Tom's Hardware

PNY’s New PCIe 5.0 SSD Has an RGB Cooler With Dual Fans

(Image credit: PNY) While there’s definitely an argument to be made about RGB overload, there’s no doubt that colored lights can make a component stand out, whether on the shelf or in your system. So it’s no surprise that PNY is trying to appeal to the masses by giving you some aesthetic options with its… Read more

WD’s Latest Enterprise HDDs Store Up to 28TB, With Max Transfer Rates of 298 MB/s

(Image credit: Western Digital) Western Digital stated it had started volume shipment of its Ultrastar DC HC580 and WD Gold 24TB hard disk drives that use conventional magnetic recording, as well as volume production start of its Ultrastar DC HC680 28TB HDDs that rely on shingled magnetic recording. The drives are designed for a wide-variety of datacenter… Read more

Apple-Scented Thermal Paste Launches in Japan

(Image credit: Clock Work Tea Party ) A new limited edition apple-scented thermal paste was launched in Japan today. A collaborative effort between M1N1ing and Clock Work Tea Party, the Extreme Muglis 4G Apple Edition EG4GAP paste is formulated for room-temperature overclocking antics. No, this isn’t designed for Apple’s Mac computers, it just reportedly smells… Read more

AMD’s Radeon RX 7900M Tested in Geekbench 6: Faster Than RTX 4090 Laptop GPU in Vulkan

(Image credit: AMD) AMD’s Radeon RX 7900M graphics processor is designed for the highest-end gaming notebooks, and based on its results in Geekbench 6 compute workloads (discovered by @Benchleaks), the part appears to offer formidable performance and can sometimes beat its main competitor, Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU. Note that these Geekbench 6 compute workloads barely reflect… Read more

An EPYC Miss? Microsoft Azure Instances Pair AMD’s MI300X With Intel’s Sapphire Rapids

(Image credit: AMD) Microsoft’s new AI-focused Azure servers are powered by AMD’s MI300X datacenter GPUs, but are paired with Intel’s Xeon Sapphire Rapids CPUs. AMD’s flagship fourth-generation EPYC Genoa CPUs are powerful, but Sapphire Rapids appears to have a couple of key advantages when it comes to pushing along AI compute GPUs. It’s not just… Read more

New Windows App Lets You Access Cloud PCs From Anywhere

(Image credit: Microsoft) Microsoft has unveiled a new application, called the “Windows App,” which is a remote utility that provides users with a centralized location to control all of their remote desktop connections, including Azure Virtual Desktop, Microsoft Dev Boxes, and even Remote Desktop connections. The app is available to download right now in a… Read more

Cerebras Boss Calls Nvidia ‘Un-American’ for Sanctions-Swerving GPUs

(Image credit: Cerebras) Nvidia has been remarkably nimble in its GPU specification tweaking in response to the US sanctions on tech flowing to China. However, Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman reckons the green team’s activities are a classic case of following the letter but not the spirit of the law. “I think Nvidia armed China single-handedly,”… Read more

Blender 4.0 Released and Tested: New Features, More Demanding

(Image credit: Blender / Koala OK) The open-source Blender 3D rendering application has been a staple of our professional GPU benchmarks for a while now. Earlier this week, Blender 4.0 was released to the public. Alongside the main application, Blender Benchmark was also updated. Curious to see if there were any changes, we grabbed the… Read more

Add Fast SSD Storage to Your Raspberry Pi 5 With the First M.2 HATs

(Image credit: Pineberry Pi / Pexels) The Raspberry Pi 5 introduced a new PCIe connector to the traditional “Model B” form factor, but as yet there are no official M.2 SSD HAT boards that can make use of it. Community efforts from luminaries such as Arturo182 and Timon hinted at future products, but it was… Read more

AMD Continues To Sell 14nm Zen CPUs In 2023

Athlon 3000G New Packaging (Image credit: X/Hoang Anh Phu) You’ll never find something like an Athlon 3000G among the best CPUs for gaming. That doesn’t mean the four-year-old chip has disappeared from the face of the earth. On the contrary, the Athlon 3000G continues to grace the market with its presence and even flaunts new… Read more

US Govt Says Banned Chipmaking Equipment Still Ends Up in China

Although the U.S. government has imposed extensive restrictions against the Chinese high-tech industry in a bid to prevent the latter from obtaining advanced chips and wafer fab equipment (WFE) made by American companies, Chinese entities can still get what they need using various loopholes, a report from the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission has revealed. SMIC’s… Read more

China Publishes Its Own Top 100 Supercomputer List: No Exaflops Machines Listed

(Image credit: Shutterstock) At the fifth China Supercomputing Conference, ChinaSC 2023, several prominent players in the Chinese supercomputer industry unveiled the country’s list of Top 100 supercomputers, reports ScienceNet.cn. Many of these machines aren’t listed on the American-led global Top500.org supercomputing list, which isn’t surprising given that China-based supercomputer submissions to the Top500 have come to a screeching… Read more

Nvidia Blackwell GB202 GPU Rumored to Feature 384-bit GDDR7

(Image credit: Nvidia) Renowned hardware leaker @kopite7kimi corrected their own prediction that Nvidia’s next-generation flagship graphics processing unit based on the Blackwell architecture would feature a 512-bit memory interface. It will not. Nvidia’s GPU, currently known as GB202, will apparently continue to use a 384-bit memory bus, but will adopt GDDR7 type of memory. Nvidia’s GB202 GPU is projected to feature… Read more

Our Favorite Curved, 34-inch Alienware Monitor Is Down to $799

Over at Best Buy, you can find the Alienware AW3423DWF monitor 34-inch gaming monitor for its best price yet. It has been going for around $999 lately but right now is available for just $799. As of writing, Best Buy has not clarified an expiration for the offer. We reviewed the Alienware AW3423DWF in 2022… Read more

A Tank of the Clones: A Deja Vu $750 Gaming PC

A render of the Chatreey Tank Gaming PC taken from its AliExpress listing page. (Image credit: Chatreey via AliExpress) Chatreey has launched a tank-style mini Gaming PC boasting a 12th Gen Intel Core i7 and an RTX 3070 at a strong price point of ~$750 via AliExpress. While this ultra-competitive pricing (spotted by Liliputing) may… Read more