Audioscenic, the UK-based audio technology innovator, announces a technology collaboration with Philips and semiconductor solutions leader NXP Semiconductors, to demonstrate the world's first reference design for gaming soundbars. This breakthrough combines Audioscenic Amphi Hi-D spatial audio featuring AI position sensing with Acoustic Echo Cancellation (AEC) from Philips BeClear. Powered by the NXP i.MX 8M Mini applications processor, this technology enables soundbar manufacturers to deliver fully immersive, location-accurate game audio simultaneously with crystal-clear voice chat—a combination previously unachievable in gaming soundbars. Product designers, product managers, and engineers can experience the reference design in person at Computex Taipei 2025.

Gamers have long faced a trade-off: enjoy rich, immersive sound through speakers or have clear voice communication with teammates through headsets. While headsets have dominated hardcore gaming, many players prefer speaker systems like soundbars for extended comfort without headset fatigue, and a more natural "room-filling" audio experience versus the inside-your-head sound of headsets.

The TechPowerUp crew had trouble keeping up with the plethora of new "panoramic view" P-series cases being exhibited at Zalman's Computex booth. Starting with mid-range products; the South Korean brand has prepared various (up to microATX format) P30 and P30 DS2 color options. The latter is equipped with a fancy two-piece detachable glass section, and an integrated 9.1" LCD panel (4:1 ratio). The P30 family was designed with air flow and maximized ventilation in mind—paired with a minimal aesthetic. The P30 DS2 is bundled with three 120 mm ARGB fans, while its plain sibling is appropriately equipped with three non-ARGB units. Both can support up to 360 mm top-mounted AIOs.

ASUS and AMD today jointly announced the launch of the all-new ASUS Expert P-series Copilot+ PCs at Computex 2025, spotlighting its leadership in the commercial AI PC space. Powered by the latest AMD Ryzen AI 300 Series processors, the new lineup includes ExpertBook P3 (PM3) laptop, ExpertCenter P700 (PM700MK, PM700SK) desktops, ExpertCenter P600 (PM640, PM670) all-in-one PCs, and ExpertCenter PN54 Mini PC. These next-generation business devices are engineered to deliver lightning-fast AI computing, seamless productivity, and enhanced security for working professionals—all within a future-ready, sustainable design.

"Our partnership with ASUS has been a tremendous success—initially in the consumer and gaming sectors—and we're excited to build on that momentum as we expand into the commercial space," said Jack Huynh, SVP and GM of the computing and graphics group at AMD. "The introduction of this new commercial lineup, powered by AMD Ryzen AI processors, marks a pivotal moment in high-performance computing. This powerful new solution is designed to meet the growing demands of AI workloads, offering businesses unparalleled speed, efficiency, and scalability for AI-driven applications and innovation worldwide."

At Computex 2025, we ran into the PowerColor Radeon RX 9060 XT Reaper graphics card. The RX 9060 XT was announced earlier today, and is bound for a June 5th availability date. This card features a rather simple board design, given that the Reaper brand of graphics cards from PowerColor are designed to be priced close to the baseline pricing, the RX 9060 XT 8 GB starts at $299, and the 16 GB variant at $349. Both variants come with a total board power (TBP) value of 180 W, and we see that this card comes with a single 8-pin PCIe power connector to meet its power requirements (150 W from the connector and 75 W from the slot).

We also went hands on with the company's premium custom-design RX 9060 XT cards, the Hellhound and Hellhound Spectral White. These cards are strictly 2-slot, but come with lengthy cooling solutions with three fans, and a slender aluminium fin-stack heatsink underneath. The fans are illuminated There are other premium touches such as dual-BIOS, letting you switch between a factory overclock and a Silent BIOS that aggressively clamps down on load fan noise; and an LED toggle switch. The RX 9060 XT 8 GB is expected to get a regular black Hellhound card, while the RX 9060 XT 16 GB gets regular and Spectral White SKUs. Interestingly, the RX 9060 XT Hellhound series, much like the Reaper series, comes with just single 8-pin PCIe power connectors.

