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Microsoft and Nvidia tease "a new era of PC" as a potential Surface refresh looms

… Microsoft's next-gen consumer Surface devices will likely feature Nvidia's N1 and N1X chip We probably won't have to wait long to know for sure With all of this in mind, what could a new era of PC actually mean? …

May 29, 2026 · Patrick O'Rourke

Intel's next CPU generation might finally catch up to AMD on something that actually matters

… Related Next-gen CPUs are finally using GAAFET and BPD, and I couldn't be more hyped Next-gen semiconductors are promising some big changes Platform longevity has always been an AMD specialty Long before the famed AM4 Most of us associate AMD's platform longevity DNA with the AM4 socket launched in… …

Apr 25, 2026 · Tanveer Singh

The fastest SSD in your system shouldn't always be your boot drive

… This is a 1TB or 2TB PCIe Gen 4 or 5 SSD with DRAM. Use this as your boot drive. It's snappy, reliable, and has high endurance. Next, have drive B, which is your thoroughbred drive. This is your fastest PCIe Gen 6 NVMe. …

Mar 21, 2026 · Jasmine Mannan

Intel's Nova Lake could fix the one thing that's driven builders to AMD for over five years

… A One generation B Two generations C Three generations D Four generations Correct! LGA 1151 spanned three generations — Skylake 6th gen , Kaby Lake 7th gen , and Coffee Lake 8th and 9th gen — though Coffee Lake boards required a BIOS update and weren't always backward compatible with earlier chips. …

May 13, 2026 · Ty Sherback

AMD just gave the Ryzen 7 5800X3D an upgrade, and Noctua will sell it for other AM4 CPUs

… What's interesting is that this advanced next-gen carbon nanotube thermal interface material TIM isn't tied to a flagship AM5 processor, but to AM4 with the relaunched special 10th-anniversary edition AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D. …

Jun 1, 2026 · Rich Edmonds

Nova Lake is set to change nearly everything you know about Intel CPUs

… Related Next-gen CPUs are finally using GAAFET and BPD, and I couldn't be more hyped Next-gen semiconductors are promising some big changes We'll finally see Intel's answer to AMD's Ryzen 3D V-Cache Now we're talking Intel seems to be taking a big swing with Nova Lake, considering that newer leaks … …

May 1, 2026 · Tanveer Singh

USB4 is quietly replacing Thunderbolt, and your next motherboard will prove it

… That all changed when the USB-IF was drafting the next-gen USB standard. …

May 24, 2026 · Jasmine Mannan

Your old laptop is too weak for Windows 11, but somehow strong enough for containers, VMs, and a homelab

… Related Don't just revive your old laptop, turn it into a home server General-purpose Linux distros aren't the only way to resurrect your outdated computing companion Laptops are perfect for a homelab Better connectivity, battery backup, and low power I have quite a few SBCs in my home lab, and whi… …

May 9, 2026 · Abhishek Kumar Mishra

AMD extends AM5 support through 2029 with a new CPU, and AM4 refuses to die

… This is something Intel has struggled with, though strides have been made with the next-gen desktop-class processor, and we saw one recent chipset generation support three CPU families. …