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Water-Injected GPU Cooler Mod

How One Modder Turned a Desktop Staple into GPU Chill by Injecting Ice Cold Water

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Water-Injected GPU Cooler Mod
Water cooling for desktop computers has been around for a long time, serving as a savior for high-end workstations prone to overheating during marathon gaming sessions or intensive use. Graphics cards, on the other hand, have always relied on air-based solutions, with fans and metal fins providing all of the cooling they require. That all changed when one tinkerer had the brilliant notion to remove a normal CPU cooler from a shelf and repurpose it for his GPU instead. Running frozen water directly through the heatpipes allowed him to not only cool the GPU but also significantly increase frame rates.

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RTX 5080 GPU Rock Scam Best Buy

New RTX 5080 GPU Heist Hits Best Buy, Shows What Happens When Rocks Outweigh Expectations

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RTX 5080 GPU Rock Scam Best Buy
Photo credit: GnarDead
A few days before Thanksgiving, GnarDead took a big risk by placing an order that was expected to significantly improve their gaming setup. The ASUS TUF Gaming RTX 5080 was lying in their Best Buy shopping basket for a reasonable $1,200; its specifications were impressive, capable of handling even the most demanding games. It arrived on November 28, but things quickly took a turn for the worse.

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Micron Crucial Ending Consumer Business

Micron Bids Farewell to Crucial, Chasing the AI Gold Rush

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Micron Crucial Ending Consumer Business
Micron is pulling the plug on Crucial, a stable and dependable name in memory and stays with SSDs that has kept a lot of PCs running smoothly for over 20 years. In their most recent press release, Micron said categorically that they want to close the consumer side of the business by the end of their second quarter next year. Existing stock will continue to ship until then, and everyone who purchases their products before the deadline will still be covered by their guarantee.

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Atlas Eon 100 DNA Storage

Atlas Eon 100 and the Promise of DNA Storage That Outlives Us All

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Atlas Eon 100 DNA Storage
Archivists and technologists have been looking for a way to keep data forever, but their efforts have proven ineffective. That all changes now with Atlas Data Storage’s Eon 100, a technology that converts regular files into DNA strands. This all comes at a time when everyone is battling to keep up with the enormous volume of data we’re producing – and the Eon 100 appears to be a serious competitor in this fight.

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Zac Builds iMac G3 Mac Mini M4

Zac Builds Gives Vintage iMac G3 Shell a New Mac Mini M4 Soul

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Zac Builds iMac G3 Mac Mini M4
Zac Builds acquired a tattered old iMac G3 from the 1990s, one of those legendary all-in-one PCs that dominated every desk. The device resembled a brick, thanks to its clunky old CRT screen, and inside was a jumble of yellowed plastic that crumbled to the touch and antique components that had been collecting dust for years. Instead of throwing it away, Zac recognized an opportunity to give this old girl new life. He gathered his equipment, which included a 3D scanner and printer, a soldering iron, and a custom-built fume extractor dubbed the Zacuum, and set to work, stripping it down to its bare elements.

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ASUS Eee Keyboard PC 2010

Fascinating Look Back at the ASUS Eee Keyboard PC from 2010 That Could Run Windows XP

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ASUS Eee Keyboard PC 2010
ASUS introduced a device 15 years ago that blurred the line between an input tool and a standalone machine. The Eee Keyboard PC housed a full Windows computer within the body of what appeared to be a standard keyboard. After a long wait, it was released in mid-2010, just as netbooks were reigning supreme in portable computing and businesses were pursuing ever-smaller footprints. For $600 ($893 today), you got a silver wedge weighing more than 2 pounds, ready to connect to a TV or monitor for web browsing, movie playback, or light work. ASUS referred to it as a living room companion, something to use for quick chores without having to pull out a whole laptop.

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Auto-Aiming Mousepad

Innovative Auto-Aiming Mousepad Steers Your Shots

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Auto-Aiming Mousepad
For many, unwinding after a long day means diving into a first-person shooter in which every flick of the wrist determines victory or loss. One maker, known online as ‘Basically Homeless,’ grew tired of all the lopsided multiplayer matches. So, he set out to even the odds with something simple on the surface: a mousepad. What emerged goes far beyond cloth and rubber, turning a basic gaming essential into a subtle guide for your cursor.

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Apple Mac Mini M4 16GB 256GB SSD Base Model

Apple’s Mac Mini M4 is Truly a Compact Powerhouse That Fits Right In at $479 for Black Friday

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Apple Mac Mini M4 16GB 256GB SSD Base Model
In the midst of the wrapping paper frenzy and tight shipping schedules, one compact machine quietly demands our attention: Apple’s Mac Mini M4. Apple first released it a while back, but now you can snag one for $479 ahead of Black Friday, which feels like a value at this time of year when everything else appears to be inflated. This time around, the Mac Mini M4 comes equipped with 16GB of RAM standard, instead of just 8GB like its predecessor.

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