Articles by Zhiye Liu, News Editor, RAM Reviewer & SSD Technician

Zhiye’s love for PC hardware began when he accidentally set his Pentium P54CS PC on fire, short-circuiting his entire home. From that day on, he has constantly pursued greater hardware knowledge, which ultimately led him from being a power user to a writer at Tom’s Hardware. When Zhiye’s not covering the latest news on CPUs or GPUs, you can find him overclocking RAM to the latest trance hits.

Articles by: Zhiye Liu

Samsung unleashes high-speed P9 Express microSD Express cards for the Switch 2 at highly competitive prices — 256GB and 512GB available for $54 and $99

By Zhiye Liu published 30 October 25

Samsung finally launches the P9 Express microSD Express cards, available in 256GB and 512GB options, for Nintendo's latest Switch 2 handheld gaming console.

QNAP's new NAS brings exotic data center 'ruler' SSDs into your house — massive ES.1 form factor SSDs for up to 19.2TB of storage for $4,399

By Zhiye Liu published 30 October 25

QNAP launches TBS-h574TX all-flash NASbook with pre-installed 9.6TB or 19.2TB of enterprise E1.S storage.

Corsair rolls out dynamic duo of chart-topping PCIe 5.0 SSDs — MP700 Pro XT for performance enthusiasts and MP700 Micro for compact systems

By Zhiye Liu published 28 October 25

Corsair launches new PCIe 5.0 SSDs, the MP700 Pro XT and the MP700 Micro.

PNY's speedy PCIe 5.0 SSD with 14.9 GB/s speeds starts at $125 — the first Phison E28-powered drive to reach the retail market

By Zhiye Liu published 28 October 25

PNY launches the CS3250, a PCIe 5.0 SSD with speeds up to 14.9 GB/s at a starting price of $125.99

AMD rebrands Ryzen 7035, 7020 series mobile processors — Zen 2 and Zen 3+ chips receive new identities

By Zhiye Liu published 27 October 25

AMD has rebranded its Ryzen 7035 (Rembrandt-R) and Ryzen 7020 (Mendocino) series of mobile processors.

Power up your PC like a fighter jet — enthusiast demos 'an unnecessary complicated way of starting your PC'

By Zhiye Liu published 25 October 25

A Redditor has developed a nifty device you can 3D print and set up to power a PC uniquely.

RAM Benchmark Hierarchy 2025: DDR5, DDR4 for AMD, Intel CPUs

By Zhiye Liu last updated 22 October 25

Our RAM benchmark hierarchy ranks DDR5 and DDR4 memory kits of all frequencies and capacities for any budget.

Nvidia continues to feed the AI monster with new RTX Pro 5000 Blackwell GPU with 72GB GDDR7 — 50% more VRAM than the regular version

By Zhiye Liu published 21 October 25

Nvidia has expanded the company's RTX Pro Blackwell lineup by silently launching the RTX Pro 5000 72GB Blackwell AI GPU.

Crucial Pro Overclocking DDR5-6400 C32 2x16GB Review: Performance Through Optimization

By Zhiye Liu published 21 October 25

Crucial has optimized its Pro Overclocking DDR5-6400 2x16GB memory kit with tighter timings. Can it finally compete with the other DDR5-6400 rivals?

Second-gen Phison SSD controllers hit the market with 14.9 GB/s speeds — TeamGroup Z54E spearheads a new army of PCIe 5.0 drives

By Zhiye Liu published 18 October 25

TeamGroup has announced the T-Force Z54E, a PCIe 5.0 SSD that leverages Phison's speedy E28 controller.

Multiple generations of Intel's modern chips see price hikes up to 20% overseas — foreign markets are feeling the pinch on 12th, 13th, and 14th-gen chips

By Zhiye Liu published 16 October 25

International reports indicate that Intel's 12th, 13th, and 14th Generation processors are selling for up to 20% more in markets like Korea and Japan.

This 'gaming PC' is actually a Bluetooth speaker — replica pumps out the jams with faux dual GPUs, liquid cooling, and RGB

By Zhiye Liu published 15 October 25

Edifier launches the Huazai New Cyber speaker, which looks like a compact gaming PC, for $210.

