Phison has been showcasing its data storage innovations atComputex 2025. Of particular interest, we attended a partner demo where the firm utilized 32 of its latest and greatest PCIe Gen5 SSDs in a RAID setup. During the demo, we saw CrystalDiskMark report data transfer rates as high as 113.6 GB/s for reads, and 104.6 GB/s for writes. The PS5028 for AI Workstation Live Demo This demonstration of extraordinary speed was enabled by a powerful modern workstation PC and a mix of cutting-edge storage components....

If you’ve ever thought about getting into the 3D printing hobby, this is a great opportunity to pick up a highly detailed 3D Resin printer for a great price. Currently, at Amazon, you may apply a generous $50 coupon with the click of a tick box and get your hands on thePhrozen Sonic Mini 8K S LCD Resin 3D Printer for just $325. Phrozen is one of the best-known names in the 3D printing scene and is especially popular amongst fans of miniatures painting or gaming as these resin printers can enable you to print your own minis to paint - sometimes saving you a massive amount of money compared to buying similar models from miniature gaming giants like Warhammer....

Whether you’re teaching programming in the classroom or want a small desktop for light browsing, there’s a good chance you’re able to find aRaspberry Pito suit your needs. Those looking to create an all-in-one without the hassle of gathering components individually should look at this interesting product from Vilros: thePiDock, a docking station compatible with theRaspberry Pi 400. The PiDock retails at $239, and it’s worth emphasizing that because this is a dock, it does not come with a Pi 400....

PowerColor is rumored to be working on a new series of GPUs codenamed “Reaper” for AMD’s upcomingRadeonRX 8000 GPUs leveraging the RDNA 4 architecture, perVideocardz. The Reaper series likely targets the budget/mainstream segment and should slot in with PowerColor’s current offerings rather than replace any existing lineup. PowerColor is one of AMD’s longest and most loyal AIB partners, with over a decade of experience as a licensed producer of Radeon cards....

Qualcomm is teasing something big for next week surrounding its highly anticipated processors that will be featured inWindows 11laptops. The company announced in an X post to “stay tuned for 4/24.” We can’t say for certain that we’ll learn details about an additional member of the chip family, but whatever Qualcomm is announcing will be Snapdragon X-related. So far, we hada hands-on experiencewith multiple Oyron-based SKUs in New York, with selectedbenchmarksshowing it to exceed certain AMD, Apple M3, and Intel CPUs....

Intrepid makerIvan Kuleshov has deliddedaRaspberry Pi 5for the maximum cooling possible! Not content with the typical IHS, Kuleshov has added a Peltier element and a series of heatpipes that take the heat to a large copper heatsink. I delidded Raspberry Pi 5 CPU and made a custom cooling system with thermal tubes and Peltier element.In theory, it is possible to reach sub-zero temperatures.Testing is in progress. Results will be up soon in a thread here and on my site#raspberrypi #raspberrypi5 pic....

You’re not alone if you’re nostalgic for the PlayStation One days. Maker and developer MrNiceThings over at Reddit has been yearning for the 32-bit system of yore and recently shared a fantasticRaspberry Pi-powered upgrade to the classic console. Inside the genuine shell of an old PSOne Slim,MrNiceThingshas removed the original hardware and made a CM4 the show’s star. It isn’t the first Raspberry Pi-based PlayStation One project we’ve covered. In the past, we encountered a Pico-poweredUSB mouse PS1 adapter(which would be cool to see upgraded to the newPico 2)....

RISC-V, the open source, royalty-free CPU architecture, is in the very early stages of development and adoption compared to mainstream ARM and x86/x64 CPUs— but despite that, Box86/Box64 developers still managed to get last-gen AAA title The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt running on a RISC-V PC. Besides Box64, which was used to emulate x86 instructions in general, Wine and DXVK helped fill the gaps using Linux instead of Windows. The developers wrote adetailed blog poston how this was accomplished and uploaded video footage of the game running on YouTube....

Nvidia’s newest drivers no longer require the system CPU to support the POPCNT instruction. We don’t know why this change has been made, however, there are some fascinating implications regarding what you might call mismatched hardware. For example, tech enthusiast Bob Pony observed that due to this driver change, “you could possibly pair an [Nvidia GeForce]RTX 5090with [an Intel] Core 2 Duo.” We’d like to see it, and surely we will see this exact scenario tested by a TechTuber, shortly....

When putting together a PC, it helps to have parts with a little versatility, and theAMD Ryzen 9 9900Xis definitely one of those options. This high-powered processor not only comes with plenty of juice to fuel your gaming needs but also has integrated graphics, so you don’t even need a graphics card to get started. It’s usually priced around $499, but right now, you can pick it up for just $439....

SSD manufacturerSabrenthas updated its Rocket 4 lineup with a pair of new single-sided PCIe 4.0 SSDs with up to 2TB of capacity. The new Rocket 4 SSDs, which will replace the existing Rocket 4 that’s being phased out, will only have NAND chips on one side of the drive for improved compatibility with mobile devices. These will compete with thebest SSDs, and perhaps thebest PS5 SSDs.The updated Rocket 4 features the Phison E27T controller, a newer solution that provides for low power designs....

While it’s certainly true that not all gaming monitors are created equal, it’s equally true that it’s up to us to know exactly what we need out of a gaming display. Today’s deal on theSamsung 24-inch Odyssey G3 G30Dmeets many gamers in the middle, offering plenty of good specs that are well-suited for gaming but at a price that’s optimal for those shopping on a budget. It usually goes for around $199 but right now it’s available for just $139....

Sandisk Ultra and Extreme lines of memory cards are two of the most common cards on the market. And although there are multiple differences, its read and write speed is what makes one better than the other. Depending on your device, the read/write rate majorly determines how a device performs. Using a slower-performing memory card on a high-end device will worsen your experience due to lower read and write speed. Therefore, you need to know the difference between the two cards before you get a memory card....