NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB has now landed back on retail shelves and comes at a time when global DRAM supply is facing a major crisis. DRAM Shortages Force GPU Makers To Revive Older Graphics Cards Such As NVIDIA's RTX 3060 12 GB Now would have been the time that we would have been getting our first real information on the NVIDIA RTX 50 SUPER series, a soft-refresh of the first generation of Blackwell GPUs that launched earlier last year. Yet, NVIDIA is forced to relaunch its 5-year-old graphics card, the RTX 3060 12 GB. The relaunch comes as […]

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The new mini PC is an affordable device for those who want decent performance for day-to-day operations. Beelink Debuts EQi 304, Featuring Core 3 304 Processor and 16 GB/512 GB Configuration at Just $509 The Intel Wildcat Lake has made producing affordable systems possible. After Wildcat Lake's debut, vendors have been introducing their budget offerings, equipped with 1+4 or 2+4 core chips that utilize the Cougar Cove performance and Darkmont LP-E cores from the Panther Lake series. Despite being weaker on paper, these are excellent chips for day-to-day computing while maintaining great power efficiency. Beelink, which is a popular mini […]

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This is one of the most expensive GeForce RTX 5090s we have ever gotten, and of course, it's from ASUS. ASUS Lists its ROG Astral RTX 5090 Edition 20 At LDLC for $7,435, Reminding That ROG Matrix Edition isn't the Most Expensive RTX 5090 ASUS never fails to surprise us, particularly when it comes to pricing its premium components. The RTX 5090 Edition 20 has been priced ridiculously, as if the GPU wasn't expensive enough at $4000. We know that the GPU has been listed for nearly $4000 or more on major retailers, which comes as a result of the […]

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The company confirmed it in an unusual way, but it seems legit, and as per the announcement, the coolers should arrive soon. Noctua Announces NL-LC1 Chromax.Black AIO Series Despite Exclusion From the Roadmap; The New Variant is Expected to Arrive This Year The Noctua's latest and first-ever AIO cooler series was dropped two weeks ago. The NL-LC1 is what Noctua aims for, superior cooling, which is available in various form factors. Whether you want to cool a mid-range or a high-end CPU, it offers the AIO in various sizes, including 240mm, 360mm, and 420mm for enthusiast-grade PCs. Built using the […]

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This might be the lightest gaming laptop with a GeForce RTX 5070, weighing just 1.6 Kg, which makes it very portable. Thunderobot Debuts ZERO Air 16 Gaming Laptop That Weighs 1.64 Kg, but Still Brings GeForce RTX 5070 onboard The new ZERO Air 16 is the world's lightest 16-inch gaming laptop with the GeForce RTX 5070, according to Thunderobot. The manufacturer announced ZERO Air 16 recently, which runs on a Panther Lake CPU, paired with the GeForce RTX 5070 mobile GPU. Thunderobot has been able to cram this hardware inside a thin body that also weighs much less than its […]

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A Windows PC can look seemingly fine and yet still have some nagging issues. Your CPU usage may be low, your GPU may be running well, your gaming performance may be fine, and yet you may still get random audio crackles, mouse hitches, USB audio dropouts, or short system-wide freezes that seem to come out of nowhere. One possible culprit is high DPC latency. This is one of those technical problems that sounds obscure at first, but once you understand the gist of it, it becomes much easier to diagnose properly. More importantly, it is also one of those problems […]

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Typewriters have their own pleasant feel, which you can't get in traditional mechanical keyboards. While I am not a big fan of typewriters, they do bring some great appeal through tactile experience that you usually enjoy more than any other typing device. Epomaker targeted exactly that, and brought the Glyph to the mainstream market. I have been mostly reviewing mechanical and hall effect keyboards, but this one is different. It is surely a mechanical keyboard as well, but it's much different from the conventional mechanical keyboards that not only focuses on enhancing the typing feel, but also brings multimedia features […]

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Investment bank UBS believes that there is plenty of room for DRAM prices to increase in the third quarter. In a note, the bank outlined that it expects the DRAM memory market to be constrained until the second quarter of 2028. UBS' coverage comes just as market research firm TrendForce outlined that the DRAM market will continue to face severe shortages in the third quarter. However, it added that the impact of high prices on the consumer market and a higher base effect can temper the rate of change in memory prices over the coming months. DDR Prices Expected To […]

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So, it's true that Intel increased the prices of these processors, but they didn't disclose the reason publicly. Intel Confirms Price Hike for Core Ultra 200S Plus Series by $30-$50; Says, "Rising Supply Chain Costs" and "Strong Demand" are the Reasons for the Hike Recently, we spotted changes in the recommended customer price for some Intel Arrow Lake chips, particularly the Core Ultra 200S "Plus" series. The price hike was sudden and unexpected. However, it wasn't a mistake on Intel's part, as it has finally confirmed that the price hike is official. That said, the new processors will now officially […]

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GMKtec has launched another powerful machine for local AI workloads, but it does more than that. GMKtec Debuts EVO-X3 Mini PC, Featuring Slim Design; Hosts 16-Core/32-Thread Zen 5-Based Ryzen AI Max+ 395 for Powerful Computing Popular mini PC and hardware maker, GMKtec, has been launching numerous mini PCs for a while. The company has a dedicated lineup for AMD and Intel-based mini PCs, and has already launched powerful mini PCs based on the latest AMD Zen 5 architecture. The latest addition is the EVO-X3 mini PC, which isn't the only one to boast the flagship Strix Halo CPU. Apart from […]

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There is no end in sight to the relentless memory 'chipflation,' with Samsung pursuing aggressive price hikes for server- and mobile-critical LPDDR modules for the third consecutive quarter of the ongoing year, entailing devastating consequences for the wider consumer electronics industry. Samsung is adopting a particularly aggressive attitude on memory pricing in the new quarter According to South Korea's ZDNET, Samsung is currently negotiating with commodity DRAM customers with an express goal of hiking its prices by up to 20 percent quarter-over-quarter in Q3. This comes as Samsung raised its commodity DRAM prices by 90 percent in Q1 2026 over […]

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The first case of a Steam Machine encountering a Red Line of Death (RLOD) has been reported and indicates a GPU failure. Steam Machine's RLOD Is Reminiscent of Xbox's Infamous RROD, But Instead of a Ring, The PC Displays A Red Line of Death In Case of Hardware Failure Anyone who has ever owned an Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 should remember the RROD (Red Ring of Death) and YLOD (Yellow Light of Death), which were encountered when the hardware failed to boot. The current consoles do feature their own system failure visualizers, such as PS4's and PS5's BLOD/WLOD, but […]

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Intel's Nova Lake Desktop CPUs will include two 18-core models featuring a single compute tile and large bLLC. Next-Gen Nova Lake Desktop CPUs Include Two Core Ultra 5 Models With 18-Cores, Up To 125W, and Intel's Big LLC Technology The Intel Core Ultra 400S series or Nova Lake-S Desktop CPU lineup will come in various shapes and sizes. Each segment will consist of multiple options to choose from, such as Single-Compute Tile, Dual-Compute Tile, bLLC, non-bLLC, Unlocked, and Non-K models. We have talked about the initial lineup before, and as per the latest from Jaykihn, it looks like there will […]

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