Thomas Soderstrom

Thomas Soderstrom

Thomas Soderstrom is a Senior Staff Editor at Tom's Hardware US. He tests and reviews cases, cooling, memory and motherboards.

Articles by: Thomas Soderstrom

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Samsung 32GB UDIMMs Finally Arrive, Just In Time to Be Replaced

By Thomas Soderstrom published

Samsung’s 32GB consumer memory is now available. That means its “M-Die” consumer modules are arriving just in time to be replaced by its new A-Die version.

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G.Skill Trident Z RGB 2x 16GB DDR4-3600 C17 Kit Review: Elusive Value

By Thomas Soderstrom published

Can an RGB memory kit offer better value at DDR4-3600 CAS 17? Perhaps not in the US. But it may be tough to find this G.Skill kit in stock when you’re ready to buy.

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Eurocom Revises Sky X7C: One Laptop to Rule Them All…

By Thomas Soderstrom published

…except for the ultra-portable market.

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Asus Announces 30th Anniversary Prime X299, ZenBook 13, ZenFone 6

By Thomas Soderstrom published

Asus celebrated its 30th anniversary by announcing special “Edition 30” versions of its Prime X299 motherboard, ZenBook 13, and ZenFone 6 during Computex 2019.

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Thermaltake Intros S-Series Cases, Pacific CL360 & Floe DX RGB Cooling Kits

By Thomas Soderstrom published

Thermaltake announced new S-Series steel cases, Pacific CL360 Max D5 Hard Tube, and Floe DX RGB Series TT Premium Edition cooling products at Computex 2019.

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Thermaltake Announces RGB DRAM With Tough Name & Wimpy Timings

By Thomas Soderstrom published

ToughRAM RGB Shall Be Thy Name

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Thermaltake Announces A700 Aluminum TG ATX Full Tower For Computex

By Thomas Soderstrom published

Thermaltake announced the A700 Aluminum Tempered Glass Edition with CNC machined aluminum panels on the periphery and tempered glass sides.

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Patriot Viper Steel 2x 16GB DDR4-3200 C16 Kit: Disruptive Value

By Thomas Soderstrom published

Editor's Choice

Just when we thought we’d found the ultimate value in a 32GB dual-channel performance kit, Patriot stepped in to deliver low-priced RAM excellence.

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HyperX Predator 2x16GB DDR4-3600 C17 Review: RGB-Free, for a Price

By Thomas Soderstrom published

HyperX Predator's 2x16GB 3600 kit offers a performance bump with good DDR4-3600 timings, but at what cost?

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Zotac Teases ZBox Slim PC & Workstation For Computex 2019

By Thomas Soderstrom published

Or what it calls a “creator PC.”

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Gigabyte's $1,599 Motherboard and 5.1 GHz CPU Bundle Available Now (Update)

By Thomas Soderstrom published

Pre-overclocked Core i9-9900K's for those who can’t…be bothered.

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Lian Li Launches ARGB Fan Kit

By Thomas Soderstrom published

After we finally decided on an initialism for digitally addressable RGB lighting.

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Gigabyte Enables PCIe 4.0 on X470 and B450 Motherboards (Updated)

By Paul Alcorn, Thomas Soderstrom published

Gigabyte's latest BIOS update adds support for PCIe 4.0 to existing X470 motherboards, but you'll need a Ryzen 3000 series processor to unlock the faster speeds.

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Simple RAM Overclocking With a Few Clicks: How to Enable XMP

By Thomas Soderstrom published

What is XMP, and how do I use it to get my high-speed memory to its full rated performance on Intel and AMD motherboards?

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EK Launches New Monoblock for Asus ROG Strix Z390-I

By Thomas Soderstrom published

Because Mini-ITX can never have too many fans.

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More RGB: ASRock Completes Z390 Phantom Gaming Line

By Thomas Soderstrom published

Phantom Gaming 7 and X fill the gaps.

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Scythe Releases Fuma 2 CPU Cooler: Big Air for Medium PC Cases

By Thomas Soderstrom published

Scythe’s Fuma 2 CPU cooler is designed to provide big air cooling with far fewer space conflicts.

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G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4-3200 2x16GB Kit Review: No Lights, Nice Price

By Thomas Soderstrom published

Editor's Choice

If your CPU and board support DDR4-3200 XMP, G.Skill's Ripjaws V DDR4-3200 2x16GB Kit is an great value, so long as you don't need your memory to flash or blink.

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ASRock DeskMini A300 Review: STX Meets AM4

By Thomas Soderstrom published

The A300 adds AMD’s AM4 CPU socket support to ASRock’s DeskMini portfolio, complete with its enhanced onboard graphics and fast DDR4 support.

InWin Launches $999 928 Super-Tower

By Thomas Soderstrom published

Big enough to park your 928?

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EK Launches RGB Water Blocks for Aorus RTX Graphics Cards

By Thomas Soderstrom published

Giving Gigabyte more bite.

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Samsung Rings B-Die Memory Death Knell

By Thomas Soderstrom published

The end of fast DDR4? Hardly.

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HyperX Predator RGB 2x16GB DDR4-3200 Review: A 32GB Dual-Stick Value

By Thomas Soderstrom published

Editor's Choice

32GB helps maintain program performance when multitasking, but some boards don’t have enough slots for a 4x 8GB kit. Kingston shows us a two-DIMM solution.

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The New Ice Wolf: Alphacool Launches Eiswolf AIO Cooler for AMD Radeon VII

By Thomas Soderstrom published

Smartly named the Alphacool Eiswolf 240 GPX Pro AMD Radeon VII M01

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Z390 on the Cheap: Overclocking a Core i5 With Three Budget Boards

By Thomas Soderstrom published

Editor's Choice

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