Articles by Aaron Klotz, Contributing Writer

Aaron began building computers back when he was 8 years old in the mid-2000s, and it’s been a hobby of his ever since then. With a focus on computer hardware, he became an avid member of the Tom’s Hardware forums several years later, helping people solve issues with their PCs. He is now a freelance writer for Tom’s Hardware, writing about computer hardware news and more. When not busy playing or writing about computer hardware, he spends his free time playing video games like Star Citizen or Apex Legends.

Articles by: Aaron Klotz

Enthusiast didn't like the Framework 13's mushy keyboard, so he built a custom version with a full mechanical keyboard — also added mechanical dials to control volume, brightness, and backlighting

By Aaron Klotz published 15 September 25

A keyboard enthusiast has built his own laptop from scratch, using Framework 13 parts and featuring a mechanical keyboard.

Export restrictions force Galax to build cutdown RTX 5090D V2 HoF — gaming performance is, fortunately, nearly identical to original 5090D HoF

By Aaron Klotz published 12 September 25

Galax was forced to build another RTX 5090D series HoF graphics card model sporting Nvidia's latest RTX 5090D V2 GPU.

MSI Afterburner developer adding 'triple channel voltage' support for future MSI RTX 50 graphics cards

By Aaron Klotz published 11 September 25

The updated software allows access to two new voltage parameters.

At 4,500 hours, MSI's OLED MPG 321URX is showing noticeable visual artifacts — intentional burn-in test shows the limits of monitor tech after 18 months of non-top use

By Aaron Klotz published 10 September 25

Monitors Unboxed published a new burn-in update of its MSI MPG 321URX after over 4,000 hours of use. The monitor is finally developing visible burn-in that is subtly affecting day-to-day use.

Pro Counter-Strike 2 gamer says game runs like 'a**' on anything other than AMD's Ryzen 9800X3D — custom demo of the game runs at under 200 FPS even on on AMD's best gaming CPUs

By Aaron Klotz published 9 September 25

A renowned CS2 esports player claims the game only runs well on AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D.

Early Windows 11 25H2 benchmarks confirm the update provides no performance improvements over 24H2

By Aaron Klotz published 8 September 25

Phoronix tests Windows 11 25H2 against 24H2, Ubuntu 25.10, and Ubuntu 24.0.3 LTS. But testing shows that 25H2 has no additional optimizations under the hood, matching 24H2 in performance.

Intel APO update boosts gaming performance by up to 14% in select titles — 15 new games added to the support list

By Aaron Klotz published 6 September 25

Intel has provided its first update for APO in 2025, featuring support for 15 new games and performance improvements of up to 14% recorded on its flagship Core Ultra 9 285K.

Windows 11 August 2025 security update is causing unintended UAC prompts to appear for non-admin users — some apps are crashing

By Aaron Klotz published 4 September 25

Microsoft's latest Windows update for Windows 11, Windows 10 is causing unintended UAC prompts to appear in certain cases for non-admin users.

Acer unveils Project Digits supercomputer featuring Nvidia's GB10 superchip with 128GB of LPDDR5x

By Aaron Klotz published 3 September 25

Acer joins Asus, Lenovo, and Dell with its third-party Project Digits variation.

Making a 3D-printed custom GPU fan shroud with a DDR5 slot doesn't let you add extra VRAM, but at least it looks cool

By Aaron Klotz published 3 September 25

Modder builds a completely custom 3D-printed shroud for their RTX GPU, sacrificing one cooling fan for the installation of a single DDR5 RAM slot.

Core Ultra 3 205 flaunts 30% higher multi-core performance over Core i3-14100 in early benchmarks — extra E-cores seemingly contribute to uplift

By Aaron Klotz published 30 August 25

Intel's newest entry-level Arrow Lake-S chip is benefiting a lot from its four extra E-cores

You can upgrade FSR 3.1 games to FSR 4 with manual DLL swapping — GitHub community discovers FSR swapping works similar to DLSS upgrades

By Aaron Klotz published 29 August 25

GitHub user has discovered that DLL swapping works with FSR 4 in FSR 3.1 games. Allowing FSR 3.1 games to be upgraded to FSR 4 merely by replacing a few DLLs in the game's files.

