Tech News
-
Gamdias Atlas E1 Review @ TechPowerUp
TechPowerUp recently reviewed the GAMDIAS Atlas E1, a compact mid-tower PC case that targets budget-conscious builders with a clean design and unique features. Priced at just $75, the Atlas E1 includes dual tempered glass side panels, three pre-installed ARGB fans, and an integrated temperature display capable of showing CPU, GPU, or ambient temps via the ZEUS CAST software. It supports full-sized ATX motherboards and GPUs up to 340 mm in length, with internal space for a 3.5" HDD and two 2.5" SSDs. The case also offers basic cable management support, though the lack of rubber grommets and limited space in the white model may make clean routing more difficult. Notably, it omits a USB-C port and features proprietary fan connectors.
"The Gamdias Atlas E1 is the most affordable of the Atlas series, sporting a temperature display integrated into a compact dual-glass enclosure. Equipped with three fans, ARGB control and the ability to hold a long and potent GPU, the Atlas E1 is aimed at those wanting something small on their desk while showing off all their cool hardware."
In terms of thermal performance, the Atlas E1 impressed with stable temperatures during stress tests using Furmark and Prime95, even with the stock fan setup. It also accommodates a 280 mm AIO cooler for additional cooling flexibility. However, the pre-installed fans run at fixed speeds due to the proprietary connectors, which could lead to higher noise levels under load. Despite some compromises—like non-reusable PCIe slot covers and basic front I/O—the Atlas E1 stands out in the entry-level case market by blending functional cooling, aesthetic appeal, and a few thoughtful extras like the customizable temperature readout. -
Computex 2025 Has Come to a Close
As many of you know I try to attend Computex every year as I find the trade show to be the most relevent for websites such as Hardware Asyluim. This allows me the opportunity to catch up with old friends while also making new contacts.
Like the show from last year, Computex 2025 was heavly focused on AI and you could see that not only in the displays but in how the booths were organized. For instance, companies that focused on AI technolgies and hardware were allowed to setup in Nangang Hall 1 while everyone else was relocated across the street in Nangang Hall 2.
There is a nice walking tunnel connecting the two buildings making it much easier to visit them than when I first started attending Computex in 2003.
I'll be posting my meeting wrap-ups over the next several days and expect a semi-full debrief on the next episode of the Hardware Asylum Podcast.
-
SoundPEATS PearlClip Pro Bluetooth Earphones Review @ APH Networks
Tech media outlet, APH Networks recently reviewed the SoundPEATS PearlClip Pro, a pair of open-ear wireless earbuds designed to clip onto the outer ear like an accessory. The PearlClip Pro features a lightweight build at just 5.85g per earbud, Bluetooth 5.4 connectivity, and support for SBC and AAC audio codecs. It comes with an IPX5 rating for water resistance and delivers up to 6 hours of playback on a single charge, with a total of 24 hours when paired with the included charging case. The product also arrives with a USB-C cable, user manuals, and a playful sticker set, offering a well-rounded unboxing experience.
"The SoundPEATS PearlClip Pro Bluetooth wireless earbuds have a unique style with great comfort, but key aspects of the sound output can be made better."
APH Networks found the PearlClip Pro to offer a balanced and pleasant listening experience that suits casual use. Its open-ear design helps users stay aware of their surroundings, making it a practical choice for commuting or outdoor activities. Although it doesn’t deliver powerful bass or immersive noise isolation, the earbuds excel in comfort, usability, and their unique aesthetic appeal to those who value style and awareness over high-end sound fidelity. -
TEAMGROUP T-FORCE Delta Eco 64GB DDR5-6000 Memory Kit Review @ Funky Kit
Funky Kit reviewed the TEAMGROUP T-FORCE Delta Eco 64GB DDR5-6000 memory kit, highlighting its innovative eco-friendly design. The kit features RGB lighting components made from 100% recycled plastics and heat spreaders crafted from 80% recycled aluminum, achieving a 73% reduction in carbon emissions per module. It supports both Intel XMP 3.0 and AMD EXPO for one-click overclocking and is compatible with major motherboard brands. Additional features include on-die ECC for enhanced stability, patented circuit design for improved power efficiency, and broad RGB software support.
