Tag: hardware

Creative is on an absolute tear right now with its value gaming speakers, hogging fully half our top recommendations

Creative is on an…

We have reviewed quite a few gaming speakers over the last few months, so our best gaming speakers guide…
Despite supply issues, Xbox Series X/S is Microsoft’s best-selling hardware generation to date

Despite supply issues, Xbox…

The scarcity and hard-to-get-hold-of nature of the Xbox Series X/S and PS5 has become something of a meme over…
Flash storage has doubled in price over the last few months, says Phison: ‘All the capacity is sold out’

Flash storage has doubled…

While the memory price crisis (yep, that phrase will catch on) is clearly visible, the potentially looming SSD price…
Razer Seiren V3 Pro microphone review

Razer Seiren V3 Pro…

If you’re in the market for a pricey, studio-like USB microphone for high-quality audio capture, you’ve probably considered one…
A Japanese retailer is now restricting PC memory purchases, so is it time to properly panic?

A Japanese retailer is…

We’ve been reporting plenty on the ongoing memory shortage, supposedly thanks to the AI boom, including data indicating that…
MSI MPG 271QR X50 QD-OLED gaming monitor review

MSI MPG 271QR X50…

300 nits and 500 Hz. Pay close attention to those two numbers, because they give the new MSI MPG…
Kinesis Gaming Freestyle Edge RGB Plus review

Kinesis Gaming Freestyle Edge…

It’s been nearly two years since I reviewed the Kinesis Gaming Freestyle Edge RGB, but it’s still been our…
Intel quietly bumps the price up of the best CPUs it’s made in years to ‘reflect current market dynamics’

Intel quietly bumps the…

If you take a gander inside your gaming PC and randomly point at any component in there, you’re almost…
Meta’s solution to the global memory shortage is to use DDR4 in a DDR5 server, with a custom chip making the impossible possible

Meta’s solution to the…

Just imagine you’re Meta. You’ve spent millions of dollars on new servers that only use DDR5 sticks, only to…
SK hynix to invest over $60 billion in chip plants in South Korea, but the memory crisis still seems a long way from being over

SK hynix to invest…

SK hynix, one of the three biggest memory manufacturers (along with Samsung and Micron), seems to be investing a…