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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PremiumBehind the scenes of our massive CPU retest for Bench — testing at 1080p, choosing new apps, and gathering data for a decade of CPUs
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Japanese firm stops production of Blu-ray disc drives
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Klevv Cras V RGB DDR5-9600 C46 2x48GB review: Binned for pure speed, not your wallet
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SK hynix and SanDisk announce speedy HBF flash chip standard
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Nvidia rolls back Game Ready Driver 595.59
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Nvidia warns of constrained supply of gaming GPUs, potentially signaling higher prices and shortages to come
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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
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CPUs
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PremiumBehind the scenes of our massive CPU retest for Bench — testing at 1080p, choosing new apps, and gathering data for a decade of CPUs
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Testing CPU scaling in Resident Evil Requiem
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Nvidia's N1/N1X SoCs tipped for release in first half of 2026, debuting on Dell & Lenovo laptops
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Intel preps CPUs with 'Unified Core' architecture — job listing hints at evolution beyond Intel's hybrid design
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AMD Zen 6 and Intel Nova Lake CPUs reportedly arriving late, delayed to CES 2027
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Intel Bartlett Lake-S CPUs reportedly wield 12 blazing P-cores and 5.8 GHz boost
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AMD's next-gen Ryzen 10000 desktop CPUs are rumored to range from 6 to 24 cores
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Meta will deploy standalone Nvidia Grace CPUs in production, with Vera to follow
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"Like new" Ryzen 9 9900X3D Amazon order turns into a shocking CPU bait-and-switch scandal
By Hassam Nasir Published
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Cooling
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Best PC case fans tested 2026: Improve your airflow, silence your system, or add more RGB glow
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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?
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Thermalright's LCD software for Windows ported to Linux
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Noctua celebrates its 500,000th CPU cooler mounting upgrade kit
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Chinese researchers discover new salty cooling solution that can drop temperatures by more than 50 degrees Celsius in seconds
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PremiumThe Stout Owl: How I Built the Ultimate Noctua G2 PC
By Niels Broekhuijsen Published -

Cooler Master makes a massive AIO liquid cooler for up to 2000-watt CPUs — a gigantic 360x360mm MO-RA-like cooler for mere mortals
By Zhiye Liu Published
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GPUs
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Nvidia rolls back Game Ready Driver 595.59
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Nvidia warns of constrained supply of gaming GPUs, potentially signaling higher prices and shortages to come
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Nvidia posts record $215 billion annual revenue in latest quarterly earnings report
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Micron joins the 3GB GDDR7 party, introduces 36 Gbps modules for GPUs
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Amateur burglar steals three GPUs worth $11,000 from computer shop in Korea
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MSI RTX 5090 Lightning Z GPUs listed on eBay for almost $27,000
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PremiumThe great Bench GPU retest begins — how we're testing for our GPU Hierarchy in 2026, and why upscaling and framegen are still out
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Nearly half of PC gamers prefer DLSS 4.5 over AMD's FSR and even native rendering
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$1,000 bought an RTX 5080 in November 2025, now it only buys an RTX 5070 Ti
By Hassam Nasir Published
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Motherboards
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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 motherboard deals 2026.
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Best Motherboards 2026 for Gaming, by Socket and Chipset
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Asus ROG Crosshair X870E Dark Hero Motherboard Review
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Gigabyte X870E Aero X3D Wood Motherboard Review: Wood and leather make it better
By Joe Shields Published -

Asus ROG Crosshair X870E Glacial Motherboard Review: Carving out a new top-notch flagship for Asus
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AMD's open-source openSIL firmware is being ported to Zen 5 motherboard early — replacement for AGESA shows up ahead of Zen 6
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Intel's new platform for Nova Lake chips leaked, up to 48 PCIe lanes and all-new chipset
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MSI MEG X870E Ace Max Motherboard Review: A second Ace up MSI’s AM5 sleeve?
By Joe Shields Published
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Overclocking
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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
By Hassam Nasir Published -

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 -

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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PC Cases
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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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Best PC Case Deals 2026
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This Xbox One S mod hides a full Windows gaming PC within the original shell
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Retro Apple Mac mod implements thermal printer floppy swap
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Fractal Design's new North and North XL Momentum Edition cases sport stealthy black wood slats, promise quieter fans
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Can't afford new RAM, storage, or a GPU? A new PC case can make your existing system feel fresh, and you can carry it over to a future build
By Joe Shields Published
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Power Supplies
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Lian Li SP1000P SFX power supply review: Exceptional power density in compact form
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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
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Cooler Master Elite NEX W600 power supply review: Affordable, but with outdated design
By E. Fylladitakis Published -

Lian Li RS1200G ATX 3.1 power supply review: Stellar performance, state-of-the-art design
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be quiet! Pure Power 13 M 650W power supply review: Balanced performance and reliability
By E. Fylladitakis Published
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RAM
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Klevv Cras V RGB DDR5-9600 C46 2x48GB review: Binned for pure speed, not your wallet
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Lucky PC builder orders 32GB Corsair RAM kit for $300, gets a box of 10 worth $3,000 instead
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Retail DDR5 memory prices slowly drop in Europe despite ongoing shortages
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Turkish wedding party receives Nvidia RTX 5090, RAM necklaces, and Intel CPU for elaborate wedding gifts
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You can now file your G.Skill class action claim, to get a cut of the $2.4 million settlement
By Jowi Morales Published -

Corsair fights back against RAM scammers and thieves with packaging shift
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G.Skill settles with plaintiffs following $2.4 million class action lawsuit over advertised memory speeds, denies all wrongdoing
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John Carmack considers fiber as an L2 cache for streaming AI data
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G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB DDR5-6000 C34 2x64GB Review: The Sweet Spot For 128GB
By Zhiye Liu Published
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Sound Cards
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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
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EVGA's GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Kingpin Card Includes a Power Meter
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EVGA Sounds Out its Nu Audio Card
By Zak Storey Published
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Storage
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Japanese firm stops production of Blu-ray disc drives
By Mark Tyson Published -

SK hynix and SanDisk announce speedy HBF flash chip standard
By Bruno Ferreira Published -

Hard drive pricing in the UK is so high someone flew to the US to buy drives, saving money despite flight and hotel costs
By Jowi Morales Published -
PremiumMicrosoft's Project Silica write-once storage could store terabytes of data for over 10,000 years
By Anton Shilov Published -

Best MicroSD Express Cards For The Nintendo Switch 2 in 2026
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Data storage Guinness World Record broken by QR code pixels measuring just 49nm
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Phison CEO says NAND shortages can kill consumer electronics companies in 2026
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SATA SSD cheated death from failed attempt at data destruction with a drill
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$50 junk second-hand motherboard turns into a SSD treasure trove worth $1,500
By Zhiye Liu Published
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More about PC Components
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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 -

MSI's $80 AMD motherboards with DDR4 support swoop in to rescue gamers amid the global RAM crisis
By Zhiye Liu Published -

Testing CPU scaling in Resident Evil Requiem
By Jake Roach Published
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