The Arrow Lake disaster continues to bring bad news to Intel aficionados
Editor's take: It's no secret that Intel is in a tight spot. The company that invented the microprocessor doesn't seem to understand how to make great products anymore, and users are suffering significant performance issues as a consequence.
Hardware-accelerated ray tracing and NVMe storage required
Highly anticipated: As Bethesda and id Software start the final hype cycle before the launch of Doom: The Dark Ages on May 15, the official PC system requirements reveal that ray tracing, a once-optional feature that dramatically reduces frame rates, is increasingly becoming mandatory in major game releases. Notably, the game also requires an NVMe SSD.
Early Black Friday deals bring the Samsung 990 Pro and Corsair MP600 Pro 2TB SSDs down to $149, making them excellent options for expanding PC storage.
What just happened? Micron's latest storage offering is here for gaming handhelds, mini PCs, and ultraportables. The company just unleashed the Crucial P310 2230 Gen4 NVMe SSD, and they're making some bold claims about its speed and capacities in that tight little M.2 package.
The big picture: As the storage requirements for blockbuster video games march past the triple-digit mark, 1TB SSDs have felt increasingly cramped. While 2TB probably suffices for most users and 4TB still feels positively roomy, perhaps 8TB isn't out of the question for customers who want quick access to entire libraries of media and software and have the cash to burn.
Samsung's 970 Evo Plus is our best mainstream SSD for two years in a row and it's on sale today. You can grab the 2TB version for just $130, or 1TB for just $80.