Managing Editor, Tech News Xplore. Areas of expertise: PC hardware, CPUs and GPUs, gaming handhelds, display technology and space science.
Alex Mercer is the managing editor of Tech News Xplore. A hardware journalist for over a decade, he has benchmarked more CPUs, GPUs and handhelds than he can count, and leads the publication's testing methodology and editorial standards.
Seasonic's new 1600W flagship becomes the first ATX power supply to earn 80 PLUS Ruby certification, setting a new efficiency bar for extreme PC builds.
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Thermal Grizzly now sells a factory-delidded Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 with direct-die cooling potential and, crucially, a replacement warranty that covers the modification.
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AMD's entry-level RX 9050 ships with 4GB of memory on a 64-bit bus with 16MB of Infinity Cache: a specification sheet that demands a frank conversation...
Read our full coverage of AMD confirms the Radeon RX 9050 4GB will have a tiny 64-bit bus and just 16MB Infinity Cache
A new leak details Intel's Nova-Lake-S flagship: 28 cores, a big last-level cache variant, and a 296W PL2 power draw that will test every cooler on...
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Razer's latest Huntsman packs analog optical switches with Rapid Trigger into a low-profile esports chassis, a combination no competitor currently ships.
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Activision is moving Modern Warfare 4's shader compilation to a pre-launch background process on PC, aiming to kill in-game stutter before it starts.
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A prominent leaker warns Sony's rumored PlayStation 6 handheld will not land under $600, blaming memory costs inflated by enterprise AI demand.
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New market data shows Xbox accounting for just 4% of US physical game disc sales this year, a stark measure of how completely its audience has...
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Amazon's live-action God of War series has its new Kratos: Dave Bautista steps into the role after Ryan Hurst exited the production following an on-set injury.
Read our full coverage of Dave Bautista officially cast as Kratos in Amazon’s God of War TV Series, replaces Ryan Hurst
Take-Two Interactive is going legal to unmask CyberLeek, the alleged source of recent Grand Theft Auto 6 leaks, with subpoenas served to Microsoft and Discord.
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