After showing off its Gorgon Halo mini workstations at IFA 2026, Acemagic has officially launched the F9A mini PC as an AI workstation powered by the AMD Ryzen AI Max+ APU with its Radeon 8065S iGPU, for 131 TOPS of AI compute and up to 192 GB of unified memory. The Ryzen AI mini PC's all-metal chassis measures in at just 158.5 x 158.5 x 81.5 mm, or 2 L volume, and pricing starts at $6,499 for 192 GB of memory and a 2 TB SSD.

The mini PC features a modern ports selection, with front I/O consisting of dual USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ports, a USB4 Type-C port, an SD card reader, and a 3.5 mm audio combo jack. The back of the mini PC, meanwhile, features another USB4 port, DisplayPort 2.1, HDMI 2.1, dual 2.5 GbE, a USB 2.0 port, another USB 3.2 Gen 2 port, and an OCuLink port for eGPU expansion in the event that you need more power than the Radeon 8065S can put out. The 192 GB of LPDDR5X-8355 unified memory can be configured so that 160 GB is dedicated to video memory.

CD Projekt RED has published the full and updated PC requirements for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered, which launches tomorrow, September 29, as a free upgrade for existing owners. Only the minimum and recommended specs were public until now, but the new detailed requirements are broken down by categories and even include separate Ray Tracing and Path Tracing requirements. The updated table covers six tiers: Minimum, Recommended, Ultra, RT Minimum, RT Recommended, and Path Tracing.

The Minimum tier targets 1080p at 30 FPS with the Low preset, and requires a Core i5-8400 or Ryzen 5 2600 CPU, 12 GB of RAM, and a GTX 1660, RX 5500 XT, or Arc A580 graphics card. CDPR says the GTX 1660 can reach 60 FPS or higher there. Recommended (1080p, 60 FPS, High) asks for a Core i7-8700K or Ryzen 5 3600X CPU, 16 GB of RAM, and an RTX 2060 Super, RX 6600 XT, or Arc B580 GPU. If you want to play at Ultra (1440p, 60 FPS), it calls for a Core i7-13700K or Ryzen 7 7700X CPU, 24 GB of RAM, and an RTX 3070 Ti, RX 6800 XT, or Arc B580 graphics card with XeSS.

MSI quietly added three new B550 motherboards to its AM4 lineup, one microATX model and two ATX boards. The new models are the PRO B550M WIFI6E, PRO B550-S, and B550-S WIFI6E, all targeting AMD's Ryzen 3000, 4000G and 5000 processors. The PRO B550M WIFI6E is the microATX model measuring 243.84 x 210 mm. MSI opted for a spartan layout with only a tiny radiator on top of the AMD B550 chipset. The motherboard has two DDR4 DIMM slots supporting memory up to 4600+ MT/s (OC). For expansion, there is one PCIe 4.0 x16 slot and two PCIe 3.0 x1 slots, with one M.2 slot and four SATA 6 Gb/s ports for storage. The M.2 slot runs at PCIe 4.0 x4, while the wireless connectivity is provided by a pre-installed Wi-Fi 6E module.

The PRO B550-S and B550-S WIFI6E are full-size ATX boards measuring 243.84 x 304.8 mm. MSI opted for a more robust cooling package with dedicated heatsinks for the VRM, chipset and M.2 slot. Both feature four DDR4 DIMM slots with support for up to 128 GB and up to 4800+ MT/s (OC). The boards have two PCIe x16 slots, one PCIe x1, two M.2 slots, and four SATA ports. The first M.2 slot supports PCIe 4.0 x4, while the second runs at PCIe 3.0 x4. There are USB 5 Gbps Type-A and Type-C ports, along with 10 Gbps Type-A and Type-C ports on the rear I/O. The B550-S WIFI6E adds a pre-installed Wi-Fi 6E module. All three boards use the Realtek ALC897 7.1-channel audio codec and Realtek RTL8111H Gigabit Ethernet. MSI has not yet announced pricing or international availability.

