Years past ( two or three, to be exact), we went through a period where graphics cards had ridiculously high prices, all due and part to chip shortage and the sudden rise of crypto-mining. Manufacturers literally couldn't keep cards in stock. Another contributing factor is that opportunistic scalpers would purchase cards by the dozens—making it difficult for PC builders like me to implement new Gen GPUs into my builds.
I last left the readers a week ago with a post about recent rumors that Sony may be unleashing a handheld gaming console. The code name for this device is "QLite." As I stated in that last published post, the PS Vita was the last portable device Sony produced, and it's now been ten years since the company shelved the device due to poor sales.
I've gone on the record and stated Levono manufactures some of the most high-quality premium laptops on the market. They have a bevy of laptops that fall into the flagship category. However, Lenovo is adding another premium laptop to its product line, an all-new Yogi Pro 9i.
ADATA 1TB SSD Legend 850 LITE NVMe adds to a long list of storage drives featured in the Weekending Deals Weekly, with good reason. Mainly because there are so many great deals on SSDs, and NVMe drives.
Rumors are circulating the web Sony is in the process of releasing another portable gaming device. The seeds of this rumor are from an insider Gaming source. It states that the name of this device from Sony is the codename "Q Lite"; it will be a streaming exclusive only, much like Logitech's G-Cloud.
When I shop for a motherboard, I look for the best value for the price. As a result, the Gigabyte Z690 AORUS Elite AX is probably one of the best-valued motherboards on the market and our editor's pick of the week.
ADLink just garnered my attention with their Pocket Ai portable GPU graphics solution. This is a scaled-down GeForce RTX 305 mobile hardware scaled down to the size of a human hand. In addition, the GPU uses Thunderbolt 3 connectivity support bringing graphic support to laptops and desktops.
According to reports, Microsoft is building a lightweight version of Windows, dubbed CorePC, developing alongside Windows 12. Microsoft is being very unconventional with this latest project, which follows Microsoft's previous light operating systems, which include Windows 10X Core OS and Windows RT operating systems.
The Anker 313 45W charger was launched at Samsung's Unpacking event, which took place last month and garnered interest from me mainly because of its fast charging capabilities. It's an ultra-high-speed charger with 45W support, featuring Super Fast Charging 2.0. I purchased the Anker 313 45W charger ( out of necessity), and it's been in my possession for a few weeks. So does this charger function as advertised? Find out in this review.
As more PC builders use AIO liquid coolers, you start to see many options on the market come down in price. Believe me; the market is saturated with AIO coolers from various brands. As always, my goal with Weekending Deals Weekly is to find the best reasonably priced gadget and hardware. The ID-Cooling ZOOM Flow is my pick for this week's weekend deal.
The editor's pick of the week? The Asus TUF GeForce RTX 3060 (Demonslayer Edition) graphics card. This is a great choice, considering several graphics cards on the market are still expensive. Have you seen the price of the RTX 4080? Rather pricey.
Once again, we have a collaborative effort from Noctau and Asus that entails a custom cooling fan on a graphic card, the GeForce RTX 4080. Both companies are claiming a considerable reduction in noise while maintaining stable temperatures. This follows a third collaboration that released the Noctua Edition GeForce RTX 3080 and 3070 graphic cards.
Readers will love this weekend deal; Logitech MX25 Wireless Mouse, once retailed for $99, is now $67.99.
Asus has just partially revealed a fully functional 48GB DDR5 memory module on an AM5 motherboard that features an unknown AGESA microcode update which will cover later in this post.
A few weeks ago ( give a take), we reported Nividas driver number 531.18 caused a CPU spike erratically once the user exited games. Well, we are happy to report Nvidia has solved that issue. The company has begun releasing the new ' Game Ready' GPU driver, version 531.29 WHQL,
You wouldn't expect storage devices to be trendy news, but when you have a 168TB PCIe add-in card make its way to the market, it deserves attention. So what's so uniquely impressive about the Apex Storage x21? It has an equivalent of 21 M. 2 NVMe SSDs crammed into a single expansion slot. This equates to 8TB M. 2 2280 sticks and provides impressive transfer speeds of up to 31GB/s.
Corsair has become the official memory used in my PC builds; from my experience alone, the RAM is one of the best in the market regarding overall performance and stability. So when the company unveiled its 192GB ( 4x 48GB) memory kit, it got attention from each pundit, such as myself. The memory kit retails for $749.99. In addition, Corsair also launched a high-speed DDR5-7000 C 40 48GB (2x24GB) kit for $284.99.
The point of updating hardware drivers is to improve the performance of that particular hardware. Unfortunately, in some cases, specific driver versions can be a detrimental problem. This leads us to Nvidia's latest dilemma, their latest driver, version 531.18, has a severe bug that causes high CPU usage after users have exited games. However, Nvidia has admitted that there is a problem; there will undoubtedly be an issued hotfix that will come in the next driver update.
When I say odd, I don't disparage the Jiushark Diamond JF13K CPU cooler. It's just that this is my first time seeing a top-down cooler. By the way, Jiushark is a Chinese manufacturer that specializes in hardware cooling apparatuses. Their newly launched CPU cooler has an expansive 240mm radiator directly strapped to the CPU.
We're implementing a new feature on this website, better known as Editors Pick of the week. Each week we'll recommend tech gadgets worth the consumer purchase. We kick this off with the Anker 313 USB Type C 45W charger.
