Join us on this week's Close to the Metal as we breakdown performance and price on the new AMD Radeon RX 570.

The Ryzen 5 chips offer an interesting performance proposition that’s impossible to ignore. We’ll talk over the whole series thus far and let you know where the best chips lie.

Whether you're in the fast ring, or hanging back in the slow ring, there are lots of new features in Microsoft's new Windows 10 beta update.

Ready or not, the Windows 10 Creators Update is rolling out to systems. On this week's Close to the Metal, we'll dig in and assess the damage.

Intel Optane Memory is right around the corner, but there are still a lot of unanswered questions surrounding its release.

While some of the landmark upgrades in the Windows 10 Creators Update may not have made it in time, there are still great new features to get excited for, from privacy updates to new Edge improvements.

There’s a lot of promise in Microsoft’s redesigned Paint 3D, but taking the complexity out of 3D modeling may have rendered pipe-dreams of mixed reality fun and 3D printed toys unable to hold water.

Intel's Optane Memory is finally here, complementing older HDDs with lightning-fast performance. But is it trying to solve a problem that SSDs are already the answer to?

We've heard a lot about Intel's new Optane drives based on XPoint technology, but they're finally here -- sort of.

Steam is ditching Greenlight in favor of a more direct-to-consumer approach. How will that change affect developers?

This week on Close to the Metal, we'll ask why PC games are so much harder to run, and see if Microsoft has a potential solution.

As an alleged Ryzen launch inches ever closer, more technical details have come to light regarding AMD's upcoming processors.

Nintendo has spent 40 years building an army of loyal players, and among them are PC gaming enthusiasts looking for something distinctly different - which they often find in the dungeons of Hyrule.

After a busy year, packed full of serious product updates and releases, Razer is diving into 2017 with a three-screen concept laptop that falls somewhere between genius and madness.

Cooler Master's 1,200 watt PSU isn't for everyone -- literally, there will only be a few thousand of the MasterWatt Maker MIJ.

The newest Asuspro laptop attempts to bridge the gap between consumer and business machines by bringing together the best of both sides.

Intel's new Compute Card lets your favorite appliance brands outsource the smart side by making room for a tiny computer.

Razer's ambitious and unique projector is more than just an extension of its multi-color Chroma lighting, stretching the game beyond the edge of the screen.

Linksys is bringing the heat to CES with a trio of powerful routers that are packed with the latest in wireless networking technology.

Murmurs of an Asus Chromebook with Type-C have been swirling, but a listing from Newegg that was quickly pulled may have confirmed the system's existence.

A Reddit user leaked an image from a French hardware magazine with benchmarks from an unreleased AMD Ryzen chip, and they're nothing short of impressive.

Samsung's Notebook 9 wasn't the most impressive laptop for the price, but upgraded processor and SSD options could help smooth out some of the issues.

Details may still be slim on AMD's upcoming Zen architecture and Summit Ridge CPUs, but today's AMD event gave us a sneak peek at the upcoming smart CPU.

Apple is showing off its courage once again by removing the remaining battery life estimations from MacOS.

As a winter storm descends on King's Landing, the Overwatch team is gearing up for a snowy holiday event, starting December 13th.

Trimble's SketchUp is one of the easiest to use 3D-design applications around and it is becoming even more intuitive with a Hololens version.

AMD proves small GPUs can still work with big applications by releasing a trio of professional GPUs that sip power and only take up a single slot.

Blizzard pulled out all the stops for this year's Blizzcon, but 'Heroes of the Storm' may have gotten the largest update, with Ragnaros and Varian Wrynn.

With Kaby Lake desktop chips just around the corner in early 2017, it seems like we're a bit overdue for a leak. Thankfully, Intel has it covered.

The MacBook Pro 15, and the Surface Book with Performance Base are very similar, but a few key differences set them apart. We compare the specifications.

Windows 10 already has a swath of sharing tools built in, but Microsoft is pumping that up even more and putting people at the center of the experience.

The new Surface Studio has a striking design, beautiful, high-resolution display, and advanced feature set. Unfortunately, its graphical power is noticeably limited by last year’s mobile GPU.

Windows Holographic, the mixed reality side of Windows 10, has been on the horizon since the operating system's launch, but it's time is almost upon us.

Ready to bring your VR on the road? Origin's new EVO-15S sports a GTX 1060 and Core i7 CPU, with all the trimming that go along with it.

With the Windows 10 Anniversary Update in users' hands, Microsoft is looking ahead. The latest Insider build pushes modest settings updates and bug fixes.

If you've ever built a computer, chances are you've reached for a Western Digital hard drive, and now the storage giant is trying its hand at SSDs.

For the past year, Oculus has been telling users that limiting VR to sitting or standing is for their own good. Now room-scale Rift has been announced – and you’ll have to forgive us for doubting its success.

From its mascot and press manager Little Splzooshly, to the unassuming first title, Justin Roiland and Tanya Watson’s Squanchtendo is about as unconventional as games get, in all the best ways.