Latest articles by Nick Evanson
DDR4 RAM prices continue to surge ahead of DDR5, now averaging $25 per DDR4-3200 module
News It won't be long before DDR5 is the only choice for a budget gaming PC.
Out with the old, in with the old: AMD's still selling Zen 2 and Zen 3+ processors, now under the guise of the Ryzen 10/100 series
News Even if they're super cheap, the price of DDR4 will ruin sales.
'I would stay as far away from the Founders Edition 5090 as I possibly can,' says one experienced repair tech, as a key internal connector can't be sourced for replacement
News If you are going to waterblock an RTX 5090, you're far better off choosing a third-party model rather than Nvidia's complex affair.
Thermaltake's new Borg-like AIO cooler might look ridiculous with four LCD screens, but its other cool features are far more noteworthy
News Comes with reversible fan blades that you pop out and wash in water, for example.
If gamer looks aren't your thing when it comes to furnishing your PC's den, then just grab a great office chair instead, like the ThunderX3 Flex Pro
Perfect perches Perfect perches for your posterior.
MSI Z890 Ace motherboard review
Score: 70% Stupendous number of USB ports, stupendous price tag.
MSI Z890 Tomahawk WiFi motherboard review
Score: 87% Lots of features, not a lot of price.
Routers don't grab headlines like graphics cards but having a good one in your home can make a world of difference to your digital life
Wi-Fine Wi-Fi 7 is no longer the preserve of the wealthy, too.
TP-Link Archer BE9700 review
Score: 90% Never judge a book by its cover, they say. Or a Wi-Fi 7 router.
TP-Link Deco BE68 BE14000 review
Score: 92% All the mesh you'll probably need, at least until wireless devices catch up.
OLED monitors are the perfect match for any speedy gaming PC and if you're eyeballing a new ultrawide, we've just crowned a new champion for you to consider
Ultra OLED Ultra wide, ultra speed, but thankfully, not ultra expensive.
ASRock X870 Nova WiFi motherboard review
Score: 70% Lots of features, lots of compromises.
Panther Lake revealed: Intel's pocket powerhouse is a big step up from Lunar Lake, with performance and efficiency gains all around
Little big cat But is the cost of multiple tiles and Foveros the answer to AMD's monolithic approach?
It's not Celestial, but Intel's new Xe3 GPU architecture looks like it'll be ideal for the next generation of handheld gaming PCs
news It's Intel's largest ever iGPU and big enough to put some basic dGPUs to shame.
Intel announces XeSS 3 with multi-frame generation, putting it ahead of AMD in the AI-powered graphics performance race
News Though Intel would probably prefer its GPU sales to be ahead instead.
New MIT research opens the door to faster-charging and longer-lasting batteries, and it could be implemented right away
News This isn't some lab-only stuff, it's the real deal.
While we're still waiting for games to use Nvidia's RTX IO tech, data centres get another bit of hardware to remind us they've been using it all this time
News Like a Scooby Doo reveal, RTX IO is GPUDirect with a mask on. Well, it was.
'Are we going to bet the company's road map on chiplets?' AMD's CEO Lisa Su reminds us how fortunate it was that its executives all said yes
News 'I really do believe for tech companies, the key is you have to be best at something.'
Trump administration is reportedly planning to tariff US tech firms that don't source equal numbers of imported and American chips
News How the US chip-making industry is supposed to ramp up to the scale required doesn't seem to be part of the plan.
Tired of shader compilation screens? Microsoft is rolling out its own solution, but we won't feel the benefits immediately
News We're probably in for a long wait before it's available on Steam, GOG, and other online stores.
Raspberry has only just launched its new Pi 500+ but one modder has already improved it, making it support an external RX 7900 XT graphics card for top-tier gaming
News If it can be done, a modder will do it. If it can't be done, a modder will do it anyway.
A zero-water, zero-emissions, off-grid AI data center sounds like science fiction, but it's actually real and already running
News Forget nuclear, hydrogen fuel cells are where it's at.
