Category: Computer Components

Go back to DDR4 because of memory shortages? Nah. That’s too new. DIY builders are already making do with older hardware. Many are squeezing more life out of AM4 systems—building newer configs…

An offhand threat by the U.S. Commerce secretary could mean significant additional costs to upgrade or build PCs…or perhaps nothing at all. As Micron broke ground on a new memory fab in…

The U.S. and Taiwan struck a trade deal on Thursday night, cutting prices of goods imported from the tech-centric region in exchange for investment inside the U.S. The deal means that tariffs…

The Trump Administration said Wednesday that it will place tariffs on certain “advanced computing chips,” such as the Nvidia H200, to address what the government referred to as national security concerns. The…

Hey. Psst. Listen here. I don’t know if you’ve heard, but RAM prices are kind of insane. Bad enough that people are getting desperate to find ways to save a little money….

Arguing over the best hardware of the year is usually fun. That’s as true as ever in 2025, when Brad Chacos, Adam Patrick Murray, Will Smith, and Alaina Yee (hi, it’s me)…

I did not have “Micron kills its consumer business” on my 2025 bingo card. The company announced the shuttering of its Crucial brand on Wednesday morning in unexpectedly simple, transparent language. The…

With the price of memory continuing to skyrocket, PC builders may be forced to get creative. A new ASRock motherboard might be one answer, with the ability to add either DDR4 or…

Welp. A dark time for tech enthusiasts is indeed inbound. As reported by my colleague Mark Hachman, it’s not just that Black Friday 2025 may be the last chance for us to…

Black Friday may be a time of rampant consumerism. But I treat it as an opportunity for savvy consumerism—if this period of sales is baked into the system, we may as well…