The KytyPlus PS5 emulator has reportedly rendered the Unreal Engine 5-powered Silent Hill 2 remake on an integrated GPU. Reddit user Legal_Help_31 shared a test on an AMD Radeon 840M with 512 MB of dedicated VRAM plus shared system memory, paired with a Ryzen AI 5 340 and around 15 GB of shared RAM. Performance is still not where we would want it, of course. The game's content warning screen runs at around 4 FPS, and it looks like the game only starts and sits there for several minutes without crashing. The test includes no gameplay at this time. The developer's own GitHub page calls the work experimental and says it is not a playability claim. FSR upscaling can apparently be used as well.

KytyPlus is a high-level emulation (HLE) fork of the KytyPS5 project. It reportedly runs without Sony's console firmware and uses Vulkan for rendering. The original KytyPS5 reportedly still crashes when launching Silent Hill 2 Remake, even on stronger hardware, so KytyPlus is a few steps ahead there. It is also impressive that this technically ran on an iGPU, but a boot screen at 4 FPS tells us very little about whether this ever becomes playable. The emulation scene has moved quickly in recent weeks, though, with KytyPS5 showing tremendous progress in Demon's Souls Remake and Astro Bot, among other games. KytyPlus developers are apparently now working to improve the performance in Silent Hill 2 Remake.

Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced that the ROG G1000, a flagship gaming desktop engineered to redefine the boundaries of performance, is now available for purchase and order. Powered by up to an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU and our ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080 GPU, the G1000 introduces the ROG Thermal Atrium—a specialized compartment decoupled from the main chassis to provide its 420 mm AIO radiator with unrestricted access to cool ambient air. Combined with the groundbreaking AniMe Holo platform, the G1000 offers a whisper-quiet, high-performance experience housed in a commanding ultra tower built exclusively with premium ASUS and ROG components.

AniMe Holo: A New Era of Personalization
Beyond its raw power, the ROG G1000 is a visual masterpiece featuring the all-new AniMe Holo technology. This system utilizes full-color holographic projectors, allowing gamers to personalize their desktop like never before. The side panel showcases a massive 380 mm holographic fan with 720 LEDs, complemented by dual 215 mm fans on the front panel.

AMD's Ryzen 5 5500F and Ryzen 5 7500 are finally available in the US, but both are selling above their announced pricing. On Amazon, the Ryzen 5 5500F lists for $120 and the Ryzen 5 7500 for $210, each $20 over AMD's MSRP of $99 and $189, respectively. The Ryzen 5 5500F has been spotted fluctuating between $118 and $125. Both listings are sold directly by Amazon rather than third-party sellers, so this doesn't appear to be a case of resellers padding the price. AMD revealed the two budget chips nearly two weeks ago, though they only became available for purchase now. At the time of writing, Amazon is the only US retailer stocking either chip, with Micro Center and Newegg still showing no listings.

To recap, the Ryzen 5 5500F is a 6-core, 12-thread Zen 3 part built on the Vermeer die, unlike the older $90 Ryzen 5 5500, which uses Cezanne. That gives it PCIe 4.0 support and a 4.4 GHz boost clock, versus PCIe 3.0 and 4.2 GHz on the 5500. The Ryzen 5 7500 is essentially a Ryzen 5 7500F with integrated graphics, packing six Zen 4 cores, DDR5 support, PCIe 5.0, and a 5 GHz boost clock, all within a 65 W envelope. AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 saw something similar earlier this year, launching on Amazon $100 above MSRP before settling down once other retailers picked it up, so pricing here could correct itself too.

Honor, the smartphone and computer company formerly owned by Huawei, has officially revealed the Tiangong AXB35, a new AI workstation platform that designed for enterprise use and made to run on a choice of AMD, Intel, or NVIDIA hardware in a tiny SFF desktop chassis measuring just 70 × 192 × 203 mm, or around 2 L volume. Honor says that the Tiangong SFF PC is designed for everything from high-level office work and local knowledge bases, AI inference workloads, and agentic applications, but it would also be useful as a raw computational workstation for everything from 3D modelling and creative tasks to developing, and even gaming.

