Grab this RTX 5070 Ti OLED gaming laptop at $300 off — Acer Predator Helios Neo 16S AI drops to $1,899.99
Grab this RTX 5070 Ti OLED gaming laptop at $300 off — Acer Predator Helios Neo 16S AI drops to $1,899.99

The Acer Predator Helios Neo 16S AI combines an OLED 240 Hz display, Intel’s Core Ultra 9 275HX, RTX 5070 Ti graphics, and 32GB of DDR5 memory, all while saving you $300 off its regular price.

Chinese YMTC SSDs make their way into retail Lenovo laptops — media outlet slams YMTC PCIe 4.0 drive for ‘below average for an SSD in an office laptop’ in review

Lenovo has seemingly begun using YMTC SSDs in some of its laptop models, allowing the Chinese storage chip company to gain a foothold in the U.S. This is despite its inclusion on the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Entity List and its branding by the Pentagon as a Chinese military company.

Memory price surge begins to cool as consumers hit affordability limit — AI demand still keeps DRAM and NAND prices climbing through Q3 2026

TrendForce says DRAM and NAND prices will continue to rise through Q3 2026, but AI-driven gains are slowing as PC and smartphone makers reach their affordability limits.

Windows guru uses 19th-century Stirling Engine tech for auxiliary cooling on AMD Threadripper 3970X system — waste heat energy spins the $40 engine’s flywheel
Windows guru uses 19th-century Stirling Engine tech for auxiliary cooling on AMD Threadripper 3970X system — waste heat energy spins the $40 engine’s flywheel

Windows development guru Dave W. Plummer shared a brief video demonstrating a novel Stirling Engine powered cooling solution for his AMD Threadripper chipset.

Intel reportedly adding two new 22-core SKUs with game-boosting cache to Nova Lake-S lineup — 125W unlocked and 65W locked part rumored to be part of single-tile Core Ultra 5 tier

Intel is apparently cooking up two new 22-core Nova Lake-S SKUs with up to 144MB of bLLC. One is a locked 65W variant and one is an unlocked 125W part, and both are said to be part of the Core Ultra 5 tier.

Intel confirms price hikes on select consumer and server CPUs citing supply costs and demand — select Xeon processors now over $1,000 more expensive
Intel confirms price hikes on select consumer and server CPUs citing supply costs and demand — select Xeon processors now over $1,000 more expensive

Intel confirms price increases for Core Ultra 200S Plus, Xeon 6 processors, cites market dynamics, rising costs, soaring demand.

Inside the history of DRAM price-fixing lawsuits — how HBM allocations could make a difference after two decades of failed cases
Inside the history of DRAM price-fixing lawsuits — how HBM allocations could make a difference after two decades of failed cases

17 plaintiffs sued Samsung, SK hynix, and Micron in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in late June.

GitHub thumbs nose at Sony’s controversial end to physical media with its introduction of Repo CDs — offers limited run of 1,000 CD-ROM copies of public GitHub repos for preservation

GitHub has announced that it will be giving developers a way to obtain their public repo on a CD-ROM. Context is provided by Sony’s recent decision to abandon game discs.

SK hynix to invest $712.5 billion in South Korean operations — Cheongju NAND expansion, Yongin Semiconductor Cluster for DRAM detailed

SK hynix announces major plan to spend $712.5 billion in its operations in South Korea, but the only detailed investments are spendings on a new NAND fab and a packaging facility.

Montech NX600 Review: A budget dual tower with jet-engine fans
Montech NX600 Review: A budget dual tower with jet-engine fans

Montech’s NX600 is a new dual-tower air cooler powered by six heatpipes and two 28mm thick high-performance 120mm fans. We’ve tested it with AMD’s Ryzen 9 9950X3D to benchmark its thermal efficiency.