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Updated 2025-04-22 22:30
4TB SSDs drop as low as 4 cents per GB in Prime Day storage blowout -- these drives are on sale
From low-end drives to the fastest PCIe 5, these are the best 4TB SSD deals you can find on Prime Day.
Nvidia, AMD, and Intel GPUs ranked by bang for the buck — Prime Day deals let you break 60 fps for $280
We've ranked the current generation GPUs by bang for the buck for Prime Day, using our demanding 19-game test suite. Here's how the latest Nvidia, AMD, and Intel GPUs stack up when looking at current sales.
Gigabyte twists its RAM slots to fit 24TB of DDR5 sticks into a standard server — AMD EPYC sports an impossible 48 DIMMs in new configs
Gigabyte's R283-ZK0 motherboard fits two AMD SP5 server sockets on one board, and has to twist the onboard DDR5 memory slots to fit 48 DIMMs for 2 DIMM per channel operation.
This 360 Hz, OLED Alienware monitor got a perfect score and an all-time low price
Our favorite OLED monitor is $150 off its regular price, $70 off its previous all-time low.
AMD Radeon 880M iGPU 15% faster than last-gen 780M — Asus reveals Strix Point performance increase in 3DMark Time Spy
Asus product listings for new laptops containing the Ryzen AI 9 365 APU reveal the expected performance gains of the Radeon 880M integrated graphics over last-gen's 780M in 3DMark Time Spy.
Gigabyte releases AI software to help train your own AI — AI TOP utility taps Gigabyte motherboards, GPUs, SSDs, and power supplies to fine-tune local AI model training
PC component manufacturer Gigabyte has officially released its AI TOP utility for locally training AI models on supported hardware.
Trump says Taiwan should pay US for defense — 'They did take about 100% of our chip business'
In a Bloomberg interview, former President Donald Trump said that the US should be paid to protect Taiwan from China, and highlighted the island's dominance in chipmaking.
U.S. closing critical gap in domestic chipmaking supply chain — GlobalWafers given $400 million to make wafers in the U.S.
The U.S. government provides $400 million to GlobalWafers to support wafer manufacturing in Missouri and Texas.
Huawei's long-awaited Windows challenger will likely come to PCs this year — HarmonyOS Next makes the transition from phones to desktops and laptops
Huawei's developer website features more and more photos of a PC version of HarmonyOS Next, suggesting that the operating system will release its expected PC version by the end of the year.
Lenovo Legion gaming laptop with RTX 4080 is $750 off, comes with 240 Hz display
The Lenovo Legion Pro 7 with an RTX 4080, 13th Gen Core i9, and 32GB of RAM is down to $2,049 as Prime Day continues.
Nvidia, Apple, and others allegedly trained AI using 173,000 YouTube videos — professional creators frustrated by latest AI training scandal: Report
A dataset called "YouTube Subtitles" made of 173,536 YouTube video transcripts was used to train countless AI models since its publication in 2020. Professional creators are concerned while the AI companies, the creator of the dataset, and the largest distributor of it all deny culpability in breaking rules.
Crucial P310 SSD review: High capacity and more speed for M.2 2230
The Crucial P310 is a bit of a surprise for the M.2 2230 SSD market. The powerful Phison E27T controller and Crucial's newest QLC come together to create a surprisingly performant, power-efficient drive.
U.S. planning 'draconian' sanctions against China's semiconductor industry: Report
U.S. government wants to further restrict curbs for China's semiconductor sector as foreign companies still sell fairly advanced tools to Chinese entities.
Intel reportedly prepping three Panther Lake configurations, for laptops after Lunar Lake
Intel preps a variety of Panther Lake flavors for different notebooks.
New SCALE tool enables CUDA applications to run on AMD GPUs
New SCALE software allows to run CUDA code on AMD processors.
Ryzen 5 9600X listed for preorder on Amazon Canada — the steep $472 CAD price tag is no Prime Day deal
AMD's Canadian Amazon store has listed the unreleased Ryzen 5 9600X for preorder, for the shockingly high price tag of $472 CAD. Our exchange calculations estimate an analogous US price of $319, a potential Achilles' heel to what may otherwise be an amazing chip.
Despite being deployed on Copilot+ PCs — Windows 11 24H2 won't be hitting x86 PCs until 'later this year'
Windows 11 24H2 won't be making its way to x86 PCs in the immediate future. A new Microsoft update suggests the update won't come for the next several months, possibly not until Q4 of this year.
