In our previous coverage , the MSI RTX 5090 LIGHTNING Z owner claimed he was practicing soldering on a very expensive graphics card. That explanation was already hard to process, because most people use scrap boards for practice, not a limited GPU that costs more than many complete PCs.
The owner appears to have attempted a board mod by adding a tiny 0402 component near the GPU area. The goal was probably to
Japanese retailers are showing lower prices on several DDR5 and DDR4 memory kits, according to AKIBA PC Hotline’s latest Akihabara price survey.
The largest cuts apply to DDR5 32GB x 2 kits. A DDR5-4800 64GB kit dropped by ¥21,800, or 21.8% , to ¥78,
Valve’s new Steam Controller appears to have leaked again, this time through what looks like an early review video. Since the review was taken down, we are looking at a Streamable mirror. The reviewer claims the controller will launch at a $99 price. The video is not an official Valve upload, and the price has not been confirmed by Valve. The clip came from YouTuber Techy Talk, who published a review early before it was taken down.
ASRock is bringing its workstation AIO coolers to retail in Japan. The company has confirmed domestic availability for two WS Series liquid coolers, the WS TR 360D for AMD Threadripper systems and the WS XE 360D for Intel Xeon W platforms.
The WS TR 360D upports AMD sTR5, SP6, sWRX9, sWRX8, sTRX4, TR4 and SP3 sockets. The WS XE
Just get an MMO mouse, speaking from experience, if you want extra productivity buttons. I have always liked larger mice with many buttons because I use my PC in different ways. Selecting text, moving data, media controls and app shortcuts can all be assigned to a regular MMO mouse, with buttons left for other actions.
What I cannot imagine is looking at the mouse during use to check whether I am pressing the right icon on a screen. Turtle Beach has now put a touchscreen on a mouse
ASUS has started rolling out its ROG Equalizer cable, a redesigned 12V-2×6 PCIe power cable meant to reduce uneven current distribution across GPU power pins. The company presents it as a hardware-level protection layer for graphics cards using the 12V-2×6 or 12VHPWR connector.
We already covered ASUS’ announcement and the first user test, where the cable showed lower connector temperatures under a 600W FurMark load. The test
More details have surfaced on Microsoft’s rumored Xbox Game Pass Starter Edition , a lower-tier subscription reportedly tied to Discord Nitro. Said new tier for Game Pass would be part of the Discord Nitro bundle with access to more than 50 Game Pass titles, 10 hours of Xbox Cloud Gaming per month and Xbox Rewards support. A new report Dealabs now claims the launch library includes 58 games.
The reported list overlaps with Game Pass Essential
The change is part of Windows 11 Insider Experimental (Future Platforms) Preview Build 29576.1000, which was released yesterday. Microsoft says these release notes apply to users in the Canary 29500 series channel, which is being moved to Experimental (Future Platforms) as part of the Windows Insider channel changes.
Task Manager now
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Intel’s next P-core Xeon platform may now be planned for 2027 rather than 2026. According to leaker Jaykihn, Diamond Rapids is now expected to enter volume launch around mid-2027 on Intel’s 16-channel memory platform. The first wave will scale to 256 cores, followed by 512-core SKUs
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Intel’s next discrete gaming GPU plans may have changed again. According to leaker Jaykihn, Intel no longer has Xe3P “Celestial” gaming GPUs planned, while the next gaming-focused Arc generation remains unclear.
The claim says Xe3P will still appear in discrete products, but not as consumer