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AMD EXPO ULL DDR5 memory boosts frame rates by 4% in first PC gaming benchmarks

G.Skill's AMD EXPO ULL RAM offers a mild but easy-to-access performance boost on Ryzen systems, although you pay a high price for these modest gains.

InWin’s new reeded-glass case is the antidote to garish RGB gamer bling

The InWin L50 Breeze offers a fluted glass front panel and subtle lighting, with an elegant look designed for living rooms and workspaces.

Gigabyte gives the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 an Aorus Infinity makeover

The Aorus GeForce RTX 5070 Infinity promises the same beautiful design and excellent cooling as prior graphics cards in the range, but in a smaller size.

DDR4 RAM prices expected to soar by over 50%, as demand shifts to last-gen memory

Memory shortages are causing supply chain constraints on older memory and flash products, driving up DDR4 contract prices by over 50% in Q3 2026.

Samsung is now mass producing PCIe 6.0 SSDs, with huge 28,400MB/s speed claims

Samsung is now churning out PCIe 6.0 SSDs for enterprise, using 9th-gen V-NAND, and promising huge read speeds and up to 16TB capacities.

Valve just released the Steam Machine Windows drivers, but there’s a catch

You can now run Windows on a Steam Machine, but don't expect to run SteamOS simultaneously without additional hardware.

Intel Nova Lake CPUs resurrect AVX-512 support on P-Cores and E-Cores, according to leak

Intel is apparently bringing back AVX-512 support with its consumer Nova Lake CPUs, with potential for substantial performance boosts in some workloads.

Steam Machine red line of death shows memory training, not GPU failure, as Valve admits front panel code mistake

The famously broken Steam Machine turned out to be doing memory training after a BIOS update. Valve says LED bar code was "flipped" by mistake.

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Super GPU breaks cover, and it has a high TDP

Making its debut in Seasonic's PSU calculator, the RTX 5080 Super apparently draws 15% more power than a standard 5080 graphics card.