At the Advancing AI event, currently underway in San Jose, California, CEO Dr. Lisa Su, along with an array of company execs and partners, disclosed AMD’s latest integrated AI platform vision and unveiled new rack-scale AI systems, in additional to details regarding its forthcoming Instinct MI350 series AI accelerators, Pensando Pollara...

Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge - Starting At $1,099, Find It On Samsung.com Samsung’s Galaxy S25 Edge is a 5.8mm thin phone that offers flagship specs for a flagship price at the expense of camera zoom performance and battery life.. Thin and light design Gorgeous display Superb main camera Quality speakers Solid performance Feature-rich software...

OnePlus Pad 3: MSRP $699 (Without Keyboard) The OnePlus Pad 3 is a sleek Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite-powered flagship Android tablet that makes very few compromises and delivers superb value. Sleek, premium design Beautiful 13.2-inch display Outstanding performance Fantastic speaker array Massive battery with 80W charging Delightful user experience...

AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT: 16GB MSRP $349, 8GB $299 AMD is expanding its line-up of RDNA 4 based GPUs with the affordably priced Radeon RX 9060 XT, which targets budget conscious, 1080p gamers. Competitive Performance In Its Class Improved Ray Tracing Many Software Updates Good Overclocking Potential More Efficient Than RDNA 3 High Power vs RTX...

Genshin Impact Limited Edition External SSD: MSRP $139 Seagate is offering a limited edition Genshin Impact themed external SSD, with 1TB of storage and speedy transfer speeds approaching 1GB/s. Slim And Lightweight Stylized Chassis Addressable Lighting Good Performance Available While Supplies Last Price Premium Much Faster External SSDs...

The DIY PC market is in a tough spot. If we disregard older, previous-gen graphics cards for a moment, the only company currently selling anything approaching a modern entry-level GPU is Intel, and those cards are nearly impossible to find for anything approaching MSRP. Quality motherboards for under $100 barely exist, and those that do are

As promised several weeks ago, AMD made some key gaming product announcements during its 2025 Computex keynote, the highlight of which is the launch of its Radeon RX 9060 XT. As expected, it's coming in two flavors—one with 16GB of GDDR6 memory and a second SKU with 8GB of GDDR6 memory. Let the mainstream GPU wars begin. AMD did not devote

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 8GB: MSRP $299 The mainstream GeForce RTX 5060 brings NVIDIA's latest Blackwell GPU architecture down to a $300 price point and targets mainstream 1080p gamers, but DLSS4 with multi-frame generation is a must to achieve peak performance. Blackwell Architecture Power Efficient Smaller Form Factors Cool And Quiet Tons...

DOOM is back—and it's never looked meaner. DOOM The Dark Ages is the latest installment in Id Software's iconic franchise, which just launched, bringing with it a brutal blend of medieval mayhem and modern firepower. Powered by the latest iteration of the id Tech engine, Id Tech 8, this entry trades Mars for dark fantasy, but keeps the brutal

Moto Razr Ultra (2025) - MSRP Starting A $1,299 With the Razr Ultra, Motorola has gone all out and made a Snapdragon 8 Elite-equipped, flagship-grade folding flip phone with very few compromises. Stylish design, premium materials Big beautiful displays Excellent speakers Solid performance and battery life Android apps on the cover screen Delightful...

These may be times of uncertainty in the market, but you shouldn't let that dissuade you from your healthy hobbies or passion projects, like building a great new gaming PC. Today, we bring you a build for moderate wallets, with an eye towards high-fidelity, 4K 60 FPS gaming and a clear path to future upgrades. The budget we're working with...

Alienware Area-51 (2025) - Starts at $3,399, $5,699 as tested  Alienware completely revamped its classic gaming PC with the latest high-powered hardware and an effective cooling solution that takes a novel approach to airflow.  Super fast hardware with great performance Excellent cooling with quiet acoustics Spacious enclosure with...

Samsung's Galaxy S25 range of flagship phones is now complete, thanks to the addition of the new, svelte Galaxy S25 Edge handset. Its 5.8mm-thick titanium main frame is bound to elicit some "oohs" and "aahs" from smartphone lovers worldwide, especially those drooling over the upcoming iPhone 17 Air. The Edge (phone, not the U2 guitarist)

ASUS ROG Strix Scar 18 RTX 5090 Gaming Laptop: Starting at $2699, $4999 as tested The newest flagship gaming laptop from ASUS packs in Intel's latest CPU technology, NVIDIA's fastest GPU, and an absolutely brilliant screen—and it does it all in an attractive chassis. Core Ultra CPU Blends Power And Efficiency GeForce RTX 5090 Crushes...

