Glyph's rugged, handsome Atom EX20 external 3.2x2 USB SSD proved very fast -- but only after I switched to a higher-quality cable.

A component upgrade might seem an easy fix, but laptop design and performance can be complicated. Here are the 'upgrades' you should question, from SSDs to AI.

Managing Editor Paige Hookway picks her top 5 AI products to be announced in February 2026. New industrial motherboard from Kontron. Kontron introduces the K4131-Px, a powerful mI ...

With a 16 compute unit GPU inside, these new Ryzen AI 400 AM5 CPUs could be half as fast as a Radeon RX 7600 with no graphics card in sight.

At Embedded World 2026, ECS will present three major product themes, including next-generation fanless mini PCs, edge computing mini PCs for performance-driven workloads, and a new Thin Mini-ITX ...

Platform brings high-performance compute, scalable data infrastructure, and intelligent software together as one ready-to-run solution.Fully integrated AI infrastructure stack includes Supermicro ...

The ASUS ProArt GoPro Edition is the best Windows creator laptop on the market, thanks to the excellent blend of performance ...

Lenovo's compact gaming tower has great performance for the money and looks good, too, but could be more upgrade-friendly.

Sapphire has launched the PURE X870A WiFi 7, an ATX motherboard built around AMD’s X870 chipset and socket AM5.While Sapphire ...

Nv-based integrated graphics for Wintel box also in the works Your next laptop may have Nvidia inside – not in the form of a GPU, but as a system on a chip, complete with CPU. Team Green could be ...

We still don't know how much the Steam Machine will cost, but it's safe to say it won't be cheap, given how expensive PC parts have become.