Building an AI workstation is rarely about buying the single fastest component on the market; it is about finding the specific "sweet spot" that fits your workload. Whether you are prioritizing VRAM capacity, PCIe lane availability, or thermal management, the right build depends entirely on how you plan to use your machine. The goal isn't just raw power, but the ability to run the tools you need efficiently.
This is the first article in a new AI Hardware series talking about the requirements for running AI Models and why paying attention to these things can help you build a better AI Workstation. If anything learning why a DGX Spark or Mac Mini work but, can also be really slow.
2026 marks the 30th year for Lexar and they started CES off with an announcement that they were going to be the global storage partner for the Argentina National Football (Soccer) Team and launched a number of AI focused storage devices.
According to CES 2026 material there were over 4100 exhibitors registered to attend along with several unknowns looking to take advantage of CES by hosting their own events in area hotels. It is not practical to see everything but with a good pair of shoes and a crisp Pepsi I attempted to do the impossible.
Pro Gamers Group was available at CES showing of some of the latest products available in their catalog including a number of ultra light mice, a racing chair and some rather impressive GPU waterblocks.
I'm always impressed with what ASUS ROG has been doing to expand their brand and of the major companies building hardware is by far one of the most successful. So much they can take a break to introduce even more great ROG stuff.
Cooler Master had an amazing display of RGB LED lights which could be found on coolers, cases, keyboards, mice and even the entire room. Yes, thats right they figured out how to change the room color based on what is on your monitor.
2017 was a great year for Hardware Asylum which included a good mix of what makes this website different from everyone else and a good mix of what will make Hardware Asylum better in 2018
This modding project was intended to replace the Core V51 that had been top several LAN Parties visited the Hardware Asylum Labs more times that I care to admit. All of that jostling around has started to show its age needless to say, it was time for a replacement.
I’m here to share a little modding project that you can do that involves rebuilding an old HP Pavilion PC using modern hardware and saving you a few bux on a chassis.
In this review I’ll be looking at a tool designed to safely delid your LGA 115x processors (excluding 2000 seires Sandy Bridge) called the Rockit 88 from Rockit Cool. This was a project that got kickstarted last year and has since become one of the premier products used for delidding processors.
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