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

Mini PC maker ships systems with factory-installed spyware — AceMagic says issue was contained to the 'first shipment'

By Zhiye Liu published 6 February 24

Different user reports claim that the AceMagic AD08, AD15, and S1 mini-PCs contain malware from the Bladabindi and Redline families.

MSI GeForce RTX 4090 Suprim X Ruan Mei Edition

Nvidia's flagship RTX 4090 gets a green and gold makeover

By Zhiye Liu published 5 February 24

RTX 4090 Suprim X Ruan Mei Edition might be a mod, but packaging and poster imply otherwise.

Palit GeForce RTX 4080 Super GamingPro OC

RTX 4080 Super teardown sheds light on power connector controversy — PCB shows traces for two 8-pin connectors along with the 16-pin connector

By Zhiye Liu published 2 February 24

A Japanese reviewer tore apart the Palit GeForce RTX 4080 Super GamingPro OC and found some exciting traces on the PCB.

AMD's integrated graphics performance shines in AI tests with extreme memory — Ryzen 7 8700G with DDR5-9000 up to 15% better

By Zhiye Liu published 1 February 24

Enthusiasts have demonstrated the prowess of AMD's Ryzen 7 8700G with DDR5-9000 memory and how fast memory affects AI performance.

Intel Arc A370M mobile GPU transformed into desktop card with the help of a heatsink and tiny cooling fan

By Zhiye Liu published 31 January 24

Advantech has launched the EAI-3100, essentially a desktop version of Intel's Arc A370M mobile graphics card.

Lamptron's new CPU cooler has a screen as big as the iPhone 15 — ST060 sports a six-inch LCD with a 1920x1080 resolution that functions as a second display

By Zhiye Liu published 31 January 24

Lamptron has launched the ST060 CPU air cooler for Intel and AMD processors.

Maxsun has another wide "YTX" motherboard for Intel CPUs — Terminator H770YTX D5 arrives with backside connectors and DDR5-8000 support

By Zhiye Liu published 29 January 24

Maxsun has launched the Terminator H770YTX D5 motherboard with a "YTX" form factor for Intel Alder Lake, Raptor Lake, and Raptor Lake Refresh processors.

High-end external GPUs still suffer a performance hit — OCuLink tests show up to a 23% drop with an RTX 4090

By Zhiye Liu published 29 January 24

A Weibo user evaluates the performance hit using OCuLink on a GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super and a GeForce RTX 4090.

Evangelion EVA Wireless Desktop Power Button

Atomic nuclear bomb launch button lets you power your PC on or off — Evangelion-themed wireless power button is cool and convenient

By Zhiye Liu published 27 January 24

Newegg's selling a cool-looking Evangelion-themed wireless power button that powers up and down your desktop PC.

MSI's classic MPower overclocking motherboard series returns, with support for super-fast DDR5-8000+ RAM — Z790 board priced at $199

By Zhiye Liu published 26 January 24

Wccftech offers a preview of MSI's upcoming Z790 MPower motherboard that supports DDR5-8000 memory and beyond.

Intel’s Black Edition CPUs aren’t always faster than the regular ones — Core i7-14790F performs like a Core i7-14700F in Geekbench 6 benchmark

By Zhiye Liu published 25 January 24

The first benchmark of Intel's Core i7-14790F processor for the Chinese market has emerged.

This may be the only RTX 4070 Super GPU without a 16-pin connector, but it won't come cheap — Maxsun's RTX 4070 Super iCraft uses two regular 8-pin PCIe power connectors

By Zhiye Liu published 22 January 24

Maxsun's GeForce RTX 4070 Super iCraft graphics card features two 8-pin PCIe power connectors instead of the 16-pin power connector.

ASRock's new AMD entry-level gaming GPUs look enticing — custom Radeon RX 7600 XT GPUs with boost clock speeds up to 2,810 MHz

By Zhiye Liu published 19 January 24

ASRock revealed the Radeon RX 7600 XT Steel Legend and Radeon RX 7600 XT Challenger graphics cards.

RTX 4070 Ti Super is right on the RTX 4080's tail — new OpenCL and Vulkan benchmarks show less than a 10% margin between them

By Zhiye Liu published 18 January 24

The RTX 4080 is 5% faster in OpenCL than RTX 4070 Ti Super and 7% slower in Vulkan.

Patriot developing high-speed DDR5 RAM that guarantees speeds up to DDR5-7200 regardless of CPU IMC quality — unlocks higher overclocking potential, too

By Zhiye Liu published 15 January 24

Patriot prepares high-frequency DDR5 memory with a memory clock driver (CKD) that promises ample compatibility.

Thermaltake's power supply tester lets you know if your power supply is working properly — Dr. Power III updated with support for ATX 3.0 power supplies

By Zhiye Liu published 11 January 24

Thermaltake unveils the Dr. Power III, a universal ATX power supply tester that supports the latest ATX 3.0 standard.

Super PCIe 5.0 SSD RAID hits 42 GBps — four Crucial T700 drives actively cooled by AirJet Mini technology

By Zhiye Liu published 10 January 24

Micron demonstrates a concept T700 8TB SSD solution cooled by Frore Systems' revolutionary AirJet Mini cooling technology.

Intel unleashes 14th Gen Raptor Lake Refresh HX-series CPUs — refreshed chips with up to 24 cores, 5.8 GHz boost clock, and 192GB DDR5 support

By Zhiye Liu published 8 January 24

Intel launches 14th Generation Raptor Lake Refresh HX-series processors for high-performance mobile devices.

Nvidia launches another sanctions-compliant GPU for China — RTX 5880 Ada debuts with 14,080 CUDA cores, 48GB GDDR6

By Zhiye Liu published 5 January 24

Nvidia releases the RTX 5880 Ada Generation graphics card for the Chinese market.

New mid-range Radeon GPU may not be available in China at launch — AMD reportedly delaying RX 7600 XT in China because of the RX 6750 GRE

By Zhiye Liu published 3 January 24

Rumors claim that AMD is reportedly delaying China's upcoming Radeon RX 7600 XT release.

Unreleased Nvidia budget GPU to rival AMD and Intel emerges overseas — RTX 3050 6GB specifications shared through retailer listing

By Zhiye Liu published 2 January 24

Russian retailer Citilink lists three unreleased GeForce RTX 3050 6GB graphics cards from Nvidia partner Palit.

Klevv Cras V RGB DDR5-6400 C32 2x16GB Review: Median Performance

By Zhiye Liu published 27 December 23

Klevv updates its Cras series to DDR5. Does the DDR5-6400 C32 memory kit have what enthusiasts are looking for?

Predator Hermes RGB DDR5-6800 C32 2x16GB Review: Imposing Looks And Performance

By Zhiye Liu published 23 December 23

The Hermes series Predator Storage's latest DDR5 lineup, so can it compete with the best on the market?

Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB DDR5-6400 C38 2x16GB Review: The Bittersweet Spot

By Zhiye Liu published 19 December 23

With so many DDR5-6400 memory kits on the market, can the Dominator Platinum RGB DDR5-6400 C38 prove that it's one of the best?

Chinese chip designer repacks Intel 5th Gen Xeon Emerald Rapids CPUs for the domestic market — 5th Gen Jintide chips feature China-specific security algorithm tech

By Zhiye Liu published 18 December 23

Montage Technology has launched the 5th Gen Jintide processors, based on Intel's recent Xeon Emerald Rapids lineup.

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