The Tiangong AXB35 comes in three variants: Standard, Pro, and Ultra, The Standard AXB35 comes equipped with Intel's Core Ultra X7 358H CPU, which features the new Intel Arc B390 iGPU, a total of 16 cores (4× P-Cores, 12× E-Cores, 4× LP E-Cores), and support for up to 96 GB of memory. The Pro version comes with AMD's 16-core Ryzen AI Max+ 395, packing the Radeon 8060S iGPU and up to 128 GB of LPDDR5X memory on a wide 256 GB/s bus. Meanwhile, the Ultra version comes with NVIDIA's new RTX Spark platform, based on the Arm architecture.

AMD's new Ryzen 5 5500F is turning out to be more than just a rebadge of the standard Ryzen 5 5500 in gaming. New benchmarks from YouTuber RandomGaminginHD show the $99 chip pulling ahead of its non-F sibling by up to 16% in CPU-bound titles, even though both processors share the same core count and land at roughly the same price. Do note that the testing is done by a mostly unknown third-party reviewer, and we don't have solid data track to back the claim, but for now it remains as a reference for future independent reviews from traditional sources.

The testing paired both chips with an RX 9060 XT 16 GB graphics card and ran through seven games at 1080p. Battlefield 6 showed the biggest gap at 16% in favor of the new 5500F, followed by Cyberpunk 2077 at 11%, GTA V: Enhanced at 9%, and Counter-Strike 2 at 8%. Titles that leaned more on the GPU, like Crimson Desert and Red Dead Redemption 2, saw that gap shrink to single digits or vanish once the RX 9060 XT became the bottleneck instead of the CPU. Of course, these are early numbers from one single test system. The reviewer also does not have a perfect track record when it comes to quality of testing, so it's important to wait for further testing to form a concrete verdict either way.

AMD launched the Gorgon Halo Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 495 in May 2026, and the powerful new APU seems to finally be making its way into the wider mini PC and laptop market, with Colorful being the latest brand to launch new workstations based on the new AMD silicon. Colorful has launched two new systems under its Colorfire brand: the Lingchuang Mini Pro mini PC, with the AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 495, and the Ryzen AI Max+ 395-powered Lingchuang K16, a new mobile workstation laptop.

Colorful hasn't revealed much about the new mini PC other than that it can be configured with up to 196 GB of LPDDR5X-8533 unified memory, 160 GB of which can be assigned to VRAM to feed the Radeon 8065S. Pricing has not yet been announced, but configurations will start at 96 GB for the Lingchuang Mini Pro. The Lingchuang K16, meanwhile, has been listed on Chinese storefront, JD.com, with a price of ¥34,999, which converts to around $5,218 at the time of writing.

XMG is introducing 2026 refreshes of its 16-inch laptops from the APEX and PRO model series with the XMG APEX 16 and XMG PRO 16 VE. Unlike the 2025 APEX 16 MAX and PRO 16 VE models, the new versions feature an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 with 12 GB of VRAM. Both models also receive minor adjustments to their cooling systems and bottom ventilation.

XMG APEX 16: Ryzen 9 9955HX or 8945HX and RTX 5070 with 12 GB VRAM
Following in the footsteps of the XMG APEX 16 MAX (M25), the new XMG APEX 16 (M26) offers a choice between the AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX from the Fire Range and the Ryzen 9 8945HX from the Dragon Range refresh generation. Both processors feature 16 cores and 32 threads. For graphics, the laptop uses the updated NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 with 12 GB of VRAM and a maximum graphics power of 115 watts, including Dynamic Boost. By contrast, the 2025 XMG APEX 16 MAX (M25) is equipped with the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti and therefore remains available as the higher-end MAX version of the 16-inch laptop.

