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An RX 7800 XT with a previously-failed reflow attempt came in for repair and was fixed by reballing its core and memory chips. One of the VRAM chips needed to be replaced as well but at the end, the card finally booted, and this customer's Facebook Marketplace find was salvaged.

Banned from sale in the US, DeepCool's Assassin VC Elite features an upgraded vapor chamber coldplate. We tested it with AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X3D and Intel's Core i7-14700K CPUs.

Intel has started upstream Linux patches for Nova Lake, its next-gen CPU family set to replace the 20-year-old Family 6 era. Classified under Family 18, Nova Lake will power desktops, laptops, and possibly handhelds, with early groundwork ensuring Linux readiness well ahead of its 2026 launch.

Bottom Line Telecommunications, Inc. has published listings for the Core 5 120 and Core 5 120F, including pricing information.

Intel's lead shrinks as gamers increasingly embrace AMD's 3D V-Cache CPUs

Chinese creators have gotten their hands on GPD's latest handhelds and showcased their capabilities.

This edition of the Asus TUF Gaming F16 laptop is available at Amazon for just $892, one of its lowest prices to date, according to data from CamelCamelCamel.

A leading mobile device insurance and service network has initiated insolvency proceedings in the wake of a cyberattack. Selling properties and cutting staff numbers wasn't enough to save the business.

The Alienware 16 Aurora is thin and long-lasting, but it's not a powerful gaming laptop.

Battlefield 6 is taking advantage of EA's Javelin anti-cheat system, which enforced Secure Boot and is classified as a kernel-level AC, potentially killing Linux and Steam Deck support before the game launches.

More Windows, less pane

MSI is allegedly rolling out its homemade EOTF Boost feature to more QD-OLED models this month. The new technology improves HDR performance of supported MSI monitors, offering higher average brightness compared to HDR 1000.

SignalRGB is giving away a toaster PC that houses a full-blown Mini-ITX gaming PC. You could win the toaster PC, along with a Thunderbolt 4 dock.

Three senior Intel Foundry executives are retiring as part of a major leadership reshuffle amid restructuring and uncertainty over the 14A process.

Nintendo said that it needs to increase the prices of the original Switch 1 consoles due to "market conditions."

Meant for budget student laptops, the OS will no longer receive updates or support

AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D is $449 at Amazon - a tasty $29 cheaper than its MSRP

SK hynix has overtaken Samsung as the world's top memory maker in Q2 2025, driven by surging HBM demand from AI accelerators. With over 60% HBM market share and record profits, Hynix signals a shift from commodity DRAM to advanced, AI-optimized memory leadership.

Horizon Microtechnologies has passed outgassing standard tests that bring us one step closer to using 3D printing components in space travel.

Save $350 off the price of Alienware's 4K QD-OLED curved gaming monitor in Dell's back-to-school sale

Intel's new XeSS 2.1 SDK expands support to Nvidia and AMD GPUs, unlocking frame generation and low-latency rendering across Shader Model 6.4-compatible cards.

The Swiss Army Knife of laser cutters, the xTool M1 Ultra burns, cuts, draws, and prints with ink.

You can run BF6 on an eight-year-old CPU and six-year-old GPU but Steam Deck is left out of the fight

MLPerf Client 1.0 has just been released with some big improvements over the prior version 0.6 benchmarking tool.

Grab your toolkit, we're going under the hood of Microsoft Windows with Winaero Tweaker and tweaking our setup to make it our own.

Back down to $229, Samsung's 990 EVO Plus 4TB SSD hits that all-time low pricing threshold.

Linux creator Linus Torvalds still uses an AMD RX 580 and an Intel laptop for kernel development, as revealed through a bug report involving DSC on his ASUS 5K monitor. His deliberate use of modest, open-friendly hardware subtly pushes back against AI hype and proprietary bloat.

AOC brings Mini LED tech to the value segment with its Q27G40XMN. It's a 27-inch VA QHD panel with 180 Hz and Adaptive-Sync. It delivers HDR peaks over 1,000 nits with a huge color gamut and precise video processing for a smooth gaming experience.

The best price in the UK, AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D is 399 at Amazon - an all-time low.

Adata's XPG Lancer CUDIMM RGB DDR5-9200 is very fast on paper, but can it compete with other enthusiast memory kits on the market?

Samsung is reportedly slashing HBM3E costs to win back Nvidia and challenge rivals SK hynix and Micron. A ZDNet Korea report reveals internal pricing changes and packaging tweaks as Samsung aims to make its AI memory more competitive in a high-stakes battle for dominance in the AI hardware space.

End of the line for a wide range of iconic graphics cards

China has raised security concerns over Nvidia's H20 GPU shortly after a U.S. export ban was lifted, signaling potential political pushback against American hardware.

The Future Games Show has picked video game actors David Hayter and Maggie Robertson to host its showcase at Gamescom on August 20.

A YouTuber has discovered that AMD's RDNA 4 ray-tracing stutter problems in Unreal Engine 4 games goes deeper than expected. Intel Arc GPUs also suffer from the same stuttering problems, suggesting it is an engine issue rather than a driver problem.

Researchers at Wharton and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology have a working paper detailing the ways automated tools that rely on reinforcement learning can end up colluding with each other.