AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT PCIe Comparison: 8GB vs. 16GB
The 8GB RX 9060 XT looks like a solid budget GPU - until you actually game on it. Limited VRAM turns it into a performance liability, especially for players hoping to future-proof their systems.
How much power can a PCIe x16 graphics card draw from the motherboard alone?
Is it 50W, 75W, 150W or up to 300W?
Experimental Micron PCIe 6.0 SSD hits a massive 30.25 GB/s, but it's not ready for your rig yet
Double the speed of today's fastest consumer drives
Nvidia NVLink Fusion delivers 14x more bandwidth than PCIe Gen5 for AI data centers
A performing computing fabric that's essential in Nvidia's plans for AI factories
WD Black SN8100 debuts with PCIe 5.0, blazing-fast performance
The WD Black SN8100 marks Western Digital's entry into the PCIe 5.0 SSD market, offering significant performance improvements over PCIe 4.0 models. Reviewers praise the performance and power efficiency, while noting the steep price and the need for compatible hardware to fully benefit from it.
Sandisk's Stargate SSD architecture targets 512TB drives by 2027
Stargate to debut this year in Ultra QLC 64TB and 128TB models
Intel's Arrow Lake CPUs throttle PCIe 5.0 SSD speeds, tests reveal
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.
Seagate begins work on NVMe HDDs for cost-effective AI workloads
Working proof-of-concept, but Seagate has yet to disclose data rate or performance metrics
Micron and Astera demo first PCIe 6.0 SSD, delivering 27GBps sequential read speeds
A lot of "firsts" here for a single demo bench...
Samsung's 9100 Pro SSD is the world's fastest consumer drive, hitting 14,800 MB/s sequential read speeds
Its first "true" Gen 5 SSD
Asus denies reports of quick-release GPU damage, but offers support for affected users
Scratched and chipped gold fingers are just a little wear and tear, company says.
Asus Q-Release Slim motherboard mechanism may be damaging graphics card's PCIe connectors
GPU gold fingers can get caught in Q-Release Slim PCIe slots, causing chipping
PSA: Asus and other PC hardware vendors have spent the last few years exploring ways to make installing and removing motherboard components easier and safer. Asus' latest method aims to eliminate release buttons and latches from PCIe slots, but recent reports indicate that the procedure risks chipping the gold fingers.
PCIe 7.0 spec nearing completion, promising 16GB/s per lane bandwidth
Doubling bandwidth to meet the demands of AI and machine learning
Phison steals Micron's PCIe 5 SSD crown after just one day with a 122TB drive
Phison doubles Micron's capacity and exceeds its already blistering read speeds
Gigabyte add-on card brings Thunderbolt 5 to existing desktop PCs
Forward-looking: Thunderbolt 5 doubles Thunderbolt 4's bandwidth, offering 80Gbps transfer speeds in either direction. However, Thunderbolt 5's alternate mode can transmit at 120Gbps while receiving data at 40Gbps upon detecting certain devices. The extra boost currently only supports cable lengths up to two meters.
AMD X670E motherboard bug is nerfing PCIe 5.0 SSD performance
The cause of the problem yet to be singled out
Samsung launches 990 Evo Plus NVMe SSDs with enhanced speed and thermal performance
Priced from $110 for 1TB
Next-generation motherboards will make swapping SSDs and GPUs easier
Asus and Gigabyte demonstrate easy release mechanisms at Gamescom
New technology enables GPUs to use PCIe-attached memory for expanded capacity
It could be a game changer for AI and HPC applications
More practical PCIe 5.0 SSDs will finally arrive this year based on the SiliconMotion SM2508 controller
Fast PCIe 5.0 SSDs that won't require active cooling
In context: Up until now, the only PCIe 5.0 SSDs on the market have been powered by the Phison E26 controller. They're certainly fast, with sequential speeds of over 12GB/s, but they also run incredibly hot and are power-hungry. We're talking active cooling requirements and over 11W of power draw under load, which is not exactly ideal for rigs.
Western Digital's new budget NVMe SSDs arrive at peculiar price points
The new drives are just a few bucks shy of better storage products
PCIe 7.0 achieves impressive 128 GT/s in optical connection demonstration
Optical connections poised to succeed CopperLink as the future of PCIe
PCIe 6.0 and 7.0 deployment encounters delays
0.5 draft specifications for PCIe 7.0 are now available
Patriot showcases DDR5 that overclocks to 11,500 MT/s
Also a new 14 GB/s SSD that might not need a ridiculously huge cooler
Gigabyte's Zen 5 motherboard supports graphics cards weighing up to 128 pounds
But will it make a big difference?