Moore Threads unveils next-gen gaming GPU with 15x performance and 50x ray tracing improvement — AI GPU with claimed performance between Hopper and Blackwell also in the works By Hassam Nasir published 21 December 25 Chinese silicon is gunning for the crown.
Three year test shows OLED is significantly more reliable than LCD, with most lasting more than 10,000 hours — 20 TVs failed out of 102 tested By Hassam Nasir published 20 December 25 Price and reliability don't scale.
Unreal Engine 5.7 brings significant improvements over the notoriously demanding 5.4 version, tester claims — benchmark shows up to 25% GPU performance increase, 35% CPU boost By Hassam Nasir published 18 December 25 Unreal Engine might be heading in the right direction.
AMD's rumored Ryzen 7 9850X3D spotted at Swiss and U.S. retailers — listings reveal preliminary price of ~$550-600, significantly higher than 9800X3D's $449 MSRP By Hassam Nasir published 17 December 25 Early price listings seem high
Enthusiast modder stuffs an entire gaming PC inside a gutted Commodore PET 2001 — replaced the screen with an iPad Retina LCD, but the original keyboard still works By Hassam Nasir published 17 December 25 A "retrofit" in the truest sense of the word.
Sapphire rep predicts DRAM prices will begin to stabilize in the next 6-8 months, but warns 'it may not be the prices we want' — GPU vendor says memory crisis is similar to tariff uncertainty By Hassam Nasir published 16 December 25 GPUs have so far remained safe.
The 'ExtrudeX' machine wants to turn your 3D printing waste into reusable filament, all at home — this Kickstarter project is itself 3D-printable with minimal hardware costs By Hassam Nasir published 15 December 25 Helping you save money on new filament.
Unreleased RTX Titan Ada prototype gets taken apart to reveal complex internal design and assembly — Nvidia's mythical GPU is engineered to the max with dual 12VHPWR connectors By Hassam Nasir published 14 December 25 This quad-slot beast would've been a challenge on mass production lines.
Dev hacks Xiaomi's Smart Humidifier to free it from the cloud, now works with Home Assistant locally — custom firmware allows the product to evade planned obsolescence By Hassam Nasir published 14 December 25 No more relying on the manufacturer.
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus and Core Ultra 9 290K Plus spotted at Indian retailer — listings appear to corroborate prior leaks but don't reveal pricing or new info for upcoming Arrow Lake refresh By Hassam Nasir published 12 December 25 First retail appearance of the Arrow Lake refresh.
Asus' new 5K gaming monitor is so high-end it doesn't even officially support RTX 40-series GPUs — the XG27JCG is a 5K 180Hz beast with 330Hz 1440p dual-mode support By Hassam Nasir published 11 December 25 Gaming monitor with retina resolution.
Framework puts Dell and Apple on blast over egregious RAM prices — modular laptop maker will be forced to increase memory prices, but won't "gouge customers" like other vendors By Hassam Nasir published 10 December 25 The result of an erroneous screenshot.
Intel's upcoming Core Ultra X9 388H is up to 8.7% faster for 1T perf than Ryzen AI Max+ 395 — Panther Lake gains significant ground on Strix Halo in early Geekbench leak By Hassam Nasir published 9 December 25 Class-leading single-core and multi-core numbers.
This GitHub script claims to wipe all of Windows 11's AI features in seconds — "RemoveWindowsAI" can disable every single AI feature in the OS, from Copilot to Recall and more By Hassam Nasir published 9 December 25 And you can disable what's left manually.
Scavenger scores 14900KS PC with 64GB of DDR5 for less than the cost of RAM alone — $2500+ machine sells for just $600 By Hassam Nasir published 9 December 25 God, I've seen what you've done for others.
AMD's B650 chipset isn't going anywhere, according to a new rumor — rising memory costs and softening DIY demand mean the transition to B850 may take longer than expected By Hassam Nasir published 8 December 25 Vendors allegedly told to restart B650 production.
Geekbench leak sees Intel's upcoming Core Ultra 7 270K comfortably ahead of Core Ultra 265K — alleged result shows Arrow Lake refresh chip 5.6% ahead of the 265K By Hassam Nasir published 8 December 25 A decent improvement over the 265K
Asus RTX 5070 gaming laptop hits an all-time low price of $1,099 — this 16-inch model comes with a Core i7 CPU, plus expandable 16GB RAM and 1TB SSD storage By Hassam Nasir published 7 December 25 Deals A complete all-rounder at a great price.
CPU air cooler runs ice-cold water through its heatpipes to liquid-cool a GPU — negative-temp DIY mod sees up to 17% performance uplift By Hassam Nasir published 6 December 25 Taking custom loops to a whole 'nother level.
AMD's imminent Ryzen 7 9850X3D chip shows up on Geekbench with 5.6 GHz boost clocks — Scores slightly lower than 9800X3D in multi-core tests, higher in single-core By Hassam Nasir published 6 December 25 Tested on slow RAM.
Dell and Lenovo set to increase server and PC costs by as much as 15% as soon as this month, according to industry sources — DRAM and AI demand create tight market for businesses and consumers By Hassam Nasir published 5 December 25 And it extends beyond just memory.
Upcoming AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D has 120W TDP, leaked shipping manifest states — Zen 5 X3D refresh will maintain the same power draw as 9800X3D By Hassam Nasir published 4 December 25 Increased clock speeds at no extra wattage.
ASRock releases new Intel motherboard with support for both DDR4 and DDR5 memory — The "H610 Combo" features both types of DIMM slots, but you can't mix generations By Hassam Nasir published 4 December 25 Based on the LGA1700 platform.
Customer buys RTX 5080 from Best Buy, but got rocks instead — $1,200 GPU arrived in tampered box with broken seal By Hassam Nasir published 3 December 25 ASRock RTX 5080, literally.
MSI's Aegis R2 prebuilt with an RTX 5050 and Core i5-14400F is down to just $599 right now — save a hefty $300 on this current-gen, 1080p gaming computer By Hassam Nasir published 2 December 25 Deals Entry-level made even more accessible.
