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Experiment shows liquid metal TIM doesn’t dry out; it turns solid

By Shane Downing Published 16 October 26

Der8auer’s two-year electron microscope test shows liquid metal’s gallium turns solid on copper and nickel-plated coolers.

Cooling

Corsair's Vengeance RGB DDR5 32GB memory receives a $108 price cut

By Stewart Bendle Published 16 October 26

Save $108 on Corsair's Vengeance RGB RAM and bag 32GB of DDR5 memory for your PC.

DDR5

RTX 5090 disappears from Nvidia marketplace amid reports of a production halt

By Zhiye Liu Published 15 October 26

Micro Center has reclassified Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 graphics cards as 'Not Carried,' and almost all units are out of stock at its stores.

GPUs

Save $249 on 32GB of DDR5 with this 3-item Newegg bundle

By Joe Shields Published 15 October 26

Deals Score 32GB of G.Skill DDR5-6000 RAM for just $321 in Newegg’s new AM5 combo. For $1,094 ($249 off), you also get a Ryzen 7 9800X3D and an MSI X870E Tomahawk MAX WiFi board, plus a free AIO cooler.

Deals

Elon Musk calls out memory makers over 'extortionate' chip pricing, says Micron is playing smart for long-term loyalty

By Anton Shilov Published 15 October 26

Elon Musk condemns memory makers citing unreasonable prices of memory, but claims Micron is different.

DRAM

SK hynix to place custom tiny CPU cores in its SSD controllers to ease Arm load as drive speeds rocket

By Shane Downing Published 14 October 26

Premium SK hynix detailed H-TPU, tiny in-house cores that offload routine I/O from the Arm CPUs in its next enterprise SSD controllers.

Premium

Qualcomm wins architecture breach verdict against Arm but gets just $2

By Anton Shilov Published 14 October 26

A federal jury sides with Arm on select issues, rules in favor of Qualcomm in other cases. The legal battle set to continue.

CPUs

Offset extortionate memory pricing with 32GB of DDR5-6000 RAM for $151 with this 9800X3D bundle

By Stewart Bendle Published 14 October 26

Offset high memory and storage prices with a combo deal from Newegg.

PC Components

Nvidia GPU prices spike in Japan; prices up to 41% higher than Amazon US

By Jowi Morales Published 14 October 26

A Japanese retailer has increased the prices of RTX 50-series GPUs between 12.71% and 41.10%, with the mainstream models bearing the brunt of the price increases.

GPUs