Microsoft announces super wideband stereo mode for Bluetooth LE devices — audio no longer downgrades to mono when microphone is used

By Aaron Klotz published 27 August 25

You will need a Bluetooth LE audio headset to use this feature.

Framework Laptop 16 gets a 2025 upgrade — modular notebook gets RTX 5070 graphics, Zen 5 CPU options, and 240W Type-C charger

By Aaron Klotz published 26 August 25

Framework has updated its 16-inch laptop for 2025, featuring a new RTX 5070-powered graphics module, Zen 5 Ryzen AI HX CPU options, a G-Sync display, and a 240W Type-C charger.

AMD comments on burning AM5 sockets — chipmaker blames motherboard vendors for not following official BIOS guidelines

By Aaron Klotz published 23 August 25

AMD provides an official response to the latest AM5 burnout/failure issues primarily affecting ASRock motherboards.

Noctua says Nvidia doesn't have enough dies to make big, brown, RTX 5090 — RTX 5090 Noctua Edition may never see the light of day

By Aaron Klotz published 22 August 25

This could be the reason why Noctua has never made a flagship graphics card (yet).

AMD RDNA 4 and Radeon RX 9000-series GPUs

AMD accidentally marks FSR 4 open-source — source code reveals potential support for older Radeon GPUs

By Aaron Klotz published 21 August 25

Screenshots of FSR 4 files accidentally published by AMD on GitHub reveal that the GPU maker was or is working on a second version of FSR 4 that works with older GPUs.

Ryzen 5 9500F without integrated graphics shows up on Geekbench — alleged performance is just shy of the Ryzen 5 9600X

By Aaron Klotz published 20 August 25

Is this AMD's next budget gaming CPU?

Buy an RTX 50-series GPU and get Borderlands 4 free — Nvidia promo gets you into the upcoming looter-shooter with a bonus

By Aaron Klotz published 19 August 25

Nvidia has launched a limited-time promotion where you can get Borderlands 4 and the game's pre-order bonus for free with select RTX 50 series graphics cards, laptops, and desktops.

Nvidia teases imminent major GeForce Now announcement — confirms no new hardware coming at Gamescom 2025

By Aaron Klotz published 18 August 25

Nvidia's presence at Gamescom 2025 will focus on GeForce features, PC games, and "major" GeForce Now news.

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB card photos

Is 8GB of VRAM enough for gaming? GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB vs RTX 5060 Ti 16GB GPU face-off — how much difference does twice the memory make for the same chip?

By Aaron Klotz last updated 16 August 25

Nvidia's GeForce RTX 5060 Ti comes paired with 8GB and 16GB of memory. We dive deep into our detailed benchmark results to see which one wins in a head-to-head battle.

Early RTX 5090D V2 benchmarks suggest that maybe 384-bit memory is just fine after all — 'nerfed' China-market GPU runs within 2.2% of 5090D in some tests

By Aaron Klotz published 15 August 25

There's barely any difference in performance between the RTX 5090D and its 512-bit interface compared to the 5090D V2 and its skinnier 384-bit interface in games.

Epic Games adds Easy Anti-Cheat for ARM devices — Feature unlocks support for Windows, Linux, and Switch 2

By Aaron Klotz published 14 August 25

The most popular anti-cheat engine now supports ARM-based PCs

Intel releases new software for GPU-powered Project Battlematrix workstations — Arc Pro B-series GPUs get LLM Scaler 1.0 software to optimize performance in AI workloads

By Aaron Klotz published 13 August 25

Project Battlematrix is almost ready for deployment

Intel's fabled Itanium refuses to die, but the end is probably near — deprecation of IA-64 support is back on the chopping block in GCC version 16

By Aaron Klotz published 13 August 25

Maintainers are discussing whether or not to remove IA-64 support from the GCC compiler once again. If their plans go through, IA-64 support could be dropped for GCC 16.

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
View Archive

Other versions of this page are available with specific content for the following regions: