Cyper Abdu

31/05/2026

It might be worth rolling back your drivers until the issue is fixed.

31/05/2026

Actively cooled DDR5 memory kits? In this economy? | Opinion

May 29 — Cooler Master and G.Skill have announced new actively cooled MasterDimm DDR5 memory kits with built-in fans.

It's true that ultra-fast DDR5 can run pretty toasty. When I tested Corsair's 48 GB DDR5-8400 CUDIMM kit last year, I recorded a noticeably higher temperature during stress testing compared to a 'standard' DDR5 set.

The temperature was well within tolerances, though, so I'm not entirely convinced that we really need active cooling for memory sticks.

What most people probably want right now is just DDR5 that's sensibly priced.

Over at Amazon, the cheapest 32 GB G.Skill dual-channel kit is a whopping $429, and it's even more expensive at Newegg. Go back in time by eight months or so, and you only had to pay around $90 for the same memory, roughly 79% cheaper than it is now (or, if you prefer the figures the other way around, the price has risen by 376%).

I have no doubts that some people out there will snap up a set of MasterDimms the moment they become available, either for bragging rights or because they plan on overclocking the twangers off the kit. But that's surely going to be a very small number of people, and certainly a demand lost in the cacophony of pleas for affordable DRAM.

I greatly fear that this is going to be a common theme at this year's Computex event, where instead of seeing all kinds of innovative ways of beating back the RAMpocalypse, we'll just get a flood of tone-deaf launches, all pretending that everything is just fine and dandy.

—Nick Evanson

26/05/2026

Perhaps the reason for not releasing any 10 or 12-P-Core only CPU is the lackluster performance uplift the Intel Bartlett Lake P-core-only CPUs bring to the table when compared against Intel's 8-P-core CPUs from the consumer-segment Raptor Lake and Raptor Lake Refresh families.

We were all hyped up to see someone booting up his system with a mainstream Z790 motherboard using the Core 9 273PQE, but it appears that the CPU doesn't have any advantages over CPUs with fewer Performance cores.

26/05/2026

AMD is reportedly preparing its next-generation Zen 7 “Grimlock” CPUs for a 2028 launch using TSMC’s advanced A14 1.4nm process technology.

The chips are also expected to adopt Powertech’s FOPLP packaging and enhanced 3D V-Cache designs, potentially boosting core counts and cache capacity. Rumors point to up to 16 cores and 224MB of L3 cache per CCD, while AMD continues pushing heavily into AI-focused CPU and server development.

25/05/2026

23/05/2026

Corsair modules with Chinese CXMT memory have been spotted, highlighting growing diversification by major memory providers.

23/05/2026

Intel's upcoming Hammer Lake desktop CPUs will feature unified Thunder Hawk cores and reintroduce Hyper-Threading for improved multithreading performance. 💻⚙️

Read more: https://tweak.town/GZR7y3t

20/05/2026

3D V-Cache could get even more affordable on AM5

19/05/2026

Currently, AMD offers three 8-Core Ryzen 3D V-Cache CPUs: the Ryzen 7 7800X3D, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D, and the Ryzen 7 9850X3D. But that is about to change as the company is working on a brand new processor.

The new CPU will reportedly be called the AMD Ryzen 7 7700X3D, and as per the naming, the chip should fall below the 7800X3D. The Ryzen 7 7800X3D is still regarded as one of the strongest CPUs for gaming based on its price, which usually hovers around $400. The new CPU is going to offer higher value.

19/05/2026

Thermal Grizzly has unveiled its new WireView Pro II GPU 12V-2x6 power monitor. The perfect solution for Nvidia Founders Edition GPUs.