Nvidia's modular PCIe connector on the GeForce RTX 5090 , one of the best graphics cards , and the RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell may not be difficult to procure if you know where to look. The connector is readily available on Chinese second-hand e-commerce marketplaces, such as Goofish, for less than $25. This information is helpful in case you accidentally damage the connector and need a replacement.

If you have

Blue screens of death in public are an increasingly rare yet ever-so-hilarious phenomenon. Back in the day, a blue screen remaining up for hours on end, like the infamous giant LED wall at the Beijing Olympics rehearsal, often reminded us that we're not so different after all. Now, Microsoft is tightening its rope on even these unorthodox BSOD appearances with a new " Digital Signage Mode " announced at the Ignite 2025 event.

As the name suggests

Unveiled at the beginning of 2025, these powerful Asus ROG Strix 16 laptops come in a multitude of configurations at different price points. Today's deal focus' on model: G614FP-DS96, which has both an RTX 5070 graphics card and Ryzen 9 9955HX processor stuffed into its gamified chassis. The Asus ROG Strix G16 is now $1699.99 at Amazon while

Microsoft just released a new agentic AI to Windows 11 Insiders , allowing users to take advantage of artificial intelligence to execute tasks like file organization and sending emails. However, the company has confirmed the potential security risks brought about by giving artificial intelligence access to your files in a new support document . Because of this, it created an experimental feature called agent workspace, which gives the AI its own limited profile on your Windows PC.

Agent workspace is similar to a limited user profile on Windows

PC cooling specialist Noctua has introduced a Chromax variant of its latest flagship CPU cooler, the NH-D15 G2. Launched in July 2024 in its traditional brown and beige aesthetics, the cooler is now available in an all-black finish with a listed price of $189.90 in the U.S. on Amazon and €159.90 in Europe. That makes it $40 or €10 more expensive

Due to shortages of commodity dynamic random access memory, prices of DRAM have already increased by around 50% year to date and are on track to increase by a further 30% in the fourth quarter and then by 20% more in early 2026, according to data from Counterpoint Research seen by Tom's Hardware . Server-grade DDR5 prices are likely to continue rising and double year over year by late 2026. Furthermore, as Nvidia

We’re just over a week away from the big day, but the amazing Black Friday deals on tech are already here, including this Corsair mechanical gaming keyboard. The Corsair K70 Pro RGB is full-size with lots of options for customization, and thanks to this hefty discount, it’s down to one of its lowest ever prices. That’s all thanks to Scan, who have stuck a £89.99 sale price on the Corsair

Cloudflare, one of the biggest DDoS and security providers on the internet, suffered a major outage yesterday , knocking out several major websites, including X, OpenAI, and even some McDonald’s branches across the globe. Its chief technology officer has since apologized for the massive error , while its co-founder, Matthew Prince, has since released the details of the cause of the outage on the company blog .

Since Cloudflare is a web security outfit that protects a big chunk of

The mid-90s was arguably the period in PC history with the most whiplash-inducing changes. The arrival of 3D acceleration cards, the transition from plain-textbox DOS to fancy Windows 95, and the advent of the Internet all . This rapidly shifting landscape posed quite the challenge for game developers, as they had to consider writing their games for DOS, Windows 95, or both.

In an exceedingly detailed writeup , Fabien Sanglard explains how the OG Quake