EK has started raising prices across its webshop, saying it had to adjust for higher material and energy costs, with new pricing taking effect on April 9. EK tells buyers to “stock up at the old price” and ends with “ Good luck with your builds”. I’m not sure why anyone would write something like this in a price hike update.
EK Prices are changing April 9th. Here’s what you need to know.
Microsoft has started dialing back Copilot branding in Windows 11 apps, beginning with Notepad. The change follows the company’s statement that it would reduce “unnecessary Copilot entry points” in apps such as Snipping Tool, Photos, Widgets, and Notepad.
In the latest Notepad preview for Windows Insiders, version 11.2512.28.0, the Copilot icon has been replaced with a pen icon labeled “Writing tools
Multiple users on Reddit are warning that downloads served through CPUID’s official pages for HWMonitor and CPU-Z may have been compromised. The reports say the HWMonitor 1.63 update path delivered a file named HWiNFO_Monitor_Setup.exe instead of the expected CPUID package, with Windows Defender flagging it and the installer showing Russian-language prompts.
CPUID’s official product pages currently still list HWMonitor 1.63, released April
3DMark says the phones recognized the benchmark app by name and returned up to 24% higher scores in the public build than in an internal renamed version.
We have just received a press note that UL Solutions has removed the REDMAGIC 11 Pro and REDMAGIC 11 Pro+ from 3DMark’s performance rankings after what it describes as benchmark compliance testing. The company says both phones failed to comply with its benchmark rules, and delisted devices
ASUS has introduced the ROG Equalizer, a new 12V-2×6 PCIe power cable designed to improve current balance and reduce connector temperatures on high-power graphics cards. The company says the cable is built around a patented design that keeps thermal behavior below the 105°C material limit, while
Lenovo Japan has announced the ThinkPad X13 Gen 7, a 13.3-inch business laptop that starts at 936 g in its lightest configuration. The company lists it as the lightest current ThinkPad in the lineup, and it will be offered with optional 4G LTE or 5G connectivity.
The new model will be available with Intel Core Ultra Series 3 processors or AMD Ryzen AI PRO 4
Crimson Desert has started running on at least some Intel Arc B580 systems with Intel’s latest 32.0.101.8629 driver. That is a change from launch week, when Pearl Abyss said the game did not support Intel Arc and told affected buyers to seek refunds. We also covered Intel’s reply at the time , where the company said it had offered Pearl Abyss hardware, drivers, and engineering support for years, but
NVIDIA has moved its DLSS 4.5 app-side overrides out of beta. The company says the latest NVIDIA App update now brings the full DLSS 4.5 override set to all users, after first offering the feature set through an opt-in beta release last week.
NVIDIA says users can enable it globally or per game in the Graphics tab, then choose either a maximum refresh-rate target or a custom frame-rate target. The
© NorthridgeFix MSI’s GeForce RTX 5090 Lightning Z was built for extreme overclocking, but the most interesting part of the card may now be the part some owners cannot get. MSI has limited its 2500W XOC BIOS to extreme overclockers , and leaked copies were later pulled after MSI reportedly ‘requested’ their removal.
NorthridgeFix recently received a broken MSI RTX 5090 Lightning Z with damaged resistor pads near the GPU area,
Thermalright has announced the AI HydroNous R1, a 2.6-liter mini PC built around AMD’s Ryzen AI Max+ 395. According to Thermalright, the system uses a custom liquid-cooling design that allows the processor to reach a claimed 176W peak power level.
Thermalright lists a phase-change TIM, a full-coverage copper water block, a custom 180mm internal radiator, and two LCP fans. The slides also mention three