Tom's Hardware

The Alienware AW3423DWF QD-OLED, our best ultrawide gaming monitor, is now only $649 for Cyber Monday

Our favorite ultrawide gaming monitor, the Alienware AW3423DWF QD-OLED gaming display, has been marked down to its lowest price to date. It debuted with a price of $899 but right now it’s available for just $649 as part of an early Cyber Monday promotion. As far as gaming monitors go, this one has plenty of… Read more

WebScreen is a compact webcam-sized AMOLED second screen for those without the room or inclination to use multiple monitors

Open-source mini display project WebScreen launched on GitHub this week with a pre-launch Crowd Supply page. WebScreen, equipped with a webcam-style mount to attach to your existing monitor (as well as its own webcam mount on top in case you still want to use one of those), is a 240 x 536 (roughly ~21:9) AMOLED… Read more

Graphics card repairer laments ‘catastrophic failure’ of customer’s RTX 4090 volt mod and thermal paste overdose

Seasoned GPU fixer NorthWestRepair shared another enthralling installment from the repairs bench today. Under the spotlight was a Gigabyte-branded GeForce RTX 4090 – one of the best GPUs available as we end 2024. However, this particular sample was in a very sorry state due to a volt mod that went wrong – and showed signs… Read more

The Samsung Odyssey G5 WQHD curved gaming monitor at all-time low $299 for Cyber Monday

If you’ve been holding out for a high-quality gaming monitor but don’t want to pay premium prices, you should check out this offer from Newegg on the Samsung Odyssey G5 WQHD curved gaming display. It debuted with a price tag of $549 but it’s currently marked down to just $299 in time for Cyber Monday—its… Read more

ASML made a $230 Lego kit version of its $380 million semiconductor tool — world’s first High-NA EUV machine immortalized in small form for your mantle

One of the world’s leading chip-making equipment manufacturers has released a new Lego set. Veldhoven, Netherlands-based ASML has added the TWINSCAN EXE:5000 Lego set to its growing portfolio of gifts. At $227.95 this “masterpiece in technology” might sound rather expensive, but please remember that real ASML lithography systems cost sums approaching $400 million. Also, even… Read more

Linux AMD patch fixes glacial boot times for some Zen 1 and 2 computers — time saved ranges from seconds to multiple minutes

A bug that sometimes caused boot times on AMD Zen 1 and Zen 2 systems to swell to several minutes was patched today for the Linux 6.13 kernel (via Phoronix). While Linux can take a while to boot on old hardware (nearly five days for the ancient Intel 4004), it’s not an operating system known… Read more

Open-source OpenWrt One router released at $89 — ‘hacker-friendly device’ sports two Ethernet ports, three USB ports, with dual-band Wi-Fi 6

More than nine months after OpenWrt began finalizing its $100 open-source router, the consortium has finally released the OpenWrt One. According to the Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC), one of the groups working alongside OpenWrt, this wireless router “will never be locked and is forever unbrickable” as it was built-for and comes with the open-source OpenWrt… Read more

Intel Arc B580 GPU exposed by reviewer as Intel and AIBs subtly tease Battlemage’s Dec 3 launch

Intel has already sent reviewers samples for its upcoming Battlemage Arc B580 GPU, as FunkyKit accidentally disclosed the ASRock B580 Steel Legend in a now-deleted video. Moreover, building hype and anticipation for Battlemage, AIBs like Maxsun have taken to X with cryptic teasers as Intel gears up to reveal its next-gen Xe2-HPG GPUs on December… Read more

InWin’s new luxury case goes on sale for over $7,100 — Infinite is an overly large and heavy case with an eye-watering price tag

InWin, known for its limited-edition artistic showcase PC chassis, just put its latest 11th-generation signature case, “Infinite.” InWin says this case uses a 180-degree curved glass, the first ever used on a desktop computer, that wraps around your components to deliver a unique viewing experience for your PC’s parts. Aside from being a unique artistic… Read more

Intel Core 7 240H shows similar performance to Core i7-13620H on Geekbench — Core 7 240H could be a rewarmed Core i7-13620H

An upcoming Intel laptop processor has surfaced on Geekbench, revealing intriguing details about its performance and specifications. The Core 7 240H will potentially be part of Intel’s rumored Core 200H lineup, boasting ten cores (6-Performance + 4-Efficient cores) and 16 threads. Notably, the Geekbench listing (via Benchleaks) suggests the codename as ‘Raptor Lake,’ which could… Read more

This Raspberry Pi Pico 2 WalkPi puts music in your pocket and on-the-go

What’s the best way to listen to MP3s today? With a custom Raspberry Pi project, of course! Maker and developer Arnov Sharma has created a Raspberry Pi MP3 player from scratch modeled after the classic Walkman system. Sharma has dubbed his creation the WalkPi, and it features our favorite microcontroller—the Raspberry Pi Pico 2! We recently published our review… Read more

Crysis 3 source code has reportedly been leaked a decade after launch — Crysis 3 mods incoming?

nineEleven years and 9 months after the original February 2013 launch of Crysis 3 and three years following the Remastered launch, the source code of Crysis 3 has been acquired by a known code leaker/researcher, @SvenTek_667 on Twitter, as reported by @vxunderground (an account for a platform dedicated to archiving malware and other niche software)…. Read more

Intel’s B570/B580 Battlemage and AMD Navi 44 RDNA 4 GPUs reportedly keep pace with the RTX 4060 Ti — AMD and Intel vie to capture the budget GPU market

A new leak from hardware sleuth Golden Pig Upgrade Pack alleges that Intel’s budget B570/B580 and AMD’s Navi 44-based GPUs can beat Nvidia’s existing RTX 4060 Ti, which currently retails for $400. Do note that the leaker has not mentioned the exact metrics used for this comparison, which could be gaming performance or synthetic workloads—who… Read more

Microsoft gets community note on Twitter for saying Snapdragon Copilot+ PCs are the fastest Windows devices — users strike back, saying Snapdragon CPUs can’t game and have “less computing power” than Intel and AMD chips

Microsoft has been pushing its Copilot+ PCs to users since its launch last May, with the company posting a five-second clip claiming that it’s “The fastest, most intelligent Windows PCs ever.” However, its post on X (formerly Twitter) received a Community Note debunking the tech giant’s claims. According to users, “These are not the fastest… Read more

Intel GPU vendor teases Arc Battlemage reveal for December 4 — GPUs may launch a little over a week later

Chinese GPU manufacturer Gunnir (via Weibo) has teased an announcement set for December 4, which strongly hints at the reveal of Intel’s next-generation Arc Battlemage GPUs. Intel seemingly plans to launch Battlemage ahead of Nvidia and AMD’s new offerings. Gunnir’s short teaser features a cryptic video in which a thief steals a tactical case only… Read more