Control Resonant is slated to launch later in 2026, and ahead of that launch, Remedy Entertainment has officially published the minimum PC hardware requirements, detailing not only the hardware players will need to play the new game, but also what level of performance players can expect from their hardware. All of the hardware requirements call for a pedestrian 16 GB of RAM and a 120 GB SSD, as well as either Windows 10 or 11.

While the game does support path tracing at up to 4K, which Remedy says will call for an Intel Core i7-10700 or AMD Ryzen 7 3700X, at least, paired with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080—no AMD cards are supported for the "Enthusiast" path tracing preset—the game will also be playable on hardware as slow as the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070, AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT, or Intel Arc A580, paired with an Intel Core i5-8500 or AMD Ryzen 5 3500. The game will also allegedly run at 60 FPS at 4K, with graphics set to high, and with upscaling set to Performance mode, and without ray tracing, on an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 or AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT, which indicates at least a decent level of optimization.

A Ryzen 9 9950X3D has reportedly died just an hour after being moved into an ASUS ROG Crosshair X670E Hero motherboard. According to Reddit user SpecialistConcept423, posting in r/GamersNexus, the chip had been running fine for about a year and a half in an ASRock X670E Taichi Carrara before the swap. After switching to the new board, no manual overclocking or voltage tweaks were applied; only one of the board's built-in memory presets was enabled for a set of SK hynix 6200 MHz modules. After saving that setting and rebooting, the board threw a "00" Q-Code and refused to post. Pulling the CPU and inspecting it revealed two brown marks on its contacts, which all but confirmed the catastrophic failure.

Things got stranger when the user resorted to an older Ryzen 5 8500G that had previously worked fine on the same board. That chip apparently now throws a "4D" code too, pointing at the motherboard itself as the culprit, not just the CPU. There's no confirmation yet on whether a faulty BIOS, a bad batch of boards, or something else is to blame, and ASUS hasn't commented on this specific case. It is worth noting that the ASUS board was not new, and it had undergone USB-related repairs and a BIOS rewrite. The user has since contacted AMD in Brazil for an RMA, but has shared no updates yet.

The latest mini PC maker to get in on the high-powered mini PC trend is FEVM, who, to its credit, previously launched a mini PC powered by AMD's impressive Strix Halo platform, with the new FA80G packing up to both an AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Mobile into a mere 2.6 L chassis, while the FN80G swaps out the AMD Ryzen CPU for up to an Intel Core Ultra 7 270KP. What's more, the mini PC maker says that the cooling solutions in the FN80G and FA80G are capable of keeping both versions at below 85 °C on the CPU and 80 °C on the GPU while generating less than 42 dB of noise.

The new FEVM mini PCs, which measure 180 × 168 × 88 mm, both start with NVIDIA's RTX 5060 GPUs, with other configs including the desktop RTX 5060 Ti and 5080 Laptop GPUs. In the 5090 Mobile variants, the GPU is limited to 150 W, with combined CPU and GPU power topping out at 250 W. Both models ship as barebones unit, meaning buyers will need to bring their own RAM and SSDs, but the rest of the mini PC is also nothing to scoff at.

QNAP Systems, Inc., a leading computing, networking, and storage solution innovator, today announced the new TVS-hx77AX enterprise hybrid ZFS NAS series. Comprising the 16-bay TVS-h1677AX, 12-bay TVS-h1277AX, and 8-bay TVS-h877AX, this lineup is powered by AMD Ryzen 7000 series processors and DDR5 memory. Featuring native NFS over RDMA support, the series is engineered for high-load AI model training, virtualization, and 4K video collaboration, setting a new performance benchmark for desktop NAS form factors.

Compute Core: Zen 4 Architecture and DDR5 Synergy
Powered by AMD Ryzen 7000 series processors based on the cutting-edge Zen 4 architecture, the TVS-hx77AX series delivers a significant boost in Instructions Per Clock (IPC) performance. Paired with up to 192 GB of DDR5 memory (ECC optional), the NAS effortlessly handles concurrent virtual machines (VMs), containerized application development, and high-throughput data decompression workloads.

