TrashBench puts massive CPU cooler on RTX 3080

YouTuber TrashBench brings yet another (crazy) mod to GPUs. He tested an unusual GeForce RTX 3080 cooling mod by fitting an ARCTIC WS360 workstation AIO onto the card. The goal was to see whether a server and workstation cooler could solve one of the RTX 3080’s biggest weak points. ARCTIC sells the WS360 series as a workstation liquid cooler, with versions for AMD SP5, AMD SP6

Intel Arrow Lake Refresh prices rise, was the original MSRP ever real?

Intel launched the Core Ultra 7 270K Plus and Core Ultra 5 250K Plus on March 26 with suggested US pricing starting at $299 and $199 . Three days later, those numbers already look more like launch messaging than actual street prices.

Newegg currently lists the Core Ultra 7 270K Plus at $349.99 and the Core Ultra 5 250K

Rockstar North Xbox 360 devkit found at car boot sale surfaces with GTA IV prototype

A Rockstar North-labeled Xbox 360 development kit bought for £5 at a car boot sale has turned into an unexpected GTA IV preservation story. A new user on GTAForums, janmatant, said he found the XDK locally in Scotland, then identified himself as the person who discovered the console with the GTA IV files still on it. He also said he was looking to sell the full unit, not just the data.

Fake Samsung 990 PRO SSD reaches 7.2 GB/s read, but it fails in real-world test

Here’s how to check if your new drive is genuine.

Japanese AKIBA PC Hotline has published a report on a counterfeit Samsung 990 PRO that is much harder to spot than the usual fake SSD. The drive reportedly ships in near-identical packaging, carries a convincing 990 PRO label, and is even detected by Windows and CrystalDiskInfo as a 1TB Samsung 990

Ryzen AI 7 445 carries a higher SKU than Ryzen AI 5 340, but not higher performance

Notebookcheck has started taking a closer look at AMD’s Ryzen AI 400 series after its CES launch, and one of the first findings is already raising questions about AMD’s mobile SKU naming. That is interesting because many of the announced laptops are still not on sale, which means buyers have had little chance to compare these chips in real products. Its latest coverage focuses on Ryzen AI 7

GMKtech’s Mini-PC with Intel’s latest CPU costs as much as a gaming PC

GMKtec has now put its EVO-T2S mini PC on sale in China, while the global launch is set for tomorrow. The system is built around Intel’s Panther Lake platform, with the currently shipping model using the Core Ultra X7 358H. GMKtec also says an X9 388H version is planned later.

In China, the EVO-T2S is listed at

ASUS X870E demo with unreleased Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 CPU

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ASUS appears to be using AMD’s upcoming Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 to showcase the memory headroom of its ROG Crosshair X870E APEX motherboard. A result shared by Wccftech shows the processor running DDR5-8800 at CL32, which is clearly aimed at highlighting high-end AM5 overclocking rather than representing a typical retail setup.

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AYANEO warns several Android handhelds may be ‘temporarily discontinued’, two Windows handhelds affected as well

Android handhelds

AYANEO is preparing price increases across parts of its handheld lineup and says some models may be “temporarily discontinued” once current inventory runs out. This update affects several of the company’s Android-based devices, not just the much more expensive Windows-powered NEXT 2 that had its pre-orders suspended earlier this week.

According to the latest update cited by Retro Handhelds, Pocket VERT and Pocket S Mini are

PresentMon 2.5.0 adds middleware rewrite, multi-device telemetry, and stricter metric validation

PresentMon is the open-source Windows performance analysis tool maintained under Intel’s GameTechDev project. It captures and analyzes graphics application behavior across DirectX, OpenGL, and Vulkan, and it also powers telemetry and overlay functions through its service and capture application.

Rewritten middleware

The biggest change in v2.5.0 is a full rewrite of the middleware query framework and IPC path. According to the release notes, metric calculation