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Reviews

ASRock X870E Challenger Wifi Motherboard Review: A value X870E board packed with features

By Joe Shields Published 28 September 26

ASRock’s X870E Challenger Wifi packs a flagship audio codec, robust VRMs, USB4, 5 GbE, and Wi-Fi 7 into an affordable, all-white ATX board. It’s one of the best-equipped AMD options under $230.

Motherboards

Gigabyte 1000GM PG5 1000W power supply review: Impressive Platinum-level efficiency with T-Guard thermal protection

By E. Fylladitakis Published 27 September 26

Great value, good price

Power Supplies

Sandisk Optimus GX Pro 850P 2TB SSD review: A PS5 SSD you recognize at a price you don’t

By Shane Downing Published 26 September 26

The Sandisk Optimus GX Pro 850P is a WD Black SN850P by another name. It’s a great PS5 SSD with good performance in a mature package, but with a stiff premium.

SSDs

Gamemax RGB PRO 750G power supply review: Efficient, but pricey for an average unit with pretty lights

By E. Fylladitakis Published 25 September 26

The Sohoo platform underneath measures well enough, but the fan, the capacitors, and the warranty all sit below what the price should buy.

Power Supplies

GMKtec Evo-X3 review: Strix Halo in a brand new suit

By Mark Tyson Published 24 September 26

The Evo-X2's successor got a big makeover and a $3,799 starting price.

Mini PCs

Best Picks

Best SSD and Hard Drive Enclosures

By Avram Piltch Last updated 24 September 26

You can take any M.2 or SATA storage drive, put it in an enclosure and connect to a computer via USB. We tested more than a dozen enclosures to help you find the best one.

Enclosures

Best Portable Monitors 2026: Gaming and Laptop Productivity

By Brandon Hill Last updated 21 September 26

These are the best portable monitors to ponder if you're looking to expand real estate for your laptop.

Portable Monitors

Best MicroSD Express Cards For The Nintendo Switch 2 in 2026

By Zhiye Liu Last updated 17 September 26

We’ve carefully chosen the best microSD Express cards to meet the needs and budgets of all Switch 2 owners, based on our detailed lab testing.

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CPUs

Intel's next-gen Nova Lake platforms pass compliance at USB and PCIe standards bodies as launch looms

By Anton Shilov Published 29 September 26

Intel is prepping Core Ultra 400-series 'Nova Lake' platform launches as CPUs and chipsets pass interoperability and compliance tests with PCI-SIG and USB-IF.

CPUs

Meta Muse runs agents on AMD EPYC Turin hosts with two cores and 8GB of memory

By Jake Roach Published 25 September 26

Meta's new Muse AI agent is powered by AMD EPYC Turin hosts, with each user getting a private sandbox with two vCPUs and 8GB of memory.

CPUs

AMD Ryzen 5 5500F and 7500 show up at retail with pricing above MSRP

By Jake Roach Published 21 September 26

Nearly two weeks after they were announced, AMD's Ryzen 5 5500F and 7500 (non-F) are available for sale, though prices are slightly above MSRP.

CPUs

Graphics Cards

Zotac denies warranty support to RTX 3060 owner in India after just one year despite offering three years of coverage

By Kunal Khullar Published 29 September 26

Another Zotac warranty dispute emerges.

GPUs

Noctua upgrades Thermal Grizzly's 12V-2x6 power monitor

By Kunal Khullar Published 28 September 26

The Noctua Edition replaces the original WireView Pro II cooling solution with a semi-passive design that can handle up to 300W without active cooling and runs below 2,000 RPM when the fan is needed.

GPUs

Modders bring Nvidia’s DLSS 5 Neural Rendering to AMD Radeon GPUs

By Kunal Khullar Published 28 September 26

An unofficial project is bringing Nvidia’s DLSS 5 to AMD Radeon GPUs, with early testing showing performance climbing from around 30 FPS to 50 FPS in Cyberpunk 2077 after rapid optimization.