At IFA 2026, GEEKOM revealed that the company has successfully interconnected multiple miniature PCs into a single local supercomputer capable of running inference with ease. At the company booth, GEEKOM demonstrated how it linked four of its A9 Mega mini PCs into a local inference cluster. The GEEKOM Private AI setup uses USB4 to connect these four mini PCs directly, eliminating the need for a dedicated rack or proprietary networking hardware. The result is essentially a miniature supercomputer that can sit on a desk, keeping AI workloads and data entirely local.

Each node is based on AMD's Ryzen AI Max+ 395, featuring 16 "Zen 5" CPU cores with integrated Radeon 8060S graphics and up to 128 GB of unified LPDDR5X memory running at 8,000 MT/s. Storage is provided by two PCIe 4.0 x4 M.2 slots, supporting drives up to 4 TB. The compact 171 x 171.1 x 70.1 mm system also includes dual 2.5 GbE, Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 5.4, USB4, and HDMI 2.1 connectivity. The processor has a 140 W TDP and an NPU rated at up to 50 TOPS, which means the total mini rack system will draw less than 1,000 W at peak load, making this setup extremely power efficient.

At IFA 2026, GEEKOM showcased its latest GeekBook X16 Pro, designed to be a thin and light powerhouse. At the heart of this system is AMD's latest "Gorgon Point" APU. The showcased unit features an AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470, which includes four "Zen 5" cores and eight "Zen 5c" cores, totaling 12 cores and 24 threads. Paired with this CPU cluster is AMD Radeon 890M integrated graphics for a solid experience in 3D rendering, gaming, and local AI performance. The system includes 32 GB (8 GB x 4) of soldered SK hynix LPDDR5 RAM running at 8533 MT/s and a 2 TB Lexar SSD.

The entire laptop body is crafted from aerospace-grade magnesium alloy in a precision-milled CNC unibody design. It hosts a 16-inch 2560x1600 IPS screen with a 120 Hz refresh rate, 100% sRGB coverage, and integrated eye protection features. Inside, the system is powered by a 77 Wh high-capacity battery, providing up to 17 hours of standby time, while charging is handled by a 65 W GaN PD Fast Charging adapter. Wired connectivity includes a single 3.5 mm audio jack, a USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type A, a USB 3.2 Type C, a USB4 running at 40 Gbps transfer speed, and an HDMI 2.1 port. Wireless connectivity features Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.4, while audio is managed by stereo speakers with DTS:X Ultra Audio.

Leaker Roland Quandt has posted on Bluesky that AMD is preparing to launch another AM5 socket Ryzen 5 processor, a standard 7500. This Zen 4 (Raphael) CPU will sit between the existing Ryzen 5 7500F and 7500X3D. The leaked specifications show a six-core, 12-thread CPU running at a 3.7 GHz base clock, with up to 5.0 GHz boost, 38 MB of total cache (likely 32 MB L3 + 6 MB L2) and a 65 W TDP. These specs are largely similar to the 7500F variant, even at the clock-speed level, the 5.0 GHz boost matches the 7500F, while the 7500X3D is capped at 4.5 GHz due to the V-Cache overhead. Compared to the other two existing variants, the pricing, if true, is debatable. The Ryzen 5 7500F can be found at around $130-140 (initially launched at $180 for the retail PIB package), while the 7500X3D is listed now at around $285. The new 7500 is reportedly coming in at around €230 (roughly $267), which puts it uncomfortably close or even above the 7500X3D.

The higher price over the F variant and the matching/higher one over the 7500X3D suggest two things. First, it could have the Radeon Graphics integrated graphics solution as the X3D variant. Second, it will ship as a boxed version with a cooler included, unlike the 7500F, which comes as OEM/Tray. No official confirmation from AMD yet, however, the leaker is known for some accurate information in the past.

