PC Components
Tom's Hardware has a 30-year history of being an industry leader in benchmarking PC components across a wide range of categories, including CPUs, GPUs, SSDs, HDDs, RAM, coolers, motherboards, power supplies, and many, many more categories of PC parts. Here's the list of the latest reviews and news we've published, along with a selection of links to several of our most popular categories.
Latest about PC Components
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Enthusiast dunks GPUs in transmission fluid, unusual immersion cooling experiment leads to performance gains
By Hassam Nasir Published
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Kioxia Exceria Plus G2 (2TB) review: Convex and compact
By Matt Safford Published
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Deals
Save hundreds on a MacBook this Labor Day, starting from just $999 with up to $300 off on upper-range models
By Hassam Nasir Published
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Core Ultra 3 205 flaunts 30% higher multi-core performance over Core i3-14100 in early benchmarks
By Aaron Klotz Published
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Deals
The capacious 2TB Beetle X31 portable SSD hits all-time low pricing of 6 cents per GB
By Ash Hill Published
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Intel Arc Pro B50 is up to 20% slower than the Arc B570 gaming GPU in early Geekbench tests
By Hassam Nasir Published
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Intel admits its high-end desktop PC chips 'fumbled the football,' disusses 18A yield challenges and performance, Panther Lake ramp
By Anton Shilov Published
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CPUs
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Core Ultra 3 205 flaunts 30% higher multi-core performance over Core i3-14100 in early benchmarks
By Aaron Klotz Published
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Intel admits its high-end desktop PC chips 'fumbled the football,' disusses 18A yield challenges and performance, Panther Lake ramp
By Anton Shilov Published
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AMD's SP7 platform could enable CPUs with up to 1,400W of peak power consumption — chillers tested to keep heat in check
By Anton Shilov Published
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AMD downgrades certain Ryzen CPUs to lesser stock coolers
By Hassam Nasir Published
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Leaked Intel Nova Lake-S shipping manifest hints at 28-core CPU
By Luke James Published
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Core i9-14900KF overclocked to 9.13 GHz to become the highest clocked CPU of all time
By Zhiye Liu Published
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Intel warns shareholders that the US government's 10% stake could hurt company's international sales
By Anton Shilov Published
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AMD mobile CPU roadmap leak claims Zen 6 arrives in 2027
By Anton Shilov Published
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AMD's unreleased Ryzen 5 5500X3D is reportedly 12% faster in multicore performance in Geekbench
By Hassam Nasir Published
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Cooling
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Sudokoo Proteus 360 AIO Review: a great first effort, with chart-topping noise-normalized performance
By Albert Thomas Published
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Immersion Cooling for data centers: An exotic inevitability?
By Anton Shilov Published
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Sama A60E Air Cooler Review: quiet and capable
By Albert Thomas Published
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Jiushark JF15K Review: An air cooler like none other
By Albert Thomas Published
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Best Thermal Paste for CPUs 2025: 90 TIM Compounds Tested and Ranked
By Paul Alcorn Last updated
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Best CPU Coolers 2025: AIO and Air Coolers
By Matt Safford Last updated
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DeepCool Assassin VC Elite Review: The best cooler you can’t buy in the USA
By Albert Thomas Published
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Zalman's jet engine-inspired CPU cooler hits the shelves
By Mark Tyson Published
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Amazon sells a legacy MSI CPU air cooler for $5,340
By Jowi Morales Published
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GPUs
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Enthusiast dunks GPUs in transmission fluid, unusual immersion cooling experiment leads to performance gains
By Hassam Nasir Published
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Intel Arc Pro B50 is up to 20% slower than the Arc B570 gaming GPU in early Geekbench tests
By Hassam Nasir Published
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Nvidia App update furthers transition away from the 20-year-old Control Panel
By Sunny Grimm Published
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You can upgrade FSR 3.1 games to FSR 4 with manual DLL swapping
By Aaron Klotz Published
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US delays gaming GPU tariffs (again)
By Luke James Published
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Deals
Pick up an RTX 5060 Ti 16GB at the all-time low price of $409
