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.
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DealsSave $100 on the gaming powerhouse AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D, now $246 on Amazon
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Nvidia App adds 'Auto Shader Compilation' for faster load times in games
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DRAM prices predicted to jump 63% in Q2, NAND up to 75% — follows 95% jumps in Q1, Trendforce says AI server demand keeps supply tight
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Arm to sell its new AGI CPU in China
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Gigabyte X870E Aorus Xtreme AI Top Motherboard Review: Solid flagship, but the X3D version is what you want today
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DealsAct fast to grab this 32GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5 RAM for just $269, the cheapest kit in months
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Best motherboard deals 2026
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CPUs
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Arm to sell its new AGI CPU in China
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Best CPU deals 2026 — on AMD and Intel processors
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Geekbench investigates up to 30% jump with Intel's iBOT
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Modder gets Intel's OEM-only 'Bartlett Lake' Core 9 273QPE CPU to post on Asus Z790 motherboard
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AMD Zen 6 'Venice' ES chips break cover with up to 192 cores, 32 per CCD, in early stress test
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Intel Arrow Lake Refresh CPU prices shot up to 17% above MSRP just 48 hours after launch
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DealsAMD Ryzen 9 7900X 12-core CPU hits all-time low of $199 — Zen 4 chip brings unbeatable value at $16.58 per core
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Intel confirms rumored Core Ultra 9 290K Plus has been scrapped
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The Best CPU for Gaming in 2026
By Jake Roach Last updated
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Cooling
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PremiumAnalyzing Noctua's roadmap — new PSUs, fan-equipped mice, the elusive Thermosiphon, and disappearing prototypes
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Tryx Stage 360 AIO Review: Luxurious, unique, and quiet
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Best CPU Cooler deals 2026
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DealsThermalright's impressive AIO cooler lets you add a panoramic screen to your PC for just $165
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15 tiny 3D-printed fans fit inside a domed Noctua NF-A12x25 frame to form the "Fanhattan Project"
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Best AIO Coolers 2026
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Thermal Grizzly scammed out of $46,000 by Alibaba metals suppliers
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Best PC case fans tested 2026: Improve your airflow, silence your system, or add more RGB glow
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Be quiet! Silent Loop 3 420 review: Performance cooling with minimal noise
By Albert Thomas Published
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GPUs
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Nvidia App adds 'Auto Shader Compilation' for faster load times in games
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We go hands-on with Nvidia's DLSS 4.5 Dynamic Multi Frame Generation and its 5X and 6X multipliers — more generated frames, now tailor-made for your monitor's refresh rate
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Nvidia DLSS 4.5 Dynamic MFG plus 5X and 6X framegen modes enter beta for RTX 50-series users
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GPU price tracking 2026: Lowest price on every graphics card from Nvidia, AMD, and Intel today
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AMD’s dual-GPU Radeon HD 6990 launched 15 years ago
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Radeon RX 9070 XT bundle bonanza includes free SSDs, AIO coolers, and power supplies for $699
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Lucky buyer scores brand new RTX 5060 Ti worth $420 for just $80 at Walmart in a clearance sale
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PremiumTesting DirectStorage with GPU decompression — do Blackwell GPUs have the upper hand?
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Class action alleges Nvidia hid more than $1B crypto-GPU income within its gaming revenues
By Mark Tyson Published
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Motherboards
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Gigabyte X870E Aorus Xtreme AI Top Motherboard Review: Solid flagship, but the X3D version is what you want today
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Best motherboard deals 2026
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DealsKickstart your next Intel build with these two outstanding $139 motherboard bundles
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Gigabyte X870 Aorus Stealth Motherboard Review: The gothy Goldilocks of rear-connect AM5 motherboards
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MSI MPG X870E Carbon Max Wifi Review: Small tweaks, same Carbon DNA
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ASRock launches new Frankensteined motherboard with one DDR4 slot and two DDR5 slots
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MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max Wifi II Motherboard review: Sharpening the Tomahawk’s blade
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Why AMD motherboards now come with bigger BIOS chips—and why it matters to you
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SPONSOREDMSI to the max: power and performance from today’s cutting-edge motherboards
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Overclocking
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Ambitious modder bolts a 360mm server AIO onto an RTX 3080, slashes VRAM temps in half
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PremiumSplave's Cave: Overclocking the Asus RTX 5090 Astral and setting the 3DMark Port Royal world record
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Overclocker uses camping freezer to push RTX 5050 to nearly 3.5 GHz
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GPU overclocker uses chilled car antifreeze and pond pump to push Intel card to sub-zero temps, sets world record
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Crazed modder straps DIY copper waterpipes to GTX 1060, sets world overclocking records in 12600KF category
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GPU frequency overclocking world record broken using integrated Intel graphics
