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Best Mini-ITX motherboards in 2026: My pick from all the mini mobo marvels I've tested
By Nick Evanson last updated
Mini marvels The best Mini-ITX motherboards for both Intel and AMD.

It's 2026, CES is over, and there's still no sign of Intel's Arrow Lake refresh, but one hardware channel is adamant it'll be here in the spring
By Nick Evanson published
News Would a no-show even matter when Nova Lake is coming?

The name's still Bond but at least everything is right this time, as 007 First Light's devs have corrected their system requirements after 'an internal miscommunication' error
By Nick Evanson published
News Who knew that PC hardware was so complicated?

Intel's new handheld gaming chip rumoured to be called 'Core G3 Extreme' and rocks a full-spec Xe3 iGPU with 12 graphics cores
By Jeremy Laird published
News It's the Panther Lake laptop chip, just slightly tweaked.

AMD claims Intel's CES comparisons are 'not even a fair fight'; Intel says AMD is 'selling ancient silicon'—but they're both guilty of using confusing tactics
By James Bentley published
CES 2026 Pot, meet kettle.

AMD and partners confirm Ryzen CPU with dual 3D V-Cache chiplets is coming but gamers are unlikely to see the benefit
By Jacob Ridley published
CES 2026 Even AMD had its doubts about the utility of such a chip.

AMD launches its fastest gaming CPU yet, though the new Ryzen 7 9850X3D is clocked just 8% higher than the 9800X3D
By Nick Evanson published
CES 2026 And AMD tells us to only expect 2 - 3% higher performance on average, 5% at best if a game really likes higher clocks.

CES 2026: From new Intel chips to far too much AI, here's everything we expect to see
By James Bentley published
CES 2026 CES always starts the year with a bang.
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