By Stewart Bendle Published
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Premium
AMD details how it built a product line-up with just two RDNA 4 dies
By Anton Shilov Published
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Nvidia posts $46 billion revenue in another record quarter
By Anton Shilov Published
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GPU Price Index 2025: Lowest Nvidia, AMD, and Intel prices
By Stewart Bendle Last updated
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Motherboards
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ASRock's new motherboard comes bristling with 25 USB ports for connectivity aficionados
By Zhiye Liu Published
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ASRock releases new firmware for AMD 800-series motherboards to 'enhance CPU operating stability' — update may address the AM5 burning socket crisis
By Zhiye Liu Published
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Intel's upcoming Panther Lake-H pops up in official listing — DFI launches ITX motherboard for industrial use featuring 25W Panther Lake chip
By Hassam Nasir Published
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ASRock B850 Livemixer WiFi motherboard review: a budget playground for content creators
By Joe Shields Published
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AMD discontinues B650 chipset to transition to the newer B850 chipset
By Zhiye Liu Published
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ASRock B850 Steel Legend WiFi Motherboard review: flagship audio meets value
By Joe Shields Published
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Gigabyte quietly disables Gen5 PCIe 5.0 GPU support on B650 motherboards in F35 BIOS update
By Hassam Nasir Published
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MSI on track to ship 10 million motherboards in 2025 despite a reportedly cautious AI strategy
By Hassam Nasir Published
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AMD Strix Halo Mini-ITX motherboard flaunts 128GB LPDDR5X
By Zhiye Liu Published
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Overclocking
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Crazed modder straps DIY copper waterpipes to GTX 1060, sets world overclocking records in 12600KF category
By Mark Tyson Published
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GPU frequency overclocking world record broken using integrated Intel graphics
By Hassam Nasir Published
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Delidded AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D runs 23 degrees cooler
By Mark Tyson Published
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PC enthusiast delidded a 9950X3D using fishing line and a clothes iron
By Mark Tyson Published
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Overclocking Arrow Lake: How I set world records, plus simple tips to push your Core Ultra to the limit
By Allen 'Splave' Golibersuch Published
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Diabatix and Asus hit new overclocking records with LN2-optimized heatsink – Intel Core Ultra 9 285K hits 7.448 GHz
By Christopher Harper Published
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Raptor Lake 9.1 GHz overclockers share secrets behind eclipsing a 17-year-old CPU frequency world record
By Christopher Harper Published
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New OC panel allows on-the-fly tweaking, monitoring and diagnostics for Asus ROG mobos
By Roshan Ashraf Shaikh Published
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14900K at 7.7 GHz: How I Set 50 Overclocking Records with Intel's Raptor Lake Refresh CPUs and Plenty of Liquid Nitrogen
By Allen 'Splave' Golibersuch Published
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PC Cases
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Montech HS01 Pro Case Review: excellent GPU cooling and dual exhaust
By Albert Thomas Published
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Free mini-ITX case made of semi-transparent plastic debuts, stock evaporates instantly
By Mark Tyson Published
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Best PC Case Deals 2025 — deals on Fractal, Lian Li, Corsair, and other cases
By Stewart Bendle Last updated
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Best PC Cases 2025: Our Tested Picks for Your Next Build
By Matt Safford Last updated
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NZXT H9 Flow (2025) Case Review: a spacious mid-tower chassis with support for 420mm AIOs
By Albert Thomas Published
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Hyte rolls back MSRPs on its cases for the first time since tariff announcements
By Jowi Morales Published
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SilverStone's new Seta H2 PC case can fit up to 15 HDDs
By Mark Tyson Published
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Deals
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
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Cooler Master NR200P V3 Mini-ITX case can house an RTX 5090
By Jowi Morales Published
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Power Supplies
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Cougar Polar X2 1200W Platinum Power Supply Review
By E. Fylladitakis Published
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What sort of power supply do you actually need for an RTX 5090?