Minisforum, a Global Edge Computing Solution Brand & System Integrator, today unveiled two new local AI computing solutions powered by the AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ PRO 495 processor: the AI Mini Workstation MS-S1 MAX-P495 and the AI Agent NAS N5 MAX-P495. The new solutions mark Minisforum's continued commitment to democratizing AI computing by bringing powerful local AI capabilities to a broader range of users and real-world applications. With up to 131 TOPS of AI compute performance, 192 GB of memory at 8533 MT/s, and up to 160 GB of graphics memory, the two solutions support larger models, more complex AI workloads, and next-generation edge AI applications.

Lineup Highlights:
1. AI Agent NAS N5 MAX-P495
AI data infrastructure, storage + compute, and persistent AI. Engineered for local data management and AI processing, the N5 MAX-P495 offers massive bandwidth and high-density compute:

As AI becomes increasingly embedded across the workplace, organizations need solutions that not only deliver strong performance but support the way their employees work. At Lenovo Innovation World at IFA 2026, Lenovo unveiled its latest commercial portfolio, advancing Hybrid AI for business with new technologies spanning AI-powered devices, displays, enterprise security, and breakthrough proof-of-concepts that help organizations accelerate AI adoption and confidently embrace the next generation of enterprise computing. Together, these innovations build on Lenovo's broader Hybrid AI strategy, bringing together intelligent devices, infrastructure, and services to help organizations move from AI experimentation to production.

Showcased at a special event in Berlin, the portfolio includes new ThinkCentre desktops, ThinkBook laptops, ThinkVision monitors, ThinkShield security innovations, and ThinkBook proof-of-concepts, highlighting Lenovo's commitment and vision in the future of business technology.

Another Ryzen 7 7800X3D has reportedly swollen and burned, while also damaging the ROG Crosshair X670E Hero motherboard in the process. UNIKO's Hardware flagged the case, citing a video posted to Bilibili as the original source. The video shows a Ryzen 7 7800X3D CPU with clear swelling on the underside where it made contact with the CPU socket. There is discoloration on both the CPU and the socket itself. Moreover, the socket pins are warped and damaged in the middle, presumably due to the pressure of the swelling. One peculiar finding is that one of the notches on the CPU socket looks slightly off. Perhaps more importantly, the board's BIOS version wasn't confirmed, which is directly relevant due to AMD's proposed fix.

This kind of failure first showed up in April 2023, when several 7800X3D and 7950X3D chips bulged and took their sockets with them on X670E boards. AMD pinned it on SoC voltage running too high and rolled out AGESA firmware that capped it at 1.30V across AM5 motherboards. This new case might be straightforward if the BIOS hadn't been updated at all. However, even after the BIOS fix, the reports never fully stopped. Just weeks ago, a 7800X3D reportedly burned out on an MSI PRO X870-P WIFI board running the latest BIOS, with EXPO enabled and nothing else touched. We have even seen reports of Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPUs burning in the exact same manner. If you're running a 7800X3D, it's probably worth checking that you're on the latest BIOS and keeping an eye on SoC voltage.

Following the official announcement that Fable would be released on February 23, 2027, Playground Games and Xbox Game Studios have finally released the full PC minimum and recommended hardware requirements for the series reboot, and if the game runs well on the promised hardware, it looks as though it will be relatively well optimized. What's more, a recent FAQ released on the game's Steam page indicates that there may be a frame rate lock in place, even on PC.

Fable's minimum hardware requirements call for an AMD Ryzen 5 2600 or an Intel Core i7-6850K, 12 GB of RAM, and an AMD Radeon RX 6600, Intel Arc A580, or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050/2060, paired with at least 135 GB of SSD storage. Recommended specs bump the CPU requirements up to an AMD Ryzen 5 5600 or Intel Core i5-11600KF, while the GPU recommended specs are an AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti.

