DRAM prices have tripled, and three products are paying the price
…The entry level is being pushed higher and higher, with some entry-level gaming PCs coming in at $800+. This leaves the sub-$500 market to be filled entirely by refurbished units…
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Asus' New ProArt P16 and P14 Pack Nvidia's powerful RTX Spark chip
…Surface Laptop Ultra will push Windows on Arm further than ever The tech giant says that the Surface Laptop Ultra's RTX Spark chip has been optimized for Windows 11 with developer…
These 4 PC maintenance tasks cost $0, but improve your performance drastically
…Benchmarking your PC's performance keeps you informed Know how your PC compares with similar systems One of the best ways to know if your system is performing as it should is…
Microsoft's Surface RTX Spark Dev Box packs serious Arm-based AI power
…Mini PC cost roughly $4,000, you can expect the Surface RTX Spark Dev Box to be pricey. Related Microsoft’s Nvidia RTX Spark-powered Surface Laptop Ultra will push Windows on…
CAMM2 is replacing the RAM stick as we know it, and your next laptop will prove it
…of PC memory from the earliest SDRAM in the 90s to the high-speed DDR5 RAM we see today. While DDR5 has breached 8,200 MT/s, with CUDIMMs pushing that to…
SSD prices are still climbing, yet you are killing your drive for no good reason
…Lastly, if you're using your SSD for server-like workloads, such as virtual machines, containers, and databases, you're pushing it too far. Enterprise SSDs have advanced controllers, optimized firmware, and…
Windows is still the best OS for gaming, and these 4 things prove it
…The operating system with the highest desktop footprint inherently dictates development priorities, which means that all PC gaming, from competitive shooters to narrative-driven single-player titles will always be optimized for…
AMD just dropped a compact AI workstation that makes discrete GPUs look outdated for running LLMs
Rich Edmonds May 20, 2026, 8:03 PM EDT Richard is the PC Hardware Lead at XDA and has been covering the technology industry for almost two decades. He's been building…
Your Wi-Fi antennas are pointing the wrong way
Jasmine Mannan May 26, 2026, 11:00 AM EDT Jasmine is Software and PC Hardware Author at XDA with years of tech reporting experience ranging from AI chatbots right down to gaming…
AMD's FSR is helping my 7-year-old Nvidia GPU crush Forza Horizon 6
…Sitting away from all that noise, however, was my partner's humble GTX 1660 Ti PC, powered by a Ryzen 5 3600X and 32GB DDR4 RAM. On paper, this PC sounds dangerously…