Thermaltake has its TOUGHRAM XG RGB D5 memory kits up on display here at Computex 2025 with new Bubble Pink versions and speeds of 7200 MT/s. These will complement an already extensive range of DDR5 memory modules, such as the Black & White 16 GB x 2 kits with speeds up to 8000 MT/s and the Future Dusk, Bubble Pink, and Mocha Mousse 16 GB x 2 kits @ 6000 MT/s. If you didn't know already, the TOUGHRAM XG RGB D5 memory kits from Thermaltake feature support for Intel XMP 3.0 / AMD EXPO performance profile, 10-layer PCB with 2oz copper inner layer, 10μ gold contacts, CKD (Client Clock Driver) alongside their aluminium heatsink and 16 RGB LEDs.

Zalman has debuted its ZM-DF120 fan series at Computex 2025; with an emphasis on reducing cable clutter and easy installation. This is enabled by a magnetic mounting system and per-unit pogo pin interfaces. Similar designs have emerged from rival companies in the recent-ish past; eventually leading to ugly legal battles. The South Korean manufacturer is (bravely) stepping into this arena with its heavily ARGB-lit ZM-DF120 120 mm PWM fan options; showcased in black and white finishes. Side infinity mirror panels are hyped as providing dazzling visual effects. According to specification placards, fan speed range is 600-2000RPM (±10%). Maximum noise level is 34.5 dB (±10%), and max. air flow is 70.05 CFM (±10%). Zalman did not list any static pressure data. As expected, their ZM-DF120 fans leverage a hydro bearing platform.

XYZ arrives at Computex 2025, showcasing its complete lineup of PC cases and cooling solutions after they made their worldwide debut at CES this January. And things seem pretty clear with how XYZ thinks; it's all either white or black, while letting the ARGB/RGB do the fancy job of spicing things up. Does that work? We think it does as their portfolio pictures a unified vision with products that can suit all users and all budgets.

The Quantum and Quantum Pro are XYZ's flagship PC chassis, sporting a curved glass panel, BTF support, and ARGB Vortex fans. Need a dual-chamber fishtank case? Tesseract and Tesseract X are available, or if you're a bit nostalgic, they have the Airwave, Airone 300X, or the Tesseract Digital (with a digital display for CPU/GPU monitoring) series with a good-old-fashioned front mesh panel. What about liquid cooling? XYZ offers Aquapulse Fusion, Hydrotemp, and Hydroview (fitted with a 3.5-inch fully customizable display via XYZ Nexus software) AIO liquid cooling solutions. However, air cooling "fans" can enjoy the Thermax CPU air-cooler series with six different versions.More pictures follow.

GIGABYTE has just rolled out its refreshed Z890 AORUS Tachyon ICE CAMM2 motherboard, designed to give overclockers and power users a serious edge. The biggest change is support for CAMM2 DDR5 memory modules, which offer cleaner signaling and much higher speeds compared to traditional DIMMs. At first glance, the new board looks a lot like the previous Tachyon ICE model. It still features the distinctive 90-degree rotated CPU socket and top-mounted memory slots. But instead of multiple DIMM slots, you now get a single CAMM2 connector. That slot comes with a toolless heatsink for better cooling—no fiddly screws required, just snap it on and you're ready to push your memory harder. If you're into extreme memory overclocking, the original Z890 AORUS Tachyon ICE recently set a world record at DDR5-12752 thanks to GIGABYTE's in-house expert, HiCookie, using V-Color's Manta Xfinity RGB modules. That achievement shows just how far this platform can be pushed. We recently reported on G.Skill offering a DDR5-10000, 64 GB of density (2-channels or 4 sub-channels), and timings of CL56-70-70 in CAMM2 form factor. That might be interesting to keep an eye on in the future, as it is definitely a new possible world-record contender.

Zalman has showcased their ZET series at Computex 2025; a brand-new family of air CPU tower coolers. This lineup seems to serve as a natural successor to past shell-less CNPS offerings. Circular cooling solutions are an unusual sight in the 2020s, but the South Korean manufacturer is intent on breaking beyond current (boxy) trends. Company representatives and product placards mentioned a main shape inspiration: aircraft engine designs.

The flagship ZET5 model was presented in black and white forms; both augmented with tasteful ARGB lighting rings. The brand's premium option has a 200 W TDP rating. Two modular fans are attached via a magnetic system, and connectivity is granted by a pogo pin system. The ZET5 features copper heatpipes, and a surprisingly non-radial aluminium fin array. A tube of ZM-STC10 thermal compound will be bundled in with these top-end products. Tentative pricing was not available at the time of writing.

