Feature
ROG at 20: The Gold Edition 20 Lineup
ASUS gave nearly its whole gaming catalog a gold anniversary makeover for 20 years of Republic of Gamers. A tour of the lineup, the pieces that matter, and the ones that are pure victory lap.
Buyer's Guide
The RX 9070 GRE Is the Best-Value RDNA 4 Card, If You Buy It Right
AMD's cheapest RDNA 4 card runs 1440p well and undercuts the RTX 5070 by about $150. Whether it turns out a good buy or a great one comes down to the price you pay that day.
Explainer
Bolt Graphics Says Zeus Is 10x an RTX 5090. If It Delivers, It's a Landmark.
A startup taped out its first Zeus test chip and says it beats an RTX 5090 by 5 to 13x in path tracing, with memory no consumer card matches. If even part of that survives real silicon, it reorders rendering and compute. What Bolt is building, and where it has to deliver.
Buyer's Guide
The Steam Machine Is $1,049. Two Builds Beat It for Less.
Valve's Steam Machine ships June 30 at $1,049. SteamOS 3.8 now installs on any AMD-graphics PC, so a used sleeper build at half the price, or a new one for $887, matches it and passes it.
Gift Guide
Father's Day Tech Gifts Under $100
Five Amazon picks that ship by Sunday and earn drawer-space instead of attic-space. All under $100, none of them novelties.
Buyer's Guide
The Best E-Readers in 2026
Five picks from $89 to $279. The Paperwhite hack that beats the ad tax, the budget basic Kindle, two Kobos for library and color, and a pocket-sized Boox that reads like a phone refused to be.
Buyer's Guide
Intel Arc G3 and G3 Extreme: Intel's First Ground-Up Handheld Chip Lands This Summer
Two SKUs on Intel 18A, Xe3 GPUs up to 12 cores, XeSS 3 multi-frame generation, and three OEM design wins ready for June. Plus four handhelds shipping today.
Buyer's Guide
NVIDIA RTX Spark Ships This Fall. Four Machines For Local AI Today.
128 GB unified memory, 1 petaflop of AI compute, fall 2026. Until it ships, four machines already run 70B-class models on your desk.
Buyer's Guide
The Best Mini PCs in 2026
Three Ryzen-class mini PCs from $699 to $889. Where small-form-factor wins against a traditional tower, and where it still doesn't.
Buyer's Guide
The GPU Buying Guide: What to Actually Buy in May 2026
Post-tariff prices, three credible vendors, four picks across the lineup. The honest read on whether to buy now or wait.
Buyer's Guide
The Best PC Headphones in 2026
Four use cases, four mainline picks, eight budget alternatives. What changes when headphones live on your desk instead of in your bag.
Editorial
Steam Controller 2 Sold Out: What to Buy While You Wait
Valve shipped the new Steam Controller May 4 at $99 and it vanished in 30 minutes. Four Amazon picks that fill the gap while you watch for the next restock.
Market Report
The DDR5 RAM Price Crisis
DDR5 doubled, DDR4 tripled, and the HBM contracts driving this run through 2027. What to actually buy, and when waiting beats buying.
Review
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus, Reviewed
Intel's refreshed flagship at $299, fast, finally stable, but the 9800X3D still wins games.
Buyer's Guide
The Best CPU Cooler for the Ryzen 7 9800X3D
Air vs. AIO, dual-tower vs. single, and why the X3D doesn't need what the box says it does.
Buyer's Guide
The Best Motherboard for the Ryzen 7 9800X3D
X870 vs. X870E vs. B650, what 'WiFi 7' actually buys you, and the boards we'd skip even on sale.