This Thunderbolt 5 eGPU dock is the Swiss Army knife of all docks for $399 — 500W GaN power supply, M.2 slot, 5G Ethernet networking, LCD screen, and wireless charger all in one

By Zhiye Liu published 13 October 25

Humbird 3, an 11-in-1 Thunderbolt 5 eGPU dock, has 177 Kickstarter backers, raising over $63,000.

PNY GeForce RTX 5090 Overclocked Triple Fan GPU

Lucky PC builder snipes RTX 5090 for just $1,119 — humbles proud shopper who scored one for $1,399 just two days earlier

By Zhiye Liu published 9 October 25

Two Redditors compete online to see who bought the cheapest GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card.

GPU mirror lets you watch your RTX 5090 melt in real time without straining your neck — blocks the other PCIe slots on your motherboard, though

By Zhiye Liu last updated 7 October 25

Japanese accessory manufacturer Nagao Industry Inc. has introduced a graphics card mirror display that can be installed beneath a graphics card to reflect the front design.

Best MicroSD Express Cards for Nintendo Switch 2 in 2025 — the best cards on the market, benchmarked and ranked

By Zhiye Liu last updated 7 October 25

We’ve carefully chosen the best microSD Express cards to meet the needs and budgets of all Switch 2 owners, based on our detailed lab testing.

Best RAM for Gaming: DDR4, DDR5 Kits for 2025

By Zhiye Liu last updated 7 October 25

Here is the best RAM for gaming we’ve tested: computer memory that is ideal for video editing and graphics-heavy applications.

Nvidia's 16-pin time bomb could be defused by this $95 gadget — Ampinel offers load balancing that Nvidia forgot to include

By Zhiye Liu published 2 October 25

Aqua Computer launches the Ampinel, an active power management module for graphics cards that utilize the 16-pin power connector.

Microsoft slaps Game Pass Ultimate with a 50% price hike — PC Game Pass is now almost 38% more expensive, with hardly any new benefits

By Zhiye Liu published 1 October 25

Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass subscription service is undergoing a significant restructuring regarding its pricing and benefits.

Portable 1TB bamboo SSD is fast, but smells even better due to built-in aroma diffuser — essential oil diffuser billed as bringing harmony to your workplace

By Zhiye Liu published 30 September 25

Apacer launches the AS712 portable SSD, made from natural bamboo and reservoir silt and featuring an essential oil diffuser.

China's 96-core x86 CPU taps chiplet design to rival AMD EPYC and Intel Xeon — 13 chiplets per processor provide up to 384 cores on a single motherboard, but no word on power consumption

By Zhiye Liu published 30 September 25

Zhaoxin announces the company's latest KH-50000 series of server processors, leveraging a chiplet design with up to 96 cores.

ROG Xbox Ally X and ROG Xbox Ally were previously listed at $850 and $550 — pricing and preorders expected today

By Zhiye Liu published 25 September 25

Asus ROG Singapore has announced on its Instagram page that ROG Xbox Ally X and ROG Xbox Ally preorders are "dropping soon!"

AMD keeps AM4 platform on life support with 2020-era Zen 3 CPU — Ryzen 3 5100 surfaces, nine years after AM4 launch

By Zhiye Liu published 24 September 25

Hardware leaker momomo_us has shared a photograph of the Ryzen 3 5100, a Zen 3 processor from the Cezanne days.

China's latest GPU arrives with claims of CUDA compatibility and RT support — Fenghua No.3 also boasts 112GB+ of HBM memory for AI

By Zhiye Liu published 23 September 25

Innosilicon has announced its latest flagship GPU on board the Fenghua No.3 graphics card.

GeForce RTX 50-series GPUs are finally selling at and below MSRP — RTX 5070 dips below $549

By Zhiye Liu published 19 September 25

Pricing for some of Nvidia's GeForce RTX 50-series (codenamed Blackwell) gaming graphics cards has stabilized.

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