Asustor didn't have any big news at Computex this year, but the company was showing it's upcoming Lockerstor 6 Gen2+, which is a slightly improved version of the current Lockerstor 6 Gen2, with the only upgrade being a move from red to blue Ethernet ports. Ok, there's a little more to it than a colour change, as the new blue ports support speeds of up to 5 Gbps vs. 2.5 Gbps for the red ports, something Asustor has done to make it easy to visually differentiate between the port speeds. The plus version is set to launch later this year, with no firm launch date as yet.

The company was also showing off its new Lockerstor 12R Pro Gen2 rack mounted NAS appliances with support for either 12 or 16 3.5-inch drives. These 3U or 4U rackmount NASes are powered by AMD's Ryzen 7 Pro processors and come standard with 16 GB of ECC DDR5-4800 memory, dual 10 Gbps Ethernet ports, plus a pair of Gigabit Ethernet ports, one M.2 2280 NVMe PCIe 5.0 x4 slot for an OS drive and a PCIe x8 expansion slot.

Realtek appears to have decided that it still wants a slice of the SSD controller market and showed off two new products at Computex. The first, is a DRAM-less PCIe 5.0 NVMe controller that the company says will offer random read/write speeds of up to 10,000 MB/s, which it also delivers according to a CrystalDiskMark 8.0.4 screenshot that the company shared at the show. The RTS5781 as the controller is known as, is a typical 4-channel controller that supports ONFi 5.1 and Toggle 5.1 3D TLC/QLC NAND with I/O speeds of up to 3600 MT/s. It also supports advanced power saving features and common encryption protocols such as TCG OPAL 2.0 and AES 256. Random performance is on par with your typical DRAM-less SSD controller. The RTS5781 was originally revealed last year on a roadmap, but only announced now.

Next up is the RM1220, which is comparable to Silicon Motion's SM2322 in that it's a USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 20 Gbps controller that doesn't require any bridge chip for better or worse. Realtek claims the same 2,100/2,000 MB/s read and write performance as Silicon Motion and thus better performance than Phison's PS2251-18/U18 controller. However, Realtek has a couple of tricks up its sleeve to make the RM1220 stand out from the crowd, the first being an integrated addressable RGB controller for "gaming" SSDs and the other being integrated fingerprint reader support, where just the physical reader is needed, for companies that want to add some security features to their external SSDs.

Sharkoon's Computex 2025 booth was jam-packed. From the previously covered peripherals, to cases and power supplies. Now we are looking at the latter. The company has launched VK4 ARGB mid-tower, the MK7 ARGB microATX chassis, the REBEL P15 power supply, and the prototype STEEL SHARK ARGB dual-chamber case. Each product emphasizes customizable lighting, great cooling potential, and simplified cable management. The VK4 ARGB, priced at €59.90, upgrades its Rainbow-LED counterpart by including four addressable RGB PWM fans and a four-port controller offering 14 illumination modes. Its front panel features a high-permeability mesh design to maximize airflow. Inside, there is support for up to eight fans in total and radiators measuring up to 360 mm. Builders will appreciate space for either two 3.5-inch hard drives or four 2.5-inch SSDs, as well as a power-supply tunnel that keeps cables hidden for a tidy appearance. On top, two USB 3.0 ports and a TRRS audio jack provide modern connectivity, while dust filters on every intake area make maintenance easy.

Continuing our visit to Computex 2025, we discovered one of the new GIGABYTE WOLED monitors alongside new gaming A18 and A16 Pro gaming laptops. GIGABYTE MO27Q28G is the company's latest Meta 3.0 WOLED monitor, meaning it uses a new LG WOLED panel instead of the widely used Samsung QD-OLED panels. In a 27-inch format, the monitor offers 2K QHD (2560 x 1440) resolution with a 280 Hz refresh rate, 1 ms response time, matte coating and wide color gamut covering 99% DCI-P3. Other features include built-in KVM, certification for AMD FreeSync and NVIDIA G-Sync, VESA DisplayHDR True Black 500, and an updated menu with Tactical Switch 2.0 for quicker and easier adjustments.

