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50-feet-long fiber optic HDMI cable and Steam Controller 2 is enthusiasts' answer to the Steam Machine — dismisses Valve's new console for a DIY Bazzite setup with a controller

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Tom's Hardware · 07/04/2026 12:58 EDT

An enthusiast is DIYing his own Steam Machine through ancient, lost methods known as cables that turn his existing PC into the perfect couch gaming setup. As expected, the Steam Controller 2 is also involved, alongside Bazzite. Read more ›

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Westinghouse's eVinci micro nuclear reactor for data centers delivers 5 megawatts of power for eight years without refueling — microreactors could power next-gen AI data centers

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Tom's Hardware 3 place · 10/01/2024 08:37 EDT

Westinghouse is taking one step forward to getting approval for its eVinci microreactor. Read more ›

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Snapdragon X2 Elite processors spotted in testing — Qualcomm's Project Glymur reportedly incoming

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Tom's Hardware · 10/01/2024 07:29 EDT

First details about Qualcomm's next-generation Snapdragon X2 Elite emerge as new CPU begins internal tests. Read more ›

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Doom port runs entirely on your GPU — no rip-and-tear wear on your CPU

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Tom's Hardware · 10/01/2024 07:17 EDT

Doom can now run almost entirely on the GPU, now, thanks to the LLVM C library for GPUs. Read more ›

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Hurricane Helene devastates quartz mine critical for worldwide semiconductor manufacturing — Spruce Pine houses the world's only ultra-pure quartz site

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Tom's Hardware · 10/01/2024 06:20 EDT

Global quartz supply could be disrupted by Hurricane Helene. Read more ›

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Non-K Core Ultra 9 285 spotted in Geekbench — Matches 14900K in single-core, underwhelms in multi-core

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Tom's Hardware · 10/01/2024 06:00 EDT

Intel's Core Ultra 9 285 was spotted in the Geekbench browser with strong single-core performance, but weak multi-core results, unable to beat even the 13th Gen Core i7-13700. Read more ›

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Best Gaming Monitors 2024: Budget, Curved, G-Sync and More

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Tom's Hardware · 09/30/2024 19:05 EDT

Here are the best gaming monitors for PC available in 2024, from budget displays to 144Hz, 4K and curved. Read more ›

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Noctua's next-gen 140mm fans debut – NF-A14x25 G2s promise improved performance, deliver the same amount of brown

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Tom's Hardware · 09/30/2024 15:19 EDT

Noctua's NF-A14x25 G2 fans arrive in traditional brown attire. Read more ›

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Panther Cove will reportedly arrive with big IPC improvements, support for Intel APX

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Tom's Hardware · 09/30/2024 14:51 EDT

Intel is purportedly working on a very far-out P-Core architecture, dubbed Panther Cove, that will purportedly come with massive IPC improvements and support for APX. Read more ›

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Despite Intel's woes, the U.S. remains the leader of the semiconductor industry

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Tom's Hardware · 09/30/2024 14:06 EDT

With $264.6 billion in 2023 sales, the U.S. semiconductor industry remains the largest on the planet, and this will not change anytime soon. Read more ›

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Seasonic power supplies debut with OptiSink design to improve cooling — Opti Sink touts an 8X increase in thermal conductivity

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Tom's Hardware · 09/30/2024 13:46 EDT

Seasonic has updated its Focus GX PSU lineup for 2024 with an all-new cooling technology dubbed 'OptiSink' that significantly revamps how the MOS is cooled. Read more ›

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Corsair's ultralight Katar Elite wireless gaming mouse slashed down to $49

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Tom's Hardware · 09/30/2024 13:21 EDT

Corsair's ultralight Katar Elite wireless gaming mouse takes a huge 38% price cut, and is now only $49 at Amazon. Read more ›

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DIY mini-ITX motherboard lets you play DOS games without emulation — ITX Llama features a Vortex86EX 500 MHz CPU

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Tom's Hardware · 09/30/2024 12:58 EDT

A DOS enthusiast built a mini-ITX DOS PC based on the Vortex86EX. Read more ›

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Ryzen 9 9950X hits 7.54 GHz to break numerous world records — Zen 5 flagship raises the bar for 16-core CPUs

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Tom's Hardware · 09/30/2024 12:28 EDT

AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X breaks several new records, including the all-out Ryzen frequency record of 7.54 GHz. Five other benchmarking records were also broken, including in Geekbench 3 and Cinebench R23. Read more ›

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Create even faster with local AI-enhanced desktops

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Tom's Hardware · 09/30/2024 12:05 EDT

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Laptop packing RTX 4090 desktop weighs in at over 15 pounds — other specs include a Ryzen 9 7950X3D, 32GB DDR5-6800, and Optane P5800 SSD

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Tom's Hardware · 09/30/2024 11:27 EDT

A Chinese modder and Bilibili creator has shared their design for a full-fat Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 laptop, cramming a power-thirsty desktop RTX 4090 into a portable clamshell luggable. Read more ›

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MSI X870E Carbon WIFI Motherboard Review: USB 4.0 has arrived

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Tom's Hardware · 09/30/2024 09:00 EDT

MSI’s X870E Carbon is a premium motherboard with robust power delivery, several “EZ” features, solid performance, and four USB Type-C ports on the rear IO. Read more ›

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AMD boosts Zen 5 official warrantied TDP to 105W, fixes Ryzen 9000 latency issue, launches 800-series chipsets

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Tom's Hardware · 09/30/2024 09:00 EDT

AMD made a slew of announcements about its latest progress with its Zen 5 Ryzen 9000 processors, with the most important announcement being that the company will now fully support a 105W TDP mode with its Ryzen 5 9600X and Ryzen 7 9700X models. Read more ›

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Phison E31T ES 2TB Review: The performance per watt champion

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Tom's Hardware · 09/30/2024 08:44 EDT

The much-anticipated Phison E31T SSD controller platform is here. It delivers excellent all-around performance and is very power-efficient, finally making PCIe 5.0 technology accessible to HTPCs, laptops, and more. Read more ›

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DOOM can now run on a quantum computer with Quandoom port — seminal FPS blood and gore mixed with spooky action

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Tom's Hardware 3 place · 09/30/2024 08:19 EDT

DOOM has been ported to quantum computers, marking another milestone for this seminal 3D gaming title. However, the coder behind this feat admits that there is currently no quantum computer capable of executing (playing) this code right now. Read more ›

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AMD unveils its first small language model, AMD-135M — AI performance enhanced by speculative decoding

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Tom's Hardware · 09/30/2024 06:54 EDT

Software-specific optimizations help AMD's MI250 to win in some cases. Read more ›

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