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Intel Wins Massive Patent Case, Avoiding Huge Damages

Home News (Image credit: Intel) Intel was the victor in a massive patent trial, avoiding paying potentially billions of dollars in penalties to semiconductor design firm VLSI. Bloomberg first reported the news of the decision, made by a jury in federal court in Waco, Texas. The two patents in question were previously owned by NXP… Read more

Ryzen 5000 Mobile RAM Guide: The Best RAM For AMD Ryzen Laptops

Home News AMD Ryzen 5000 Mobile Memory Scaling (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) Today we’ll dive in deep on the best memory settings for your Ryzen mobile laptop. Sequels don’t always live up to the originals, and that’s true even in the processor world. In AMD’s case, however, it’s the complete opposite. The Zen microarchitecture has… Read more

Asus ZenBook 13 (AMD) Review: Ryzen Slays the Tiger

Our Verdict The Asus ZenBook 13 UM325SA packs some of the best value we’ve seen in an ultraportable yet, outperforming much more expensive Intel options thanks to new Ryzen 5000U chips. For + Strong and cheap + OLED display + Surprisingly good audio Against – Need a dongle for a headphone jack – Touch-based numpad… Read more

Predator Apollo RGB DDR4-4500 C19 2x8GB Review: A Worthy Newcomer

Our Verdict There’s no doubt that the Predator Apollo RGB DDR4-4500 is a speedy memory kit. Unfortunately, the hefty price tag will probably scare off potential buyers. For + Good XMP performance + Samsung B-die ICs + RGB lighting doesn’t require proprietary software Against – Excessively tall – Far too expensive It’s hard not to… Read more

Sen. Tammy Duckworth on hate crimes, racism, and environmental justice

Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) talks to reporters during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on November 17, 2020 in Washington, DC.Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images ‘There are structures that are racist in our society.’ Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) has been tackling racism on multiple fronts recently, particularly against Asian Americans. A bill aimed at… Read more

Corsair One a200 Review: Liquid-Cooled Ryzen and RTX 3080

Our Verdict With a Ryzen 9 5900X and an RTX 3080, both liquid-cooled for quiet operation in a compact case, Corsair’s One a200 is easy to recommend–if you can afford it and find it in stock. Just know that your upgrade options are more limited than larger gaming rigs. For + Top-end performance + Space-saving,… Read more

AMD’s EPYC Milan Breaks Cinebench Record, Here’s a 10nm Ice Lake Xeon Comparison

Home News (Image credit: AMD) AMD’s EPYC Milan processors launched last month with 120 new world records to their credit in various applications, like HPC, Cloud, and enterprise workloads. But variants of these chips will eventually come to the market as Threadripper models for high end desktop PCs, and AMD’s server records don’t tell us… Read more

How to Lube Switches on Your Mechanical Keyboard

Home News (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) One of the big draws of mechanical keyboards is the sound. That resonant, thocky, clacky rhythm can only come from the movement of plastic against plastic, and it’s one of the big things separating mechanical keyboards from their membrane-centric brethren. Compared to a cheap keyboard, the sound of just… Read more

Adafruit QT Py RP2040 Review: A tiny board for great projects

Our Verdict There is so much to love about this board. Small in size, yet great in flexibility the QT Py RP2040 is a board that you need in your projects. For + Small size + Stemma QT Port + USB-C Against – Lack of GPIO pins Adafruit have so far released three RP2040 boards…. Read more

How to Cut Hard Tubing for Your Custom Loop

Home News (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) Custom watercooling has always been a popular topic in the enthusiast community, and hard tubing has made it a lot more appealing for people who want cool temps as well as cool looks. It goes without saying that using hard tubing is a real challenge compared to the easier… Read more

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs Intel Core i5-11600K: Mid-Range Rocket Lake and Ryzen 5000 CPU Face Off

Home News (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware, Shutterstock) The Intel Core i5-11600K vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X rivalry is a heated battle for supremacy right in the heart of the mid-range CPU market. AMD’s Ryzen 5000 processors took the lead in the desktop PC from Intel’s competing Comet Lake processors last year, upsetting our Best CPU… Read more

Patriot Preps Budget DDR4-4000 Viper Elite 2 RAM for May

Home News The current Patriot Viper Elite (Image credit: Patriot) Patriot will release a new DDR4 kit next month to compete with the best RAM in the budget category. During The Tom’s Hardware Show yesterday, Roger Shinmoto, Patriot VP of product, revealed the DDR4-4000 Viper Elite 2. The brand already has DDR4-4000 kits available in… Read more

Asus ROG Maximus XIII Hero Review: Premium Hardware, Premium Price

Our Verdict Asus’ ROG Maximus XIII Hero is a full-featured Z590 motherboard that includes robust power delivery, premium audio with a DAC, four M.2 sockets, dual 2.5 GbE ports and integrated Wi-Fi 6E. Overall, the $499 Hero is a well-rounded premium board for Intel’s Z590 platform. For + High-quality 14-phase 90A VRM + 10 USB… Read more

What Are HBM, HBM2 and HBM2E? A Basic Definition

Home References (Image credit: AMD) HBM stands for high bandwidth memory and is a type of memory interface used in 3D-stacked DRAM (dynamic random access memory) in some AMD GPUs (aka graphics cards), as well as the server, high-performance computing (HPC) and networking and client space. Samsung and SK Hynix make HBM chips. Ultimately, HBM… Read more

Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 Machine Learning With Seeed’s reTerminal

Home News (Image credit: Seeed) Seeed Studio announced the reTerminal, its latest addon for the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4. This $195 Compute Module 4 machine learning and industrial application carrier board comes enclosed inside a robust case and sports a 5-inch touchscreen and plenty of expansion possibilities. Image 1 of 5 (Image credit: Seeed)… Read more