Today’s best ASRock X570S Riptide deals The recent release of the X570S chipset update (nixing the need for a chipset fan) allowed motherboard partners to update their product stacks and get something new out for AMD builders before the arrival of Zen 4 sometime next year. We’ve seen some announcements along these lines in recent…
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Steam’s Big Picture mode hasn’t had an update since 2015, and it’s not going to get any more, as it’s facing the axe. A question in the Steam forums, as noticed by PC Gamer, about whether the Steam Deck UI would replace Big Picture, was answered with a ‘yes’. (Image credit: Valve) There’s slightly more…
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RTX 3090 graphics cards apparently dying while playing a video game isn’t the New World Amazon envisioned when it opened up the beta for its upcoming game. A growing number of Reddit users are claiming that their EVGA RTX 3090 cards are dying inside the game. From the current number of reports it seems that…
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After briefly teasing its NUC 11 Extreme (Beast Canyon) at Computex 2021, Intel has formally launched the new NUC kits. With the novelty that Beast Canyon now accepts the best graphics cards, it’s debatable whether it’s still considered a NUC or more like a small form factor (SFF) system now. Beast Canyon, which succeeds Ghost…
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The value of Ether has fallen alongside the rest of the crypto market, according to CoinDesk. That could be good news for anyone hoping to buy a new GPU without having to compete with Ethereum miners for the best graphics cards. Ether is the native token of the Ethereum blockchain. It’s valued at roughly $1,795…
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With Valve’s Steam Deck now officially unveiled, including all the major core specifications, it’s surprising just how much there is that we still don’t know. It seems like a well designed little handheld, and compared to the Nintendo Switch hardware, it’s easy to get carried away with just how much faster and more potent the…
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Leaked images and benchmarks have surfaced for AMD’s yet unreleased Radeon RX 6600 XT GPU. Images indicate the reference RX 6600 XT will have a standard dual-fan cooler design, typical of mid-range graphics cards. The performance meanwhile looks to be similar to the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, one of the best graphics cards (assuming you…
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At Best Buy, WD’s Easystore 8TB external hard drive has been given a $40 price cut — taking it down to just $179.99. If you’ve been on the lookout for a reliable external storage solution, this is one of the best deals you’ll find right now. WD Easystore 8TB external hard drive: was $220, now…
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After briefly showing off the EVGA X570 Dark, Vince “K|NGP|N” Lucido has taken the motherboard for a spin. The famous overclocker pushed the Ryzen 3 5300G‘s FCLK up to 2,433 MHz under liquid nitrogen (LN2). The EVGA X570 Dark is a premium motherboard that’s tailored toward extreme overclocking enthusiasts. We don’t doubt that the engineers…
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What do artificial intelligence, supercomputers, and cryptocurrencies have in common? They’re all popular topics of conversation that very few people truly understand. Oh, and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said they were all used in a Ponzi scheme that raised $12 million from at least 277 retail investors. The SEC accused 86-year-old Joy Kovar…
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