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XPG Pylon 650W Power Supply Review

Our Verdict The XPG Pylon 650 is a top offering in this efficiency and wattage category. For Full power at 40 degrees Celsius Good overall performance Build quality is high enough Low inrush currents Highly efficient 5VSB rail FDB fan Long cables and 2x EPS connectors Compact dimensions Low EMI emissions Compatible with the Alternative… Read more

Razer Tomahawk ATX Review: Razer Invader

Our Verdict Razer’s Tomahawk takes an excellent case as foundation and bolts on some basic design flaws, ruining a case design that could otherwise have been brilliant For Absolute tank of a chassis Heavy, quality materials Quiet operation Great looks Against Restricted front intake Air doesn’t flow through front intake filter Only includes one fan… Read more

Pimoroni Pico Unicorn Review: RGB Light Show for Your Pico

Our Verdict An excellent introduction to using add-ons with the Raspberry Pi Pico. For Easy to install Simple MicroPython library Great fun to code Against Blocks access to the GPIO Pimoroni’s “Unicorn” boards have been part of the Raspberry Pi story since the Unicorn HAT came out in 2014. For their latest iteration, Pimoroni has… Read more

How to Build a Raspberry Pi Object Identification Machine

In this tutorial, we will train our Raspberry Pi to identify other Raspberry Pis (or other objects of your choice) with Machine Learning (ML). Why is this important? An example of an industrial application for this type of ML is identifying defects in circuit boards. As circuit boards exit the assembly line, a machine can… Read more

Redragon M913 Impact Elite Review: Hits the Mark

Our Verdict The Redragon M913 Impact Elite is a great MMO mouse that delivers exactly what’s promised. A must have for serious MMO players. For Great features for the price Versatile and easy to use Shaped well for different grips Well-designed software Against English localization has some errors Battery life is only visible through the… Read more

Fire Hazard Leads NZXT to Officially Recall the H1 Case in the US and Canada

Home News (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced Friday that NZXT has officially recalled its H1 case because of a design flaw that posed a fire hazard. According to the announcement, NZXT received 11 reports of “circuit boards overheating or catching fire worldwide, six of which occurred in the… Read more

842 Chips Per Second: 6.7 Billion Arm-Based Chips Produced in Q4 2020

Home News (Image credit: Arm) Being the most popular microprocessor architecture, Arm powers tens of billions of devices sold every year. The company says that in the fourth quarter of 2020 alone, the Arm ecosystem shipped a record 6.7 billion Arm-based chips, which works out to an amazing production rate of 842 chips per second. This means… Read more

WD My Passport SSD Review: Sleek, Slim, and Secure Storage

Our Verdict WD’s My Passport SSD is not the fastest portable drive with speeds of up to 10 Gbps, but it also comes with full disk encryption support that secures your precious files and also comes backed by a 5-year warranty. For Attractive aesthetics and color options Hardware-based AES 256-bit encryption Appealing thin and light… Read more

Best Mining GPUs Benchmarked and Ranked

Home News (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) What’s the best mining GPU, and is it worth getting into the whole cryptocurrency craze? Bitcoin and Ethereum mining are making headlines again; prices and mining profitability are way up compared to the last couple of years. Everyone who didn’t start mining last time is kicking themselves for their… Read more

How to Use a Buzzer to Play Music with Raspberry Pi Pico

Home News (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) Whether you’re building a game that beeps when you lose a turn, an alarm clock that wakes you up or just a cute display that plays 8-bit music, a low-cost piezo buzzer can be a great part of your Raspberry Pi Pico project. The extremely-cheap buzzers — you can… Read more

With 200K Sold in 3 Weeks, Raspberry Pi Pico is Selling Out. Here’s Where to Buy.

Home News (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) While it’s not quite as hard-to-get as an RTX 3000 series graphics card or a Ryzen 5000 CPU, the $4 Raspberry Pi Pico is so popular that most U.S.-based retailers are currently out of stock, with units selling on eBay at 3x to 4x markups. According to Raspberry Pi… Read more

Thanks to Miners and Scalpers, eBay Pricing for Ampere, RDNA2 GPUs Continues to Rise

Home News (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) Finding the best graphics card at anything approaching reasonable pricing has become increasingly difficult. Just about everything we’ve tested in our GPU benchmarks hierarchy is sold out unless you go to eBay, but current eBay prices will take your breath away. If you thought things were bad before, they’re… Read more

Intel Talks Resizable BAR for 11th Gen Rocket Lake CPUs, Laptops

Home News (Image credit: Intel) As usual, Intel’s poised for a busy year. The company has already launched its new 11th Generation Tiger Lake H35 mobile chips, and 11th Gen Rocket Lake should blast into the market this year to take on the likes of AMD Ryzen 5000. This week during The Tom’s Hardware Show,… Read more

Nvidia Rewarms RTX 2060, GTX 1050 Ti Amidst GPU Shortage

Home News GeForce RTX 2060 (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) When you can’t supply enough of the latest and greatest graphics cards to the market, it’s time to heat up some of the old-time bestsellers. Nvidia has confirmed to PCWorld that the company is effectively resupplying older Turing and Pascal GPUs to its board partners to… Read more

Ask Intel Your Questions Today During the Tom’s Hardware Livestream

Home News (Image credit: Intel) Intel kicked off 2021 with a fresh lineup of mobile processors with a unique twist. The 11th Gen Tiger Lake H35-series processors aren’t just for any ol’ laptop. They target what Intel calls “ultraportable gaming laptops.” And at 3 p.m. ET today on The Tom’s Hardware Show, we’re sitting down… Read more