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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Lisuan's homegrown 6nm G100 series GPUs launches June 18 in China with support for popular Steam games
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DealsThe best Amazon UK Spring Deals Days tech sales 2026
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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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How to use Precision Boost Overdrive and Curve Optimizer to improve Ryzen CPU performance
By Kunal Khullar Published -

Best Budget CPUs of 2026, Benchmarked and Ranked
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US RAM crisis hits boiling point as AI mania wipes out all 32GB DDR5 kits under $359
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The best SSD for the Steam Deck, Xbox ROG Ally, and Ally X in 2026
By Shane Downing Last updated
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CPUs
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How to use Precision Boost Overdrive and Curve Optimizer to improve Ryzen CPU performance
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Best Budget CPUs of 2026, Benchmarked and Ranked
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Intel announces Arrow Lake Refresh CPUs, claims 15% higher gaming performance and multi-threaded boost
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Intel Nova Lake CPU teaser lists official support for speedy DDR5-8000 RAM
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Intel Panther Lake-H high-res die shot emerges
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Intel keeps socket LGA 1700 alive with new P-core-only CPUs
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Apple's 18-core M5 Max beats 96-core Ryzen Threadripper Pro 9995WX in Geekbench due to weak benchmark scaling [Updated]
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PC processors entered the Gigahertz era today in the year 2000 with AMD's Athlon
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‘CPUs are cool again,' Intel and AMD reporting spikes in CPU demand due to agentic AI
By Jowi Morales Published
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Cooling
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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?
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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
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GPUs
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Lisuan's homegrown 6nm G100 series GPUs launches June 18 in China with support for popular Steam games
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Rumored RTX 5050 9GB could make hay from recycled RTX 5060 silicon
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Intel releases XeSS 3.0 SDK with 3x and 4x multi-frame gen support, but it's still not open source
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Dynamic MFG comes to RTX 50-series GPUs March 31
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$500,000 gold RTX 5090 is now worth $830,000 thanks to rocketing commodity price
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The GPU benchmarks hierarchy 2026
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AMD VP uses AI to create Radeon Linux userland driver in Python
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Nvidia dominates gaming GPU market with 95 percent share as sales of AMD Radeon graphics plummet to a historical low of 5 percent
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Asus GeForce RTX 5080 Noctua Edition review: Silent running
By Jeffrey Kampman Published
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Motherboards
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Why AMD motherboards now come with bigger BIOS chips—and why it matters to you
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Best motherboard deals 2026
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MSI's $80 AMD motherboards with DDR4 support swoop in to rescue gamers amid the global RAM crisis
By Zhiye Liu Published -

Best Motherboards 2026 for Gaming, by Socket and Chipset
By Joe Shields Last updated -

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
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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
By Anton Shilov 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
By Kunal Khullar Published -

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
By Anton Shilov Published -

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 -

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
By E. Fylladitakis Published -

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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Retailer denies memory replacement due to 4x increase in DDR5 pricing, says price increase would equate to an 'upgrade' for the customer
By Bruno Ferreira Published -

US RAM crisis hits boiling point as AI mania wipes out all 32GB DDR5 kits under $359
By Zhiye Liu Published -

Framework’s monthly chip shortage update sees slower RAM price increase but rising SSD costs for March
By Jowi Morales Published -

SK hynix introduces turbocharged LPDDR6, 33% faster and 20% more power efficient than LPDDR5X
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Memory bit flips cause up to 15% of Firefox crashes, asserts Mozilla engineer
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DDR5 RAM kits skyrocket to an astonishing $4,000 on Newegg with wild price listings on multiple G.Skill and Corsair products
By Zhiye Liu Last updated -

Micron begins sampling 256GB SOCAMM2 units for up to 2 TB of LPDDR5X per CPU
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DRAM bots reportedly being deployed to hoover up memory chips and components
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Memory vendor under fire for imposing hefty 15% depreciation fee on returns despite skyrocketing RAM value
By Jowi Morales 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
By Kunal Khullar Published -

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 -

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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The best SSD for the Steam Deck, Xbox ROG Ally, and Ally X in 2026
By Shane Downing Last updated -

Minisforum's new flagship NAS comes with OpenClaw pre-installed
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Phison CEO says that NAND prices hiked by around 50% overnight, highlighting severe shortage in the industry
By Jowi Morales Published -
DealsGrab this speedy 4TB Crucial P310 SSD, the cheapest on sale right now, for just £299.99
By Ben Stockton Published -

Cancelled Blu-Ray recorder production leads to flood of orders for Panasonic after rivals exit market
By Mark Tyson Published -

Unpowered flash drive data retention test shows promising results after six years
By Bruno Ferreira Published -

New Windows-native NVMe driver benchmarks reveal transformative performance gains, up to 64.89%
By Zhiye Liu Published -

Chinese SSD maker YMTC lists its first commercial PCIe 5.0 SSD as worldwide shortage intensifies
By Kunal Khullar Published -

Seagate FireCuda X1070 SSD spotted at retailers
By Luke James Published
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The best SSD for the Steam Deck, Xbox ROG Ally, and Ally X in 2026
By Shane Downing Last updated -

Minisforum's new flagship NAS comes with OpenClaw pre-installed
By Aaron Klotz Published -

Framework’s monthly chip shortage update sees slower RAM price increase but rising SSD costs for March
By Jowi Morales Published
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