You don’t come across NES-inspired mini PCs very often, and ACEMAGIC’s new model stands out as one of the closest to the classic Nintendo NES console in appearance. ACEMAGIC Brings Nintendo NES Vibes With Its Retro X5 Mini PC, Powered By AMD Strix Point Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 PC at $940 Popular mini PC maker, ACEMAGIC, has officially launched its newest mini PC called Retro X5 in China, bringing back the classic Nintendo Entertainment System console vibes. The company introduced two new Retro mini PCs last month, featuring a design that resembles retro Nintendo consoles. These are the Retro […]

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The previous rumors about Intel's upcoming Nova Lake tile die are mostly correct, and we are seeing die sizes of nearly 100 mm² for these chips. Intel Nova Lake Tile Die Reportedly Measures 14.8 mm x 6.6 mm, Bringing Nearly 17% Reduction in Size Over Arrow Lake A new leak from prominent leaker Golden Pig Upgrade (via @9550pro) indicates that previous estimates of Intel Nova Lake tile die size are almost correct. We recently reported that the Intel Nova Lake tile die size will be nearly 110 mm2 using TSMC's N2 process node, while variants with bLLC will measure around 150+ mm2. The leaker reports […]

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Another case of CPU failure, but the user reports minimal CPU usage when it died. This time, it was the ASUS motherboard. Redditor Confirms Dead Ryzen 7 9800X3D on ASUS TUF Gaming X870-Plus After Leaving His System On Overnight With Nominal Load Ryzen 7 9800X3D death reports aren't uncommon, and they continuously surface on Reddit. Keep in mind that despite so many reports surfacing online, the RMA rates for the Ryzen 7 9800X3D are nearly on par with other Ryzen 9000 CPUs if we go by the data from Mindfactory. Still, it's important to examine every case of CPU failure […]

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All the Arc GPUs have officially received support for Intel's latest Multi-Frame Generation with the new driver update. Intel Rolls Out Graphics Driver 8509, Supporting XeSS 3 Multi-Frame Generation on Intel Arc Alchemist and Battlemage dGPUs and iGPUs Intel's latest XeSS 3 Multi-Frame Generation, which was initially launched for Panther Lake processors/iGPUs, has now been rolled out for previous-gen GPUs as well. As promised recently, Intel has today launched its latest Arc Graphics driver for Windows version 32.0.101.8509, which brings support for XeSS 3 Multi-Frame Generation for both Alchemist and Battlemage families. As listed in the release notes, the XeSS […]

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Due to rising costs of memory and SSDs, Acer has also announced a price hike for its products. Acer Japan Says it Will Revise PC Product Prices, Starting February 20, 2026, as Memory and SSD Costs Keep Rising The PC hardware prices aren't ready to stabilize, and we are seeing major hardware manufacturers announcing price revisions almost every month. Recently, it was Maingear and Framework that announced price hikes a couple of times. ASUS also announced price hikes due to higher memory and SSD costs, and now it's Acer's turn, which has also announced a price revision. Acer Predator Gaming […]

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