Adata XPG Mars 980 Blade 2TB SSD Review: Affordable Luxury

The Adata XPG Mars 980 Blade is a high-end Gen 5 SSD with only mediocre performance for its class that’s saved by its pricing.

TikTok owner ByteDance to reportedly purchase $14 billion worth of Nvidia AI GPUs in 2026 — Company betting on Beijing’s approval following Trump admin’s ease on AI export controls

ByteDance is reportedly planning to spend 100 billion yuan, or $14 billion USD, on Nvidia’s AI GPUs in 2026. Specifically, Bytedance is eyeing up Nvidia H200 chips, following Washington’s announcement that it will allow th…

PCIe card housing AMD chipset unlocks more connectivity on any motherboard, including Intel models — or you can give any B650 motherboard the top-tier connectivity of X670

Open-source expansion card brings AMD’s B650 chipset expansion capabilities to any system that has a PCIe 4.0 x4 expansion slot.

Unlucky RTX 5080 buyer who received rocks made whole after month-long investigation — Reddit user shows off new tattoo to commemorate

After nearly a month and with most options exhausted, one unlucky RTX 5080 buyer finally got their card.

Razer’s Hanbo AIO coolers up to 70 percent off, drop as low as $29 in clearance deal — Chroma RGB CPU coolers fall to extreme budget territory, with 360mm model priced at $39, 240mm for $10 less

Razer’s old Hanbo Chroma AIO liquid coolers are selling at ludicrously low prices ahead of the new year as Newegg looks to liquidate all of its remaining inventory. Pricing on the 240mm model is just $29.99, making it poss…

AMD’s Ryzen 7 9850X3D tipped for modest price hike — early listings point to $500 list for refreshed Zen 5 CPU

A new tip suggests the pricing of AMD’s Ryzen 7 9850X3D will be close to the 9800X3D. Listings show a $511.4 ask for the new chip, but no official MSRP is mentioned. Running a few calculations gives us a value of around $4…

MSI B850 MPower Motherboard Review: Micro ATX made for overclocking memory

MSI’s B850 MPower is a solid all-around motherboard, but excels at memory overclocking, specifically with 8000-series APUs, where speeds over 10,000 MT/s are possible.

Another 16-pin GPU power connector gets scorched, but this time it’s not an RTX 5090 — User finds their Sapphire Nitro+ 9070 XT with scorched pins

The decisions to put a 16-pin power connector on a non-Nvidia GPU has started to show its consequences on the RX 9070 XT. Sapphire’s Nitro+ variant uses a 12v-2×6 connector, which has burnt down thrice already, making this…

Asus teaser video outs upcoming ‘Neo’ motherboards for AM5 — updates could include new AIO connector, M.2 upgrades, and NitroPath DRAM for ultra-fast DDR5

Asus teases forthcoming Neo AM5 motherboards supporting AMD’s Ryzen processors, to be officially announced at CES 2026.