ASUS Strix RTX 3090 Has A Hidden Design Flaw That Kills The VRM, And Owners Are Finding Out The Hard Way

The fancy-looking ASUS RTX 3090 has a common problem, which often goes unnoticed but can kill the GPU components if not paid attention to.

Sometimes a simple disassembly/assembly can cause complicated problems with PC components, and that's even difficult to spot when it's a GPU. The PCB traces and SMD components are easy to damage, resulting in shorting, which could potentially kill the GPU. That's why it's advised not to start any DIY process with these components unless


Colorful Bets On Both Sides Of Intel’s Socket Divide With New Battle-AX Boards Built for the DDR5 Price Crisis

Colorful has launched two budget-tier motherboards with the LGA 1851 and LGA 1700 sockets for previous-gen and latest-gen Intel processors.

Chinese hardware maker Colorful has introduced two new motherboards in the Battle-AX series. While most manufacturers are releasing boards for the newer Arrow Lake processors, Colorful has introduced new motherboard models for both Arrow Lake and 12th/13th/14th gen processors. Both motherboards are aimed at the budget segment, featuring the B8


Saros: Can You Beat the Tutorial Boss? (Consort Boss Guide)

The opening of Saros pits you against the Consort , a formidable tutorial boss designed to teach you the high stakes of combat. While most players will fall to this boss, it is possible to defeat it and receive some rewards for your efforts.

However, the fight is really difficult because you lack the advanced abilities such as Parry , Power Weapons, and Second Chance (free revive) unlocked later in the game. You are limited entirely to a Handcannon, and your own personal skills action game skills.

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Samsung Exiting MLC NAND Buisness Opens Up Space For Taiwanese NAND Maker Resulting In A 382% Revenue Increase

Samsung recently exited low-end NAND and DRAM businesses, which has resulted in a major boost for Taiwanese and Chinese markets.

Recently, we reported that Samsung had exited LPDDR4 and LPDDR4X memory segments to focus on the more lucarative LPDDR5/X memory, which is a hot item for AI. The semiconductor giant also closed its MLC NAND business to focus on higher-end NAND products.

While this led to a short disruption in the memory and NAND markets for entry-level platforms, others have filled


PlayStation Seemingly Brings Back the DRM Policy Sony Mocked Xbox For in 2013, Sparking Massive Backlash

Some PlayStation users have noticed a new online DRM policy for digital games purchased on the PlayStation Store : newly purchased digital games now display a "Valid Period" tag showing a start date, an end date, and a countdown timer. If the console does not connect to the internet within 30 days, the game's license reportedly expires, and the title becomes unplayable until an online connection is restored.

Crucially, this only affects games purchased after March 2026 , so titles already in players' libraries

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ACEMAGIC’s Palm-Sized F5A Mini PC Pairs AMD’s Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 With OCuLink & Dual USB4 For $759

ACEMAGIC has launched its brand new Mini PC, which packs AMD's Ryzen AI 9 HX 470, and starts at a price point of $759.

Mini PCs make compact Agentic AI possible, and for this purpose, ACEMAGIC is releasing its . The Mini PC is just as compact as one might expect, giving your PC setup a lot of breathing space.

In terms of specs, the F5A comes packed with an AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 CPU , which offers 1


PlayStation 6 Could Run Path Tracing at 60 FPS as RDNA 5 Was Built for It, but Mandatory Handheld Support Threatens to Hold It Back

The PlayStation 6 is said to deliver 10x ray tracing performance over the base PlayStation 5 , but the real-world FPS gain will be closer to 3x in games that don't use much ray tracing . However, these improvements could allow the system to run games with path tracing at 30 and even 60 FPS , according to the tech experts at Digital Foundry , as Codemasters managed to get a path-traced game running on PlayStation 5 Pro at 30 FPS with some computational headroom to boot


NVIDIA Not Interested In HBF Memory Despite 4TB Stacks Dwarfing HBM, Google Reportedly Locked As Sampling Begins This Year

High-Bandwidth Flash or HBFD, the memory that offers more capacity than HBM, will not be used by NVIDIA; instead, Google is going to be a key customer.

NAND DRAM has seen big adoption with the recent AI push. While primarily used for storage, such as SSDs, the upcoming flash memory technology could play a major role with HBF (High-Bandwidth Flash), the next generation NAND DRAM tech that bridges the gap between HBM and NAND Flash.

HBF is being co-developed by SanDisk and


Switch 2 Hefty Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Demo Drops Today, And It Silences Every Doubt About The Port’s Quality

Following Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade's release on Nintendo Switch 2 and Xbox consoles back in January, Square Enix will soon allow owners of these systems to continue Cloud's journey with Final Fantasy VII Rebirth from June 3 . However, the first steps of this second journey can be taken right now thanks to a meaty playable demo that has gone live today.

Unlike the PlayStation 5 demo, which only covered Chapter 1 of the full game, the and demos are packed with more content, as it lets players not


AMD Calls AI PCs “The New Enterprise Standard” As Enterprise Adoption Grows To 81% With The Agentic AI Boom

AMD as Agentic AI rages on to be the next frontier of computing.

The focus on localized AI and the rise of Agentic AI have rapidly boosted the adoption of AI PCs. This has led AMD to see a big demand for AI PCs in the Enterprise segment as organizations shift their workflows, aligning with future AI requirements.

AI is reshaping how businesses operate, and the PC is poised to play a central role in that transformation. While most AI workloads today run in the cloud, for AI to truly scale, more