DDR5 Blasts Past 13,000 MT/s on Intel Z890
Within the last few hours, overclocker reports show DDR5 memory cracking the 13,000 MT/s barrier on Gigabyte’s Z890 AORUS Tachyon ICE with an Arrow Lake […]
Ryzen 7 9800X3D Crashes to $429–$449: What the New Low Means for AM5 Buyers Right Now
In the last few hours, AMD’s Ryzen 7 9800X3D has dipped to as low as $429–$449 at major US retailers, undercutting its $479 launch price […]
Which GPU Should You Buy? The 2025 Mega Guide to Shaders, VRAM, Bandwidth & Real-World Performance
Stop shopping by shader counts and start with physics. This GPU buyer’s guide explains—in long, lab-grade paragraphs—how shader architecture, cache hierarchy, VRAM capacity and bandwidth, […]
Which CPU Should You Buy? The 2025 Mega Guide to Cores, Cache, Memory & Real-World Performance
This expanded edition turns the guide into a lab manual. You get engineering explanations in long-form paragraphs, then reproducible procedures: how to measure cache residency, […]
PCIe 8.0 hits v0.3: 256 GT/s on the road to 1 TB/s x16 — what changes, what breaks, and when you’ll actually see it
PCI-SIG has advanced PCIe 8.0 to the v0.3 draft — the first review milestone toward a 2028 spec. Headline numbers double again to 256 GT/s […]
Modders flash RX 9070 with RX 9070 XT vBIOS for big synthetic gains — here’s what’s really happening
A Reddit modder flashed a standard Radeon RX 9070 with the RX 9070 XT’s vBIOS and reported a 25% uplift in 3DMark, with ~8–12% in […]
BenQ unveils 4K/240 Hz QD-OLED gaming monitors — 32-inch adds DisplayPort 2.1, 90 W USB-C
BenQ has announced two 4K/240 Hz QD-OLED gaming monitors, headlined by the 32-inch EX321UZ with DisplayPort 2.1 and 90 W USB-C. A 27-inch sibling (EX271UZ) […]
VRMs Demystified — Why Your Motherboard’s Power Delivery Matters More Than RGB
CPU reviews obsess over cores and clocks. Motherboards get judged by colours and ports. The most important part—the VRM—usually gets a paragraph and a shrug. […]
The 2025 BIOS/UEFI Optimization Handbook: Safe Settings That Actually Help
Promise: No “OC roulette.” This handbook focuses on vendor-documented features that are safe, reversible, and deliver repeatable gains: Resizable BAR, Above 4G Decoding, PBO/Curve Optimizer […]
AM5 vs LGA1851 in 2025: Lane Maps, USB4/TB, Upgrade Paths & Total Platform Cost
Executive summary: If you value socket longevity and CPU-attached PCIe flexibility, AM5 is the safer long-term bet. If you prioritize Intel’s latest P/E-core CPUs and […]