Articles by Zhiye Liu, RAM Reviewer and News Editor

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

RTX 4090 Founders Edition Card Falls Victim To 16-pin Meltdown

By Zhiye Liu published 15 November 22

The first reported case of a GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition graphics card suffering from a 16-pin power adapter meltdown surfaced on Reddit over the weekend.

Nvidia's GeForce RTX 4070 Ti May Arrive On January 5

By Zhiye Liu published 10 November 22

Hardware leaker shares the potential launch date for Nvidia's GeForce RTX 4070 Ti graphics card.

Ryzen 7000 CPUs Get Price Cuts In China, Up to 27 Percent Lower Than U.S. Pricing

By Zhiye Liu published 6 November 22

AMD's Ryzen 7000 processors with Zen 4 cores have gotten cheaper than their original pricing.

Walmart Sellers Now Listing $6,000 Bitcoin Mining Machines

By Zhiye Liu published 5 November 22

Merchants have taken to Walmart to sell off their Bitcoin ASIC miners.

RTX 4090 Woes Get Worse: Native 16-Pin Reportedly Melts as Well (Updated)

By Zhiye Liu last updated 5 November 22

One GeForce RTX 4090 owner has reported the first meltdown of a native 16-pin power connector from an ATX 3.0 power supply.

PNY XLR8 Gaming Mako DDR5-6200 C42 Review: Pricey Average Performer

By Zhiye Liu published 3 November 22

PNY rolls out the Mako series of DDR5 memory kits to cater to AMD and Intel's next-generation processors.

GeForce RTX 4080 Emerges at U.S. Retailer Starting at $1,199

By Zhiye Liu published 30 October 22

U.S. and overseas retailers have started listing Nvidia's GeForce RTX 4080 graphics cards.

Another GeForce RTX 4090 16-pin Adapter Bites The Dust (Updated)

By Zhiye Liu last updated 28 October 22

A third GeForce RTX 4090 owner reports that his 16-pin power adapter has suffered a meltdown.

Best RAM for Gaming: DDR4, DDR5 Kits for 2022

By Zhiye Liu last updated 15 December 22

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

Right-Angle 16-pin Connector May Save A Lot of RTX 4090 GPUs (Updated)

By Zhiye Liu published 25 October 22

Seasonic shows off a 90-degree 16-pin power connector for Nvidia's GeForce RTX 4090 graphics cards.

Asus Launches GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X GPUs

By Zhiye Liu last updated 22 October 22

Asus has revealed the TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8GB GDDR6X in both standard and overclocked versions.

MSI Raises Liquid-Cooled RTX 4090 Pricing By $185 in Less Than a Week (Updated)

By Zhiye Liu last updated 19 October 22

The GeForce RTX 4090 Suprim Liquid X 24G price has been corrected on MSI's online store.

Doom Runs at 60 FPS in Notepad

By Zhiye Liu published 10 October 22

Game developer Sam Chiet gets Doom to run in Microsoft Notepad on Windows.

GeForce RTX 3060 Seemingly Gets Faster GDDR6X Memory

By Zhiye Liu published 9 October 22

Newegg lists an unreleased GeForce RTX 3060 graphics card with GDDR6X memory from Lenovo.

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X May Only Cost $10 More Than The Original

By Zhiye Liu last updated 9 October 22

U.K. retailer Scan Computers has listed Nvidia's unannounced GeForce RTX 3060 Ti with GDDR6X memory.

GeForce RTX 4090 Reportedly Peaks at 493W to Hit 3.1 GHz

By Zhiye Liu published 8 October 22

Leaked screenshots allegedly show the GeForce RTX 4090's peak power consumption.

Core i9-13900K Soars To 8.2 GHz, Beating Ryzen 7000's Peak Overclock

By Zhiye Liu published 7 October 22

Allen 'Splave' Golibersuch overclocks Intel's Core i9-13900K Raptor Lake processor to 8.2 GHz under liquid nitrogen.

Arc A770 Loses Up to 24 Percent Performance Without Resizable Bar

By Zhiye Liu published 5 October 22

Media outlet TechPowerUp evaluates the performance impact that PCIe 3.0 and Resizable Bar have on Intel's Arc Alchemist graphics cards.

Google Japan's GBoard Keyboard Doubles as a Bug Catcher Stick

By Zhiye Liu published 2 October 22

Google Japan introduces the GBoard stick version keyboard, which resembles a long ruler that users can make at home.

AMD B650 Motherboards Listed at U.S. Retailer Starting at $199

By Zhiye Liu published 1 October 22

B&H Photo Video lists a ton of AMD B650 motherboards for budget users.

Nvidia Clears the Air on GeForce RTX 40-series Power Requirements

By Zhiye Liu published 29 September 22

Nvidia's new FAQ tells consumers everything they need to know about the GeForce RTX 40-series GPUs and power supplies.

GeForce RTX 4090 Arrives at Best Buy Site at MSRP

By Zhiye Liu published 28 September 22

U.S. retailers have started to list Nvidia's GeForce RTX 4090, which sells on October 12.

TeamGroup's Speedy DDR5-7200 C34 RAM Hits Retail For $350

By Zhiye Liu published 24 September 22

The TeamGroup T-Force Delta RGB 32GB DDR5-7200 memory kit is available on Newegg for $349.99.

Ryzen 9 7950X Hits 7.2 GHz on One Core, 6.5 GHz on 16 Cores Under LN2

By Zhiye Liu published 22 September 22

AMD's Ryzen 9 7950X flagship Zen 4 processor exhibits impressive overclocking potential under LN2.

Ryzen 9 7950X Sets Overclocking Records With AIO Cooler

By Zhiye Liu published 21 September 22

AMD's Ryzen 9 7950X Zen 4 processor with 16 cores hit 5.5 GHz with a 280mm AIO liquid cooler to set multiple overclocking records.

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