No. 56 · 40 stories · 4 sources
Thermal paste and measured takes
Wednesday 9 September 2026
This week’s most consequential developments
The latest mini PC maker to get in on the high-powered mini PC trend is FEVM, who, to its credit, previously launched a mini PC powered by AMD's impressive Strix Halo platform, with the new FA80G packing up to both an AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Mobile into a mere 2.6 L…
QNAP Systems, Inc., a leading computing, networking, and storage solution innovator, today announced the new TVS-hx77AX enterprise hybrid ZFS NAS series. Comprising the 16-bay TVS-h1677AX, 12-bay TVS-h1277AX, and 8-bay TVS-h877AX, this lineup is powered by AMD Ryzen 7000 series processors and DDR5…
A Ryzen 9 9950X3D has reportedly died just an hour after being moved into an ASUS ROG Crosshair X670E Hero motherboard. According to Reddit user SpecialistConcept423, posting in r/GamersNexus, the chip had been running fine for about a year and a half in an ASRock X670E Taichi Carrara before the…
Save over $400 on this DDR5 gaming PC with RTX 5060 and Core i7-14700F.
Advantech has released the ASMB-808 motherboard for Intel Xeon 600 series processors with multi-GPU support.
Why it matters Targets enterprise AI and high-performance computing workloads requiring scalable acceleration capabilities.
Another Ryzen 7 7800X3D has reportedly swollen and burned, damaging an ASUS X670E motherboard in the process.
Why it matters Indicates potential recurring defect affecting CPU reliability and user system safety.
Get an RTX 5080 gaming PC with a 9800X3D CPU for less than $3,000.
AMD announced the Threadripper Halo Station, a workstation combining Threadripper Pro CPUs with MI350P accelerators for AI development.
Why it matters High-end AI workstations compete directly with specialised enterprise hardware, affecting adoption of AMD's platform.
AMD unveiled the Threadripper Halo Station, a liquid-cooled workstation built around a 96-core Threadripper CPU announced at IFA 2026.
Why it matters Flagship workstation positioning strengthens AMD's enterprise AI credentials against competitor offerings.
HP's OmniBook X Flip, a 16-inch OLED laptop with Ryzen AI 5 430 and 16GB RAM, is discounted to $699, down from roughly $1,400.
Why it matters Represents rare substantial discount on current-generation AI laptop hardware at mainstream pricing.
AMD allegedly plans a non-F variant of the Ryzen 5 7500 with integrated graphics, priced at €230, undercutting premium single-core models.
Why it matters Signals AMD may be repositioning entry-level CPU pricing and integrated graphics strategy in competitive market.
NVIDIA's N1X SoC for RTX Spark PCs will ship in two configurations: 20-core or 18-core CPU with corresponding GPU variants.
Why it matters Establishes performance tiers for upcoming AI-focused consumer computing platform launching October.
Samsung's 2TB 990 offers plenty of fast storage for games and is currently $190 cheaper than its regular $529.99 price.
Project Zenith, a stripped Windows 11 variant for AI developers, requires 64GB RAM and 250 GB/s bandwidth; debuting on AMD's Ryzen AI Halo.
Why it matters Reflects growing specialization of operating systems for AI workloads and hardware-specific optimization demands.
AMD reportedly prepares the Ryzen 5 7500, a six-core Zen 4 AM5 processor positioned between existing models.
Why it matters Mid-range AM5 refreshes sustain socket ecosystem viability amid platform maturation.
A modder successfully ported DLSS 5 neural rendering to AMD's RDNA 4 GPUs, though performance remains suboptimal.
Why it matters Community workarounds highlight driver-level gaps but demonstrate technical feasibility of cross-vendor AI upscaling.
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Framework, the maker of repairable laptops and mini PCs, previously stirred up some controversy when it increased pre-order pricing on its Laptop 13 Pro after promising that the announced pricing would hold throughout pre-orders. Following that July price increase, however, Framework has revealed…
Intel is reportedly set to raise CPU prices by 10%, following two other price increases, as it prepares for a major product launch in March 2027.
These DDR5 32GB memory kits are the cheapest you'll find on sale right now, starting at $389.