By Jarred Walton Published
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Thermaltake Toughpower GX3 850W power supply review
By E. Fylladitakis Published
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Best Power Supplies 2025
By Aris Mpitziopoulos Last updated
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Corsair to replace any RMe PSUs affected by clicking noise, says issue now fixed
By Stephen Warwick Published
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FSP MEGA TI 1650W Titanium power supply review
By E. Fylladitakis Published
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Corsair HX1200i ATX 3.1 power supply review
By E. Fylladitakis Published
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MSI China is so confident in its power supplies, its warranties now cover all your PC's components
By Dallin Grimm Published
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InWin preps 1650W GPU power supply with four 16-pin power connectors
By Zhiye Liu Published
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RAM
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RAM Benchmark Hierarchy 2025: DDR5, DDR4 for AMD, Intel CPUs
By Zhiye Liu Last updated
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Best RAM for Gaming: DDR4, DDR5 Kits for 2025
By Zhiye Liu Last updated
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UltraRAM with DRAM-like speeds, 4,000x the durability of NAND, and data retention for up to a thousand years, is now ready for manufacturing
By Mark Tyson Published
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Premium
DDR4 production is expected to continue until 2026
By Anton Shilov Published
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Adata XPG Lancer CUDIMM RGB DDR5-9200 review: Bleeding-edge memory with bragging rights included
By Zhiye Liu Published
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V-Color announces 2TB RDIMM kits for Threadripper Pro 9000
By Sunny Grimm Published
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G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB DDR5-6000 is the current top 96GB memory kit for AMD CPUs
By Zhiye Liu Published
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China's CXMT reportedly delays mass production of DDR5 chips to late 2025
By Anton Shilov Published
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TeamGroup T-Create Expert DDR5-6000 C34 2x32GB Review: Expertly Designed For Professionals
By Zhiye Liu Published
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Sound Cards
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Legendary Sound Blaster ISA sound card gets a driver update 30 years later
By Mark Tyson Published
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Old-school Creative Sound Blaster cards repaired and demoed
By Mark Tyson Published
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How to Add Effects to Audio in Audacity
By Jo Hinchliffe Published
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How To Remove Background Noise, Distortion in Audacity
By Jo Hinchliffe Published
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EVGA Nu Audio Pro Review: Who Needs a Sound Card in 2020?
By Niels Broekhuijsen Published
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EVGA Adds Nu Audio Pro 7.1 Sound Cards With Improved Looks
By Niels Broekhuijsen Published
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EVGA's GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Kingpin Card Includes a Power Meter
By Aris Mpitziopoulos Published
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EVGA Sounds Out its Nu Audio Card
By Zak Storey Published
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Surprise: PowerColor Makes A Sound Card, And It Sounds Good
By Niels Broekhuijsen Published
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Storage
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Kioxia Exceria Plus G2 (2TB) review: Convex and compact
By Matt Safford Published
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Deals
The capacious 2TB Beetle X31 portable SSD hits all-time low pricing of 6 cents per GB
By Ash Hill Published
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Intel, Samsung, and SK hynix hit by another abrupt US policy change
By Anton Shilov Published
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Deals
Samsung's benchmark-topping 4TB 9100 Pro SSD hits an all-time low price at Amazon
By Stewart Bendle Published
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SSD Benchmarks Hierarchy 2025: We've tested over 100 different SSDs over the past few years, and here's how they stack up.
By Jarred Walton Last updated
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Phison squashes reports of Windows 11 breaking SSDs
By Hassam Nasir Published
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Sandisk launches WD Blue SN5100 SSD, touting 30% higher performance than predecessor
By Zhiye Liu Published
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Samsung 990 Evo Plus 1TB SSD drops to an all-time low $64.99
By Stewart Bendle Published
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SK hynix announces mass production of its 2Tb 3D QLC NAND
By Anton Shilov Published
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More about PC Components
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Intel admits its high-end desktop PC chips 'fumbled the football,' disusses 18A yield challenges and performance, Panther Lake ramp
By Anton Shilov Published
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ASRock's new motherboard comes bristling with 25 USB ports for connectivity aficionados
By Zhiye Liu Published
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AMD's SP7 platform could enable CPUs with up to 1,400W of peak power consumption — chillers tested to keep heat in check
By Anton Shilov Published
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