It started with the AMD AM2 socket.
A customer in Finland asked for an AM5 mounting kit for an NH-U12P bought in 2008, a 17-year gap between purchase and the first socket upgrade. Noctua says that request stood out as it marked the longest interval it had seen from purchase to first upgrade. The story appears in a company blog post that also confirms
At CES 2026, Intel announced that Panther Lake will be released in a special version for gaming handhelds. This was a bit of a surprise, given that the company has not focused heavily on this market before. However, its Meteor Lake and Lunar Lake architectures have been used in these systems with mixed results.
What we can say for sure about Intel-based handhelds is that they are expensive. It is not clear whether launching a
As you may recall, MSI announced a new series of power supplies at CES 2026. None of these are available yet, but they bring a very interesting feature that will work with any RTX 50 (or even RX 9000) card, as long as it uses a modern 16-pin power connector.
MSI Afterburner is primarily known as an overclocking tool.
ASRock has released a statement on a recent incident involving Ryzen 9000 CPUs and its motherboards. As mentioned, we reached out to the company for a statement, but they did not respond. Instead, ASRock posted the statement on its website.
The statement says the company is investigating the issues and implementing internal reviews and verification processes. It does not specify what is being tested.
What the statement lacks, and what we specifically asked for, is guidance for people currently
Please note that this post is tagged as a rumor .
Board Channels rumors may not always be fully accurate, but its recent posts about RTX 50 supply and prioritization were spot on. While NVIDIA denied limiting supply of specific models and said all RTX 50 SKUs will continue to ship, the SKUs mentioned in these rumors are becoming more expensive to buy.
Around December, a rumor on the same forum claimed NVIDIA would limit RTX
NVIDIA is telling some Windows 11 users to uninstall update KB5074109 after reports of gaming instability. This suggestion comes from an NVIDIA staff reply on the company’s official GeForce forums, following complaints tied to Forza Horizon 5.
In the forum thread, Manuel Guzman from NVIDIA said the problems began after a Windows update and that the only known workaround, so far, is removing the patch. The user who posted originally
PowerGPU just put out a price increase alert, saying SSD costs have gone up again and that other PC parts are also getting more expensive. PowerGPU says whatever is in stock right now is basically the last batch at the old pricing. The post does not say which “other parts” are affected.
The timing matches what’s been floating around in the memory market. Analyst firm TrendForce has Q1 2026 conventional DRAM contract pricing pegged for a 90%
Grand Theft Auto 6 is one of the most anticipated games right now. What arrives in a few months on gaming consoles first will shape what gamers consider acceptable, both in terms of quality and price. Right now, we know nothing about the gameplay itself, but judging from the trailer, it is easy to say the game will bring gamers a brand-new experience.
GTA 6 was also announced just as generative AI started
Valve has published a new FAQ post on the Steam Hardware Blog to address common questions around three recently announced products: Steam Controller, Steam Machine, and Steam Frame. The post focuses on feature basics, upgrade paths, and what support will look like for older hardware.
Valve says the release window has not changed, and the company is still aiming
Intel has started upstream Linux driver work for Nova Lake-P, and the patches confirm the platform uses Xe3p_LPG for graphics. Do note, however, that not all Nova Lake chips will use this GPU architecture, you can find more details on this in our previous coverage .
This follows Intel’s recent iGPU cadence. Xe2 arrived with Lunar Lake and pushed Core 200V iGPUs closer to AMD’s RDNA 3