The Delta Eco 64GB DDR5-6000 memory kit delivers optimal performance for AMD processors, a unique design, excellent quality, and compatibility with a wide range of motherboards. It's also expected to be one of the least expensive gaming memory kits, a perfect combination for most gamers!
In performance tests, the memory kit delivered stable results, particularly on AMD platforms, though it offered standard performance levels. Priced at $164.99, it presents a compelling option for users prioritizing sustainability without compromising on aesthetics or reliability. Waluk awarded it an overall score of 8 out of 10, praising its build quality, eco-conscious design, and value, while noting that it may not be the top choice for high-performance needs on Intel systems. -
Silicon Power Unleashes its First CUDIMM Under the New XPOWER Cyclone DDR5 Gaming Series
Silicon Power (SP) is excited to announce the launch of two new high-performance DDR5 memory modules under its acclaimed XPOWER gaming series: the XPOWER Cyclone DDR5 RGB CUDIMM and XPOWER Cyclone DDR5 RGB UDIMM. Leading with top-tier speeds up to 9200MT/s, the company’s first CUDIMM (Clocked Unbuffered DIMM) is a major milestone in its commitment to next-gen memory innovation tailored for elite gamers, overclockers, and PC enthusiasts.
CUDIMM: Power Meets Precision
The XPOWER Cyclone DDR5 RGB CUDIMM combines ultra-fast speeds, robust stability, and compatibility with cutting-edge platforms. With extreme speeds ranging from 8200MT/s to 9200MT/s, the CUDIMM is purpose-built for gamers and overclockers who demand peak performance. Engineered with a built-in Clock Driver (CKD), this module delivers enhanced signal integrity and tighter timing control—key factors for maintaining system stability during demanding workloads. Full support for the latest Intel® Core™ Ultra desktop processors (Series 2) and Intel Z890 series platforms ensures a seamless experience for users building or upgrading to next-gen systems.
Peak Power for Hardcore Gamers
Both the CUDIMM and UDIMM models in the XPOWER Cyclone DDR5 series come equipped with key technologies that elevate gaming experiences. With Intel® XMP 3.0 support, users can effortlessly overclock their systems for maximum speed with a single click. The inclusion of a Power Management IC (PMIC) enhances power efficiency and stability, while On-Die ECC (Error Correcting Code) ensures data integrity and system reliability during intensive gameplay and multitasking. Whether pushing frame rates to the limit or streaming and rendering simultaneously, the XPOWER Cyclone DDR5 modules deliver the responsiveness and consistency serious gamers demand.
Minimalist Design that Performs
Drawing inspiration from minimalist, angular aesthetics, the Cyclone DDR5’s heat sink design emphasizes both form and function. Sharp lines, symmetrical layers, and a futuristic triangular motif echo the adrenaline and energy of competitive esports, while also enhancing thermal airflow for effective cooling during high-performance overclocking. The robust 2mm-thick aluminum heat spreader ensures temperatures remain in check, lowering heat by more than 10°C/50°F1 for optimal thermal performance. In addition, the modern light bar delivers a stunning and dynamic lighting experience, fully customizable and programmable to sync across all components.
With the launch of its first-ever CUDIMM and the continued evolution of the XPOWER line, Silicon Power reaffirms its commitment to delivering cutting-edge memory solutions that empower gamers to break new records.
Results are based on data from Silicon Power’s internal lab. Actual results may vary based on the environment, usage patterns, or other factors.
-
Fractal Design Meshify 3 Ambience Pro RGB @ TechPowerUp
TechPowerUp reviewed the Fractal Design Meshify 3 Ambience Pro RGB, a refined mid-tower case that blends airflow efficiency with visual flair. Building on the success of the Meshify series, this version introduces a bold design featuring a tempered glass side panel and integrated ARGB lighting with over 100 LEDs built into the frame. It comes pre-installed with three high-quality 140 mm ARGB fans and includes a capable ARGB/PWM controller for synchronized lighting and fan control. The case also features an innovative cable routing channel and durable HDD mounting rails that support up to six storage drives, emphasizing both form and function.
