Category: News

Up to 16K TVs and Multiple Speeds: HDMI 2.2 Officially Released

Monitors, News | | Jan Olšan

At the start of the year, HDMI 2.2 was announced – a new generation of the display and TV connection interface widely used in consumer video tech and PCs. Despite the deceptively minor version number bump, it actually brings major changes, just like HDMI 2.1 before. HDMI 2.2 delivers up to double the bandwidth. The interface now rivals and even outpaces DisplayPort 2.1, becoming the most powerful method to link a PC with a screen. Read more “Up to 16K TVs and Multiple Speeds: HDMI 2.2 Officially Released” »

AMD roadmap: Zen 7 CPUs coming as soon as in 2027?

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

AMD recently held a conference titled Advancing AI 2025, which – as you might guess – focused entirely on new developments in artificial intelligence hardware and software. Processors are a part of AI servers and racks, and at the conference, AMD revealed something that relates not just to AI, but to computing as a whole. The company showed a server platform roadmap that appears to be revealing when Zen 7 will arrive. Read more “AMD roadmap: Zen 7 CPUs coming as soon as in 2027?” »

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Ryzen 5 9600X3D incoming: Six-core Zen 5 with V-Cache confirmed

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

Week ago, we learned AMD is launching a low-cost (if compromised) six-core Ryzen 5 5500X3D for AM4. “X3D” CPUs with 3D V-Cache are attractive to gamers with their 96MB L3 cache that significantly boosts games – but they’re fairly expensive. The Ryzen 7 9800X3D, for instance, sells for over 480 EUR. AMD, however, is now preparing a more affordable model in the current 9000 series that could bring this technology to more gamers. Read more “Ryzen 5 9600X3D incoming: Six-core Zen 5 with V-Cache confirmed” »

Intel Nova Lake CPUs will bring big iGPU and media engine upgrades

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

Intel’s Arrow Lake desktop CPUs have much more interesting integrated GPUs than the previous Core processors, but they’re derived from the 1st gen Arc graphics, lagging behind the Lunar Lake processors that include the Xe2 architecture like the new Arc “Battlemage” cards. However, it appears the upcoming Nova Lake generation due out next year could mark a significant leap forward in integrated GPU capabilities and be quite compelling. Read more “Intel Nova Lake CPUs will bring big iGPU and media engine upgrades” »

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PCI Express 7.0 finalized: Up to 256 GB/s for graphics cards

News, Technology | | Jan Olšan

This year’s Nvidia GeForce RTX 5000 and AMD Radeon RX 9000 graphics cards are the first gaming GPUs to use PCI Express 5.0 interface. However, the technology has already moved on far ahead. The PCI-SIG consortium has just completed and published the final specification for the new PCI Express 7.0 standard, which is four times faster. It also introduces a technology that replaces electrical signals with optics. Read more “PCI Express 7.0 finalized: Up to 256 GB/s for graphics cards” »

BeQuiet! Riddle (6/2025). Can you guess what’s in the photo?

Giveaway, News | | Editors

In cooperation with BeQuiet!, we have prepared a cyclical activity for this year, which may be of interest to HWCooling readers. We’ll post a detail of some piece of hardware and you can guess what it is. You can compete (and eventually win something) on a regular basis, with a new challenge every month. But for now, you need to get “to the next round” through the next one, in June. Read more “BeQuiet! Riddle (6/2025). Can you guess what’s in the photo?” »

TSMC’s 1.6nm chips will be unprecedentedly expensive

News, Technology | | Jan Olšan

For a long time, Moore’s Law meant new technologies provided more transistors for the same or lower cost, as more could fit onto a chip of the same size. But in the last decade, production costs have been rising, transistors are no longer getting cheaper, and same-sized chips are costing more. And after the 2nm process, things will escalate dramatically – a single wafer will cost nearly ten times more than it did ten years ago. Read more “TSMC’s 1.6nm chips will be unprecedentedly expensive” »

Neat idea for Mini-ITX rigs: Board with PCIe slots on both sides

Motherboards, News | | Jan Olšan

Among other things at Computex, a rather interesting board for compact Mini-ITX systems made an appearance. Recently there is a push for boards with connectors on the backside of the PCB, allowing cables to be hidden from view. Maxsun has however come up with a board that even puts the PCI Express ×16 slot on the back side. Normally, that wouldn’t make much sense, but in Mini-ITX builds, this idea could be very useful. Read more “Neat idea for Mini-ITX rigs: Board with PCIe slots on both sides” »

