Your PSU can adapt to different power options much more quickly than you might think. Because companies sell their equipment to many other people in many different places, they often include options to bridge any differences in how those people use them. It might be more challenging to sell to various groups if they didn’t. A perfect example is the power supply voltage switch on the back of your PSU....
The latest Zen 5 processors from AMD have arrived with retailers ready to take orders or at least offering release notifications for the very latest Ryzen processors. The new CPUs release today, July 21, 2025, at 6 am PST, and both tested well for gaming. Take a look at ourAMD Ryzen 5 9600X and Ryzen 7 9700X Reviewfor an in-depth look at performance and benchmark results. So far the new Ryzen CPUs look like good value for the money, with some impressive testing results in gaming titles, yet the cost of these new processors is less than what the previous generation released....
The U.S. government is said to be considering further restrictions on China’s access to cutting-edge semiconductor technology. Now, people familiar with the matter say the Biden administration wants tofurther restrict the gate-all-around (GAA) transistor technologyused to manufacture leading-edge chips. The administration is also considering limits on high-bandwidth memory (HBM), which is critical for AI accelerators. GAA nanosheet transistorsimprove density while delivering power and performance benefits, but they are only used on the most cutting-edge process nodes....
Many users have been experiencing changes in their Outlook view. While this might not be as big of an issue for some, it might cause signs of concern for others as they might be unfamiliar with the new interface. In some instances, this issue can occur due to the user accidentally clicking on the view settings. It could also be caused by an outdated Outlook application or even a corrupted user profile....
Before I made a change, this happened to me all the time. I’d go to shut down or restart myWindows 11PC and then I’d get up to use the bathroom, expecting the PC to be off or completely rebooted by the time I got back. Instead, I’d get an error message like the one below: “This app is preventing you from restarting.” What’s really going on here is not a bug, but a safety feature, one which is very annoying....
Qualcomm’s exclusivity agreement withMicrosoftto provide CPUs for Windows on Arm PCs has been rumored to expire in 2024. Still, Arm CEO Rene Haas is the first person to confirm it officially in an interview withStratechery. The end of the exclusivity agreement means Windows on Arm PCs can start to use non-Qualcomm Arm chips in the coming years. Microsoft chose Qualcomm as its partner for Windows on Arm PCs in 2016, and ever since Qualcomm has been the only company to make Arm chips for Windows devices....
WinRAR has been a staple in the PC community for decades, offering the ability to compress data into compact files for easier transfer. With that, however, comes the occasionalsecurityconcern, and today we have an example of just such a situation. Reports have begun to circulate,highlightingan issue in all but the latest edition of WinRAR that enable software to execute without the Windows Mark of the Web (MotW) security warning pop-ups....
Samsung’s solution runs on theCompute Express Link (CXL), an open industry standard that provides a cache-coherent interconnect between CPUs and accelerators, thus allowing CPUs to use the same memory regions as connected devices utilizing CXL. The remote memory, or in this case, a hybrid RAM/flash memory device, is accessible over the PCIe bus, which comes at the cost of ~170-250ns of latency, or roughly the cost of a NUMA hop. CXL was introduced in 2019 and is in its third revision, featuring PCIe 6....
XFX has introduced the MagAir series ofRadeon RX 7900 XTXandRadeon RX 7800 XT, among thebest graphics cards. The novelty of the MagAir series is the swappable fans. XFX recently showed off thePhoenix Nirvanaseries, which is exclusively available in China. The Mercury MagAirRadeonRX 7900 XTX (RX-79XMAIRB9), with a core and boost clock of 1,885 MHz and 2,615 MHz, respectively, is currently retailing for$999.99at Newegg. It costs $80 more than the regular Speedster Merc310 Radeon RX 7900 XTX at $919....
Trying to get your hands on the current best-in-slot gaming CPU has not been easy since the launch of AMD’s Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor. Selling out nearly instantly, AMD has struggled to provide supply to keep up with the demand for the new processor, and currently, the only way to get your hands on the 9800X3D is to pick it up in a combo deal from Newegg. This is fine if you don’t already have an AM5 motherboard, but if you do, then this is an expensive way of alleviating the wait time for the CPU to come back in stock....
Yesterday,Microsoftunveiled WHAMM, a generative AI model for real-time gaming, as demonstrated in its demo starring the 28-year-old classicQuake II. The interactive demo responds to user inputs via controller or keyboard, though the frame rate barely hangs in the low to mid-teens. Before you grab your pitchforks,Microsoftemphasizes that the focus should be on analyzing the model’s quirks and not judging it as a gaming experience. WHAMM, which stands for World and Human Action MaskGIT Model, is an update to the original WHAM-1....
AMD on Tuesday introduced its Zen 5-based EPYC 4005-series processors aimed at entry-level uniprocessor servers for small businesses, edge deployments, and hosting providers. AMD’s EPYC 4005-series ‘Grado’ CPUs come in an AM5 form factor and feature up to 16 cores and 32 threads in a bid to offer maximum performance within the framework of the default Windows Server 2025 license, which base price covers CPUs with up to 16 cores....
A video went viral recently when workers at an Indonesian factory recorded one of the first alleged boot-ups of aZotac RTX 5090. Zotac has come out andofficially refutedclaims that the GPU in the recording was a Zotac-made RTX 5090, stating that the GPU in question is an existing RTX 4070 Ti Super Solid. Zotac wrote on its website: “Over the last two days, we have noticed inaccurate speculation circulating regarding a rumored new graphics card product allegedly being manufactured by ZOTAC....
