Asus ROG NUC vs gaming laptops, how does the mini PC top dog fare against portable powerhouses? I put the high-power Asus ROG NUC up against top gaming laptops to see where your cash is best spent. GamesRadar · Aug 11
AMD highlights Ryzen 5 5500 briefly topping Amazon CPU best sellers, beating 9800X3D — $80 DDR4 CPU remains a top seller during memory crunch AMD's marketing director shared a screenshot of the Amazon CPU best sellers list, but the four-year-old, $80 Ryzen 5 5500 was at the top of the charts. Tom’s Hardware · Aug 11
AMD’s Helios Launch Could Create Winners Beyond AMD Stock AMD's Helios rack-scale AI systems are set to ramp this quarter, benefiting ecosystem partners Broadcom, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Astera Labs, and Core Scientific, per analyst ratings and price targets. MarketBeat · Aug 11
Intel raises $19.7 billion to help fund future projects as 14A production looms — share sale attracted $100 billion in demand, report claims Intel is raising $19.7 billion through a stock offering to strengthen its finances as it expands manufacturing capacity, develops next-generation process technologies, and is trying to attract major external foundry customers. Tom’s Hardware · Aug 11
Modder adds Radeon RX 9070 XT eGPU to Steam Machine, runs Crimson Desert at over 100 FPS on High — moves boot drive to USB-C port, leverages M.2 to OCuLink adaptor and eGPU dock A Redditor has successfully connected a very powerful eGPU the Steam Machine via an M.2 to OCuLink adapter. Tom’s Hardware · Aug 11
ChatGPT can do more for you than ever — and I use these 5 prompts to take everyday tasks off my plate Thanks to the latest ChatGPT updates via 5.6 Sol and 5.6 Luna, OpenAI’s signature chatbot has become even more serviceable with these five prompts. Tom’s Guide · Aug 11
'Madden NFL 27' Essential Guide: Release Date, System Requirements, and More Here's a handy guide for everything you need to know about Madden NFL 27, which is set to release on August 13, 2026. Player One · Aug 11
AI’s biggest buildout is here. These stocks offer a way to invest in the data center boom For those seeking a pick-and-shovel approach to the AI wave, here’s a guide to utilities, grid hardware, cooling firms, and refinery stocks. Fortune · Aug 11
Valve Slowly Expands SteamOS to Third-Party Hardware as Beta Arrives on Intel-Based Handhelds Valve's SteamOS is slowly expanding beyond the Steam Deck to more third-party hardware, including the Intel-based ones. Player One · Aug 11
Micron vs. SK hynix: One Stock Rules AI Memory. The Other Has More Room to Run. SK hynix rules AI memory with a 58% share, but Micron just posted better margins and is closing in fast. Both feed Nvidia's chips. Here's which memory stock is the smarter buy in the HBM supercycle. Barchart · Aug 10
GeForce RTX 50-series GPU prices spike as much as 39% as Blackwell price hikes hit the US — RTX 5070 gets a 36% hike, RTX 5060 up 27% at the median of Newegg listings After recent news of price hikes on RTX 50-series GPUs in other regions, those same increases now appear to have come Stateside, as Newegg prices for some Blackwell cards have spiked as much as 39% compared to June 2026. Tom’s Hardware · Aug 10
Alienware 15 (2026) review: exceptional performance at a remarkable price... just ignore the single-channel RAM "Budget" and "Alienware". Polar opposites? Maybe, but this latest 15-inch gaming laptop from the premium brand has enough performance to keep even the most die-hard of value gaming enthusiasts happy. TechRadar · Aug 10
I pitted my dream PC from 2017 against an RTX 5090 monster in 2026 in a fight to the death - here's what happened 10 years is a long time in computing, so how does one of the most powerful PCs of 2017 fare against 2026's best hardware? TechRadar · Aug 9
Advanced Micro Devices Dips on Lower FCF, But Short Put Plays Attract Value Investors Advanced Micro Devices reported strong Q2 revenue and earnings growth, but its free cash flow dipped below Q1 levels. But, AMD is undervalued, and a 10% lower short put play yields 3.5% for 1 month. Barchart · Aug 9
Tom’s Hardware · Aug 9 Two variants of Nvidia's RTX Spark show up on Geekbench, revealing a cut-down 18-core model — Full 20-core beats most x86 mobile chips across multi-core and single-core tests The 20-core SKU of the RTX Spark that we've known to exist for a long time scored 2,570 points in the single-core test and 23,126 points in the multi-core test. The second, 18-core cut-down SKU scored 2,541 points in the single-core test while its multi-core was 21,776 points.
Barchart · Aug 9 Advanced Micro Devices Reported Record Revenue. AMD Stock Sank Anyway. AMD’s shares sank after its Q2 results despite better-than-expected earnings.
Benzinga · Aug 9 Weekend Round-Up: Palantir's 'Otherworldly' Q2, SpaceX's First Quarterly Earnings, AMD's Double Beat And More This week was a rollercoaster ride for the market, with several major companies reporting their quarterly earnings.
Tom’s Hardware · Aug 9 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus vs AMD Ryzen 7 7700X3D faceoff — battle of the upper mid-range CPUs AMD's 3D V-Cache takes on Intel's latest Core Ultra architecture as we compare the two across various metrics including gaming, productivity, power consumption, and value.
Benzinga · Aug 9 Earnings Volatility Watch: Applied Materials and 10 Other Stocks Could See Double-Digit Moves This Week It is a make-or-break week for the AI trade. After the market shrugged off strong results from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD), SanDisk Corp. (NASDAQ:SNDK) and Western Digital Corp. (NASDAQ:WDC) last week, a smaller but no less volatile group of names takes the spotlight between Monday and Friday.
Barchart · Aug 8 AMD Tops Q2 Estimates, but Investors Still Hit the Sell Button. What's Next for AMD Stock. AMD beat top and bottom lines, raised guidance, and still got punished. Does the pullback create an attractive entry point for investors?
Barchart · Aug 8 AMD Just Reported Its Data Center Revenue More Than Doubled Year-Over-Year. What Comes Next. AMD’s data center revenue hit $6.7 billion in Q2 of 2026, accounting for 58% of total company sales, as demand accelerates for EPYC CPUs and Instinct GPUs.
Player One · Aug 8 'Hell Let Loose: Vietnam' Essential Guide: Release Date, System Requirements, and More Here's a handy guide for everything you need to know about Hell Let Loose: Vietnam, which is set to release on August 13, 2026.
Tom’s Hardware · Aug 8 China's memory-making champion smashes DDR5-8800 barrier on AMD platform — CXMT chips close the gap with SK hynix Colorful shows off the overclocking potential on new memory kits equipped with CXMT integrated circuits.
Benzinga · Aug 8 SpaceX, GameStop, Palantir and More: 5 Stocks Investors Couldn't Stop Buzzing About This Week Retail investors talked up five hot stocks during the week (Aug. 3 to Aug. 7) on X and Reddit’s r/WallStreetBets, driven by retail hype, earnings, AI infrastructure momentum, and corporate news flow.
Tom’s Hardware · Aug 8 Hardware researcher spins up 'CPU deoptimization' project to find the slowest single x86 instruction, creates hall of shame — worst offender takes 198 billion cycles spanning 62 seconds to execute One hardware researcher, Christopher Domas (@xoreaxeaxeax on GitHub), is taking a different approach with the CPU Deoptimization leaderboard, which looks not to make Assembly instructions run as fast as possible, but as slow as possible to find the single instruction with the highest latency.