Reddit user pays $35 for a crypto mining rig left in a garage and gets 54GB of VRAM at 65 cents per GB
Reddit user pays $35 for a crypto mining rig left in a garage and gets 54GB of VRAM at 65 cents per GB

A Reddit user bought a nine-GPU Nvidia P106-100 mining rig with 54GB of VRAM for $35 and ran Qwen3.6-35B-A3B on it locally.

Modder discovers that putting a GPU in the ‘wrong place’ can deliver a 19 degree cooler hotspot
Modder discovers that putting a GPU in the ‘wrong place’ can deliver a 19 degree cooler hotspot

In PC DIY it might still be worth challenging convention, as TrashBench shows with his GPU hotspot getting up to 19C cooler.

Sandisk NAS 800 1.92TB SSD Review: Endurance at a premium
Sandisk NAS 800 1.92TB SSD Review: Endurance at a premium

The Sandisk NAS 800 is a high-end PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSD built for NAS workloads, with high endurance, strong sustained write performance, and low 4KB random latency. It’s mainly held back by its high price.

Ugreen’s 100W 4-port GaN charger drops 27% today
Ugreen’s 100W 4-port GaN charger drops 27% today

Whether you need to charge a laptop before work, top up your smartphone, or keep your tablet ready for travel, this four-port Ugreen GaN charger delivers up to 100W via USB Type-C and is currently $15 cheaper on Amazon.

Nvidia reportedly halts GeForce RTX 5090 production in favor of AI data center and professional GPUs

Nvidia reportedly discontinues GeForce RTX 5090-series products leaving GB202 for data center and professional graphics boards. GeForce RTX 5080 24 GB rumored to become de-facto flagship from the green camp for a while.

Crazed modder straps 360mm AIO radiator to laptop, cuts temps to below 40 degrees
Crazed modder straps 360mm AIO radiator to laptop, cuts temps to below 40 degrees

PC modder TrashBench attached a 360mm radiator and custom cooling to a laptop and gained up to 14% in performance at the cost of the definition of a laptop.

Gigabyte’s latest BIOS update hints at Intel’s Raptor Lake Next Launch in 2027
Gigabyte’s latest BIOS update hints at Intel’s Raptor Lake Next Launch in 2027

Gigabyte confirms BIOS support for upcoming Intel LGA 1700 processors on B760 and H610 motherboards, with the rumored Raptor Lake Next lineup expected in early 2027 to support both DDR4 and DDR5 memory.

Kioxia unveils E1.L SSDs for hyperscalers with up to 122.88TB capacity
Kioxia unveils E1.L SSDs for hyperscalers with up to 122.88TB capacity

Kioxia’s LD4-series SSDs can store up to 122.88TB of data in a compact form-factor, but its performance remains a mystery.

AMD attempted to crush the ‘Megahertz myth’ with its Performance Rating system on this day 25 years ago

Today, a quarter of a century ago, AMD launched its AMD Athlon XP processor family and its Performance Rating (PR) naming scheme.

AMD’s EPYC Verano AI host CPU will reportedly use a special SB1 socket
AMD’s EPYC Verano AI host CPU will reportedly use a special SB1 socket

Dynatron quietly unveils air cooler for AMD’s EPYC ‘Verano’ CPUs aimed at AI servers.