a 1440p, 240Hz IPS panel for just $170 in Best Buy bargain

By Sayem Ahmed published 27 November 25

Deals No-frills monitor has just about everything you might want

This prebuilt gaming PC Black Friday deal nets you a Ryzen 7 9700X, RX 9060 XT 16GB and 32GB of DDR5 for under $1000 — Skytech Nebula 2 offers heaps of bang for your buck

By Sayem Ahmed published 27 November 25

Deals This $999 prebuilt gaming PC from Skytech offers an AMD Ryzen 7 9700X, RX 9060 XT 16GB in this Walmart Black Friday deal.

Cloudflare outage hints at nefarious "traffic spike" as service impact spreads — X, McDonalds go down, company issues statement amidst chaos

By Stephen Warwick, Les Pounder, Sayem Ahmed last updated 18 November 25

Cloudflare is down, but the company is investigating.

Thermaltake Tower 250 on a desk with accessories

Building in the Thermaltake Tower 250 made me furious about one design flaw that could be easily solved — cramped cable cut-outs and inaccessible I/O

By Sayem Ahmed published 19 September 25

After building in the Thermaltake Tower 250, I found that the ITX PC case has one issue that drove me mad: the Motherboard I/O is difficult to access.

Nvidia responds to reports that its H20 GPU for China is ending production — next-gen B30A green light "up to the United States government," according to CEO Jensen Huang

By Sayem Ahmed published 22 August 25

A new report claims that Nvidia might be winding down production of the China-only HGX H20 AI chip following claims that the chips is "unsafe" according to China's CAC.

Howard Lutnick standing next to TSMC CEO C.C Wei

CHIPS Act funding could herald an era where the U.S. is not offering grants, but buying equity — Lutnick's semiconductor strategy might not end with Intel

By Sayem Ahmed published 20 August 25

News Analysis As the U.S. confirms interest in an equity stake in Intel, could this move signal to other CHIPS Act beneficiaries that America wants a slice of their pie, in exchange for funds?

The ultimate SSD deal to beat on Prime Day — grab a 4TB Crucial P310 for $199, the most affordable 4TB SSD on the market, in the final hours of Prime Day

By Sayem Ahmed published 11 July 25

Deals Get 40% off Crucial's huge 4TB SSD in this excellent Prime Day discount

A monitor OSD in purple showing various display options

I've been using an OLED monitor for 2,656 hours, and I'm not scared of burn-in: Here's why

By Sayem Ahmed published 17 June 25

I've been using this monitor for nine months, and I'm not afraid of burn-in.

"Export control was a failure." Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang slams Biden's China AI restrictions - Computex 2025 Q and A

By Sayem Ahmed published 26 May 25

Premium Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang addressed trade and new AI technologies in a Computex Q&A

Logitech G Pro X Superlight 2 gaming mouse gets $56 discount ahead of Memorial Day sale

By Sayem Ahmed published 23 May 25

Logitech's flagship gaming mouse gets limited-time 31% discount at Amazon

Asus ROG B650E-I Gaming Wi-Fi motherboard on gradient background with Tom's Hardware Tech Deals lettering.

This small-form-factor Mini-ITX Asus ROG Strix B650E-I Gaming Wi-Fi motherboard just got a $90 discount ahead of Memorial Day

By Sayem Ahmed published 22 May 25

Grab a $90 discount on this Asus ROG B650E-I motherboard.

My favorite gaming headset just got a $106 discount on Amazon ahead of Memorial Day sales

By Sayem Ahmed published 21 May 25

The SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Wireless is a great all-rounder, and is now 30% off at Amazon

The fastest SSD you can buy right now just got a 42% discount ahead of Memorial Day sales

By Sayem Ahmed published 20 May 25

Crucial's 2TB T705 PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSD gets a hefty discount at Amazon.

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