Apple iPhone 16e (starts at $699, as reviewed $899) The iPhone 16e is Apple’s new entry-level smartphone. It’s a great phone that’s simply too expensive, considering it lacks an ultrawide camera and high refresh-rate display. Clean, simple design Beautiful display Nice cameras Excellent speakers Solid performance Good battery...

Today in New York City, Motorola unveiled its lineup of Moto Razr flip-style folding phones, new for 2025. We’re getting not two, but three new handsets in the US this year – the Moto Razr Ultra ($1299), Moto Razr+ ($999), and Moto Razr ($699). The company is also putting AI front and center with these new devices, and introducing...

We reported yesterday on Intel's new Boost profile for its Core Ultra 200S processors. More accurately, it's really the Core Ultra 200K processors, as the applicable chips are the Core Ultra 9 285K, the Core Ultra 7 265K, and the Core Ultra 5 245K, as well as their GPU-less "F" variants. We happen to have a Core Ultra 9 285K and a handy test

MSI Claw 8 AI+ Windows Gaming Handheld: $899 at Amazon, 7" Model for $799 MSI's second-gen Claw 8 uses an efficient Lunar Lake CPU to deliver better gaming performance and battery life on a gorgeous 8-inch display.   Excellent Gaming Performance Hall-Effect Sticks And Durable Chassis Versatile Thunderbolt 4 Connectivity Large And Vibrant...

It has been a few days since we covered some power supply shenanigans, which was a story that got us all fired up for a much-needed refresher on PSU purchasing strategies. Processors, graphics cards, and memory standards may come and go, but one fact remains: they all need a copious supply of clean power. Never skimp on your PSU, at the...

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB: MSRP $429 The new GeForce RTX 5060 Ti brings NVIDIA's latest Blackwell GPU architecture down below $500, to target mainstream 1440p gamers, with peak performance realized in advanced AI rendering techniques like DLSS4 with multi-frame generation. Blackwell Architecture Power Efficient Smaller Form Factors Cool...

Blackwell-based GeForce GPUs have finally arrived for us mere mortals. Indeed, NVIDIA is officially announcing the GeForce RTX 5060 and its titanium (Ti) sibling today, with availability for some partner graphics cards starting as soon as tomorrow. The GeForce RTX 5060 comes with 8GB of VRAM, while the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti will come with either

Google Pixel 9a - MSRP Starting A $499 The Pixel 9a is Google’s latest mid-range phone. It updates last year’s Pixel 8a with a larger screen, better SoC, and a bigger battery, and faster wired charging. Fantastic value Lovely display Excellent cameras Impressive battery life Outstanding software Bland design No more iconic camera...

Apple Mac Studio (2025) with M4 Max: Starts @ $1,999 ($2,199 As Tested) If you crave the best performance an Apple Mac desktop system can offer, look no further than the latest Mac Studio and its very powerful M4 Max chip. It has all the tools you'll need. Apple's M4 Max CPU is very strong Apple's GPU technology shows promise for gaming Four...

HP Elite t660 Thin Client: Pricing TBA HP's Elite t660 offers solid performance, plenty of connectivity, and an array of accessories, blurring the lines between a traditional thin client and small form factor edge PC.   Impressive Thin Client Performance Robust External Connectivity Passive Cooling Means Total Silence Includes Competent...

Maingear Apex Force PC: Starting at ~$6000 Maingear's beefiest gaming PC pairs stupendous specifications with custom cooling to create a machine that is both beautiful and bad-ass. Impeccable Attention To Detail Extravagant Maximalist Design Quiet, Despite Its Power Easy Upgrades & Maintenance Bulky And Heavy Awkward Motherboard I/O Angled...

Sonos Arc Ultra: $999 MSRP The Sonos Arc Ultra is a big upgrade over built-in TV speakers, that offers premium sound quality and a number of enhancements over its predecessor.   Excellent sound quality More balanced and better bass Improved speech clarity Dolby Atmos works well Sonos Ace headphones integration No HDMI passthrough No DTS...

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop GPU: Laptops Starting At $2,899 NVIDIA is blitzing the laptop gaming market with an array of Blackwell RTX 50 GPUs, starting with its flagship GeForce RTX 5090. It's the fastest mobile GPU we've ever tested.   Fastest Mobile GPU Ever Latest Architecture And Feature Set Upgraded Media Engine DLSS 4 And Neural...