Fractal's Meshify series is long due for an upgrade, so it is no surprise that Fractal Design is launching the Meshify 3 in seven different SKUs, with an updated design, some cool new features and unique tooling. Paired with three brand new Momentum 14 RGB fans, the Ambience Pro RGB variant of the case is fully loaded with a new Hub and 100 embedded LEDs.
In performance testing, TechPowerUp found the Meshify 3 Ambience Pro RGB offered excellent airflow and low noise levels, particularly when idle. It accommodates E-ATX motherboards and large GPUs with ease, while its layout simplifies assembly thanks to tool-less side panels and thoughtful internal design. The case excels in combining strong thermal performance with a clean, stylish aesthetic, making it a solid choice for builders who want both functionality and RGB customization in their setups. -
Cooler Master Unveils the Future of Cooling During Computex 2025
Enterprise-grade AI Cooling, Powerful Consumer Hardware, and Personalization Converge in a Unified Portfolio
TAIPEI, Taiwan – 20, May, 2025 – Cooler Master, a global leader in innovative thermal solutions and PC hardware, today announced its plans for its “One Cooler Master — Where Cooling Drives the Future” showcase at its headquarters during Computex. By pairing its vertically integrated enterprise arm with its consumer division, the company is demonstrating how innovations perfected for business quickly translate into more powerful, and more customizable hardware for consumer use.
“Our structure allows ideas to flow in both directions — from the most demanding servers to the most expressive desktop rigs,” said Jimmy Sha, CEO of Cooler Master. “Everything on display at our headquarters began as a problem we solved for an enterprise partner or a creator. ‘One Cooler Master’ is about turning those lessons into products for everyone.”
Visitors to Cooler Master’s headquarters can explore an immersive showroom organized around three interconnected themes:
Advanced Cooling: The Silent Force Powering the AI Boom
Artificial-intelligence workloads continue to push rack temperatures and power densities higher. Cooler Master’s latest enterprise solutions — including 3D vapor-chamber cold plates and liquid coolant-distribution units — keep mission-critical systems cooler, quieter, and more reliable for industries such as finance, research, and telecommunications.
More Powerful and Reliable Cooling for Consumers
Those same breakthroughs underpin the newest retail offerings. The V Series air coolers bring 3DHP heat-pipe architecture to mainstream CPUs, while updated fan and liquid-cooling lines provide smarter thermal control for gamers, content creators, and performance enthusiasts. The result is server-class stability without server-class noise.
FreeForm 2.0 — Custom, Open, Personal
FreeForm 2.0 is a design philosophy that extends Cooler Master’s “Make It Yours” approach across our entire portfolio—from high-performance PCs and pro-grade simulators to industry-leading thermal solutions. As the evolution of our original FreeForm concept launched a decade ago, it now includes open-source design resources that invite user-driven innovation over closed accessory ecosystems. Grounded in our legacy of engineering excellence, FreeForm 2.0 gives you the freedom to create, evolve, and express yourself through this platform.
Featured products on display include
- MasterFrame Series — Delivers internal and external modularity for everything from showcase builds to production workstations — and, via Prusa Printables, taps a growing library of community add-ons so it evolves with your needs and creativity.
- Cooling X Pro — A tower system featuring dual CPU-and-GPU liquid loops, Cooler Master’s X Silent PSU, and the world’s first quad 180 mm fan radiator with analog or LED performance gauges.
- QUBE 500 Core — Compact, budget-friendly, streamlined version of the QUBE 500 starter case fully compatible with a growing ecosystem of accessories.
- MasterLiquid Atmos II — A low-profile AIO cooler with a quieter pump and swappable top covers for effortless styling. Optional Flex-Kit modules add next-level customization with real-time system stats, lighting effects, or enhanced VRM cooling.
