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Nvidia Will Require Laptop Vendors to Provide RTX 30-series Specs

Home News (Image credit: Nvidia) Nvidia will now require that companies selling laptops with the latest RTX 30-series graphics cards list total graphics power and clock speeds, the GPU maker told The Verge. Previously, the company had told Tom’s Hardware that “We strongly encourage OEMs” to list this data. Most companies, including Dell, Asus, MSI… Read more

Asus RTX 3070 TUF Gaming OC Review: Quietly Competent

Home News (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) Today we’re looking at our first custom 3070 card, the Asus GeForce RTX 3070 TUF Gaming OC. Like all the other recent GPUs, Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 3070 continues to be highly sought after — by gamers and miners alike. Originally revealed with a $500 base price, with performance relatively… Read more

BenQ Mobiuz EX2510 Monitor Review: A 144 Hz Steal

Our Verdict If you’re shopping for 144 Hz and 25 inches, the BenQ EX2510 is one of the best IPS panels we’ve seen for under $300. There’s no extended color, but it delivers top-notch gaming and surprisingly good HDR. Users seeking a high performance-to-price ratio should definitely check it out. For Good contrast and color… Read more

Razer BlackWidow V3 Review: What Lies Beneath

Our Verdict The Razer BlackWidow V3 is a good performer that offers more customization than some of its companions. However, for fans of pink there are cosmetic issues that make the Quartz Edition hard to recommend over the black model, especially with some of the default lighting effects. For Solidly built Comfortable typing Against Similar… Read more

Razer Huntsman V2 Analog Keyboard Review: Pressure-Sensitive Swank

Our Verdict The Razer Huntsman V2 Analog keyboard is premium in its feature set, design and price; although, dedicated macro keys would’ve been nice. Pressure-sensitive keys bring a fine level of control in supported PC games, and they’re highly programmable, from their sensitivity to their reset point and functionality. For those who can put Razer’s… Read more

How to Buy the Right CPU Cooler: A Guide for 2021

Home How-to (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) One of the most important decisions when building your PC, especially if you plan on overclocking, is choosing the best CPU cooler. The cooler is often a limiting factor to your overclocking potential, especially under sustained loads. Your cooler choice can also make a substantial difference in noise output…. Read more

Gigabyte Z590 Aorus Master Preview: Remastered for Z590

Home News (Image credit: Gigabyte) While we still don’t have an Intel Rocket Lake-S Core i9-11900K CPU to use for testing, the Intel Z590 motherboards are arriving in our labs and on store shelves. So while we await the ability to talk benchmarks, we’ll be walking in detail through the features of these brand-new boards…. Read more

Best Budget Mechanical Keyboards for 2021

Home Best-picks (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) Mechanical keyboard enthusiasts can spend hundreds of dollars on boards with limited-run backplates, obscure switches,and bespoke keycaps. Some high-end pre-built models, including the best gaming keyboards and best wireless keyboards, can also pass the $100 mark pretty quickly. But that doesn’t mean the joys of mechanical switches are exclusive… Read more

Phanteks P360A Review: An RGB Bargain

Our Verdict Phanteks’ P360A is an excellent, affordable residence for a moderate build, and it comes with a whole lot of good-looking RGB too! For So much RGB Includes well-featured standalone D-RGB controller Chart-leading thermal performance Excellent case for simple ATX systems Just $65 Against Materials are kinda cheap No real intake filtration Go to… Read more

How to Reset Your Raspberry Pi Pico With a Button

The Raspberry Pi Pico is a fantastic piece of technology, but it does have one flaw: there is no reset button. How important is this omission? Sometimes our code can go awry, or we need to flash new firmware to our Pico. When this happens we have to unplug the Pico and plug it back… Read more

How To Manipulate PDF Files in Linux With PDFtk

Home News (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) One would think that being called a “swiss army knife” would be the highest compliment a tool or utility could aspire to. Yet, the expression is oddly insufficient when describing PDFtk, an incredibly versatile utility that can be used to manipulate PDF files in myriad ways. According to its… Read more

How to Use a 7-Segment Display with Raspberry Pi Pico

7-segment displays, the kind found on old digital alarm clocks, can be great for Raspberry Pi projects, including those you make with Raspberry Pi Pico. You can use a 7-segment display to keep score in a game, show sensor data like temperature or distance numbers or to keep track of time. You can even show… Read more

Asus Publishes List of Mobile RTX 3000 Configs

Home News (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) Responding to an inquiry from Dutch hardware site Tweakers, Asus has recently made public a detailed list of its different laptops for 2021, which GPUs they will use and what the clock speeds and TGPs are for each. That’s big news, since even though CES 2021 left us knowing… Read more

Intel Claws Back Desktop PC and Notebook Market Share From AMD, First Time in Three Years

Home News (Image credit: Shutterstock) The Mercury Research CPU market share results are in for the fourth quarter of 2020, with the headline news being that Intel has clawed back share from AMD in the desktop PC market for the first time in three years. Intel also stopped its slide in notebook PCs, gaining share… Read more

Alienware m17 R4 Gaming Laptop Review: Can’t Get Much Faster

Our Verdict A speed demon that prioritizes raw performance, the Alienware m17 R4 puts plenty of pop into a sleek but bulky chassis. For Unrivaled performance Snappy keyboard Attractive design At present, RTX 3080 is the fastest laptop graphics card around, but not all RTX 3080-powered laptops are created equal. Many vendors use Nvidia’s Max-Q… Read more