Desktop CPU shipments crater 20% amid high component costs, but AMD gains record share despite ‘ugly’ desktop processor market — Intel floods laptop market with millions of CPUs, but AMD still sets all-time share records Computers & IT
This week on Tom’s Hardware Premium: August 22, 2026 — foundries, supercomputers, China, and how to not overpay on a motherboard Computers & IT
Snap-on LCD brings mini displays to any 120mm PC fan — Thermalright’s Fan Frame Vision-1 lets you display information and custom themes on your case fans Computers & IT
I’ve been giving tech advice for over a decade – these are my top tips for students looking for free and discounted apps for going back-to-school Computers & IT
Back-to-back Amazon CPU scam delivers empty Ryzen 5 9600X boxes in 72 hours — $ 10,000-a-month business customer captures fraud on camera Computers & IT
Storage unit auction winner finds retro Pentium 4 PC with a see-through, UV-reactive PSU — Y2K time capsule discovered among 100 laptops and hundreds of RAM sticks Computers & IT
Even dead websites aren’t safe — experts warn hackers are spending millions on expired domains to enable malware scams Computers & IT
No driver, no problem — devs use Claude AI to craft native macOS tool for an ‘obscure’ Windows-only printer Computers & IT
Get a $75 discount on your next Corsair upgrade — stack your cart up to $350 to enjoy big savings Computers & IT
Get a full-size Keychron mechanical keyboard for just $29 — 50% off this 104-key wired keeb with your choice of Keychron Super Brown or Red switches Computers & IT
CPU-Z gets biggest update since 2001 with V3 — 100+ health checks, built-in stress testing, and XOC effective clock tracking Computers & IT
DDR5 scalper bots now outnumber shoppers 10 to 1 — automated scraping hits listings every 6.5 seconds as 32GB kits surge from $72 to $392, DataDome researcher says Computers & IT
Save $900 on this 2-in-1 Asus ROG touchscreen gaming laptop with 64GB RAM — the 14-inch Flow Z13 machine ships with a 16-core AMD Strix Halo CPU and a 1TB SSD, perfect for games and AI Computers & IT
Enterprise SSDs cost 18.6 times more than HDDs as 30TB drives hit $22,600 — hard drive supply is sold out through 2027 Computers & IT
Sandisk’s new $2,200 NAS SSD lets you fill the drive every day for five years — 7.68TB M.2 flaunts eye-popping 14,000 TBW rating Computers & IT
‘Every single month the update breaks something’: Windows 11 users are getting sick of bugs as August patch crashes some games, including Arc Raiders Computers & IT
Movie theatres considering banning Meta Ray-Bans in the UK — forget legality changes, at this rate you won’t be able to use smart glasses anywhere anyways Computers & IT
