Tag: Computing Components

Nvidia DLSS 5 leak sparks major turnaround among PC gamers — as some brand it an ‘insanely huge graphical update’ that means ‘there’s no going back’

Nvidia‘s DLSS 5 has been nothing short of a bubbling cauldron of controversy ever since the next-gen gaming tech was first aired. That initial reception shocked Nvidia as what seemed like a legion of PC gamers took up arms and vowed, well, all sorts of colorful things — most of…

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The hidden cost of the RAM crisis: why memory prices might not be your only PC upgrade worry

The RAM crisis is everywhere you look these days, and it’s impossible to go a day without seeing more headlines predicting doom and gloom for tech lovers worldwide. But there’s another side to this grim situation — one that I wouldn’t even have thought about if it wasn’t directly affecting…

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Why was there an ‘evil’ Delta airlines Wi-Fi network? The experts weigh in

As many attendees of this year’s DEF CON hacker conference departed Las Vegas recently, many unsuspecting passengers on Delta Flight 591 attempted to access an onboard Wi-Fi network. What they didn’t know was that ‘Delta WiFi Fast’ was actually a fake network, allegedly set up by a fellow passenger intended…

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The world’s largest SSD is here: DapuStor unveils massive 512TB drive

DapuStor’s R6060 packs 512TB into a single E2 form-factor drive The drive doubles the capacity of E3.S and U.2 alternatives PCIe 5.0 and NVMe 2.0 protocols power this massive drive DapuStor has unveiled a massive 512TB NVMe SSD at the FMS 2026 storage trade show event, pushing enterprise storage capacity…

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‘It’s only 4x the price it should be’ — Amazon’s latest DDR5 RAM deal isn’t convincing buyers, but it could get worse

Seeing the red ‘limited-time deal’ banner on some DDR5 RAM at Amazon should elicit some excitement given the rarity of price cuts lately. But when you click through and see the price for this 32GB Corsair Vengeance kit, you’ll wonder if there’s genuinely a deal here at all — and…

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The RAM crisis just hit a new low — here’s my advice on what to do based on 30 years of writing about GPUs, memory and PC components

It appears that the RAM crisis is getting worse than ever as we head further into 2026. I’ve been closely watching and reporting on memory price hikes — which were soon followed by other PC component cost increases — since this crisis first began, and the worrying thing is, I…

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