Corsair EX400U review: Game-changing USB4 speed in a magnetic, phone-friendly form 400factor

Corsair combines impressive USB4 speed and a phone-friendly magnetic back at a surprisingly reasonable price. For most people looking for fast, future-proof storage, this is the drive to buy right now.

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/external-ssds/corsair-ex400u-review

 Golden Asus ROG RTX 5090 Astral with Jensen Huang's autograph shown off at GTC

An Asus exec at GTC 2025 has shown off what might be both the ultimate PC enthusiast collector's item and the most valuable consumer graphics card on Earth.

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/golden-asus-rog-rtx-5090-astral-with-jensen-huangs-autograph-shown-off-at-gtc

 Nvidia shows off Rubin Ultra with 600,000-Watt Kyber racks and infrastructure, coming in 2027

Nvidia had its Kyber rack and infrastructure on display at GTC. These will be the follow-up to the Blackwell Ultra B300 and Rubin racks and infrastructure and will move to even more power and computing-dense solutions with NVL576. It's still two years away, and it's going to be a race to deliver enough power for next-generation "AI factory" data centers.

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 Maker builds Raspberry Pi Pico smart clock with lots of cool features

NeverCode has created a Raspberry Pi Pico smart clock and shared lots of details on how you can recreate it for yourself at home.

https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/maker-builds-raspberry-pi-pico-smart-clock-with-lots-of-cool-features

 Half-Life 2 running with just 8MB of VRAM is a beautiful wireframe mess

A YouTuber has successfully run Half-Life 2 on the 3D Phantom XP 2800 with just 8MB of memory, sacrificing most if not all textures, lighting, shadows, and other effects.

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/half-life-2-running-with-just-8mb-of-vram-is-a-beautiful-wireframe-mess


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