Faster Intel GPUs coming: Arc B770 in the second half of the year

Graphics, News | | Jan Olšan

Just before Computex, Intel hinted a more powerful gaming graphics card from the “Battlemage” Arc line may be coming, possibly the B770 model or maybe the B780. The company only presented Arc Pro GPUs for AI applications, still using the smaller die from the Arc B580 card, at the show itself, however. But that doesn’t mean earlier rumors were false. It seems the release of a stronger Battlemage card has been confirmed off record. Read more “Faster Intel GPUs coming: Arc B770 in the second half of the year” »

Intel Nova Lake to keep compatibility with LGA 1700/1851 coolers

Cooling, CPU coolers, News | | Jan Olšan

Intel’s upcoming desktop processor, codenamed Nova Lake, slated for release in the second half of 2026 for a 2nm process node and a new architecture, is also expected to debut a new LGA 1954 socket. This initially raised concerns of the CPUs possibly requiring new coolers. Fortunately, it now appears that compatibility will be preserved, based on the latest leaks surrounding the LGA 1954 platform that have surfaced online. Read more “Intel Nova Lake to keep compatibility with LGA 1700/1851 coolers” »

Affordable 10Gbps Realtek NICs coming to motherboards this year

Motherboards, Networks, News | | Jan Olšan

For a very long time, PCs were stuck at gigabit Ethernet. Only recently did we move toward so-called multigigabit (2.5Gb/s and 5Gb/s) NICs. Now, the era of truly accessible 10Gb/s NICs might be about to start. Realtek is launching a 10Gb/s adapter that could enable the production of affordable cards and even integration onto motherboards – just as its earlier chips helped mainstream the 2.5Gb/s and the 5Gb/s standards. Read more “Affordable 10Gbps Realtek NICs coming to motherboards this year” »

North XL (RC) with rear connectors and FD Meshify 3 XL in practice

News, PC builds, PC cases | | Ľubomír Samák

Fractal Design’s Computex 2025 showcase took place in office-style spaces – very pleasant ones, at that. What stood out was the fact that their latest cases were equipped with components, allowing visitors to see complete builds. For instance, you could view the Meshify 3 XL in a full desktop setup, or explore cable management in the North XL RC, where an unconventional layout keeps everything out of sight from the front. Read more “North XL (RC) with rear connectors and FD Meshify 3 XL in practice” »

DeepCool working with wood… integrated into coolers and cases

CPU coolers, News, PC cases | | Ľubomír Samák

It’s not “just” about metal components anymore. DeepCool is introducing wooden elements to its coolers and also PC cases. And DeepCool isn’t relying solely on looks – “Spartacus” is the name of a new line of liquid coolers aiming to push the limits of thermal performance. The high bar – perhaps even higher than before?– is also being set by the dual-tower Assassin VC Elite cooler. Read more “DeepCool working with wood… integrated into coolers and cases” »

Seasonic at Computex 2025: “30 mm” Fans and OptiTech

Fans, News, PSUs | | Ľubomír Samák

The term “PSUs” often first brings Seasonic to mind. They’ve been making power supplies for a long time – 50 years, in fact – and are also behind various proprietary technologies like OptiTech, which includes protections for the PSU itself (OptiSink 2.0), and OptiGuard (protecting 16-pin PCIe connectors). Seasonic is also taking its fan development seriously, boosting efficiency in part by increasing thickness – to a non-standard 30 mm. Read more “Seasonic at Computex 2025: “30 mm” Fans and OptiTech” »

CPS PCCooler Aims to dominate the market Its name references

CPU coolers, News | | Ľubomír Samák

We’ve tested their coolers several times, and they’ve consistently ranked near the top. Yes, we’re talking about “PCCooler.” Behind this somewhat prosaic name lies a clear ambition from the Chinese company – to be the best. Even if that means producing heavier products than the competition. And yes, Computex had more cooling fins than HWCooling’s test lab usually sees. Read more “CPS PCCooler Aims to dominate the market Its name references” »

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