German Data Center Giant Hikes Prices up to 37% Starting April 1 — Hetzner Cites Rising Hardware Costs for Price...
German data‑center operator Hetzner announced price increases of up to 37 % on its cloud, dedicated‑server, storage and load‑balancer offerings effective 1 April 2026. The hikes affect both new orders and existing subscriptions across its European, U.S. and Singapore sites, with cloud instances in Germany and Finland seeing the steepest jumps. Hetzner attributes the move to “drastic” hardware cost inflation, especially a 171 % year‑over‑year surge in DRAM prices driven by AI demand. This is the second price adjustment this month after a February fee increase on setup charges.
DDR5 RAM Gets Another Fleeting Discount, Lowest Price in Months — Corsair's 32GB Vengeance Kit Is $329 at Woot
Woot is offering Corsair’s 32 GB Vengeance DDR5‑6000 kit for $329.99, the lowest price in months. The discount follows a recent dip from $344 in January but remains far above the $92.99 price seen in early 2025. The price pressure stems...
Hands-On: G’AIM’E 30th Anniversary Time Crisis Light Gun Game
G’AIM’E released a dedicated Time Crisis light‑gun console to mark the franchise’s 30th anniversary, offering a plug‑and‑play system that runs up to four classic arcade shooters on any modern TV via AI‑based screen recognition. Three pricing tiers – Basic ($99),...
Intel Bartlett Lake-S CPUs Reportedly Wield 12 Blazing P-Cores and 5.8 GHz Boost — Turbocharged Chips that Will Not Make...
Intel’s upcoming Bartlett Lake (Core 200E) processors will feature only high‑performance P‑cores, with configurations up to 12 cores and single‑thread boost frequencies reaching 5.9 GHz. The lineup spans three power envelopes—125 W, 65 W, and 45 W—offering varying core counts, L3 cache sizes, and integrated‑GPU...
Lenovo Alerts Partners to Looming Price Hikes on Consumer and Server Products — Soaring Memory Costs Drive the Surge
Lenovo warned its channel partners that select consumer PCs and server configurations will see price increases in March due to a sharp rise in DRAM and 3D NAND costs. Partners must place orders by February 25 and have them received by February 28...
Corsair Makr Pro 75 Review: Not DIY-Priced (or DIY)
Corsair’s Makr Pro 75 is a premium 75% magnetic keyboard built with an aluminum case, gasket‑mounted hot‑swappable PCB and double‑shot PBT keycaps. It ships with MGX Hyperdrive linear switches that can be tuned from 0.1 mm to 4 mm and supports an...
Hands-On with Cooler Master’s Cosmos Alpha Full-Tower Chassis – Sliding, Configurable Interior Makes for Lots of Possibilities
Cooler Master unveiled the Cosmos Alpha full‑tower chassis, the latest evolution of its two‑decade‑old Cosmos line. The case introduces the FreeForm 2.0 platform, featuring stepless fan mounts and a sliding motherboard tray for unprecedented interior flexibility. It supports every motherboard size...
Razer Unveils$500 Flagship Gaming Keyboard — Huntsman Signature Edition Built From CNC-Machined Aluminum, Featuring 8,000 Hz Polling and Snap Tap
Razer has introduced the Huntsman Signature Edition, a $499.99 flagship keyboard built with a CNC‑machined aluminum chassis and a PVD‑finished back plate. It retains the Huntsman V3 Pro internals, featuring Razer’s Gen 2 optical switches that deliver an 8,000 Hz polling rate. The...
Dell Launches New Budget 1080p Gaming Monitor with an Ultra-Fast 240Hz Refresh Rate for Less than $130 — New 27-Inch...
Dell introduced the SE2726HG, a 27‑inch 1080p IPS gaming monitor priced at $129.99. It delivers an ultra‑fast 240 Hz refresh rate and claims a 0.5 ms response time in extreme mode, paired with AMD FreeSync Premium. The unit includes two HDMI 2.1 ports...
China’s AI Build-Out Forces a Rapid Shift to Liquid Cooling — Massive Clusters Put Pressure on Domestic Suppliers to Shift...
China’s rapid AI compute expansion is forcing a wholesale shift from air to liquid cooling in data centers. Dozens of domestic firms, led by Envicool whose shares have tripled, are scaling liquid‑cooling solutions to support 42 "10,000‑card" clusters delivering over...
Dell XPS 14 (2026) Review: Two Steps Forward
Dell revives the XPS 14 with a lighter chassis, restored function‑row keyboard, and two display options—a 1080p panel with over 20 hours of battery life and a high‑resolution OLED screen. Powered by Intel's 13th‑gen Core Ultra processors, the top‑end X7 358H delivers strong...
This Corsair RAM and Gigabyte AM5 Motherboard Bundle Is Just $67 More than Buying the RAM Alone – 32GB of...
Newegg is offering a bundle that pairs the Gigabyte B850 Aorus Elite Wi‑Fi 7 motherboard with 32 GB of Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR5‑6400 RAM for just under $505, a 20% or $133 discount versus buying the components separately. The motherboard features 12...
Sony Considering PlayStation 6 Delay to 2029, While Nintendo Could Hike Switch 2 Price, According to Report — Memory and...
Sony is reportedly pushing the PlayStation 6 launch to 2029 as it grapples with a global memory and storage chip shortage. Nintendo may respond to the same scarcity by raising the price of its upcoming Switch 2. The shortage, initially confined to...