The mystery deepens around an x86 implementation from a corporate entity other than AMD and Intel and has been making some very intriguing changes for coming from a seeming start-up. Beyond 16 tile and 32 tile AMX implementations that already surpass Intel's current Advanced Matrix Extensions (AMX)…
According to the latest Steam Hardware and Software Survey update, in August, AMD's Radeon RX 9070 XT, the flagship of the RDNA 4 family, became the company's most popular discrete graphics card. With a share of 1.46% among surveyed Steam gamers, the Radeon RX 9070 XT ranks 24th in the graphics…
Performance for the mod remains untested but just the sheer utility of DLSS Unlocked easily puts it at the top of the RTX GPUs mod list. It combines OptiScaler_DLSSNR with DLSS Enabled to bring neural rendering and multi-frame gen to all RTX GPUs.
Intel is reportedly planning another 10% price increase on PC CPUs in October, according to DIGITIMES. This would be the latest in a string of price hikes made in stages over the past year. The report doesn't specify whether this price increase will affect only desktop CPUs or whether mobile CPUs…
A modder has created a ReShade add-on that runs Nvidia's DLSS 5 Neural Rendering on a second GPU, rendering the game on the first GPU to share the performance load.
A computing enthusiast found a fat stack of DDR4 RAM sticks that might be worth $10,000 in their garage.
With the Linux kernel still working toward landing support for AMD's RMPOPT optimization for helping to reduce overhead on SEV-SNP enabled servers, the LLVM/Clang compiler has in turn prepped for the milestone by landing support for the RMPOPT, RMPREAD, and RMPCHKD instructions for Zen 5 and…
We recently reported that NVIDIA's RTX 50-series GPU prices rose by a median 41% between August and July 2026, putting the RTX 5090 at a whopping $4,700+. However, it seems as though the DRAM and GPU crisis is not quite done emptying the pockets of gamers just yet. According to one Japanese…
Last week's set of DRM-Misc-Next changes submitted to DRM-Next with targeting the upcoming Linux 7.4 kernel cycle features HDMI 2.1 related work for both the AMDGPU kernel driver as well as the Nouveau open-source NVIDIA driver...
LattePanda Team today launched LattePanda Mu Ultra, a micro x86 compute module purpose-built for on-device AI. Powered by Intel Core Ultra 5 226V and Ultra 7 256V processors, it delivers up to 115 TOPS of AI performance in a compact 69.6 mm × 60 mm form factor. Built to address the hardware…
Graphics card scams without the core and memory chips are spreading worldwide, with the latest report coming from Germany.
If you were around during what many consider the golden age of PC gaming, back when SLI was still possible, and, going back even further, when gamers put dedicated PhysX cards into their PCs, the latest trick shown off by modder, Marcelo Guibout, on YouTube. Guibot showed off a gaming setup using…
Geekom, a leading global Mini PC brand, is redefining the productivity Mini PC with the launch of the A5 2027 Edition. Designed for all-day productivity, the new A5 combines dependable performance, long-term reliability and flexible expansion in a compact form. Powered by the 8-core, 16-thread AMD…
At $90, the Montech Century II Gold 850W ATX 3.1 is a low-cost Gold-tier ATX 3.1 unit with a native 12V-2x6 connector, Cybenetics Platinum efficiency at both 115V and 230V input, and a matte silver chassis.
If you want to cut your 12GB RTX 3060's performance in half while worsening its thermals, this might be the perfect product for you.
Acemagic showcased an interesting solution at its booth at IFA 2026 in Berlin, featuring the latest mini-workstation equipped with AMD's top-tier Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 495 "Gorgon Halo" APU. Housed in a compact two-liter chassis measuring 158.5 x 158.5 x 81.5 mm, it boasts AMD's 16-core…
Amazon Linux 2027 demonstrates performance improvements on AMD EPYC through compiler optimisations and x86-64-v3 standardisation.
Minisforum unveiled two AI computing solutions powered by AMD Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 495: the MS-S1 mini workstation and N5 NAS.
Acemagic showcased the F9A AI mini workstation powered by AMD's Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 495 processor at IFA 2026.
Lexar demonstrated next-generation AI-grade Gen 5 SSDs and advanced storage technologies at IFA 2026.
An extremely fortunate bargain hunter in Kuwait found three Samsung 980 Pro 2TB SSDs slotted inside a $30 PCIe expansion card. Each of those drives is worth between $400 and $500, so it's clear to say the thrifter struck gold during an AI rush.