- MasterFan Series — The return of Cooler Master’s fan series, now featuring models with extra-thick 30mm aluminum frames for stronger, quieter airflow. This series offers first-ever versions with aluminum blades as well.
Introducing the Elite Series — for Smarter, Budget-Friendly Builds
Cooler Master also introduces the Elite Series, new value-driven products tailored for system integrators and cost-conscious builders. Designed to offer essential performance without premium pricing, the Elite lineup spans a complete ecosystem—including cases, liquid coolers, fans, and power supplies.
Featured at Computex are:
- Elite Case Series — Including the Elite 302, 502, and 600 mid-towers, each designed for efficient airflow, tool-free access, and modern hardware support such as full-length GPUs and USB-C connectivity.
- Elite Liquid 240/360 — All-in-one coolers with hexagonal, crystal-clear tops, pre-installed daisy-chain fans, and tool-free logo customization — offering accessible performance and easy installation.
Perfect for entry-level gaming rigs, creator setups, or large-scale system rollouts, Elite makes reliable builds more attainable — without compromise.
Cooler Master’s showcase illustrates how a single, integrated engineering powerhouse can advance enterprise infrastructure, elevate consumer performance, and enhance personal expression — all under one roof.
-
DOOM: The Dark Ages Performance Benchmark @ TechPowerUp
TechPowerUp examined the performance of DOOM: The Dark Ages, which runs on the new id Tech 8 engine with support for ray tracing and modern features like DLSS 4, FSR, XeSS, and frame generation. The game offers detailed graphics options, excellent ultrawide and high-refresh-rate support, and showcases the engine's visual improvements. At 1080p Ultra settings, mid-range GPUs such as the RTX 4060 Ti and RX 7700 XT can achieve smooth 60 FPS gameplay, while 1440p requires GPUs like the RTX 3080 or RX 7900 GRE. For native 4K at 60 FPS, only flagship GPUs like the RTX 4090 or RTX 5090 are sufficient without upscaling.
DOOM: The Dark Ages is coming soon, offering an amazing first-person shooter experience with fantastic graphics. The game introduces the brand-new id Tech 8 engine, which improves support for ray-tracing. In our performance review, we examine its graphical fidelity, VRAM usage, and how well it runs on a variety of modern GPUs.
The review highlights the heavy GPU demands, especially at higher resolutions with ray tracing enabled. Upscaling technologies significantly boost performance across all tested GPUs, making even 4K gaming accessible on more mainstream hardware. VRAM usage scales with settings and resolution, with the highest demanding over 12 GB. Latency analysis shows that maintaining low system latency is key to preserving the game’s responsive, fast-paced combat. Overall, DOOM: The Dark Ages is visually stunning and optimized for modern hardware, but best experienced on high-end systems or with intelligent upscaling features enabled. -
HUMAIN and NVIDIA Announce Strategic Partnership to Build AI Factories of the Future in Saudi Arabia
HUMAIN, the new full AI value chain subsidiary of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, today announced a landmark strategic partnership with NVIDIA, the world leader in AI computing infrastructure, to drive the next wave of artificial intelligence development.
The two organizations will leverage NVIDIA platforms and expertise to establish Saudi Arabia as a global leader in AI, GPU cloud computing and digital transformation to drive innovation and growth worldwide.
The partnership underscores HUMAIN’s mission to position Saudi Arabia as an international AI powerhouse — combining cutting-edge infrastructure, frontier AI models, immersive digital platforms and human capital development.
Powering AI Factories of Tomorrow
HUMAIN is making a major investment to build AI factories in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with a projected capacity of up to 500 megawatts powered by several hundred thousand of NVIDIA’s most advanced GPUs over the next five years. The first phase of deployment will be an 18,000 NVIDIA GB300 Grace Blackwell AI supercomputer with NVIDIA InfiniBand networking.
These hyperscale AI data centers will provide a secure foundational infrastructure for training and deploying sovereign AI models at scale, enabling industries across Saudi Arabia and worldwide to accelerate innovation and digital transformation.
