China is expected to allow its tech giants to finally import Nvidia H200 chips about a month after President Donald Trump approved its export to its Asian rival . Sources say that Beijing will allow domestic corporations to purchase these chips for commercial use, as reported by Bloomberg . However, it seems that this won’t be a blanket approval — instead, it
Patriot shows off opulent Viper Xtreme 5 Aurum RAM kit with flashy finish as prices surge throughout industry — company also showcases new SSDs and MicroSD Express card for Switch 2

Patriot just dropped a plethora of new memory modules and SSDs, as well as several storage solutions for mobile devices and gaming handhelds. Despite the ongoing DRAM and storage pricing squeeze , the Tom’s Hardware team checked out Patriot's booth at CES 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada, to check out 15 new DDR5 RAM kits, as
Be Quiet showcases its minty fresh Light Loop AIO cooler and Dark Perk mice at CES 2026 — new wares join Dark Rock 6 coolers and 1,200 W PSU variants

Tom's Hardware's boots on the ground at CES have yielded an impressive amount of information, and the latest batch comes from the stand of German silence engineers Be Quiet. The company has finally pulled back the curtain on multiple new products and revisions of existing gear. The stars of the show are the Light Loop AIO and Dark Perk mice, arriving with
Score a speedy gaming PC with an RTX 5060 and 32GB of RAM for less than $1,000 — ABS machine unlocks 1080p gameplay with a 10-core Intel CPU and 1TB of storage

There are some seriously good discounts to be had over at Newegg right now. If you're quick, you could score a 1080p-capable gaming rig with a great spec sheet for less than a $1,000. This ABS Flux II Aqua gaming PC is available for just $979.99
AMD is unphased by Panther Lake's big integrated GPU — 'It's not even a fair fight' to compare the Arc B390 to Strix Halo, AMD exec claims

Tom's Hardware sat down with AMD's SVP and GM of Client Product Group, Rahul Tikoo, to get AMD's response surrounding Intel's new speedy Panther Lake mobile CPUs. Tikoo revealed that AMD is not afraid of Intel's new chips, claiming its lineup of high-performance Ryzen AI Max (Strix Halo) APUs and mainstream Ryzen
Senior AMD executive suggests consumers buy cheap CPUs to combat memory pricing squeeze — says ‘consumers have a wide assortment of choice available for all kinds of price points’

Intel Panther Lake pre-release testing delivers over 80 fps in Cyberpunk, 100 fps in F1 — Arc B390 offers playable 1080p frame rates with XeSS quirks in our hands-on tests

Intel has finally pulled back the curtain on Panther Lake , and in addition to a major process milestone with 18A, Intel is packing in the largest integrated GPU it has ever shipped in a handful of new X-series SKUs.
Frore Systems' LiquidJet and AirJet Pak cooling systems in the flesh — live demo with production hardware display impressive cooling capacity

Frore Systems' seemingly magic apparatuses for both air and liquid cooling have long been in the news, claiming to offer performance up to several times that of existing designs. Some companies are already using Frore's designs, like Qualcomm with its Snapdragon X2 Elite reference platform, and many others are integrating the products as we speak. At CES , Tom's
AMD teases heavily-rumored Ryzen 9 9950X3D2, continues to leak despite CES no-show — Alienware China touts the chip for its Area 51 desktop

AMD's CES 2026 keynote was conspicuously missing the highly-anticipated Ryzen 9 9950X3D2. The CPU originally leaked alongside the Ryzen 7 9850X3D — which did get announced this week — while the true flagship was a no-show. At a company QnA in Vegas on Wednesday for CES
Beijing tells companies to pause H200 purchases — China govt deliberating terms for letting local tech companies buy US chips while still growing homegrown semiconductors

Beijing has told Chinese tech companies to hold off on their plans to acquire Nvidia H200 chips, according to some sources. This is only a temporary measure, though, reports The Information , as the central government is considering how it will go forward with allowing local businesses acquire the latest chips they can without jeopardizing its long-term goal of building up