2024 could have been a better year for Hardware Asylum but, we still got to do some amazing things and explore some great new hardware. 2025 marks an attempt to change things up a bit, bring back from old friends and start some new chapters.
Modern computer systems require modern products to extract the very best performance. When it comes to system memory the new CUDIMM modules are designed to deliver on that promise and there is no better example than the Lexar ARES RGB modules clocked in at 9600MT/s making them some of the fastest sticks at CES.
On display during CES, Creative was showing the latest version in the Pebble series the Nova. The Pebble Nova has the same great form factor but with the addition of a woofer directly behind the primary speaker.
This adventure started with a special memory line that you could by from GSKill, the Splave edition. This special memory bin offered Trident Z5 RGB modules with special tuning and are now getting included with custom overclocked gaming PCs tuned by Splave himself.
One of the exciting releases during Computex 2024 was the AI Top product line from Gigabyte. These new motherboards are specially designed for the unique demands of AI development and now range to include most every available chipset from the AMD B850 up to the TRX50 Threadripper and Intel W790.
EK Waterblocks is a new company for me to visit at Computex and much to my surprise they had a good majority of stuff on display from their low cost aluminum based watercooling kits to some ultra high-end wooden watercooling parts
Micron was announcing their Ballistix Sport AT TUF series memory. In keeping alignment with the ASUS TUF Gaming Alliance initiatives the Ballistix Sport AT modules are priced accordingly and feature a heatspreader design to match the ASUS TUF series motherboards.
Klevv is a popular memory company in South Korea and was showing off some of their latest memory products including the CRAS X DDR 4 RGB LED memory module.
Plenty of editors have praised Noctua for being brave enough to show new products at Computex that didn’t feature RGB LEDs. Attacking how companies use RGB is a soft target of sorts and for Noctua to not include it really helped them stand out this year.
Trade shows are an intereseting thing where you can walk around all day, or all week, and still miss stuff. I wasn't able to see LianLi until day two of Computex and honestly might not have stopped by had not someone sent me an article talking about how cables are now RGB!
At Computex GSKill was showing off their latest revision to the popular TridentZ RGB memory with a sleek gold heatspreader and faceted RGB diffuser.
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