Articles by Zhiye Liu, News Editor and Memory Reviewer

Zhiye’s love for PC hardware began when he accidentally set his Pentium P54CS PC on fire, short-circuiting his entire home. From that day on, he has constantly pursued greater hardware knowledge, which ultimately led him from being a power user to a writer at Tom’s Hardware. When Zhiye’s not covering the latest news on CPUs or GPUs, you can find him overclocking RAM to the latest trance hits.

Articles by: Zhiye Liu

Zotac breathes new life into leftover MXM RTX 5000 Ada GPUs in China at $4,700 a pop — PCIe adapter brings mobile Ada Lovelace GPU to desktops

By Zhiye Liu published 14 July 25

The MXM variant of the RTX 5000 Ada from Zotac has gone on sale in China with an eye-watering price tag of around $4,742.80.

Grab a Crucial X10 portable SSD with a 30% discount before Prime Day sales end tonight — savings up to $182, 1TB, 2TB, 4TB, 6TB, and 8TB models all on sale

By Zhiye Liu last updated 11 July 25

Deals During this Prime Day sale, Amazon offers competitive prices on Crucial's newest X10 portable SSD.

Apple's MacBook Air with M1 is at an all-time low price — just $599 at Walmart

By Zhiye Liu published 11 July 25

Deals Apple's MacBook Air, powered by the M1 processor, is on sale for $599.

Core Ultra 7 265K CPU selling at all-time low $259 with two free games on last day of Prime Day — 97% of the gaming performance of the flagship Core Ultra 9 285K, but for $260 less

By Zhiye Liu published 11 July 25

Deals The Core Ultra 7 265K goes on sale for Amazon Prime Day at $259, down from the chip's $404 MSRP.

Save up to 27% on three of the best PC case deals we've seen on Amazon Prime Day so far

By Zhiye Liu published 7 July 25

Deals We've compiled the top three best PC case deals so far on Amazon Prime Day 2025.

SK hynix's first PCIe 5.0 SSD is finally available in the U.S., sports impressive performance and pricing — Platinum P51 flaunts speeds up to 14,700 MB/s

By Zhiye Liu last updated 2 July 25

SK hynix Platinum P51, the successor to the Platinum P41, is available for purchase in the U.S. market.

RAM Benchmark Hierarchy 2025: DDR5, DDR4 for AMD, Intel CPUs

By Zhiye Liu last updated 2 July 25

Our RAM benchmark hierarchy ranks DDR5 and DDR4 memory kits of all frequencies and capacities for any budget.

Best RAM for Gaming: DDR4, DDR5 Kits for 2025

By Zhiye Liu last updated 2 July 25

Here is the best RAM for gaming we’ve tested: computer memory that is ideal for video editing and graphics-heavy applications.

TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB GDDR7 BTF White Edition

Asus's new BTF GPUs can now be used in standard systems courtesy of a detachable 1000W power connector — New 5090 and RTX 5070 Ti models have a dual personality

By Zhiye Liu published 28 June 25

Asus lists the TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB GDDR7 BTF White Edition and ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 32GB GDDR7 BTF Edition on its website.

Micron 2600 QLC SSD uses flexible caching to offer TLC-like performance—7,200 MB/s reads and 6,500 MB/s writes push the limits of PCIe 4.0

By Zhiye Liu published 26 June 25

Micron announces the new Micron 2600 SSD, available in 2230, 2242, and 2280 form factors.

Gigabyte prepares a low-profile RTX 5050 GPU — Designed for SFF and aging gaming rigs

By Zhiye Liu published 25 June 25

Gigabyte has announced the GeForce RTX 5050 OC Low Profile 8G for compact systems.

Rare Franken-GPU has both AMD and Nvidia branding — AMD Radeon GeForce RTX 9070 XT is the new ultimate midrange gaming champ

By Zhiye Liu published 24 June 25

Redditor receives an Asus graphics card with both AMD and Nvidia branding.

Asus RTX 5090 BTF 2.5 GPU successfully pulls over 1,900W in extreme test — proprietary metal power connector kept its cool, unlike plastic 16-pin alternative

By Zhiye Liu published 23 June 25

Tony Yu, the General Manager of Asus China, explained how the ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 BTF GPU's power connectors work.

Even Nvidia's China-specific RTX 5090D falls victim to the infamous 16-pin melting issue

By Zhiye Liu published 20 June 25

Two GeForce RTX 5090D owners share their unfortunate experience with the 16-pin power connector meltdowns.

ASRock preps Radeon RX AI Pro R9700 Creator for AI and workstation users — blower card packs massive 32GB of GDDR6 memory, adopts 16-pin connector

By Zhiye Liu published 20 June 25

ASRock has launched the Radeon RX AI Pro R9700 Creator graphics card for the AI and workstation markets.

Asus' costly AMOLED liquid cooler suffers from cooling degradation — company offers replacements for affected units

By Zhiye Liu published 19 June 25

Asus is offering replacements for the brand's ROG Ryuo IV SLC 360 ARGB liquid cooler due to a factory defect that could affect cooling performance.

Intel Nova Lake specs leaked — Up to 52 cores and 150W of TDP for Intel's AMD Zen 6 rival

By Zhiye Liu published 16 June 25

A hardware leaker has shared the alleged specifications for Intel's upcoming Nova Lake processors, rumored to utilize the new LGA1954 socket.

Intel adds more Arc GPUs to end of life — A750 Limited Edition rides into the sunset 3 years after launch

By Zhiye Liu published 13 June 25

Intel has put the Arc A750, A770M, A730M, A570M, A530M, and A370M on the EOL list.

ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 Dhahab OC Edition

Scalpers list ROG Astral RTX 5090 Dhahab Edition GPU for as much as $22,900 on eBay

By Zhiye Liu published 11 June 25

The Asus ROG Astral RTX 5090 Dhahab Edition has hit the eBay marketplace with prices varying between $8,500 and $22,900.

GeForce RTX 5050 listed with 2,560 CUDA cores and 2,250 MHz boost clock

By Zhiye Liu published 10 June 25

German IT company Kiebel reveals the specifications for Nvidia's unreleased GeForce RTX 5050 graphics card.

Custom PC company stuffs a NUC inside a GPU — GeeFarce 5027 POS packs 2X more memory than Nvidia's RTX 5090

By Zhiye Liu published 9 June 25

CherryTree Inc. has revealed the GeeFarce 5027 POS, a NUC stuffed into a damaged Gigabyte GeForce RTX 20-series graphics card.

ASRock tailors budget-friendly AMD A620 mini-ITX motherboard to SFF enthusiasts

By Zhiye Liu published 6 June 25

ASRock has introduced the A620AI WiFi, a budget mini-ITX AM5 motherboard for Ryzen 7000, Ryzen 8000G, and Ryzen 9000 processors.

Graphene thermal pad for AMD CPUs promises 17X better conductivity than thermal paste, 2X improvement over Thermal Grizzly

By Zhiye Liu published 5 June 25

Coracer has launched the GPE-01 graphene pads for AMD's AM5 processors.

Compact Thunderbolt 5 and OCuLink eGPU flaunts RTX 4090 Laptop GPU

By Zhiye Liu published 3 June 25

Chinese mini-PC manufacturer FEVM has revealed the FNGT5 Pro, an eGPU with Thunderbolt 5 and OCuLink support.

This RTX 50-series GPU design hides its custom L-shaped 16-pin power cable behind a magnetic shroud

By Zhiye Liu published 2 June 25

AX Gaming has introduced its X3W Max lineup of GeForce RTX 50-series graphics cards, which feature a custom L-shaped 16-pin power cable and hidden connector design.

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