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Tom's Hardware · 01/08/2026 12:51 EDT

Best of CES 2026: Innovating amidst the RAM and storage apocalypse

CES 2026 was constrained by the RAM and storage demands of AI hyperscalers, limiting consumer GPU and storage launches. But there was still plenty of innovation to be found, including Intel’s new Core Ultra Series 3 laptop CPUs, brighter, bigger, and faster monitors, and exciting new PC cases and peripherals. Read more ›

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Tom's Hardware · 01/08/2026 12:07 EDT

Cooler Master introduces the Aquagate MAX Retro Mini cooling unit — delivers massive cooling capacity up to 2,500 watts

Cooler Master showed off a desktop coolant distribution unit at CES 2026. This unit is designed to deliver 900 to 2,500 watts of cooling performance, letting users maximize the power of high-performance desktop systems. Read more ›

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Tom's Hardware · 01/08/2026 10:48 EDT

Samsung and Intel co-develop 'SmartPower HDR' for Panther Lake OLED laptops, with up to 22% power savings — dynamic voltage control lowers power without sacrificing panel brightness

SmartPower HDR will use up to 22% less power, leading to 30-40 minutes of extra battery life on Panther Lake laptops. Co-developed by Samsung and Intel, this tech enables dynamic voltage control on OLED laptop screens where the panel only draws more voltage when explicitly needed for high-brightness HDR content, even if HDR is on system-wide in Windows. Read more ›

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Tom's Hardware · 01/08/2026 08:27 EDT

China expected to approve H200 imports in early 2026, report claims — tech giants Alibaba and ByteDance reportedly ready to order over 200,000 Nvidia chips each if green-lit by Beijing

Beijing is reportedly allowing its tech giants to acquire H200 chips, even as the Chinese government is still deliberating how to go about balancing the AI processing needs of its AI tech giants and the local semiconductor industry. Read more ›

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Tom's Hardware · 01/08/2026 07:11 EDT

Score a speedy gaming PC with an RTX 5060 and 32GB of RAM for less than $1,000 — ABS machine unlocks 1080p gameplay with a 10-core Intel CPU and 1TB of storage

This affordable Newegg deal on an ABS Flux II Aqua gaming PC for New Year's unlocks 1080p gaming for just $979.99. This pre-built rig comes with a ten-core Intel Core i5-14400F CPU, an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 GPU, a 1TB SSD, and 32GB of RAM. Read more ›

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Tom's Hardware · 01/07/2026 19:43 EDT

AMD is unphased by Panther Lake's big integrated GPU — 'It's not even a fair fight' to compare the Arc B390 to Strix Halo, AMD exec claims

AMD's Rahul Tikoo claims that the company has a better selection of products compared to Panther Lake that are better suited to the needs of graphics-intensive customers and mainstream consumers. Read more ›

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Tom's Hardware · 01/07/2026 14:13 EDT

AMD teases heavily-rumored Ryzen 9 9950X3D2, continues to leak despite CES no-show — Alienware China touts the chip for its Area 51 desktop

AMD didn't announce the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 at CES 2026, but others have come to the rescue. Alienware China has posted a video on its BiliBili account showing the 9950X3D2 coming to its Area 51 desktop, confirming the chip exists. Moreover, a UK-based system integrator has also put up the 9950X3D2 on its website as part of a workstation. Read more ›

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