Alienware's five-star QD-OLED gaming monitor hits a new all-time low price
We reviewed this monitor and gave it five stars, now it is at its lowest ever price
Ryzen 9 7900X3D drops to $328 for Prime Day — one of AMD's fastest gaming chips gets a big price cut
The Ryzen 9 7900X3D is now on sale for a mere $328 for Amazon Prime Day 2024, which is $53 less than its normal price.
Snapdragon X Elite iGPU disabled by default in latest Linux patch — caused by OEM key signing that may not be available
Snapdragon X Elite Linux enablement development is not going great. The latest patch has been forced to disable the GPU on one of the X Elite trims due to an OEM blocker preventing the graphics engine from being usable in Linux.
I put together an RTX 4070 PC with 2TB SSD for $1,000 using these Prime Day deals
Buy these components and you can make a powerful gaming rig for a very affordable price.
Intel Capital's investments in Chinese AI startups draw US govt attention — firm invests in 43 Chinese tech companies
Intel Capital holds stakes in 43 Chinese ventures, and sometimes, its goals align with those of the Chinese government.
$1,100 Meteor Lake-powered laptop features a removable camera — Honor MagicBook Art 14 also flaunts a 3.1K OLED 120 Hz display with 4,320 Hz PWM dimming
The Honor MagicBook Art 14 will be released to the Chinese market with a magnetic removable camera that tucks into an SD-card-like tray when not in use. The former Huawei budget line has struck it alone successfully since 2020.
Windows veteran details creating Windows NT Start Menu — dev recalls shifting from bitmaps to live rendering
Windows development veteran Dave Plummer recently took to Twitter/X to reveal the story behind the Windows NT Start Menu branding banner, which was the first to use live rendering.
Jonsbo's new ITX case looks like a baby O11-Dynamic Mini with wood grain trim — TK-0 features a dual-chamber design that's faintly taller than a Coca-Cola bottle
Jonsbo has created a new Mini-ITX chassis with a dual-chamber layout and wood grain trim in a slimmer form than most high-end triple-fan graphics cards.
Intel’s next-gen desktop CPUs may run even hotter than current ones — chipmaker allegedly extends maximum temperature for Arrow Lake CPUs
Intel reportedly increases the TJMax temperature for Arrow Lake and Panther Lake processors to 105C.
If you want the best GPU money can buy, this Nvidia RTX 4090 is on sale at its lowest-ever price
Push the 4K boundaries with DLSS 3 and ray-tracing from Nvidia's RTX 4090 GPU
Russia-based Kaspersky antivirus shuts down its US business due to sanctions — offices to close by July 20
Following its ban from selling products in the U.S., cybersecurity and antivirus solution provider Kaspersky Lab announced it will soon begin closing its operations there.
Cerabyte brings archival glass storage with 5,000 year durability to the U.S.
German archival glass storage specialist Cerabyte announced on July 15 that it is bringing its technology to the U.S.
Ryzen 9 9950X overclocked to 6.7 GHz with LN2 — liquid nitrogen helps AMD’s newest flagship break previous world records
AMD's Extreme Overclocking team was seen breaking 16-core world records with liquid nitrogen, taking the Cinebench crown from the previous record holder, AMD's own Ryzen 9 7950X. This came thanks to generational CPU boosts and new robust undervolting BIOS tools.
Noctua responds to complaints of ‘rattling’ noise affecting its new NH-D15 G2 CPU air cooler
Austrian firm is still analyzing the situation but will agree to full refunds.
Chip design legend Jim Keller aims for Tenstorrent wins in market 'not well served by Nvidia'
CEO of Tenstorrent believes that although Nvidia dominates the market of AI processors, there is still a place for Tenstorrent.
These AMD Radeon 7000-series graphics cards have dropped to all-time low prices ahead of Prime Day
If you're in the market for a spiffing brand-new graphics card for a new or existing PC gaming rig, then now could be the best time to pick up one on the cheap.
WD quietly adds roomy 8TB NVMe SSD to its gaming lineup
WD has introduced a new 8TB option to its fast gaming NVMe SSD lineup, the SN850X series.
$499 Asus ROG Azoth Extreme gaming keyboard boasts an OLED touch screen and aluminum build with a carbon fiber plate
The Asus ROG Azoth Extreme keyboard is priced at $499. It has all the features expected from a premium gaming keyboard and more.
