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Asus has unveiled a brand new8K monitorfor professional workflows dubbed the ProArt PA32KCX. It is the world’s first 8K professional monitor withMini LEDtechnology, enabling the panel to display near-OLED-like black levels. The PA32KCX comes in a 32-inch form factor and features10-bitcolor capabilities, with built-in self-calibration functionality. Display brightness peaks at 1200 nits. Pricing was not announced, but expect this new display to be priced well into the thousands of dollars....

Best Raspberry Pi Projects: February 2025 When the moon hits your eye like aRaspberry Pi—that’s amore and we’ve got more Pi projects than you can handle this month. These are some of the best Raspberry Pi projects we’ve covered over the last month and we’re excited to give them some extra attention. These makers use everything from the Raspberry Pi Pico to the latestRaspberry Pi 5to bring their ideas to life....

CoolIT, a company specializing in liquid cooling solutions for data centers, hasdebuteda new liquid cooling cold plate, advertised to dissipate 4kW of heat, which is four times what Nvidia’s B200 accelerator is rated at. The company claims a doubling of heat dissipation over current industry standards regarding single-phase Direct Liquid Cooling (DLC) solutions. This announcement falls right before GTC, where Nvidia is expected to introduce its GB300 Blackwell Ultra offerings and discuss plans for the next-generation Rubin architecture....

Tom’s Hardware Verdict If you don’t want to spend thousands on something more powerful, CyberpowerPC’s Gamer Supreme delivers good mainstream gaming performance in a quiet, pale package, with matching peripherals. Solid, quiet gaming performance Mostly white build PSU has some headroom for a GPU upgrade Included peripherals are a step above the competition Fit and finish of the case could be better Keyboard looks nice, but isn’t mechanical Bottom-mounted ports pretty much necessitate on-desk placement...

Nvidia has allegedly stopped taking orders for its China-specificHGX H20GPUs used in AI and HPC applications, reportsCailian News Agency (CNA)citing a distributor source. This may signal that the processor has been discontinued due to slow demand, or the U.S. government’s new export rules that ban its sales to Chinese entities, or Nvidia is about to roll-out another China-specific GPU for AI workloads. As the news comes from two unofficial sources, we must be skeptical until more official news surfaces....

Microsoft Store, as of date, has more than 800,000 free and paid applications that users can download and use instantly. However, Microsoft Store needs to have access to the internet for you to get these applications. Microsoft Store usually does not have anyissues connecting to the internet.But an error message that says “Your PC isn’t connected to the Internet” may pop up when you open Microsoft Store. Although the application says PCs cannot access the internet, we cannot rule out the fact that other internal issues could be causing the error message....

System administrators on a computer with multiple users or a network with multiple clients can restrict a user from accessing the domain. In such cases, the user will get the error message “The sign-in method you’re trying to use isn’t allowed.” It is not supposed to be a system issue but a security and privacy feature. However, it is also possible that the admin unintentionally imposed such a restriction. Apart from that, some security software may also block the communication between a client and a domain controller in very rare cases....

Framework hasannouncedthat it’s partnering with DeepComputing to create a mainboard powered bya RISC-V processor. This mainboard will be a drop in replacement for the modular Framework Laptop 13, giving more people easy access to the RISC-V CPU architecture. You can also purchase the RISC-V mainboard separately from the laptop, perhaps instead buyingthe Cooler Master Mainboard Caseto use it as a Mini-PC. We’re excited to share a preview of a Framework Laptop with a new CPU architecture today, and it’s not the one you probably think it is....

Tom’s Hardware Verdict There’s no denying that the Trident Z5 Neo RGB DDR5-6000 C26 is an incredibly fast 96GB memory kit. To maximize its performance, ensure that you pair it with an AMD system. Outstanding out-of-the-box performance Tight timings Generous capacity to handle professional workloads Average overclocking margin Expensive Why you can trust Tom’s HardwareOur expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you....

Sometimes, one of the best ways to get a good deal on computer hardware is to look for promotional bundles of components. This is especially true when building (or rebuilding) a PC from the ground up. There are plenty of reasons to start over with a new motherboard and CPU—one of the biggest right now being the need to upgrade hardware to run Windows 11, as Windows 10 is closing in on the end of its lifecycle....

Back on sale, Best Buy has one of Lenovo’s gaming laptop SKUs reduced in price to under $1000. Could this be one of thebest gaming laptops under $1,000?TheLenovo Legion Slim 5 (model - 82Y9000QUS) is currently priced at $999– saving $350 off the higher retail price of $1,349. This version of the Legion Slim 5 packs in one of Nvidia’s RTX 4060 mobile gaming graphics cards, which isn’t usually the norm for laptops under $1000....

Tom’s Hardware Verdict Gigabyte’s X870E Aorus Master gets a slight facelift, USB 4.0 Type-C ports, three PCIe 5.0 x4 M.2 sockets, Wi-Fi 7, and more “EZ” features. The $499.99 price is pleasingly the same as last-gen, too. Fast memory support (DDR5-8600) 12 total USB ports on rear IO (2x USB 4.0) “EZ” features Cons Last-gen audio solution Why you can trust Tom’s HardwareOur expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you....

Why you’re able to trust Tom’s HardwareOur expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you.Find out more about how we test. Benchmarks and Final Analysis Benchmark Results and Final Analysis Our standard benchmarks and power tests are performed using the CPU’s stock frequencies (including any default boost/turbo) with all power-saving features enabled. We set optimized defaults in the BIOS and the memory by enabling the XMP profile....