A post in the Vietnamese Facebook group “Build PC” shows a painful sight for any parts seller: a table full of Samsung M.2 NVMe SSDs bent and snapped after a ten-year-old tried to “test durability.”
The PC enthusiast and dad wrote that he had just stocked up while RAM, graphics cards, SSDs, and CPUs were getting more expensive, then his son broke the whole box.
Arctic has announced MX-7, the newest entry in its MX thermal compound lineup. The company says it spent around three years updating the formula before bringing MX-7 to market.
Arctic’s headline claims focus on two changes: lower thermal resistance and higher cohesiveness compared with its prior paste. The company links that mix to better temperatures and longer lifespan across common jobs, including CPU installs and GPU repastes.
The application guidance is also different from what many users do with thinner
Colorful launches iGame GeForce RTX 5060 Ti Mini OC in 16GB and 8GB, plus RTX 5070 Mini OC.
Colorful has introduced its iGame GeForce RTX 50 Mini lineup, a single-fan graphics card series aimed at ITX builds. The first wave includes the iGame GeForce RTX 5060 Ti Mini OC in 8GB and 16GB, plus the iGame GeForce RTX 5070 Mini OC 12
We received a tip from one of our readers, and this is the first time we have heard about this specific scam. A sealed DDR5 kit sold as new by Amazon turned out to contain counterfeit parts.
Our reader, BravoNorris, bought the last four units of an XPG Caster 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5-6000 CL40 kit from Amazon Spain. Three kits arrived first,
Two unreleased laptop processors have appeared on Geekbench, giving an early look at Intel’s Core Ultra 7 365 and AMD’s Ryzen AI 9 465. The Intel chip was tested in a Lenovo system, while the AMD entry comes from an ASUS Vivobook S 15 M5650GA.
Based on these two listings, AMD is ahead in both tests. The Ryzen AI 9
One may soon have an RTX 5090M option for a gaming Mini-PC.
Just over a month ago, Thunderobot launched the MIX G2 in China. It is a compact system, but it is also larger than typical NUC-style boxes, which makes sense given the hardware inside. Reports around the China launch describe a 3.2-liter chassis and configurations based on Intel Arrow Lake HX processors paired with
AYANEO has confirmed its NEXT 2 Windows handheld will be sold through a crowdfunding campaign. The company is already taking registrations and is promising an early-bird discount for people who sign up.
AYANEO has not shared pricing, a launch date, or final configuration options yet. A campaign preview page is already live, so the full listing should follow soon, with the missing details.
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The company claims such reports are false.
Samsung says it is not planning to phase out its consumer SSD business. A company spokesperson denied the online claims that Samsung would stop making SATA SSDs.
The rumor picked up speed after talk that NAND and DRAM capacity is being redirected toward AI demand. Some posts framed the alleged change as Samsung winding down SATA SSD production to free up manufacturing for data center and AI customers. Samsung’s response was direct:
The rumor regarding the
Thunderobot has confirmed it will show off new Panther Lake-based products at CES 2026 in Las Vegas. The show runs from January 6 to January 9, 2026.
The company says its main laptop reveal at the show is ZERO Air, a new flagship gaming notebook built around Intel’s next Panther Lake (PTL) client platform. Thunderobot lists the system’s weight at about 1.58 kg, and describes it as a thin gaming
GIGABYTE has released the AORUS RTX 5060 Ti AI BOX (GV-N506TIXEB-16GD), an external GPU that pairs a GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB with NVIDIA’s Blackwell architecture and DLSS 4 support.
Thunderbolt 5 is the core feature. GIGABYTE lists the AI BOX as Thunderbolt 5 plug and play hardware, with support for Thunderbolt 5 daisy chaining. The