We also cover the upcoming Steam Machine, sad GPU trends, and the arc of the Arc B770. We've got our review of the Thrustmaster T248R and rapidly dive into AMD's glorious financial…

It has been just two days since the live broadcast of the latest PCPer podcast and it seems Microsoft and Satya Nadella finally took our advice.  We have been stressing the need…

There is good news for fans of console gaming and for those hoping to get their hands on a Steam Machine.  There were many worries that the great DDR shortage would mean…

Our least favourite RAM devourer announced a $100 billion investment deal with NVIDIA last September, but no money or products have changed hands as far as Ars Technica or anyone else…

You can mount the AOC AG276QSG2 on a monitor arm, but the stand it comes with is capable of an impressive 130mm of height adjustment, 18.5 degrees of swivel in both directions,…

If you've been enjoying YouTube on your mobile device, Alphabet has gone out of their way to once again hold that enjoyment for ransom.  If you aren't paying for YouTube Premium you…

It has been a minute since I last reviewed a Thrustmaster wheel base! The last one I covered was a few years ago with the T818, Thrustmaster’s first direct drive base. This…

If your motherboard lacks 5GbE and you've upgraded your network to support it, or even 2.5GbE then the BrosTrend 5GbE PCIe adapter offers an inexpensive way to upgrade your system.  For a…

We review the Ryzen 7 9850X3D, alongside DDR4 and storage price analysis and head smacking moments. We also discuss GOG's Linux focus and Intel's latest financial results. Windows 11 woes, BitLocker Keys,…

The InWin Shift is completely open and a perfect home for components with an exhibitionist bent.  It's also great for modders and those that test a variety of hardware and need easy…

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It has come, the long rumoured and much awaited Ryzen 7 9850X3D is here ... well the reviews are anyway.  It offers the same 4.7GHz base clock, 120W TDP, 96MB L3 cache…

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If you can't make it to the Computer History Museum near Mountain View, California you can now view at least some of their collection online.  It's not quite the same as seeing…

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What happens when Kent decides to use the podcast as an SFF build livestream? What about a build using DDR4 memory?? It probably doesn't get more exciting than this. 
Unless you…

As the title of this post indicates, AMD has now announced pricing and availability for its better, faster X3D flagship. The Ryzen 7 9850X3D will be officially available for sale starting January…

Every episode this year just keeps getting better, try it, you'll see.  This food podcast brought to by the tech news!  Also, 9850X3D this month, welcome back 8GB GPUs, and 2026 will…

Lenovo has released an interesting tiny PC, the ThinkCentre neo 50q which is powered by a 3.0GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon X X1-26-100.  That will certainly help with the price, unfortunately it also uses…

Friday should offer a glimmer of hope, some sort of happy news instead of the steady drum of bad things we hear everyday; 2026 disagrees with this tradition.  A variety of sources…

There are quite a few comments on the Steam page for USC: Counterforce and even Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN originally gave up on the game immediately, because the devs decided to make the…

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ID-Cooling continues to offer impressive AiO liquid CPU coolers, with the new FX360 LCD PE.  It's MSRP is $94.99 and for that you get a 360mm radiator and a 1.48" 240 x…