Direct-die cooling seems to be picking up steam once again as EK WB is prepping a modern batch of direct-die water blocks for both Intel (LGA1700 ded socket lol) and AMD (AM5). As a very disgruntled owner of the original batch, this is disappointing as the original was universally panned for various issues and many users had to receive replacements to get things to work. Mine had very weak mounting screws.

EK WB says they took all those learnings and are now releasing these news blocks with a totally new design. I’ll wait for next-gen though, but you can read on for more details.

With its price now more tempting than ever, the Lenovo G24-20 remains a formidable contender in the gaming monitor arena. High-refresh-rate seekers, take note!

Designed for high-reliability workstations, the Corsair WS DDR5 is surprisingly the company’s first true workstation DDR5 RDIMM ECC kit. Compatible with the latest Xeon and Threadripper CPUs and available in kits up to 256GB. Read on for more detaills.

Elgato is expanding its collaboration with Bethesda with the launch of their Fallout Gear collection. Coinciding with the launch of Amazon’s Fallout TV series, the collection features Fallout-themed products namely the Stream Deck and Wave microphone and more. Hit the link for more details.

ASUS will be showcasing at NAB Show 2024 including ProArt displays and new Powered by ASUS workstations as well their newly acquired NUC 14 and ROG NUC line-ups.

The bell tolls for Intel’s 13th-gen K-type CPUs which will officially see final shipment this June.

Meta has launched an upgraded version of its Meta Training and Inference Accelerator (MTIA), achieving substantial enhancements in compute and memory capabilities. The next-generation MTIA offers a threefold increase in dense compute performance and a sevenfold improvement in sparse compute operations, along with significantly expanded memory capacity and bandwidth. These advancements not only boost the accelerator’s efficiency and capability in handling complex AI tasks but also mark a strategic move towards reducing reliance on external hardware suppliers like NVIDIA.

Star Wars Outlaws is coming August 30. After games playing as Jedi or clones, it’s refreshing playing a scoundrel this time.