Marco Chiappetta
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PNY GeForce RTX 5080 Slim OC: Currently $1,299 The PNY GeForce RTX 5080 Slim OC is a custom, no-nonsense, factory overclocked RTX 5080 card with a trimmed-down waistline that requires only dual-slots and excellent performance...
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Intel Xeon 658X: MSRP $1,699 The Intel Xeon 658X brings the Granite Rapids architecture to professional workstations and offers increased CPU and memory performance and higher efficiency than its predecessors. More Efficient Than...
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Powercolor Radeon RX 9070 GRE: MSRP $549 AMD is bringing its former China-exclusive Radeon RX 9070 GRE to the U.S. and we've put one of these relatively affordable GPUs through its paces versus the competition. Competitive Performance...
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Computex 2026 and GTC Taipei will go down in history as the moment NVIDIA used to officially announce its entrance into the PC market. During his keynote at the Taipei Music Center, CEO Jensen Huang announced the RTX Spark – formerly...
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Biwin Black Opal NV7400 2TB: $249 Orico X50: $199 ($159 w/ Coupon) External storage is pretty much a necessity for many users, so we built a high-capacity speed demon using parts from Biwin and Orico. Fast Sequential Transfers Silent And Consistent Durable Enclosure Requires TB5 For Max...
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KIOXIA just introduced its XG10 Series, a new high-performance client SSD family targeting PC OEMs for desktop and mobile applications. The XG10 succeeds the XG8 Series but adopts a PCIe 5.0 (Gen5 x4) interface and NVMe 2.0d compliance to...
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AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition - MSRP $899 The new Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition has higher power limits and packs a pair of 3D V-Cache equipped CCDs with a whopping 192MB of total L3 cache, making it AMD’s fastest desktop...
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Beelink Me Pro NAS: $379 - $559 ($459 As Tested) The Beelink Me Pro NAS is a modular, well-built, small for factor two-bay NAS device with good looks and an excellent feature set. Solid Performance Up To 5Gb Ethernet Fully-Featured PC...
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Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Qualcomm's second generation PC processor, the Snapdragon X2 Elite is here and improves upon its predecessor in virtually every way, with more cores, increased performance, and enhanced efficiency. Higher Core...
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Intel Core Ultra 200S Plus Series: Core Ultra 7 270K Plus ($299), Core Ultra 5 250K Plus ($199) Intel's mid-model Arrow Lake refresh improves upon the original Core Ultra 200S processors in a number of meaningful ways to boost...
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During his keynote at GTC 2026, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang introduced a wide array of new products, services, AI models, and software to a massive audience at the SAP Center in San Jose, California. The Vera Rubin ecosystem with Groq...
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ORICO K20 Mini Magnetic Portable SSD: $209 (2TB) The ORICO K20 Mini is a compact, durable and highly-portable external SSD, with competitive performance and a unique trick up its sleeve. Durable Enclosure Good Performance Highly Portable...
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AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D: $499 MSRP The new AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D is a clone of the existing 8-core Ryzen 7 9800X3D, but with higher clocks to boost performance and solidify its gaming leadership. Leading Gaming Performance Power Efficient Doesn't Require Massive Cooling Adequate General...
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Intel Core Ultra X9 388H - Coming Soon The 16-core Core Ultra X9 388H is a very strong all-around CPU, with leading IO and connectivity, performance, and improved efficiency. Panther Lake is officially on the prowl. Killer iGPU Performance Improved Efficiency Leading Edge Platform IO Much More...
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This year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas has officially ended, and with the HotHardware crew back home, it's time to look back on the trip and highlight some of our favorite, stand-out products. As is usually the...
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Crucial X10 Portable SSD (2TB): MSRP - $239, Sale Price - $209 The Crucial X10 is a rugged, dust and water-resistant external USB SSD, that offers excellent performance in a compact package. Compact Enclosure IP65 Dust And Water Resistance Broad Compatibility High Capacities Available Strong...
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The Pixel 10 Pro, Pixel 10 Pro, and Pixel 10 Pro Fold are Google’s best flagship phones yet with a more efficient SoC, brighter displays, bountiful camera tweaks, larger batteries, faster charging, and Qi2 magnetic accessory support. Add...
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Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite: MSRP TBD Qualcomm's second generation PC processor, the Snapdragon X2 Elite, improves upon its predecessor in virtually every way, with more cores, increased performance, and enhanced efficiency. Higher Core...
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We recently published a full review of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5-powered OnePlus 15 smartphone. We praised the device for its premium design, 165Hz display, and excellent performance, among many other things. If you missed that...
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MSI GeForce RTX 5050 Shadow 2X 8GB: $249 The GeForce RTX 5050 is the most-affordable graphics card based on NVIDIA's Blackwell architecture that targets mainstream gamers, and is the first RTX XX50 series GPU for the desktop in years...
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We recently had the opportunity to attend Intel’s Tech Tour 2025 and dive deep into the company’s upcoming Panther Lake and Clearwater Forest CPU architectures. We also got the chance to tour Intel's Ocotillo campus in...
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MSI Titan 18 HX AI: MSRP $5699, Currently $5199 The beastly MSI Titan 18 HX AI gaming laptop for 2025 is powered by the latest Intel and NVIDIA mobile hardware, includes Thunderbolt 5, and puts up some huge benchmark scores...
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