If you're of a certain age, you might remember those Maxell cassette tape ads that featured a man in sunglasses in a recliner being literally blown away by the sound coming out of his hi-fi speakers. That's a bit like how we feel as we continue to test and benchmark this forthcoming laptop sporting AMD's new Ryzen 9 9955HX3D Fire Range HX3D...

The NVIDIA GTC AI Development conference started yesterday, but the big announcements are coming in fast and furious today. This one is all about some powerful AI development hardware, known as DGX Spark and DGX Station. These names come out of left field, but the technology upon which they are built is a known commodity: the Grace Blackwell

NVIDIA's Blackwell GB200 is an absolutely monstrous processor with up to 10 petaflops of dense FP4 tensor compute and 192GB of lightning-fast HBM3e memory delivering 8 TB/second of bandwidth per GPU. That number, though, that 192GB, is still limiting for hyperscalers building the latest, greatest AI models. For those companies that need ever

SiFive HiFive Premier P550 SiFive's latest development kit makes it easy to develop optimized software for the RISC-V platform, on real RISC-V hardware, while sporting lots of IO. Fastest RISC-V cores available for the edge Plenty of external and internal IO Standard form factor Multiple OS options Mesa driver available for graphics cards...

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D: $699 MSRP The new Ryzen 9 9950X3D pairs AMD's Zen 5 CPU architecture with 2nd Generation 3D V-Cache for enhanced gaming performance, higher clocks, and more overclocking headroom.   Great Overall Performance No Compromise Gaming Power Efficient Price Premium AMD announced a vast array of products back at CES earlier...

MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Gaming Trio: MSRP $599 The MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Gaming Trio packs a massive cooler and takes NVIDIA's reference specs and kicks them up a couple of notches to boost performance. Latest Architecture And Feature Set Good Overclocker Power Friendly Cool And Quiet DLSS 4 + RTX Neural Rendering Upgraded Media Engine Radeon...

AMD RDNA 4 And Radeon RX 9070 Series: Radeon RX 9070 - $549, 9070 XT - $599 MSRP AMD's Radeon RX 9070 and 9070 XT target the high volume, mid-range PC gaming market, are priced aggressively, and take the fight to NVIDIA. Competitive Overall Performance Improved Ray Tracing Aggressive MSRPs Many Software Updates Overclocking Potential...

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Founders Edition: MSRP $549 The final member of the initial GeForce RTX 50 series launches today, the mid-range GeForce RTX 5070, and we've got the full scoop with copius benchmarks and overclocking data. Latest Architecture And Features Relatively Low Power Small Form Factor Modest Temps And Noise Good Overclocker...

AMD RDNA 4 And Radeon RX 9070 Series: Radeon RX 9070 - $549, 9070 XT - $599 MSRP A look under the hood of RDNA 4 tells us AMD's Radeon RX 9070 and 9070 XT target the midsection of the PC gaming market, where the volume is, and appear poised to make a big splash at very competitive price points. 2 x Ray Tracing Throughput Numerous Software...

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 Aura Edition Starting at Starting at $2000, On Sale For $2042 At Amazon As Tested Lenovo's latest ThinkPad X1 Carbon is elegant, sleek and lighter than ever, with Intel Lunar Lake processors on board, though it is pricey, even for the enterprise. Incredibly thin and light Generous port selection despite small...

The latest entry in the venerable Monster Hunter game series is set to launch tomorrow. Known as Monster Hunter Wilds, it's the next mainline title and marks the beginning of the sixth generation of Monster Hunter games. Wilds brings a great many innovations to the storied franchise, including a persistent mount, the ability to equip two weapons

Beats Powerbeats Pro 2: MSRP $249 Beats has made the Powerbeats Pro 2 much more competitive with current high-end wireless earbuds, but there are some serious caveats.. Clean and balanced sound Solid ANC and Transparency modes Better fit and comfort over originals Hands-free access with both Siri and Google Assistant Built-in heart rate...

Dell UltraSharp 40 Curved Thunderbolt Hub Monitor U4025QW: MSRP $1919, Currently $1489 The Dell UltraSharp 40 U4025QW is a big, beautiful, curved Thunderbolt-enabled monitor featuring a 5K2K resolution and IPS Black panel technology. It's ideal for creators and productivity workers who need excellent color fidelity and a ton of high resolution...