This is the mini PC that finally made me display my home server instead of burying it
…RAM and SSDs has them reducing the options at the moment. Minisforum AI X1 Pro-470 6.5 /10 CPU AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 Graphics AMD Radeon 890M Memory Up…
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Your next gaming handheld might cost double, or not exist at all
…an obvious answer to the sudden spike in component costs, driven by exponentially increasing demand for High-Bandwidth Memory (HBM) from the AI industry. This has fundamentally changed the economics of the…
Claude Code with a local LLM running offline is the hybrid setup I didn't know I needed
…Anthropic is primarily an AI safety and research company. Its founding mission is rooted in making AI that is safe and understandable, which is why safety-focused training methods like Constitutional AI…
Intel reveals new Arc Pro B70 and B65 GPU aimed at creators and AI developers
…Lastly, Intel confirmed that new features are coming to its vPro business security and fleet management platform, including AI-driven analytics to better diagnose device issues and various security enhancements. Related GNOME…
Entry-level PC market is hit the worst by RAM pricing, but there's a bigger crisis looming
…AI is keeping the memory, and OEMs keep the change The looming crisis The RAM crisis doesn't seem to have hurt OEMs the way it has hurt consumers. Major manufacturers such…
Forget SO-DIMM RAM — every laptop should have adopted LPCAMM2 years ago
…Soldered RAM has been the dominant memory standard for a while now, and won't disappear anytime soon. Even when LPCAMM2 gains adoption in high-performance, AI-focused laptops , models with soldered…
Valve says the Steam Deck 2 needs a chip that doesn't exist yet
Jasmine Mannan Apr 2, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT Jasmine is Software and PC Hardware Author at XDA with years of tech reporting experience ranging from AI chatbots right down to gaming…
Most people misread PC component specs, and it's costing them money
…A weaker GPU with more VRAM is not automatically better than a faster one with less, especially once you factor in memory bandwidth, core performance, and the types of settings or resolutions…
I stopped reaching for Raspberry Pi when the $60 board hit $95
…But the economics of tinkering look different now, especially after the RAM apocalypse tightened memory supply and forced Raspberry Pi into repeated price hikes tied to LPDDR4 costs and AI-era competition…
I turned off HAGS and gained back a gigabyte of VRAM with almost no FPS loss
…people leave it enabled and never look back. HAGS commits a part of your GPU's memory What isn't talked about enough, however, is the cost of hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling…