Noctua isn’t making any white fans or heatsinks, and told us why

The veteran cooling firm explains why you won't be getting a Noctua chromax.white cooler to match your pale PC build.

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InWin Covalent review: an excellent PC case for gaming or a workstation

Whether you're putting together an HPC system, or a gaming rig that pushes frame rates to dizzying heights, the Covalent is a great choice of chassis.

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Keychron just released a bananas 100-key square mechanical keypad for macro enthusiasts

Keychron's giant macro pad offers 100 customisable keys in a 10x10 grid, and looks ideal for image/video editors, as well as sim players.

Gigabyte revives eight-year-old AMD B450 chipset, as demand for DDR4 motherboards grows

Gigabyte's B450M D3HP and D3HP WIFI6E motherboards give users on tight budgets an updated platform that still supports DDR4 memory.

Steam Frame launch “just around the corner,” says VR game dev

As Valve remains silent on its Steam Frame launch plans, one developer hints the VR headset could arrive imminently.

Modder transforms Android phone into PC, runs The Witcher 3 at Ultra settings

This Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite-based smartphone was turned into a desktop PC, thanks to two desktop CPU heatsinks.

AMD just confirmed its CPUs have a TPM vulnerability, so make sure your motherboard is patched

AMD acknowledges two high-severity TPM vulnerabilities affecting its Ryzen, Threadripper, Epyc, and embedded CPUs, with patches are already available.

Intel eyes return to RAM business, hinting at stacked designs on top of CPUs

Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan no longer views memory manufacturing as a commodity market, and sees lots of potential for innovation and profit.

This Chinese NAND maker just overtook Sandisk and Micron to become the third biggest storage player

China's YMTC surpasses Sandisk and Micron, claiming the third spot in global NAND storage market share, behind Samsung and SK Hynix.

PlayStation 5 console severely overheats, as liquid metal compound eats heatsink

A CFI-1116 PS5 suffered from severe overheating, due to a liquid metal chemical reaction that left permanent scars on the heatsink’s base plate.

Modder turbocharges Steam Machine with Radeon RX 9070 XT, gives stock GPU a paddling

While it's possible to pair the Steam Machine with an external graphics card, the process isn't exactly seamless.

You could buy an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti GPU for just £1, as MSI opens UK store

MSI celebrates its UK store opening by allowing you to score parts for just £1, plus the possibility to deduct £20 from purchases over £150.

Xbox PC Game Pass titles could soon be playable on Steam Deck, thanks to this Linux project

Xbox and PC Game Pass titles may be become unofficially playable soon on Linux, with the Xodus open-source project already being able to download games.

Average Nvidia GeForce RTX 50 GPU prices rise by up to 39% over just two months

The Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti 16GB has seen the biggest recent price increase, but other cards in the GeForce series aren't far behind.

Windows 11 weather app takes 1.2GB of RAM, 5x more than macOS equivalent

Windows 11's built-in weather app wastes loads of RAM, even before any user interaction, due to its web-based design, on top of showing ads.

Gigabyte returns to DDR4 with refreshed B760M Gaming motherboard, complete with PCIe 5.0 support

Gigabyte relaunches an Intel B760M motherboard for users on tight budgets, offering DDR4 memory support alongside the latest PCIe 5.0 interface.

Noctua highlights loads of CPU cooler height inaccuracies in PC case specs

After manually measuring over 100 PC cases, Noctua found at least 56 examples where the actual CPU cooler height didn't match the specs.

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