The price of SSDs is in rapid decline. Anyone who has been following the market for the last few months should not be surprised. We’ve long known that a glut of NAND flash memory and lowering manufacturing costs are now being passed along to the consumer, with typical reductions of 15 to 30 percent in…
SK Hynix is the second-largest memory chip producer in the world, so its quarterly earnings reports are constantly analyzed for industry trends. Unfortunately for SK Hynix, its Q4 2022 results reflected the overall downward spiral of the PC industry during the second half of 2022. The South Korean company posted its first operating loss in…
Indonesian stores began to sell (opens in new tab) Intel’s yet unannounced Core i5-13400 processors, thus revealing their specifications and price. Meanwhile, Jawara Media (opens in new tab) has demonstrated some early performance numbers of the product, which appears to deliver noticeable performance improvements over its direct predecessor, the Core i5-12400, since it has more cores and higher clocks.…
It’s no secret that Intel is preparing the Core i9-13900KS to rival the best CPUs on the market. The special edition Raptor Lake processor will boost to an impressive 6 GHz; however, early benchmarks have revealed that the Core i9-13900KS may not be much faster than the Core i9-13900K, the existing flagship Raptor Lake chip.…
The Core i5-13500 poses to be one of the best CPUs, according to early benchmarks. A BiliBili content creator recently posted a video showcasing an engineering sample (opens in new tab) of Intel’s upcoming mid-range Core i5-13500 Raptor Lake processor and what it can do in Cinebench R23 and CPU-Z. The performance characteristics of the…
Why it matters: Prices of computer components and other consumer electronics have recently either risen or stagnated. Manufacturers blame component costs, inflation, supply chain shocks, and other macroeconomic conditions. Reports indicate TSMC’s latest node process won’t alleviate the problem. According to DigiTimes, TSMC intends to sell its 3nm N3 semiconductors for $20,000 per wafer. Contract…
Intel has released a new GPU graphics driver for the Arc A770 and Arc A750, version 31.0.101.3802 (opens in new tab), that optimizes many games with minor performance improvements. Plus, there are several fixes issues surrounding nine titles. It might not be the blazing-fast driver update we were all hoping for, but it’s a step in…
AMD’s Ryzen 7000 processors recently hit the retail market on September 27. According to Chinese publication Expreview (opens in new tab), the Zen 4-based chips have already seen their first price cuts in less than two months. In addition, Ryzen 7000 chips, among the best CPUs, are now cheaper in China than in the U.S.,…
Arctic has officially launched its MX-6 Thermal Paste series with immediate availability direct and via Amazon. The successor to the popular MX-5, Arctic reveals that the new substance is “based on the proven MX-4” formula. The key boast for MX-6 is that it “achieves up to 20% better performance” and increased viscosity. We first heard…
Intel has revitalized the midrange graphics card market with the company’s latest Arc A770, which will make its way into the list of best graphics cards. Starting at $329, the Arc Alchemist graphics card brings GeForce RTX 3060-like performance to the table with Resizable BAR (ReBAR) enabled, of course. But, without ReBAR or similar technology…