Unlocking the Era of Physical AI With NVIDIA Omniverse
HUMAIN will deploy the NVIDIA Omniverse™ platform as a multi-tenant system to drive acceleration of the new era of physical AI and robotics through simulation, optimization and operation of physical environments by new human-AI-led solutions. This will allow industries such as manufacturing, logistics and energy to create fully integrated digital twins, boosting efficiency, safety and sustainability while fast-tracking the Kingdom’s journey toward Industry 4.0.
Enabling the Kingdom’s AI Ecosystem Through Workforce Transformation
To support this transformation, HUMAIN and NVIDIA will collaborate on large-scale upskilling and training initiatives, providing thousands of Saudi citizens and developers with hands-on experience in advanced AI, simulation, robotics and digital twin technologies. This effort will contribute to building a robust national AI ecosystem and align with Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 goals of economic diversification and digital leadership.
“AI, like electricity and internet, is essential infrastructure for every nation,” said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA. “Together with HUMAIN, we are building AI infrastructure for the people and companies of Saudi Arabia to realize the bold vision of the Kingdom.”
“We thank NVIDIA for their strategic partnership with the Kingdom. This collaboration with HUMAIN marks a turning point, building the AI factories of the future, unlocking compute and powering the next era of physical AI,” said His Excellency Eng. Abdullah Alswaha, Minister of Communications and Information Technology. “This lays the groundwork for a new industrial revolution, anchored in advanced infrastructure, talent and global ambition. This is how Saudi Arabia continues to lead as a partner of choice in shaping the future of AI.”
“Our partnership with NVIDIA is a bold step forward in realizing the Kingdom’s ambitions to lead in AI and advanced digital infrastructure,” said Tareq Amin, CEO of HUMAIN. “Together, we are building the capacity, capability and a new globally enabled community to shape a future powered by intelligent technology and empowered people.”
-
NVIDIA Powers World’s Largest Quantum Research Supercomputer
AIST’s ABCI-Q Supercomputer Equips Researchers to Realize the Potential of Quantum Computing
TAIPEI, Taiwan, May 19, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- COMPUTEX — NVIDIA today announced the opening of the Global Research and Development Center for Business by Quantum-AI Technology (G-QuAT), which hosts ABCI-Q — the world’s largest research supercomputer dedicated to quantum computing.
Quantum processors promise to augment AI supercomputers in solving some of the world’s most complex challenges, spanning industries including healthcare, energy and finance. By enabling quantum-GPU computing at an unprecedented scale, ABCI-Q marks a profound leap toward realizing practical, accelerated quantum systems.
Delivered by Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), the ABCI-Q supercomputer features 2,020 NVIDIA H100 GPUs interconnected by the NVIDIA Quantum-2 InfiniBand networking platform.
The system is integrated with NVIDIA CUDA-Q™, an open-source hybrid computing platform for orchestrating the hardware and software needed to run useful, massive-scale quantum computing applications.
“Seamlessly coupling quantum hardware with AI supercomputing will accelerate realizing the promise of quantum computing for all,” said Tim Costa, senior director of computer-aided engineering, quantum and CUDA-X™ at NVIDIA. “NVIDIA’s collaboration with AIST will catalyze progress in areas like quantum error correction and applications development — crucial for building useful, accelerated quantum supercomputers.”
ABCI-Q’s AI supercomputing is integrated with a superconducting qubit processor by Fujitsu, a neutral atom quantum processor by QuEra and a photonic processor by OptQC — enabling hybrid quantum-GPU workloads across multiple qubit modalities.
“ABCI-Q will enable researchers in Japan to explore the core challenges quantum computing technologies face and speed the path to practical use cases,” said Masahiro Horibe, deputy director of G-QuAT and AIST. “The NVIDIA accelerated computing platform in ABCI-Q will empower scientists to experiment with the stepping-stone systems needed to advance quantum computing.”
Watch the COMPUTEX keynote from NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang, and learn more at NVIDIA GTC Taipei.
