Articles by Paul Alcorn, Managing Editor: News and Emerging Tech

As a teenager, Paul scraped up enough money to buy a 486-powered PC with a turbo button (yes, a turbo button). Back when floppies were still popular he was already chasing after the fastest spinners for his personal computer, which led him down the long and winding storage road, covering enterprise storage. His current focus is on consumer processors, though he still keeps a close eye on the latest storage news. In his spare time, you’ll find Paul hanging out with his kids or indulging his love of the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals.

Articles by: Paul Alcorn

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285K Faceoff — Battle of the Gaming Flagships

By Hassam Nasir published 31 May 25

Today, we pit Intel's current-gen flagship Core Ultra 9 285K vs the Ryzen 7 9800X3D, the hands-down best CPU for gaming on the market, in a heated six-round match to find the winner.

Intel details new advanced packaging breakthroughs — EMIB-T paves the way for HBM4 and increased UCIe bandwidth

By Paul Alcorn published 30 May 25

EMIB-T comes to fore.

Best SSDs 2025: From blazing-fast M.2 NVMe down to budget SATA

By Jarred Walton, Paul Alcorn last updated 28 May 25

We recommend the best SSDs for every need and budget based on our extensive lab tests.

"Export control was a failure." Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang slams Biden's China AI restrictions - Computex 2025 Q and A

By Sayem Ahmed published 26 May 25

Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang addressed trade and new AI technologies in a Computex Q&A

Computex 2025 Live: Final day wrap-up from Taipei

By Avram Piltch, Matt Safford, Stephen Warwick, Andrew E. Freedman, Paul Alcorn last updated 23 May 25

We're on the ground at Asia's biggest tech show, sharing all the cool stuff we find.

Hands-on with the Antec Vortex View — a wild AIO cooler with a screen that rotates a full 360 degrees

By Jowi Morales published 23 May 25

The Antec Vortex View cools your PC while giving you an extra display that lets you show off nearly anything you want.

Arctic shows off new air coolers and fans at Computex 2025, brings back PC cases to its lineup

By Jowi Morales published 23 May 25

Arctic is bringing back its PC case line after more than 10 years with the Xtender and Xtender VG mid-tower cases.

ASRock launches new AMD motherboards at Computex 2025

By Jowi Morales published 23 May 25

ASRock finally released an OCF motherboard for AMD CPUs, as well as several new high-end and mid-range boards.

Best of Computex 2025: More hardware than hype

By Avram Piltch, Matt Safford, Andrew E. Freedman, Brandon Hill, Paul Alcorn published 23 May 25

From blazing-fast SSDs to retro cases, these are the 16 best products introduced at this year’s show.

Lian Li flexes new PSU with rotatable power outlet at Computex 2025

By Aaron Klotz published 22 May 25

Lian Li shows off ultra-flexible ATX power supplies with swiveling power outlets, duplicate connectors on multiple sides, and support for USB/fan controller hubs.

Maxsun concept RTX 50 series liquid-cooled graphics card

Maxsun shows off liquid-cooled RTX 50 series GPU covered in RGB lighting

By Aaron Klotz published 22 May 25

Maxsun showed off a concept RTX 50 series liquid-cooled graphics card at Computex 2025 that is literally filled with RGB LEDs from top to bottom.

SK hynix announces 321-layer, UFS 4.1 chips — TLC 4D NAND set to land in PCs and data centers

By Mark Tyson published 22 May 25

SK hynix today announced that it has developed a UFS 4.1 storage solution built upon 321-layer 4D NAND flash.

MSI’s new PinSafe Design motherboard promises no more pricked fingers

By Mark Tyson published 22 May 25

MSI is set to implement a new PinSafe Design safety feature on the B850MPOWER motherboard for AMD users.

Zalman returns to its roots with turbine engine-inspired ZET lineup of CPU air coolers

By Kunal Khullar published 22 May 25

Zalman reboots its classic circular cooler shape with magnetic fans and LCD flair

Zotac Zone 2 demoed with Manjaro Linux and an AMOLED panel — 12-core Zen 5 CPU and 32GB RAM under the hood

By Hassam Nasir published 22 May 25

Zotac's latest handheld boasts a vibrant 7-inch AMOLED panel, AMD's Ryzen AI HX 370 APU, and a custom Manjaro Linux Operating System.

This $50,000 immersion-cooled workstation can support four Nvidia RTX 5090s

By Jowi Morales published 22 May 25

The Cirrus Mk1 immersion cooling system can handle up to four RTX 5090s at 3,300 watts of cooling capacity.

Thermal Grizzly’s open-air der8enchtable is designed for dedicated PC tinkerers

By Mark Tyson published 22 May 25

Termal Grizzly's der8enchtable for PC tinkerers and overclockers was joined by new DeltaMate water cooling products, and a second-gen WireView Pro, at Computex

Kioxia demos optical SSD, boasts of high performance and 30m+ cabling

By Mark Tyson published 22 May 25

Kioxia demos optical SSD with a system packing Kyocera's Optinity PCIe Gen5 card.

G-Skill demos ultra-high capacity DDR5-6600 512GB RAM and 'extreme' 10,934 MT/s module at Computex 2025

By Stephen Warwick published 22 May 25

At Computex 2025 G-Skill has showcased some impressive RAM speeds, high capacity overclocking, and CAMM 2 prototype.

Zalman shows off woodgrain ATX and Micro-ATX cases

By Aaron Klotz published 21 May 25

Zalman brought a ton of chassis to Computex this year, including the P40 Namu and P10 Namu, two new cases sporting woodgrain trim.

AMD's FSR Redstone uses machine learning to achieve parity with Nvidia DLSS

By Zhiye Liu published 21 May 25

AMD announced FSR Redstone at Computex 2025.

MSI's RTX 5060 Ti TwinFrozer Retro and RTX 5070 Cyclone graphics cards go heavy on nostalgia

By Aaron Klotz published 21 May 25

MSI unveils the RTX 5060 TwinFrozer II Retro and RTX 5070 Cyclone, two GPUs that bring back MSI coolers dating back to the 2010s.

AMD launches Radeon AI Pro R9700 to challenge Nvidia's AI market dominance

By Zhiye Liu last updated 21 May 25

AMD has revealed the chipmaker's latest Radeon AI Pro R9700 graphics card for specialized AI workstations.

AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT launches on June 5, starting at $299

By Zhiye Liu last updated 21 May 25

AMD has announced the Radeon RX 9060 XT graphics card at Computex 2025.

Colorful unveils new RTX 50-Series laptops, wild G-Helmet PC case, and more at Computex

By Stephen Warwick published 21 May 25

Colorful has shown off a raft of new products at Computex 2025.

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