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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AMD comments on burning AM5 socket
By Aaron Klotz Published
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Lucky user finds 6TB of free SSD storage while dumpster diving
By Jowi Morales Published
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Kioxia’s new 5TB, 64 GB/s flash module puts NAND toward the memory bus for AI GPUs
By Hassam Nasir Published
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Nvidia reportedly shows China-specific B30 chips with 80% of the performance of the standard Blackwell GPU to the U.S. government
By Jowi Morales Published
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Retailers quietly slash prices of AMD's and Intel's latest EPYC and Xeon CPUs by up to 50%
By Anton Shilov Published
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Sama A60E Air Cooler Review: quiet and capable
By Albert Thomas Published
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Deals
This Wolfbox MF100 electric air duster is now just $69 at Amazon — cleans your PC out, not your bank account
By Ash Hill Published
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CPUs
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AMD comments on burning AM5 socket
By Aaron Klotz Published
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Retailers quietly slash prices of AMD's and Intel's latest EPYC and Xeon CPUs by up to 50%
By Anton Shilov Published
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AMD unleashes the power of mobile Fire Range chips on a desktop PC motherboard
By Hassam Nasir Published
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Valve's secretive 'Fremont' gaming device surfaces in benchmarks with 2X more processing power than Steam Deck OLED
By Zhiye Liu Published
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Ryzen 5 9500F without integrated graphics shows up on Geekbench
By Aaron Klotz Published
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Intel offers up Battlefield 6 bundle with qualifying CPU or GPU purchase
By Mark Tyson Published
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AMD to disclose roadmaps in mid-November — The future of Zen 6, RDNA, CDNA, and UDNA expected
By Anton Shilov Published
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China gets Intel Xeon 6P Granite Rapids CPUs repackaged with added security and surveillance features
By Zhiye Liu Published
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Intel's unannounced Core Ultra 7 254V Lunar Lake chip leaks out in new benchmarks
By Hassam Nasir Published
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Cooling
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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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MSI 240-watt Core Frozr CPU air cooler marks a bold, breezy return to air cooling after a 10-year hiatus
By Zhiye Liu Published
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Samsung 990 Pro SSD cooling tested: efficient, with low temps
By Albert Thomas Published
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GPUs
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Kioxia’s new 5TB, 64 GB/s flash module puts NAND toward the memory bus for AI GPUs
By Hassam Nasir Published
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Nvidia reportedly shows China-specific B30 chips with 80% of the performance of the standard Blackwell GPU to the U.S. government
By Jowi Morales Published
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Noctua says Nvidia doesn't have enough dies to make big, brown, RTX 5090
By Aaron Klotz Published
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AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT zapped with 16-pin power connector melting issue for the first time
By Zhiye Liu Published
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AMD's already taken down mistakenly released FSR 4 source code, but the internet never forgets
By Jon Martindale Published
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RTX 5090 blower GPU sells for $5,999 at U.S. retailer — dual-slot design converts Blackwell gaming flagship into an AI workhorse
By Zhiye Liu Published
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AMD accidentally marks FSR 4 open-source — source code reveals potential support for older Radeon GPUs
By Aaron Klotz Published
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RTX 5070 Ti finally hits MSRP in the U.S.
By Jowi Morales Published
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Nvidia could be readying Blackwell B30A accelerator for the Chinese market
By Anton Shilov Published
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Motherboards
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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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Critical UEFI vulnerabilities found in Gigabyte motherboards
By Kunal Khullar Published
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Deals
Gigabyte B550 Eagle motherboard is at an all-time low price for the end of Prime Day at 26% off
By Aaron Klotz Published
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Lack of PCIe bandwidth can nerf RTX 5090 by up to 25% in content creation workloads
By Jon Martindale 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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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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Alienware releases a PC Lego set
By Mark Tyson Published
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Power Supplies
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Premium
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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MSI MEG AI1600T PCIE5 Titanium power supply review
By E. Fylladitakis Published
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RAM
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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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G.Skill sets new 12,872MT/s DDR5 memory overclocking world record with bl4ckdot
By Hassam Nasir Published
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Deals
Corsair's day four discount is one of the cheapest ways to snag 96GB of DDR5 RAM on Amazon Prime Day — last day to score sub-$200 RGB kit
By Stephen Warwick Published
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JEDEC publishes first LPDDR6 standard
By Jowi Morales 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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Lucky user finds 6TB of free SSD storage while dumpster diving
By Jowi Morales Published
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Seagate IronWolf Pro 12TB drops to just $19 per TB — priced just $10 more than the 8TB for a limited time
By Jowi Morales Published
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Samsung's fastest consumer SSD raises its capacity cap to 8TB
By Jowi Morales Published
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Phison takes legal action over falsified 'leaked' document on Windows SSD issues
By Stephen Warwick Published
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Phison responds to reports of Windows 11 SSD issues
By Kunal Khullar Last updated
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Deals
The Samsung 990 Pro just got another major discount
By Stephen Warwick Published
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Deals
The award-winning Samsung 990 Pro 4TB SSD is only $279 — our favorite SSD drops to a great price
By Ash Hill Published
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The first commercial Compact Disc was created 43 years ago, today
By Mark Tyson Published
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Seagate spins up a raid on a counterfeit hard drive workshop — authorities read criminals' writes while they spill the beans
By Zhiye Liu Published
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More about PC Components
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Deals
This Wolfbox MF100 electric air duster is now just $69 at Amazon — cleans your PC out, not your bank account
By Ash Hill Published
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AMD unleashes the power of mobile Fire Range chips on a desktop PC motherboard
By Hassam Nasir Published
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Noctua says Nvidia doesn't have enough dies to make big, brown, RTX 5090
By Aaron Klotz Published
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