The Sabrent Rocket 5 is one of the fastest SSDs on the market, and the fastest drive we’ve ever tested in terms of sustained writes. It still has high power consumption and low power efficiency, like other PCIe 5.0 drives, but desktop enthusiasts won't care.
The latest Steam Hardware Survey dropped, with continued gains from Nvidia's current RTX 40-series GPUs. AMD's cards remain underrepresented, and we can't help but feel far more are in use than the survey suggests.
PCI-SIG has published its first draft for PCIe Gen 7 for its members to review. The new PCI revision is still set for release in 2025 offering double the bandwidth of Gen 6.
The U.S. government asked South Korea to adjust its fab tool export controls to prevent shipments of advanced fab equipment from going to China. Whether South Korea will implement these adjustments remains to be seen.
Sabrent has released the new Rocket 4, a single-sided DRAM-less SSD available in 1TB and 2TB capacities. It's a great fit for laptops and consoles, with compelling PCIe 4.0 performance.
The first air-cooled Gigabyte Aorus Xtreme GPU, the RTX 4080 Super Xtreme Ice 16GB, is limited to 300 units. It will only be available in a bundle with other white Aorus hardware
Users and repair experts have identified an issue with MSI Z790 motherboards where the PCH has cracked, causing the boards to fail. According to reports, this problem may have affected hundreds of boards, but there's no official statement on the subject at the time of writing.
The Steam Deck comes with a base configuration offering just 64GB of eMMC storage, with upgraded models providing up to a 1TB SSD with the OLED model. Here's our guide on how to upgrade your Steam Deck SSD, to 1TB or even 2TB, with instructions and benchmarks showing the resulting performance.
Scythe’s Mugen 6 Black Edition improves on performance and noise levels compared to last year’s Fuma 3, and will delight quiet cooling enthusiasts on a budget.
The Snapdragon X Elite has show up in Geekbench 6, and it's beating the top mobile CPUs from AMD and Intel. It's another impressive result for Qualcomm's new ARM laptop CPU.
Samsung has announced a new CXL add-in card that is designed specifically for hypervisors. The card expands its host machine's memory capacity, enabling customers to expand system memory outside of DDR5 memory.
There will be further double-digit NAND flash contract price increases in Q2 2024, says an industry analyst report. Client SSDs could climb up 15% before the quarter is over.
Get to know of the common Cura errors like the software not being able to slice, configuration errors, Cura not able to generate supports and how to fix each of them.
US tech giants are keen for their Taiwanese manufacturing partners to set up in Mexico. The idea has proven attractive to giants like Foxconn and others, says the report, and geopolitics aside, it looks like a savvy move to have manufacturing that much closer and to benefit from the attractive USMCA free trade agreement.
President Joe Biden's administration wants to further talks with tech companies on how to meet electricity needs for computing. Nuclear power seems to be the front runner for meeting the increasing demands of AI.
Adata's SD810 external SSD is priced low for a 20Gbps USB drive, and it performs well in many benchmarks. But fill up its SLC cache with fast writes and you'll have to live with hard drive-class speeds.
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If you're looking for a minimalist 2.0 PC speaker setup, check out this deal on Razer's Nommo V2 X. 
MSI has launched the GeForce RTX 4060 8G Gaming Duke 3X in the Chinese market. 
TSMC will resume production overnight following Taiwan's biggest earthquake in 25 years, saying there is no damage to "critical tools." 
The Sabrent Rocket 5 is one of the fastest SSDs on the market, and the fastest drive we’ve ever tested in terms of sustained writes. It still has high power consumption and low power efficiency, like other PCIe 5.0 drives, but desktop enthusiasts won't care. 
The latest DLSS and Streamline updates from Nvidia improve support for other upscalers and motion fidelity in the new DLSS Preset E. 
The Ubuntu 24.04 beta has been delayed for a week due to malicious code in the xz-utils package. Updates and fixes are being worked on. 
The latest Steam Hardware Survey dropped, with continued gains from Nvidia's current RTX 40-series GPUs. AMD's cards remain underrepresented, and we can't help but feel far more are in use than the survey suggests. 
The biggest quake in 25 years struck off of the island's east coast and chipmakers TSMC and UMC evacuated some factories. 
PCI-SIG has published its first draft for PCIe Gen 7 for its members to review. The new PCI revision is still set for release in 2025 offering double the bandwidth of Gen 6. 
The U.S. government asked South Korea to adjust its fab tool export controls to prevent shipments of advanced fab equipment from going to China. Whether South Korea will implement these adjustments remains to be seen. 
Sabrent has released the new Rocket 4, a single-sided DRAM-less SSD available in 1TB and 2TB capacities. It's a great fit for laptops and consoles, with compelling PCIe 4.0 performance. 
With the price dipping to just $199, now is the perfect time to pick up a new 27-inch QHD Dell gaming monitor. 
The first air-cooled Gigabyte Aorus Xtreme GPU, the RTX 4080 Super Xtreme Ice 16GB, is limited to 300 units. It will only be available in a bundle with other white Aorus hardware 
Users and repair experts have identified an issue with MSI Z790 motherboards where the PCH has cracked, causing the boards to fail. According to reports, this problem may have affected hundreds of boards, but there's no official statement on the subject at the time of writing. 
The Copilot key comes on brand new AI PCs but it actually outputs as an ancient keyboard combo from 122-key terminal keyboards of the 1980s or 1990s. 
China-based Naura Technology begins research and development program for lithography tools. This is 
The Steam Deck comes with a base configuration offering just 64GB of eMMC storage, with upgraded models providing up to a 1TB SSD with the OLED model. Here's our guide on how to upgrade your Steam Deck SSD, to 1TB or even 2TB, with instructions and benchmarks showing the resulting performance. 
Scythe’s Mugen 6 Black Edition improves on performance and noise levels compared to last year’s Fuma 3, and will delight quiet cooling enthusiasts on a budget. 
The Snapdragon X Elite has show up in Geekbench 6, and it's beating the top mobile CPUs from AMD and Intel. It's another impressive result for Qualcomm's new ARM laptop CPU. 
Samsung has announced a new CXL add-in card that is designed specifically for hypervisors. The card expands its host machine's memory capacity, enabling customers to expand system memory outside of DDR5 memory. 
A stealth AMD website listing of new Ryzen 7030 Series CPUs based on Zen 3+ "Rembrandt" but with their iGPUs disabled points to an upcoming launch. 
There will be further double-digit NAND flash contract price increases in Q2 2024, says an industry analyst report. Client SSDs could climb up 15% before the quarter is over. 
Get to know of the common Cura errors like the software not being able to slice, configuration errors, Cura not able to generate supports and how to fix each of them. 
US tech giants are keen for their Taiwanese manufacturing partners to set up in Mexico. The idea has proven attractive to giants like Foxconn and others, says the report, and geopolitics aside, it looks like a savvy move to have manufacturing that much closer and to benefit from the attractive USMCA free trade agreement. 
President Joe Biden's administration wants to further talks with tech companies on how to meet electricity needs for computing. Nuclear power seems to be the front runner for meeting the increasing demands of AI. 
Adata's SD810 external SSD is priced low for a 20Gbps USB drive, and it performs well in many benchmarks. But fill up its SLC cache with fast writes and you'll have to live with hard drive-class speeds.