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Delidded AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D runs 23 degrees cooler
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PC enthusiast delidded a 9950X3D using fishing line and a clothes iron
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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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PC Cases
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Best PC Case Deals 2026
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Corsair's new 3200D mid-tower case redefines airflow and component compatibility
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Endgame: What’s it Like to build the Noctua-everything PC inside the Antec Flux Pro Noctua-Edition
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Noctua teases upcoming PC case with brown color scheme and bundled fans
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This shark PC case will take a $5,499 megabyte out of your pocket
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Akasa launches its latest-generation fanless Mini-ITX case
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Computer History Museum unveils comically large-scale rendition of the 1986 Apple Macintosh Plus
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Hands-on with Cooler Master’s Cosmos Alpha full-tower chassis – sliding, configurable interior makes for lots of possibilities
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Corsair launches new FRAME 4000D "Vault" series featuring two color-shifting paintjobs & other upgrades
By Hassam Nasir Published
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Power Supplies
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DIYer upcycles an old PC PSU into a flexible bench power supply
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Lian Li SP1000P SFX power supply review: Exceptional power density in compact form
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Best Power Supplies 2026
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be quiet! Power Zone 2 1200W power supply review: Delivers outstanding performance at premium pricing
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Enthusiast fries 14TB HDD due to SATA power slipup
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Infineon allegedly hikes prices of power switches and ICs amid AI boom
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Still using or redeploying an older PC during today’s RAM crisis? A new power supply could save you from an insane repair bill
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Cooler Master Elite NEX W600 power supply review: Affordable, but with outdated design
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Lian Li RS1200G ATX 3.1 power supply review: Stellar performance, state-of-the-art design
By E. Fylladitakis Published
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RAM
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DRAM prices predicted to jump 63% in Q2, NAND up to 75% — follows 95% jumps in Q1, Trendforce says AI server demand keeps supply tight
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Best RAM deals 2026 — last-minute RAM savings to beat the price crunch
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DealsThis 32GB Corsair Pro Overclocking kit is the cheapest DDR5 RAM you'll find on sale right now
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RAM Price Index 2026: Daily lowest price on DDR5 and DDR4 memory of all capacities
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DealsCorsair's discounted 32GB Vengeance is the cheapest DDR5 on the market by a big margin
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Micron's $24 billion Singapore fab could need 500 transformers, more than double the output of any single manufacturer
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Micron predicts that cars will need 300GB of RAM
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Corsair’s limited-time memory sale brings 25% savings
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SK Group chairman says memory chip shortage will last until 2030
By Luke James Published
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Sound Cards
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Comparison of $4,000 boutique audio cable to $7 Amazon Basics cable shows audiophiles waste a lot of money
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Creative updates its Sound Blaster PCIe line after 5 years
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DIY Amiga sound sampler circuit mystery solved 32 years later
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Creative Labs revives Sound Blaster brand with modular audio hub
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Legendary Sound Blaster ISA sound card gets a driver update 30 years later
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Old-school Creative Sound Blaster cards repaired and demoed
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How to Add Effects to Audio in Audacity
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How To Remove Background Noise, Distortion in Audacity
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EVGA Nu Audio Pro Review: Who Needs a Sound Card in 2020?
By Niels Broekhuijsen Published
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Storage
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Best SSD deals 2026 — savings on Samsung, WD, Crucial, and other SSDs at Amazon, Newegg, and others
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DealsGrab an SSD or HDD upgrade for World Backup Day 2026 to keep your files safe, with 1TB drives starting from $109
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Kioxia discontinues 2D NAND products, last shipments to be made in 2028
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Best hard drive deals 2026 — storage savings from WD, Seagate, and more
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DealsAt just $17.68 per Terabyte, this 22TB external Seagate Expansion HDD is one of the cheapest hard drives on the market
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DealsThis $28 floppy disk SSD enclosure is a fun and fast way to keep your storage safe
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Samsung preps PCIe 5.0 QLC SSD with a controller based on open-source RISC-V architecture
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Sony freezes memory card orders in Japan amid growing storage crisis
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Exceptional fake SSD clone of Samsung 990 Pro is almost impossible to spot
By Zhiye Liu Published
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Best motherboard deals 2026
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Best RAM deals 2026 — last-minute RAM savings to beat the price crunch
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DealsPay $611 for 64GB of Corsair Vengeance RAM and Samsung's 2TB PCIe Gen 5 9100 Pro when paired with a Gigabyte X870 Auros Elite motherboard and Corsair Frame 5000D case
By Stewart Bendle Published
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