Moving to mobile gaming, GIGABYTE presented its A18 and A16 Pro series gaming laptops. The A18 laptop features an 18-inch WUXGA (1920 x 1200) IPS display with 165 Hz refresh rate and 300 nits brightness. It will be available with up to Intel Core i7-13620H processors and up to RTX 5070 laptop GPU. The A16 Pro boasts a 16-inch WQXGA (2560 x 1600) IPS display with 165 Hz refresh rate and 3 ms response time, up to Intel Core 7 240H and RTX 5080. For cooling, GIGABYTE implemented its latest Windforce Infinity EX cooling technology sporting 158 fan-blade Frost Fan Design, a cooling package that the company says is offering up to 270 W maximum TDP. Both laptops are said to have up to 14 hours of battery life.

Cougar brought a couple of its latest cooling products to Computex 2025, besides an innovative new lineup of cases, which we covered here. Starting things off are the Unity ARGB line of compound fans. A compound fan is a single fan frame with multiple impellers that are internally connected for their PWM main function and ARGB lighting. This reduces cable clutter from having individually connect each fan. Compound fans pair best with liquid cooling radiators. The company showcased its Unity ARGB 240 (2x 120 mm) and Unity ARGB 360 (3x 120 mm) compound fans, both of which come in black and white color variants, and come with the ability to forward or reverse their airflow. The frames of these fans not just discreetly wire the subunits, but also serve as ARGB diffusers. Each of the impellers comes with ARGB lighting of their own.

Next up is the Poseidon Vistek Pro line of high-end AIO liquid CPU coolers. These are characterized by large 3.9-inch true-color displays that are mostly square (and hence not from a smartphone spare parts bin). The screen can be made to display just about anything, although its included software puts out system monitoring stats pulled from ACPI. The cooler includes a Cougar Unity ARGB 360 compound fan that shares a common frame among three 120 mm impellers, and hides the associated cable clutter. The frame also has a neatly executed ARGB diffuser, besides the LEDs located in the subunits themselves. The cooler supports all modern desktop CPU socket types, including LGA1851 and AM5.

At Computex 2025, Sharkoon unveiled its most ambitious collection of gaming and office peripherals to date. Designed for esports athletes, content creators, and professionals alike, this new range combines lightweight ergonomics, premium materials, and deep customization across keyboards, mice, headsets, and a brand-new, in-house-designed mechanical switch. Leading the keyboard lineup is the ELITE SHARK KM300W, a compact 75% model that delivers a soft, tactile typing experience through its gasket-mount construction and pre-lubricated linear switches. Robust dye-sub PBT Cherry-profile keycaps rest on an epoxy resin positioning plate, while premium PU foam beneath the PCB smooths every keystroke. Hot-swap sockets and VIA compatibility let users reassign keys and create advanced macro profiles, and a single charge provides marathon-length battery life for mobile productivity.

Cougar brought a breath of innovation to Computex 2025 with new cases optimized for high airflow without compromising on looks. The CFV235 and CFV235 Mesh are an interesting example of this. The case is horizontally divided, but there is a rather large gap between the upper-left chamber (with the motherboard tray), and the lower chamber (with the PSU and drive bays). This gap features a set of fan intake vents, so you can either install intake fans here, or a 360 mm radiator, and have it draw in fresh air without the PSU or drives getting in the way. There are three additional vents along the top panel, and two facing the right side, besides the obligatory 120 mm rear exhaust. The CFV235 has tempered glass on two sides of the upper compartment, while the CFV235 Mesh sees the front panel replaced with a mesh intake and two additional 160 mm intakes with pre-installed ARGB fans. Cougar set up fogging machines to show how the bottom intakes help draw in fresh air.

Next up, is the AirFace 180. This mid-tower draws its name from its front mesh intake that's dominated by a pair of massive 180 mm ARGB illuminated intake fans. The case has a horizontally partitioned layout, with additional fan mounts along the partition, and the rear exhaust. You get clearance for graphics cards up to 34 cm in length, and other modern features such as USB-C front-panel. Looking for something less bold? There's the AirFace Flo, a mid-tower build on the same concept as the AirFace 180, but with smaller 160 mm fans, which are still larger than the original AirFace that came with 140 mm spinners. And then there's the AirFace Pure Pro, a case with a simplified front mesh design that includes a trio of 120 mm ARGB fans instead of two 140 mm.