Nvidia RTX 4070 10GB prototype appears on GPU-Z — the configuration provided more shader cores but less memory and bandwidth
Rumors of a RTX 4070 10GB were apparently true. New evidence reveals that Nvidia created at least one RTX 4070 prototype sporting an unusual 10GB VRAM capacity paired to a 160-bit wide bus, which would have hurt performance not to mention reducing overall VRAM capacity.
Meteor Lake-powered mini-PC arrives with an external expansion slot to connect GPUs — Beelink GTi14 sports a latchable PCIe x8 slot and integrated 145W power supply
The Beelink GTi14 has an Intel Core 7 155H or Core Ultra 9 185H, 32TB of DDR5-5600 RAM, and a 1TB NVMe Gen 4 SSD.
Maker community takes over where Fractal Design stopped and produces miniature North case for Raspberry Pi users
Thanks to skilled designers and the proliferation of 3D printing, you can build your version of the gorgeous Raspberry Pi case that Fractal Design doesn't seem interested in selling.
The 16-inch Apple MacBook Pro with M3 Pro is $500 off ahead of Amazon Prime Day
The latest MacBook Pro is $500 off ahead of Prime Day, in a configuration with 18GB of unified memory, and 512GB of storage
15 of my favorite tech gadgets and accessories are on sale for $50 or less ahead of Prime Day
Prime Day is a great time to get an affordable tech gift or something that will help make your tech world a bit better. Here are 15 great products (most of which I own) that you can get for under $50.
Buckle up! Apacer launches seat belt for RAM sticks — protection for DIMMs from vibration damage
Apacer, a memory and storage manufacturer, has announced a new seat belt" rugged retention strip to hold DIMM modules in place for Edge AI" use cases subject to heavy vibrations, including long transit hauls.
Eleegoo Neptune 4 Pro, our top-rated 3D printer, is now $240 at Newegg
Elegoo's Neptune 4 Pro drops to $240 at Newegg, saving you $122 off a fantastic 3D printer.
Benchmark maker comments on the scarcity of Qualcomm Copilot+ PC tests in the wild — only 56 Windows-on-Arm devices benchmarked in the last 30 days
PassMark Software seems unimpressed by the number of Copilot+ PC tests that it has seen in the wild since the new platform launched. The long-established benchmarking observed that, over the last 30 days, 22,000 Windows x86 machines were put through its CPU test suite, yet only 56 Windows-on-Arm machines have been benchmarked.
Nvidia RTX 4070 reaches all-time low of $499 before Prime Day — an excellent deal on one of our favorite graphics cards
Nvidia's RTX 4070 ranks as one of our favorite graphics cards, offering an excellent blend of performance and features. It's currently on sale for $499, matching the lowest price we've seen since the card launched in early 2023.
Portable 15.6-inch 1080p monitor falls to lowest price ever at $65.99 — and it's an IPS display
The KYY K3 hit $65.99 prior to Prime Day and features a 15.6-inch 1080p IPS display and a nifty smart cover/stand
Dell S3222DGM, our top-rated gaming monitor, drops to all-time low of $229
The 32-inch, curved monitor operates at 165 Hz and has incredible contrast.
Microsoft Surface Pro (2024) review: Copilot+ flagship is beautiful, but AI features are shrug-worthy
The Microsoft Surface Pro (11th Edition, 2024) is a beautiful, long-lasting Arm PC with an OLED screen, but accessories make it very expensive, and there are still a few app incompatibility issues.
AMD's latest integrated graphics perform like an eight-year-old Nvidia midrange GPU — Radeon 890M achieves GTX 1070 performance in Geekbench and lags behind GTX 1650 Super by 15%
AMD's latest Radeon 890M RDNA 3.5 flagship posted identical results to a GTX 1070 in Geekbench's Vulkan benchmark.
Samsung's fastest consumer SSD has a different endurance rating in other countries — TBW listing could be a typo, though
Samsung's 990 Pro 4TB SSDs have different TBW ratings in the U.S. and Poland, but that could be a typo.
AMD deep-dives Zen 5 architecture — Ryzen 9000 and AI 300 benchmarks, RDNA 3.5 GPU, XDNA 2, and more
AMD revealed the deep-dive details of its Zen 5 Ryzen 9000 Granite Ridge' and Ryzen AI 300 series Strix Point' chips at its Zen 5 Tech Day.
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