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New thermal paste stencils take the fear out of fitting your CPU

A thermal paste stencil might sound over the top to some, but it's the perfect companion for first time PC builders.

Upgrading to an Nvidia RTX 4060 Ti is getting a lot harder

Board partners announce having trouble producing enough GeForce RTX 4060 Ti cards due to a reduction in AD106 GPU supply.

Gigabyte Baseline BIOS setting tanks Intel’s Core i9 performance

Intel's Baseline mode on Gigabyte beta BIOS shows a massive performance reduction, transforming an i9 into an i7.

Windows 11 may slap a watermark on PCs that can’t handle AI features

After jumping through hoops to install Windows 11 24H2, your PC might face a watermark denoting that you can't use its AI features.

Qualcomm doubles down on Snapdragon X Elite against fake benchmark allegations

Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite might not live up to the hype as OEMs call the processor's recent benchmarks into question.

4nm TSMC chips are 8.5% cheaper to make but will we benefit?

TSMC has improved its 4nm and 5nm-family process, resulting in higher yields, and decreased production costs of up to 8.5%.

Second AMD Strix Point benchmark makes Zen 5 look much better

AMD's Strix Point Ryzen moves ahead of its predecessors as a new Geekbench test shows the CPU's performance when clocked correctly.

Samsung and LG have a new OLED rival

Japan Display's eLEAP OLED panels are entering mass production and it could rival the likes of Samsung and LG.

InWin’s dinky POC One PC case is finally here for mini-ITX builds

Building your own chassis by hand is easier than ever with InWin’s Mini-ITX POC One, as you no longer have to worry about bending panels.