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Elecom made a USB-C dock with a big dial on top, and I kind of want one
The dock goes on sale in Japan this month for about $87
Editor's take: Docking stations are rarely interesting, but this one caught my attention. Made by Japanese peripheral maker Elecom, the DST-L080BPBK puts a large rotary dial and four programmable keys on top of an otherwise conventional 8-in-1 USB-C dock, so the box you would normally hide behind the monitor becomes something you keep within reach.
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D drops to $429 with a free $70 MSI AIO cooler and Onimusha game
That's $140 worth of extras on top of the gaming CPU king
Former EVGA manager reveals how Nvidia's Founders Edition cards helped drive the company out of GPUs
Winners & losers: EVGA's 2022 exit from Nvidia graphics cards remains one of the industry's most striking partner breakups, and this first-hand account shows how the relationship worked day to day. Hedrick describes a company squeezed by Nvidia's Founders Edition cards, pressure to keep a loss-making entry model and tight control over launch information, all in a business that made up 78% of EVGA's sales. It's only one side of the story, though. Nvidia's CEO and outside reports point to EVGA's own strategy and costs.
Cost Per Frame: Nvidia Stops Offering Good Value GPUs to Gamers
GPU prices are climbing again, but not equally. Across 10 countries, Radeon now delivers far better value than GeForce in most price tiers, while Nvidia's lineup struggles to stay competitive.
Graphics Card Prices Are Rising Fast (Again), and GeForce Is Taking the Biggest Hit
GPU prices are rising sharply again, with GeForce cards taking the biggest hit. We tracked prices across 10 countries to see which GPUs are getting more expensive and where value remains, if any.
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X3D Review: The Budget 3D V-Cache King
AMD's Ryzen 7 7700X3D revives Zen 4 with a lower-clocked take on the 7800X3D. We benchmark 13 games to see how much performance it gives up and whether it still belongs in a modern gaming PC.
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 10th Anniversary Edition Review
AMD's Ryzen 7 5800X3D is back at $350. It looks overpriced, but for AM4 owners facing costly DDR5 upgrades, this four-year-old CPU may still be the smartest path to modern gaming performance today.
Testing AMD's EXPO Ultra Low Latency Memory
AMD's new EXPO Ultra Low Latency memory promises tighter timings without manual tuning. We tested G.Skill's latest DDR5 kits to see how much faster they make Ryzen gaming.
AMD X870 Motherboard Roundup: 53 Motherboards Tested
After six months of testing, we compare 53 AMD X870 and X870E motherboards across VRM thermals, USB performance, PCIe lane sharing, features, and value.
You can now buy a pre-built gaming PC that boots into Steam instead of Windows
Meta PCs launches first SteamOS prebuilt with Ryzen 5 9600X and Radeon RX 7600 for $1,299
TechSpot PC Buying Guide: Four Smart Builds for a Difficult PC Market
Building a PC in 2026 means navigating inflated RAM, storage, and GPU prices. We assembled four balanced systems that prioritize performance, value, and sensible upgrade paths.
The Real Reason Nvidia Has Abandoned PC Gamers
Nvidia's shift away from PC gaming wasn't driven by AI alone. Slowing GPU gains, rising manufacturing costs, and longer upgrade cycles made gamers a far less attractive business.
The RAM crisis is resurrecting DDR4 memory and motherboard production as hardware cycle reverses
CPU, GPU, and RAM production are going back in time, for consumers anyway
Your DisplayPort 2.1 Monitor Might Not Be Running DisplayPort 2.1
Your DisplayPort 2.1 monitor and graphics card may support UHBR20, but that doesn't mean you're getting it. Here's how a seemingly harmless cable choice can change everything.
How often do you upgrade your PC?
Rising prices and slower performance gains are reshaping the enthusiast upgrade cycle
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus Review: AMD Needs to Respond
Intel's Core Ultra 7 270K Plus pushes beyond the 250K Plus with more cores and cache for $300. It costs more, but could be a strong value for high-end productivity workloads.
Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus Review: They Did It
Intel's Core Ultra 5 250K Plus fixes what the 200 series got wrong, delivering blistering productivity performance and competitive gaming at $200, making it one of Intel's most compelling budget CPUs yet.
Intel launches Core Ultra 270K Plus and 250K Plus to revive its desktop gaming push
Intel bets on efficiency cores and software tricks with Arrow Lake Refresh
The big picture: Intel is looking to repair its desktop reputation not with another halo chip, but with two aggressively priced Arrow Lake Refresh parts that lean on extra efficiency cores, faster memory, and a new optimization layer that means to squeeze more gaming and productivity performance out of essentially familiar silicon.
Were We Wrong About Ryzen's Best Feature All Along?
Platform longevity helped define Ryzen's rise, but was it really the secret sauce? As Nova Lake and Zen 6 approach, we revisit AM4 to see how much socket support truly shaped the CPU market.
DDR5 Prices Are Broken, So We Tested Cheaper Chinese RAM
With DDR5 prices quadrupling as AI demand drains supply, we tested CXMT Chinese RAM to see how it stacks up against premium and budget kits in gaming.
AMD moves closer to open-source firmware with openSIL test, set to replace AGESA
Zen 6 firmware concepts see early testing on the MSI B850-P Pro
Apple redesigns its Mac buying experience with a new build-to-order configurator
Taking a page out of Dell's playbook?
New chips, new designs, and bold prototypes defined PCs at CES 2026
The takeaway: If you've ever been to a CES in Las Vegas, you know how easy it is to get lost – not only amongst the convention halls, hotels, and meeting rooms, but also in the noise of all the announcements made at the event. Breaking through the nearly overwhelming tsunami of show news is no easy task, but with the benefit of a week to reflect on it all, it's clear that the PC category was unquestionably a big and successful part of the news story from the event.
The Ryzen 7 5800X3D Revisited, Four Years Later
We revisit the Ryzen 7 5800X3D and 5700X3D to see how they hold up in modern games, updating our benchmarks and comparing them against today's CPUs across multiple generations.
