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…
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Taiwan tariffs fall after trade deal, hopefully easing tech prices
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…
Trump levies additional tariffs on ‘advanced computing chips’
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…
Thrifty modder salvages laptop RAM for custom desktop DIMM
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….
The Full Nerd awards: Our favorite PC hardware of 2025
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 hope Crucial’s death isn’t a canary in a PC memory coal mine
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…
ASRock’s combo motherboard might be a DRAM savior
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…
The PC tech apocalypse may be nigh. But I’m still grateful
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…
I usually buy PC parts when I need them. This Black Friday is different
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…
Watch: NZXT’s Kraken AIO CPU cooler nails performance for price
All-in-one coolers are all the rage these days because they bring liquid cooling tech to the masses without having to deal with, well, liquid. Take the NZXT Kraken 240mm, for example. It…