Our Computex 2025 coverage continues as the team heads over to the TRYX booth, checking out the latest cooling and PC enclosures the manufacturer has prepared. First up was the updated STAGE cooler. Instead of hiding under a plain cover, it features two 4-inch concave displays and a mirrored base that turns your CPU pump into a mini 3D performance arena. You can showcase animated logos, system stats or your own artwork right on the cooler. Early hands-on tests showed smooth animations and excellent cooling, even when running intense workloads. Coming with an MSRP of $199.99, it will be available by end of September.

Although Synology already announced its first plus series NAS in its 2025 range a month ago with the DS925+ and its accompanying expansion unit, the company had no less than six new devices on display at Computex. We also talked at length with the company and got an explanation as to why the company decided to move to supporting its own brand drives only and it turns out the situation isn't quite what Synology's press release made it seem like, but more on that after we go over the new devices.

The new range starts with the DS225+ and the DS425+, where the DS225+ is the new base model of the plus series. Both models are built around an Intel Celeron J4125—a chip that launched at the end of 2019—which is paired with 2 GB of DDR4 which can be expanded to 6 GB in total. Both models come with one 2.5 Gbps and one 1 Gbps Ethernet port, two 5 Gbps USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports and two or four drive bays. The DS425+ also gets a pair of M.2 2280 NVMe SSD slots, but unless the CPU information provided is wrong, these will only be PCIe 2.0 and will most likely not sport more than one or two lanes.

GIGABYTE has on display at Computex 2025 its latest motherboards from the AORUS series, built around AMD X870E and X870 chipsets. Starting with the X870E AORUS Master X3D Ice motherboard, winner of the TechPowerUp Best of Computex 2025 Award for product innovation and design, GIGABYTE also showcases the X870M AORUS ELITE WIFI7, X870E AORUS ELITE X3D ICE, X870E AORUS PRO X3D ICE, and finishing with the X870 AORUS STEALTH ICE. These motherboards feature GIGABYTE's second generation of X3D Turbo Mode implemented at the BIOS level. GIGABYTE declares that with a single click in the UEFI setup interface, these motherboards can deliver up to 15% better gaming performance from AMD's Ryzen 9000X3D series processors (9800X3D, 9900X3D, and 9950X3D).

Going quickly over these motherboards' features, the X870M AORUS ELITE WIFI7 sports a digital twin 14+2+2 phase VRM, while the X870 AORUS STEALTH ICE boasts white reverse connectors and a robust 18+2+2 (SPS 80 A) VRM. Worth mentioning that GIGABYTE has partnered with over ten case manufacturers, including Corsair, Cooler Master, Fractal Design, Phanteks, and more, to provide reverse-connector-ready cases across more than 25 models. As for the X870E-based AORUS series, it adds the M.2 EZ-Match (a magnetic alignment feature to help users with the installation of large heatsinks).More pictures follow.

The centerpiece of Endorfy's Computex 2025 showcase was certainly the new Celeris 1800 keyboard, which debuted back at the CES 2025 show in January, but is now ready to be launched. Endorfy also unveiled its future V2 versions of the well-known Thock keyboard series, including TKL, 75%, and Compact versions.

The Celeris 1800 is Endorfy's way of rethinking the full-sized 100-keys keyboard with numpad, while retaining the compact layout. It uses Endorfy Yellow factory-lubed switches made by Gateron, has a dual-layer silicone padding to eliminate vibrations and noise, and a FR4 top plate. It supports Bluetooth, a 2.4 GHz wireless, or USB cable connectivity, and even has a switch that let switch between Windows or macOS, with three macOS-specific keycaps included. What makes the Celeris 1800 special is the SideTune feature, small buttons located on the side of the keyboard which are inspired by smartphones, allowing you to control audio, volume, brightness, or any custom macros. The other side of the keyboard comes with switches that allows you to switch between Windows and macOS mode and connectivity options. Endorfy is targeting $99 price tag when it becomes available later this year.

In addition to new graphics cards, ASRock also showcased a couple of new motherboards at the Computex 2025 show in Taipei, including the new X870E Taichi OCF, X870 Taichi Creator, as well as the new Phantom Gaming X870 Nova Wi-Fi motherboard.

