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.
When it comes to silent cooling there are two approaches you can take. You can do whatever you can to make the noisy bits less noisy or you can trap the noisy bits.
Gigabyte is showing a variety of new products at Computex this year. The majority of them are on the motherboard side with their flagship 9-series motherboards.
In Win will be showing a new chassis design at Computex 2014 and has stretched the boundaries of what a computer chassis can be.
At Computex 2014 In Win will be showing a variety of new cases including the new In Win D-Frame Mini and we got a special look of the case before the opening of the show.
The way I see it if something is worth doing, it is worth doing well. When it comes to enthusiast hardware, either overclocking or gaming, hardware makers need to reach beyond the target communities and spend some effort advertising their hardware and events.
The purpose of this article was to explore what an EVGA backplate really was and find out if any of the benefits were real.
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