Articles by Zhiye Liu, News Editor, RAM Reviewer & SSD Technician

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

Sandy Bridge-era motherboard gets NVMe SSD boot support 12 years after launch — first new BIOS in a decade for decommissioned motherboard

By Zhiye Liu published 6 May 25

A Chinese forum user has discovered that Gigabyte silently added NVMe SSD boot support to the 13-year-old B75M-D3H motherboard via a firmware update.

Intel IPO delivers better gaming performance than 200S Boost in user benchmarks

By Zhiye Liu published 1 May 25

BiliBili user evaluates Intel's IPO and 200S Boost technologies to determine which offers higher gaming performance.

Unreleased AMD RX 6500 surfaces: a 2022-era budget chip for our 2025 GPU woes

By Zhiye Liu published 21 April 25

Chinese manufacturer Zephyr released the Radeon RX 6500, a graphics card that AMD had never launched.

Custom MSI RTX 5060 Ti models surface with 16-pin power connectors and PCIe 5.0 x8

By Zhiye Liu published 11 April 25

VideoCardz leaks renders of MSI's upcoming GeForce RTX 5060 Ti graphics cards.

Nvidia reportedly sources GDDR7 chips from SK hynix for RTX 50-series GPUs

By Zhiye Liu published 9 April 25

A hardware leaker claims that Nvidia is supposedly purchasing GDDR7 chips from SK hynix in addition to Samsung.

Nvidia RTX 5090D GPU features a magnetic shroud and fans for easy maintenance

By Zhiye Liu published 7 April 25

Galax's latest GeForce RTX 5090D graphics cards feature a magnetic, removable shroud.

Some Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPUs are allegedly failing prematurely — over 100 cases documented based on user feedback (Update)

By Zhiye Liu published 31 March 25

A Redditor has compiled a list of all user-reported Ryzen 7 9800X3D failures on Reddit.

Crucial CUDIMM DDR5-6400 C52 2x16GB Review: Plug-and-Play Paradise for Arrow Lake

By Zhiye Liu published 30 March 25

Crucial is one of the first to release a DDR5-6400 CUDIMM memory kit, but can it compete against faster rivals?

Crucial Pro Overclocking DDR5-6400 C38 2x16GB Review: Deceitfully Fast

By Zhiye Liu published 28 March 25

The Crucial Pro Overclocking DDR5-6400 C38 isn't the shiniest memory kit, but can it shine in the benchmarks?

Zotac Gaming GeForce RTX 5090 AMP Extreme Infinity

Zotac raises RTX 5090 prices by 20% and seemingly eliminates MSRP models

By Zhiye Liu published 25 March 25

Zotac has increased the pricing of its RTX 5090 graphics cards by up to 20%, while seemingly eliminating any base-MSRP models.

This scent-dispensing RX 9070 XT assures at least one GPU launch this year doesn't stink

By Zhiye Liu published 24 March 25

Yeston implements fragrance dispensers in the brand's Radeon RX 9070 XT graphics cards.

Asus' mini supercomputer taps Nvidia Grace Blackwell chip for 1,000 AI TOPS

By Zhiye Liu published 18 March 25

Asus announces the Ascent GX10, which leverages Nvidia's GB10 Grace Blackwell Superchip.

Qualcomm debuts new Snapdragon G handheld gaming PC chips to compete with Intel and AMD

By Zhiye Liu published 17 March 25

Qualcomm launches the Snapdragon G3 Gen 3, Snapdragon G2 Gen 2, and Snapdragon G1 Gen 2 for handheld gaming devices.

Radeon RX 7900 XT Gaming Trio Classic 20G

MSI skips RDNA 4 and will not manufacture AMD Radeon 9000-series GPUs

By Zhiye Liu published 14 March 25

MSI has confirmed to Tom's Hardware that it won't make RDNA 4 GPUs. There are many potential reasons behind the decision, though MSI was reticent to share those.

Micron's new PCIe 5.0 SSD promises longer battery life — DDR5 portfolio also gains higher capacity CUDIMMs and CSODIMMs

By Zhiye Liu published 7 January 25

Micron announces new NVMe SSDs and DDR5 memory modules at CES 2025.

Micron expands Crucial Pro Overclocking DDR5 lineup with new overclocked kits — DDR5-6400 kits with Intel XMP 3.0 and AMD EXPO support

By Zhiye Liu published 29 October 24

Crucial Pro Overclocking portfolio now includes single DDR5-6400 memory modules and 32GB (2x16GB) memory kits.

Micron launches DDR5-6400 CUDIMMs and CSODIMMs for Intel Core Ultra 200S CPUs — DDR5-6400 kits up to 32GB capacity with C52 timings

By Zhiye Liu published 15 October 24

Micron expands the company's memory portfolio with new Crucial CUDIMMs and CSODIMMs that run at DDR5-6400.

Nvidia gaming GPUs modded with 2X VRAM for AI workloads — RTX 4090D 48GB and RTX 4080 Super 32GB go up for rent at Chinese cloud computing provider

By Zhiye Liu published 10 August 24

AI enthusiast 青龍聖者 has discovered the GeForce RTX 4090D 48GB and GeForce RTX 4080 Super 32GB in China.

Intel says 13th and 14th Gen mobile CPUs are crashing, but not due to the same bug as desktop chips — chipmaker blames common software and hardware issues

By Zhiye Liu last updated 20 July 24

Intel's official statement highlights the reported instability issues on mobile 13th and 14th Generation processors.

G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB DDR5-6400 C32 2x48GB Review: Soulmate For Dual-DIMM Motherboards

By Zhiye Liu published 8 July 24

Editor's Choice

G.Skill launched a DDR5-6400 C32 96GB memory kit for prosumers, but can it hang with the higher-clocked competition?

TeamGroup T-Force Vulcan Eco DDR5-6000 C30 2x16GB Review: Eco-Friendly DDR5 Performance

By Zhiye Liu published 6 July 24

TeamGroup's Vulcan Eco lineup brings innovation to the table, but is it sufficient to rival the modern competition?

Kingston Fury Beast DDR5-6000 C40 2x32GB Review: Competent Performance

By Zhiye Liu published 4 July 24

The Fury Beast series is one of Kingston's more flexible lineups. Can its DDR5-6000 C40 memory kit surpass the current competition?

AMD's new consumer CPUs reportedly suffer a slight delay — Ryzen AI 300 Strix Point launch seemingly pushed to July 28

By Zhiye Liu published 28 June 24

Two reputable hardware leakers claim that AMD has allegedly pushed the Ryzen AI 300 (Strix Point) launch to July 28, a day behind the Ryzen 9000 debut.

GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super 16G Ventus 3X Black OC

Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti Super using AD102 GPU appears — a fresh variant surfaces with a harvested RTX 4090 die

By Zhiye Liu published 25 June 24

Exact same specifications but with a different die.

Radeon Pro W7900 Dual Slot AI TOP 48G & Radeon Pro W7800 AI TOP 32G

Gigabyte launches AI TOP GPUs — AMD reference-like designs in fancy boxes

By Zhiye Liu published 21 June 24

Gigabyte has announced the Radeon Pro W7900 Dual Slot AI TOP 48G and the Radeon Pro W7800 AI TOP 32G.

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