Acer Predator GX850 SFX power supply review: Solid electrical performance with good efficiency
Solid engineering from FSP delivers reliable power in compact form, though pricing and acoustics present practical challenges.
NZXT to cough up $3.45 million over ‘predatory’ Flex PC rental scheme in RICO class-action settlement — in-debt customers to get up to $5,000 of relief, eligible renters to be granted ownership
The company allegedly engaged in just about every kind of deceptive business practice possible, and even targeted children.
The Daily Grind: What are some good examples of overengineering in MMORPGs?
I was watching a video the other day that was talking about overengineering – that is, designing things to be way more complicated than they...
Bulbous 15x fan PC case side panel dubbed the ‘Superdome’ lowers temps by 20 degrees — $600 worth of Noctua fans arrayed in 3D-printed structure
A TechTuber has constructed a bulbous 15x fan PC case side panel as a cooling experiment. It seems to do a good job.
Approvals for Nvidia and AMD AI chip exports to China stall under government bottleneck — 20% staff turnover hobbles Bureau of Industry and Security
Staffing at the U.S. Commerce Department office that vets exports of Nvidia and AMD AI accelerators has collapsed over the past year.
Espresso Lite 15 Review: An entry-level portable monitor with a splash of color
The Lite 15 is the new entry-level portable monitor from Espresso, and it’s dressed for the occasion.
Save a massive $700 on this 4K-ready HP gaming PC with a 9800X3D and RTX 5070 Ti, now just $2,499 — discounted HP Omen 35L pre-built powerhouse ships with 32GB DDR5 RAM and a 1TB SSD
Save a massive $700 on this epic HP Omen 45L gaming rig, fitted with a 9800X3D, RTX 5070 Ti, 32GB of DDR RAM, and a 1TB SSD, all for just $2,499.99.
‘CopprLink’ destroys every eGPU standard in new test, achieves near-native-level performance with an RTX 5090 — setup requires $2,300 worth of additional hardware
An RTX 5090 plugged into this eGPU using the CopprLink standard was able to get essentially the same level of performance as the GPU directly plugged into the motherboard. The setup requires a $1,300 enclosure and a $1,000 adapter card, and it’s only meant for enterprise markets, but it shows what the future of eGPUs could be for consumers.
Website backup crippled by 1.6MB Friends GIF that was replicated 246,173 times, breaking Linux’s EXT4 filesystem limit — Jennifer Aniston’s ‘happy dance’ animation ate up 377 gigabytes of data due to security policy
A single reaction animation, frequently duplicated in chats by community members, added 377GB to a site’s backup quota.
Why we spent 50+ hours retesting Intel’s Core Ultra 270K Plus and 250K Plus
Although we’ve known for a long time that Intel planned to refresh its Arrow Lake CPUs, the 270K Plus and 250K Plus still posted results that were difficult to believe during our review period.