Upgrading During the DRAM Apocalypse, With AMD's Best Selling CPUs

We once told people to avoid the Ryzen 5 5500. Years later, it's a top-selling CPU. With DDR5 prices spiraling, has this budget Zen 3 chip ...

Out of all the new hardware that has passed through my hands in 2025, nothing has made an impact like a certain Wi-Fi 7 router has

Specifically, it's the TP-Link Deco BE68 (or BE67, if you buy it at Amazon) and continuing with the theme of specificity, ...

Your cheapest PC upgrade this year is just $9.97

For a limited time, you can grab Windows 11 Pro for just $9.97, making it one of the most wallet-friendly ways to upgrade an ...

Cook County distributing $2.3 billion in property tax revenue amid long delay due to computer issues

Treasurer Maria Pappas' office took "emergency steps" to send some of the more than $8 billion in property tax funds due to ...

AMD's 5-year-old Ryzen CPUs are popular again because RAM is too expensive

The Ryzen 7 5800X, which launched five years ago, is currently the top-selling CPU on Amazon UK, while its refresh, the 5800XT, sits in fourth place ...

Bring your own RAM? This new strategy for buying a PC hurts

On the same day our staff imagined this as a possible trend for 2026, Maingear comes right out and proves that we’re not crazy. But also, this is crazy.

PC prices could rise by 8% in 2026 due to memory shortages

Research firm IDC predicts that the average price of computers could rise by up to 8% in 2026 due to a global shortage of ...

Acer's jamming old CPUs with newer GPUs and it's working

That's the good stuff. Now on to some criticism. Despite being built around what should be a PCIe 4.0 motherboard, the ...
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Upgrade to a custom soft tube PC

Kris showcases how upgrading your pc to a custom soft tube cooled rig isn't really as difficult as you might expect. Special thanks to the guys at Corsair, Intel, Zotac and msi for helping out with ...