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Montech Heritage Pro Review
High-quality leather trim sets apart Montech's Heritage Pro as a uniquely appointed, mid-priced chassis for a luggable, lovable MicroATX PC build.
Sapphire Pulse AMD Radeon RX 9070 Review
AMD's Radeon RX 9070 graphics card serves up excellent performance for its price and easily outshines Nvidia's GeForce RTX 5070. (The slightly costlier RX 9070 XT is a better value, though.)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Founders Edition Review
Nvidia's midrange GeForce RTX 5070 graphics card produces only modest performance gains over its predecessor while consuming more power, just as AMD steps it up with a potent Radeon alternative.
Sapphire Pulse AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Review
The Radeon RX 9070 XT, tested in Sapphire Pulse garb, shows greatly improved ray tracing performance over AMD's last-gen GPUs. Its strong pricing (assuming it holds!) makes it a formidable competitor in the graphics card midmarket.
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 vs. GeForce RTX 5070 Ti: Which New Desktop GPU Is Better for Your Gaming Rig?
Planning to play games at 1440p? Or maybe 4K? Nvidia's new GeForce RTX 5070 and RTX 5070 Ti GPUs are rival siblings vying for your PC gaming bucks. We've tested both to help you determine the right one for you.
ADATA XPG Valor Air Plus Review
A shallow-depth design and full set of ARGB fans make ADATA's XPG Valor Air Plus a reasonable PC case pick for budget builders willing to work around its quirks.
Look Out, RTX 5070: AMD Radeon RX 9070 Graphics Cards Get Detailed, Priced
AMD's first Radeon RX 9000-series graphics cards, the RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT, will land on March 6 at $549 and $599 MSRPs. They'll feature new RDNA 4 GPU architecture with improved ray tracing and support for FSR 4. Here's what you need to know.
Asus Prime GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB GDDR7 Review
Nvidia's GeForce RTX 5070 Ti, tested here in Asus Prime flavor, is a punchy desktop graphics card that delivers appealing value for heavy 1440p or light 4K gaming.
Gigabyte X870E Aorus Pro Ice Review
The Gigabyte X870E Aorus Pro Ice is a well-rounded midrange motherboard and the only one close to its price with three PCIe 5.0-capable M.2 sockets. It has everything you'd expect from AMD's newest platform, and a white aesthetic that sets it apart.
Corsair Frame 4000D RS ARGB Review
With a spiffy, unique front face, Corsair's Frame 4000D RS ARGB PC case offers a generous feature mix, fan-mount flexibility, and a nice finish for its low price.
The Best Gaming PCs for 2025
You can't buy a more powerful gaming platform than a tricked-out desktop. Here's everything you need to know, part by part, to pick the right prebuilt gaming PC, plus current favorites culled from PC Labs' top-rated reviews.
ASRock X870E Taichi Lite Review
ASRock's X870E Taichi Lite is a handsomely equipped midrange AMD motherboard. While it lacks builder bling like RGB LEDs, it makes up for that with class-leading specifications and solid performance.
Lenovo LOQ Gaming Tower (2025, 17IRR9) Review
Lenovo's LOQ Gaming Tower budget gaming desktop delivers effective 1080p gaming performance in a compact design, though it's not the best bargain in its class.
I Review GPUs for a Living—Here's Why (and How) I'm Buying a GeForce RTX 5080
Nvidia's new $999 card earned our Editors' Choice award on the basis of its pure muscle, but I have a few very specific reasons I'm vying to buy one.
The Best M.2 SSDs (Solid State Drives) for 2025
Thanks to the "gumstick" M.2 format, SSDs have been shrinking—and getting a lot faster, too. Here's how to buy the right M.2 SSD, along with deep-dive reviews of today's top models.
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition Review
Nvidia's GeForce RTX 5080 graphics card outruns its like-priced competitors and predecessors in many popular games. Its potent AI hardware and cutting-edge AI features, as they gain support, will only improve this card's standing.
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition Review
Nvidia's GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card is exceptionally powerful but forbiddingly expensive. (You could build a complete RTX 5080-based gaming PC for the money.) But this top-tier GPU lives on a whole other planet of performance.
How Fast Can a Liquid-Cooled GeForce RTX 5090 Card Run? We Tested to Find Out
With an early MSI Suprim Liquid RTX 5090 graphics card in hand, we ran some early benchmark tests and overclocked the most extreme version of the Nvidia flagship.
ASRock Intel Arc B570 Challenger 10GB OC Review
Intel's Arc B580 beats it on value, but the budget-minded Arc B570 (tested here as an ASRock Challenger card) delivers intense ray-tracing performance and competitive, if at times inconsistent, gaming speeds for the money.
I Tested DLSS 4 in Cyberpunk 2077 on the GeForce RTX 5090, and Here's How It Went
I've been trying out Nvidia's new frame-generation tool in everyone's favorite dystopian test game. Here's how it works, and how to take best advantage of this bleeding-edge feature.