In early August, the Piston V appeared online, shrouded in mystery, but ran the gauntlet in a video by ETA Prime. Now, the Piston V has officially launched on Kickstarter at a surprisingly early bird price. The Kickstarter campaign also fully reveals the mini PC's specs and bundled accessories. The Piston V launched on Kickstarter with a super early bird price of $559, and, at the time of writing, is available starting at $590. However, the post-Kickstarter MSRP is expected to be around $799. The creators of the mini PC and its crowdfunding campaign tout the device as a hybrid mini PC and game console "in a gadget form factor," with the Bazzite/Windows dual-boot and a 4-inch touchscreen on the front adding to the HTPC experience.

As was shown in the pre-launch hands-video, the mini PC will feature the AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 APU with its built-in AMD Radeon 880M iGPU, which should deliver reasonable performance for most non-AAA games. All models available in the Kickstarter come with 16 GB of DDR5-5600 memory and a 500 GB PCIe Gen 4×4 M.2 SSD, but the specs are upgradeable 24, 32, 48, or 64 GB of memory and up to 4 TB of SSD storage. One thing that wasn't mentioned in the original hands-on was the presence of an OCuLink port for eGPU support.

ASRock has silently expanded its Pro-A motherboard lineup with the B550M Pro-A WiFi 6E, a microATX board for the AMD AM4 platform. The new model is essentially the existing B550M Pro-A with the addition of a Wi-Fi 6E module. The launch comes as the AM4 platform is seeing something of a second life, with other major motherboard manufacturers recently adding new models, or increasing production, for the socket first introduced nearly a decade ago. Needless to say that this trend is mostly driven by the current memory pricing situation. The motherboard supports Ryzen 3000, 4000G, 5000 and 5000G series processors, or, if you like the "resurrection" idea, AMD CPUs (Vermeer, Matisse) and APUs (Cezanne, Renoir, Picasso) series.

The ASRock B550M Pro-A WiFi 6E features an 8-phase power design and four DDR4 DIMM slots that can support up to DDR4-4733+ memory modules via overclocking. The motherboard has one PCIe 4.0 x16 slot, one PCIe 3.0 x16 and two PCIe 3.0 x1 slots. It also has two M.2 slots, the primary offering PCIe 4.0 x4 support, and four SATA 6 Gb/s ports. The features are completed by Gigabit Ethernet, Wi-Fi 6E, HDMI, two USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-C ports and nine USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports. Two RGB and two ARGB headers are also included for those who want a bit of color. The board is expected to be priced around $90, however ASRock has not yet announced an MSRP.

More than ten years since the introduction of the HEATKILLER IV, Watercool is presenting a new generation of its CPU water coolers with the HEATKILLER V PRO and ULTRA. Developed from the ground up for the latest AMD processors on the AM4 and AM5 sockets, these models complement the existing product line. The proven HEATKILLER IV remains part of the lineup.

Key features of the new HEATKILLER V series include a completely redesigned cooling structure, a new pre-assembled mounting system, and indirect aRGB lighting. Right from its market launch, the HEATKILLER V ULTRA impressed PC Games Hardware and emerged as the top performer in their comparison test. The independent test confirms the development goals of the new generation: high thermal performance with efficient airflow and a cooling structure specifically tailored to current AMD processors.

Acer has officially launched the Nitro 30 PC in Japan, a 28 L gaming PC powered by the AMD Ryzen 7 8700F and the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT, as the latest in its line-up of Nitro pre-built gaming desktops. The chassis features a semi-closed front panel with an edgy Nitro logo emblazoned on the front, and it has a tempered glass side panel to show off the internals. For now, it seems as though the Nitro 30 is exclusive to Japan, but a global launch may be planned for a later date, given the presence of the Nitro 85 and Nitro 60 in international markets.

The internals feature the aforementioned AMD Ryzen CPU, 32 GB of DDR5-5600 RAM in dual channel, a 1 TB PCIe Gen 4 NVMe SSD, and a built-in wireless card with Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4 connectivity. The compact desktop chassis comes with an 850 W 80 Plus Gold PSU and two pre-installed 120 mm RGB case fans and another 120 mm RGB fan on the top-flow CPU cooler. The front intake has space for another 120 mm fan, but it does not look like there is additional space for more intake or exhaust fans.