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Now that Wi-Fi 7 has been around for a while, is it worth upgrading?
By Brandon Hill published
Premium Wi-Fi 7 brings some noticeable performance and reliability benefits over preceding standards, but not everyone should upgrade.

50 years later, desktop PCs are less popular than ever — but they won't disappear
By Sunny Grimm published
Premium Is the desktop PC dying? In 2025, things might seem worse than before. But hope yet remains.

40 years of Windows: How XP changed everything
By Chris Hoffman published
Premium Windows XP was a significant moment in the operating system's history. While it suffered from security problems, it also brought forth a slew of new features.

Nvidia enterprise GPU and CPU roadmaps: Rubin, Rubin Ultra, Feynman, and silicon photonics
By Anton Shilov published
Premium Systems are planned to be up to 14 times faster than NVL72 by 2027.

HBM roadmaps for Micron, Samsung, and SK hynix: To HBM4 and beyond
By Anton Shilov published
Premium We've compiled a full roadmap of HBM memory for SK hynix, Micron, and Samsung, including HBM3, HBM3E, HBM4, and HBM4E.

Inside the future of 3D NAND: The roadmap to 500 layers
By Anton Shilov published
Premium The 3D NAND industry is rapidly advancing toward 500-layer stacks and 4800 MT/s interfaces by 2027, enabling denser, faster, and more efficient storage.

What sort of power supply do you actually need for an RTX 5090?
By Jarred Walton published
Premium Here are the fundamental requirements for powering the Nvidia RTX 5090, a notoriously difficult card to satisfy.

Intel Core Ultra 9 285K vs Intel Core Ultra 7 265K Faceoff
By Hassam Nasir published
We put the Intel Core Ultra 9 285K vs the Core Ultra 7 265K through a six-round faceoff to determine the winner.

Samsung 990 Pro SSD cooling tested: efficient, with low temps
By Albert Thomas published
We investigate cooling Samsung’s 990 Pro SSD to see how it differs from other SSDs in its cooling needs.

We 'built' the Alienware Area-51 out of Lego bricks — limited edition model only available through Alienware rewards
By Andrew E. Freedman published
Alienware is giving away models of its Area-51 desktop made from Lego bricks, but the limited edition models are only available through its reward program.
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