The star of the show is the new X870E Taichi OCF, which is also the first OC Formula motherboard based on AMD platform. This feature packed motherboard will support AMD Ryzen 9000, 8000, and 7000 series processors on AM5 socket. It features a 25-power phase VRM with 110A SPS, has two DDR5 DIMM slots, two PCIe 5.0 x16 and single PCIe 4.0 x4 slot, a total of six M.2 ports (two of which are PCIe Gen 5 x4), plenty of USB ports, 5 Gbps Ethernet, integrated Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth, and most importantly, "Professional Overclocking Toolkit", which means that this one is aimed at some high overclocking. ASRock also showcased the new X870 Taichi Creator, a more standard motherboard that has 21-phase VRM design, but comes with Marvell's 5 Gbps and 10 Gbps Ethernet ports.

Endorfy unveiled several new PC cases at the Computex 2025 show, including its first white PC case, and two Fishtank PC cases with two-sided glass panels for a panoramic view. Endorfy also brought in the new Ventum 400 ARGB and Signum M30 microATX, which are pre-production samples expected later this year.

The star of the show is Endorfy's first white PC case, the Arx 700 White ARGB. Promising exceptional airflow, extensive cooling support, and room for high-performance components, the new Arx 700 White ARGB is everything you can expect from Endorfy's Arx PC case series. The Arx 700 White ARGB is a standard tower PC case design which can support up to ATX motherboards, as well as up to 360 mm radiators at the front or top or up to eight fans, with four Endorfy Stratus 140 White PWM ARGB fans already included with the case. The perforated panels (with included dust filters at the front and bottom) should provide enough airflow, while tempered glass side panel shows all your components. The Arx 700 White ARGB comes with integrated RGB controller and I/O panel with all the usual ports, including USB-C 3.2 Gen 2.

Among Maxsun's iCraft Z890 and B860 motherboards, there is an interesting "tiny little" product on display at their Computex 2025 booth. It seems that Maxsun engineers are flexing their muscles, presenting what seems to be a concept water-cooler graphics card with tubing on the side, encased in a transparent monoblock. Not much is known at this moment, we cannot guarantee that such an idea will ever get beyond experimental stages. However, the concept is interesting, and we can see its applicability as an external GPU (product is shown standing both horizontally and vertically), more than as a classic internal graphics card. More for its aesthetic value and compact format, it would be a shame to hide it inside a desktop PC case.More pictures with iCraft series motherboards follows.

Crucial at Computex 2025 showcased its flagship client NVMe SSD, the T710. On paper, this drive beats even the fastest enthusiast-segment drives out there, offering sequential read speeds of up to 14.5 GB/s, with up to 13.8 GB/s sequential writes; capacities of up to 4 TB, endurance of up to 2,400 TBW, and 4K random access speeds of up to 2.3 million IOPS. There are two key variants of the drive, one with heatsink, and the other without, so you can use the heatsinks your motherboard came with. The Crucial X10 Pro is a nifty little portable SSD that takes advantage of the 20 Gbps USB 3.2 Gen 2 x2 interface to offer sequential transfer speeds of up to 2.1 GB/s, and capacities of up to 4 TB. Both the T710 and X10 Pro are currently in the market.

Here are some of the first pictures of Gigabyte's Radeon RX 9060 XT Gaming OC, the company's premium custom-design graphics card based on the new RX 9060 XT performance segment GPU announced earlier today. The card comes in 16 GB and 8 GB variants, with a slight price premium over the $349 (16 GB) and $299 (8 GB) MSRP pricing of AMD. Both cards come with a 2-slot thick aluminium fin-stack cooling solution with three fans. The sole power connector is an 8-pin PCIe power, which is sufficient, given the 180 W TBP for both memory variants of the RX 9060 XT. The RX 9060 XT goes on sale from June 5, 2025.

Next up is a very interesting card by Gigabyte, the GeForce RTX 5060 OC Low Profile. This card comes in a 2-slot thick, half-height (low-profile) form-factor, with a board length of just 18.2 cm. The card's 2-slot thick cooler features a compacted aluminium fin-stack heatsink that's ventilated by a trio of 40 mm fans. The card draws power from a single 8-pin PCIe connector. You get a full suite of display outputs taking advantage of the two slots, including three DisplayPorts and an HDMI.More pictures follow.