Cooler

ASRock’s Radeon RX 6900 XT OC Formula: 2.50 GHz, 21-Phase VRM & Three 8-Pin Connectors

Home News (Image credit: ASRock) ASRock has introduced its fastest air-cooled graphics cards to date, the Radeon RX 6900 XT OC Formula 16GB. The new board carries factory-overclocked AMD’s top-of-the-range Navi 21 XTX GPU (5120 stream processors) GPU that can boost to almost 2.50 GHz and backed by a sophisticated voltage regulating module (VRM). The Radeon RX 6900… Read more

Thermalright Outs Compact-Ish Dual-Tower CPU Cooler

Home News (Image credit: Thermalright) Thermalright might not be the most predominant name in PC cooling, but the company has been making cooling solutions since 2001. Today, the company revealed the Peerless Assassin 120 Black, which is a new dual-tower CPU cooler that’s just 157 mm tall. Of course, that’s not super-compact, but using only… Read more

Antec Dark Cube Review

Introduction I would like to thank Antec for supplying the review sample. These days many brands have gone the route of buying OEM frames and adjusting the tooling slightly to accommodate their needs. This is actually not bad since OEMs have really stepped up their game in recent years, and many of the enclosures offered… Read more

Nvidia Launches New Professional Ampere Graphics for Desktops and Laptops

Home News (Image credit: Nvidia) Nvidia this week introduced a host of professional graphics solutions for desktops and laptops, which carry the Nvidia RTX A-series monikers and do not use the Quadro branding. The majority of the new units are based on the Ampere architecture and therefore bring the latest features along with drivers certified by developers… Read more

A.I. For Raspberry Pi Pico: Uctronics TinyML Learning Kit Review

Our Verdict Featuring a 2MP camera, a Pico and all the trimmings, this kit adds workable person and object detection to your Raspberry Pi Pico. For + Simple instructions + Quick results + Compatible with many boards Against – Needs C/C++ knowledge – Lens is unprotected When we think of machine learning and artificial intelligence… Read more

Building Ikigai, My Award-Winning Wooden PC Mod

Home News (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) I have been in the modding scene since 2005, creating mostly scratch build projects out of wood, acrylic and aluminum. The most notable of these have been Sangaku, Yuugou and Chiaroscuro with Chiaroscuro having been completed back in 2008. After a long hiatus, I completed Morphosis for the Cooler… Read more

Keep Your Cool(er): Noctua Confirms Intel Alder Lake CPU Support

Home News (Image credit: Noctua) Noctua, a leading maker of coolers, said that many of its existing aftermarket CPU cooling systems will be compatible with Intel’s forthcoming Alder Lake processors in LGA1700 packaging, with appropriate upgrade kits. The manufacturer did not say that all of the existing coolers will be compatible with the new CPUs,… Read more

Lenovo’s Legion Radeon RX 6900 XT Pictured: Coming Closer?

Home News (Image credit: WolStame/Weibo) A Lenovo product manager has published the first pictures of its upcoming Radeon RX 6900 XT Legion graphics card. The board looks as monumental as the renders released a few months ago, and the very emergence of the photos may indicate that the product is close to release. Lenovo’s Radeon RX 6900… Read more

I Want This Custom, Low-Profile AIO Liquid Cooler For My Next ITX Build

Home News (Image credit: Sơn Gầy Facebook) Sơn Gầy Custom, a Vietnamese modder, recently built a tube-free all-in-one liquid cooler that’s integrated into itself — essentially a low-profile CPU cooler, but instead of using heatpipes, it uses water and a water pump to transfer heat to the fin stack, or 120mm radiator in this case…. Read more

Nubia Red Magic 6 review: Game on!

(Pocket-lint) – The gaming phone market shows no signs of slowing down. Indeed, just 20 hours prior to revealing our verdict on this very device, the Red Magic 6, Lenovo revealed its next-gen Legion Duel gaming monster. Except, interestingly, the Red Magic 6 has a bit of a headline feature that the Lenovo lacks: there’s… Read more

Mysterious GPU Could Be AMD’s Next-Gen Big Navi Radeon Pro GPU

Home News AMD Radeon Pro GPU (Image credit: Chiphell) An unidentified Radeon Pro graphics card has emerged overseas in China. The graphics card, which appeared on the Chiphell forums, could be one of AMD’s forthcoming Big Navi Radeon Pro offerings. But take this leak with a grain of salt. Like AMD’s other Radeon Pro SKUs,… Read more

Lenovo’s new gaming phone looks like a Transformer sandwich

Lenovo’s next gaming phone has leaked, with a design that looks like a Michael Bay Transformer and a gaming PC merged together. It’s unlike anything I have ever seen on a phone before. I’m not sure if I like it. Pictures of what appears to be the phone were shown on the social media service… Read more

XPG Pylon 550W Power Supply Review

Our Verdict The Pylon 550W by XPG achieves high overall performance, and is equipped with a quality fan that’s uncommon in this price range. For + Full power at 40 degrees Celsius + High overall performance + FDB fan + Build quality is high enough + Low inrush current with 115V + Highly efficient 5VSB… Read more

Graphics Card Power Consumption and Efficiency Tested

Home News (Image credit: Shutterstock) How much power do the best graphics cards use? It’s an important question, and while the performance we show in our GPU benchmarks hierarchy is useful, one of the true measures of a GPU is how efficient it is. To determine GPU power efficiency, we need to know both performance… Read more

Hong Kong Customs Busts GPU Smugglers, Seizes 300 Nvidia CMP 30HX GPUs

Home News Nvidia CMP 30HX (Image credit: TVB News Channel) Graphics cards, more specifically Nvidia’s Cryptocurrency Mining Processor (CMP), are the new commodity among Chinese smugglers. TVB News reported that the Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department busted a smuggling ring and recovered up to 300 CMP 30HX graphics cards. The story seems like it… Read more