We tested 20 motherboards for proper M.2 contact and were surprised at the results – not all make good contact.
Get Corsair Vengeance DDR5 for just $369 at Woot.
Seagate expects to begin customer qualification of its 50TB-class HAMR hard drives in late 2027 with shipments in 2028 as AI-driven storage demand keeps production largely sold out through 2028.
A GPU repair shop in the UAE is promising to upgrade the VRAM capacity of an RTX 2080 Ti from 11GB to 22GB by swapping the 1GB GDDR6 modules with 2GB chips and modifying the strap resistors to recognize the new VRAM.
Buying second-hand can be a great way to pick up a bargain on PC hardware, but you’ll need to keep this advice in mind to make sure you avoid the scams.
Intel seems to be working on a 16-core Nova Lake desktop APU with 12 Xe3P cores that will require 65W of power delivery on their own to achieve maximum performance. Two separate VCCGT phases will be needed to power said integrated graphics, since one phase can’t sustain up to 65W.
We look at the state of SSD pricing one year into the AI apocalypse.
Apacer warns DRAM allocations to module makers could fall below 30% of 2026 levels as AI demand tightens supply and pushes memory prices higher.
We look at the state of the DIY RAM market over the last 12 months.
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