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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MSI MAG A1200PLS PCIE5 1200W power supply review: A competent 1200W unit, but pricey
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PremiumWD Innovation Day 2026 press Q&A transcript: roadmap plans to reach 60TB with ePMR and 100TB via HAMR by 2029 — 'at some point, the laws of physics will require us to transition to HAMR'
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AMD's upcoming Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 listed around $1,000 at several retailers across Canada and the UK
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Intel's upcoming Wildcat Lake CPUs listed in first retail product, confirms specs for three SKUs
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Nvidia Pascal GPUs debuted 10 years ago today, best known for the GTX 1060 and GTX 1080 Ti
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Hobbyist builds a homebrew Intel 8086 ISA accelerator card
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Intel's upcoming 42-core Nova Lake SKU allegedly upgraded to 44 cores
By Hassam Nasir Published
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CPUs
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AMD's upcoming Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 listed around $1,000 at several retailers across Canada and the UK
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Intel's upcoming Wildcat Lake CPUs listed in first retail product, confirms specs for three SKUs
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Hobbyist builds a homebrew Intel 8086 ISA accelerator card
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Intel's upcoming 42-core Nova Lake SKU allegedly upgraded to 44 cores
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Modder uses Claude AI to rewrite BIOS so they can boot unsupported 12 P-core Bartlett Lake CPU in Windows on a Z790 motherboard
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Intel's potent 18-core Core Ultra 5 250KF Plus CPU lands at retail for under $200
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Report claims Arm chips will power 90% of AI servers based on custom processors in 2029
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Arm to sell its new AGI CPU in China
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Geekbench investigates up to 30% jump with Intel's iBOT
By Jake Roach Published
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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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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
By Niels Broekhuijsen Published -

Be quiet! Silent Loop 3 420 review: Performance cooling with minimal noise
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Thermalright Wonder Vision 360 UB ARGB Black review: Detachable 6.7-inch screen makes for unique possibilities
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Budget RGB Fan Roundup: Are cheap PC fans always this bad?
By Niels Broekhuijsen Published
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GPUs
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Nvidia Pascal GPUs debuted 10 years ago today, best known for the GTX 1060 and GTX 1080 Ti
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Apple approves drivers that let AMD and Nvidia eGPUs run on Mac
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Nvidia AI tech claims to slash gaming GPU memory usage by 85% with zero quality loss
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New 'GeForge' and 'GDDRHammer' attacks can fully infiltrate your system through Nvidia's GPU memory
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Modders use jumper wires and a custom BIOS to save a damaged RTX 4090 from the trash
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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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AMD’s dual-GPU Radeon HD 6990 launched 15 years ago
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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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
By Hassam Nasir Published -

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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MSI's $80 AMD motherboards with DDR4 support swoop in to rescue gamers amid the global RAM crisis
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Best Motherboards 2026 for Gaming, by Socket and Chipset
By Joe Shields Last updated
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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
By Jowi Morales Published -

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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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
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This Xbox One S mod hides a full Windows gaming PC within the original shell
By Kunal Khullar Published
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Power Supplies
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MSI MAG A1200PLS PCIE5 1200W power supply review: A competent 1200W unit, but pricey
By E. Fylladitakis Published -

Enermax Revolution III S 1000W power supply review: Platinum efficiency, limited thermal capability
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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
By E. Fylladitakis Published -

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
By Jeffrey Kampman 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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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
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Micron enters high-volume production of HBM4 for Nvidia Vera Rubin
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RAM kits are now sold with one fake RAM stick alongside a real one to create a performance illusion
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Retailer denies memory replacement due to 4x increase in DDR5 pricing, says price increase would equate to an 'upgrade' for the customer
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US RAM crisis hits boiling point as AI mania wipes out all 32GB DDR5 kits under $359
By Zhiye Liu 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 Adds Nu Audio Pro 7.1 Sound Cards With Improved Looks
By Niels Broekhuijsen Published
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Storage
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PremiumWD Innovation Day 2026 press Q&A transcript: roadmap plans to reach 60TB with ePMR and 100TB via HAMR by 2029 — 'at some point, the laws of physics will require us to transition to HAMR'
By Zak Killian Published -

Sharge Disk Pro 2TB review: Great sustained writes, active cooling, and a built-in hub
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GameStop NVMe SSD 2TB SSD Review: A surprisingly capable budget drive for the PS5
By Shane Downing Published -

Kioxia discontinues 2D NAND products, last shipments to be made in 2028
By Anton Shilov Published -

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
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Samsung’s 870 EVO SATA SSD quietly gets 8TB variant despite AI storage struggle
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Best SSDs 2026: From blazing-fast M.2 NVMe down to budget SATA
By Paul Alcorn Last updated
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