What appears to be one of the earliest public user reports on ASUS’s ROG Equalizer cable has surfaced on Chiphell. The user says the cable came bundled with a newer batch of the ROG Strix 1200W Platinum PSU. ASUS has already confirmed that ROG Equalizer bundles are rolling out in Q2 2026 across select ROG Thor III and ROG Strix models, and that included accessories may differ by production batch.
According to the post
AMD’s Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 now has a confirmed UK SEP of £799, according to Overclockers UK forum staff member Gibbo. In a new post, he said the store will sell the chip at £799 and that orders open at 2 PM on Wednesday, April 22, with
AOC has launched the 25G51F gaming monitor in China. The display is priced at 529 yuan on launch, which converts to about $77.6 USD at the current mid-market rate. It targets the low-cost 1080p gaming segment with a 24.5-inch IPS panel, Full HD resolution, and
The 1990s Neo Geo AES is coming back as the new NEOGEO AES+ , a modern reissue that keeps the original cartridge format but adds low-latency HDMI, 1080p output, original AV out for CRTs, on-system DIP switches, and support for both new and original games. Plaion says the hardware does not rely on emulation or FPGA, but on re-
Microsoft has announced that Xbox mode is now available on Windows 11 PCs, including laptops, desktops, and tablets. The feature is part of Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 29570.1000 for the Canary Channel, released today.
According to Microsoft, Xbox mode is designed as a streamlined full-screen interface focused on gaming. The company says it is meant for controller-based use, with fewer desktop
ASRock says its Intel 600, 700, and 800 series motherboards now support a new DDR5 module type that the company calls HUDIMM . The new memory uses a single 32-bit sub-channel instead of the usual two 32-bit sub-channels found on standard DDR5 desktop modules. ASRock also says its DeskMini systems will support the same idea in HSODIMM form.
Regular DDR5 UDIMM modules split the stick into two independent
One day after leaker HXL said AMD was preparing a Ryzen 7 5800X3D “AM4 10 Years Anniversary Edition, ” the same source has now shared what appears to be the retail box for that SKU.
The earlier leak listed the same specifications as the original Ryzen 7 5800X3D, 8 cores, 16 threads, up to 4.5 GHz boost, 10
JEYI has introduced a new ArcherX PCIe to M.2 expansion card with an unusual layout. Instead of placing the M.2 slot perpendicular to the motherboard like a typical adapter, the SSD sits parallel to the board. The design is meant to use the lower PCIe slot area that often ends up blocked by large multi-slot graphics cards.
The card appears aimed at compact systems where free slots still exist on the motherboard but cannot be used with
ASUS has updated its support documentation to confirm exactly which power supplies will ship with the new ROG Equalizer 12V-2×6 cable. We covered the initial launch on April 9, when ASUS said the cable would be bundled with 2026 ROG Thor III and ROG Strix Platinum units and offered separately to existing PSU owners at a discount.
The newly published
Apex Gaming PCs has issued a recall for Manik and Apex-branded ATX power supplies sold in the US, according to a notice published by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission on April 16. The recall covers about 17,730 units in the US, plus another 500 sold in Canada.
The recalled units lack a permanent on