GPUs

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Sarah Jacobsson Purewal

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Andrew E. Freedman

Senior Editor: Laptops and Desktops

Needs the right screwdriver bit for this upgrade.

Brandon Hill

Senior Editor - Monitors and Networking

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Laptops

Google confirms ChromeOS phase out in 2034 — 10-year support lifetime cut short for some devices, company says it will support transition to Googlebook OS

By Andrew E. Freedman Published 28 September 26

Google confirmed ChromeOS updates will phase out in 2034 as the company transitions to Googlebook OS and new laptops.

Laptops

Walmart price drop slashes $461 off Gigabyte's RTX 5080-powered gaming laptop with 32GB of memory

By Stewart Bendle Published 28 September 26

Grab an RTX 5080-powered Gigabyte Gaming A16 Pro gaming laptop for just $1,799 at Walmart

Gaming Laptops

Features

OpenAI Jalapeño design interview transcript

By Jake Roach Published 28 September 26

Premium We sit down with OpenAI's Hardware boss to talk about its chart-topping Jalapeño inference chip in this unredacted interview transcript.

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The three-pronged future of custom PC building — from repurposing forgotten parts to ultra-premium works of gaming art

By Matt Safford Published 24 September 26

Premium This is probably the worst time ever for PC building. Here’s how and why I think the hobby (and the market) still have a future to look forward to.

Premium

NOR Flash and SLC NAND production are under threat as capacity gets routed to more profitable products — 'severe undersupply' threatens everyday electronics

By Chris Stokel-Walker Published 18 September 26

Premium NOR Flash and SLC NAND are the latest products to be impacted by the ongoing AI buildout, with capacities tightening and production being routed to more lucrative chips.

Premium

PC Components

ASRock X870E Challenger Wifi Motherboard Review: A value X870E board packed with features

By Joe Shields Published 28 September 26

ASRock’s X870E Challenger Wifi packs a flagship audio codec, robust VRMs, USB4, 5 GbE, and Wi-Fi 7 into an affordable, all-white ATX board. It’s one of the best-equipped AMD options under $230.

Motherboards

G.Skill wins PC enthusiast as 'customer for life' by simply honoring its warranty replacement policy

By Mark Tyson Published 28 September 26

A PC RAM maker has honored its guarantee promises despite the memory kit in question’s price rising eightfold since it was bought. That's today's AI-pocalypse news.

DDR5

Gigabyte 1000GM PG5 1000W power supply review: Impressive Platinum-level efficiency with T-Guard thermal protection

By E. Fylladitakis Published 27 September 26

Great value, good price

Power Supplies

Desktops and PC Building

Early AMD 'Gorgon Halo' AI mini-PC packs 192GB RAM for an eye-watering $7,099

By Zhiye Liu Published 28 September 26

GMKtec launches the Evo-X5 Pro, an agentic mini-PC with AMD's Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 495, 192GB of RAM, and a price tag up to $7,099.

Mini PCs

Save $300 on this 1440p-ready gaming PC with an RTX 5060 Ti 16GB, now $1,399.99

By Ben Stockton Published 28 September 26

This ABS Cyclone Aqua gaming PC, featuring an RTX 5060 Ti 16GB, Intel Core i7-14700F, 16GB DDR5, and a 1TB SSD has a $300 discount, now $1,399.99.

Gaming PCs

Custom 24-carat gold mini PC costs around $1.7 million, weighs nearly 29 pounds for up to 50% faster heat transfer

By Mark Tyson Published 27 September 26

A chrysophile has ordered a special edition mini PC with a pure 24-carat gold passive chassis which will cost around $1.7 million.

Mini PCs

Deals

Save 40% on a new budget gaming keyboard

By Stewart Bendle Published 29 September 26

Save 40% on this SteelSeries Apex 3 gaming keyboard at Woot

Gaming Keyboards

Refresh your workspace with up to $350 off Dell desktops — enjoy great discounts on high-performance Dell Towers

By Sponsored Published 28 September 26

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