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Motherboard VRM thermal testing
Not all motherboard VRMs are created equal. We break down the differences between budget and premium designs, how they can affect CPU performance, and whether paying more is actually worth it.
Testing old drives as external storage to avoid price hikes
For as little as $10 (or less on sale), you can use an old drive as external storage, but will that dusty drive deliver the speed you need?
Re-examining the DDR4 gaming gap with Intel’s LGA 1700 CPUs in mid-2026
Given the unprecedented surge in memory prices, we’re looking back on Intel’s LGA 1700 stack of CPUs to see how DDR4 and DDR5 match up with our modern gaming suite in 2026.
MSI and Colorful raise Nvidia RTX 50-series prices in China by up to 59% across the entire lineup
AMD and Intel GPUs also receive price hikes.
Intel unveiled its iconic Core 2 Duo family 20 years ago
Today marks 20 years since the first raft of Intel Core 2 Duo processors, codename Conroe, was launched.
AMD splits Zen 7 into three EPYC families for 2028 and starts selling server CPUs by the agent
Premium The company named Florence, Ferrara, and Fidenza in its launch release, extended its annual CPU, GPU, networking, and rack cadence out to 2030.
Chinese CXMT DRAM doesn't look like the budget savior many were expecting
Chinese retail listings indicate that CXMT-based memory modules are priced similarly to those featuring chips from the big three, despite expectations that they must be cheaper.
3D-printed F-14 Tomcat uses an FPGA recreation of the ‘world’s first microprocessor'
An FPGA and embedded systems expert has recreated the US Navy’s F-14 Tomcat’s Central Air Data Computer (CADC) in an FPGA. It is demonstrated in a scale 3D printed model aircraft
AI enthusiast adds Nvidia Tesla V100 as loud as a lawnmower to gaming PC for $266
A computing enthusiast has repurposed a very noisy and largely obsolete enterprise GPU (with lots of VRAM) for local LLM inference purposes.
Game Compressor can save you hundreds of GB across your game library — as storage prices remain high, utility leverages Windows' built-in LZX compression for substantial space savings
Game Compressor leverages Windows' built-in LZX compression for substantial space savings and can save you hundreds of gigs across your game library.