Can an Nvidia RTX 5050 gaming laptop help you beat the memory crisis? As a laptop expert, here’s when I’d buy one — and when I wouldn’t
Can an Nvidia RTX 5050 gaming laptop help you beat the memory crisis? As a laptop expert, here’s when I’d buy one — and when I wouldn’t

Labor Day sales bring RTX 5050-toting gaming laptops to under $1,000. Does this mean they are great options for budget-conscious gamers, or do they make too many compromises? Let me explain.

Alienware 16X Aurora review: A thoroughly competent gaming laptop
Alienware 16X Aurora review: A thoroughly competent gaming laptop

The Alienware 16X Aurora pairs a gorgeous 240 Hz OLED display with solid performance, sturdy build quality, and strong upgradeability, though its size and battery life limit portability.

Save $300 on this 240Hz OLED gaming laptop with an RTX 5070 Ti, now just $1,899 — Acer Predator Helios rig ships with a 24-core Intel CPU, 32GB DDR5 and a 1TB SSD
Save $300 on this 240Hz OLED gaming laptop with an RTX 5070 Ti, now just $1,899 — Acer Predator Helios rig ships with a 24-core Intel CPU, 32GB DDR5 and a 1TB SSD

This Acer Predator Helios Neo 16S AI gaming laptop has dropped to just $1,899.99, giving you a high-end rig with an RTX 5070 Ti, 32GB DDR5 and a 1TB SSD.

How Nvidia RTX Spark will change laptops forever… for better and worse
How Nvidia RTX Spark will change laptops forever… for better and worse

Nvidia’s recently announced RTX Spark laptop chip could fundamentally change the way that portable computers are used. More consumer choice and healthy competition are never a bad thing, but what if it’s coming from one of the biggest companies in the world?

Poor liquid metal application almost destroys Asus Zephyrus M16 laptop, eats through the processor lid — paste replacement triples framerates, drops temps, and eliminates hard crashes
Poor liquid metal application almost destroys Asus Zephyrus M16 laptop, eats through the processor lid — paste replacement triples framerates, drops temps, and eliminates hard crashes

A user on Reddit shared their story about how the factory-applied liquid metal on their Asus Zephyrus M16 gaming laptop corroded the heatsink and lid of their CPU. It got so bad that the corrosion was about to eat away and seep onto the silicon itself, but thankfully a simple re-paste job averted catastrophe.