HardwareFreaks - Hardware News https://hardware.nrgnews.net/ Hardware News Thu, 02 Jul 2026 23:14:39 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 https://hardware.nrgnews.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/hardware-icon-512-150x150.png HardwareFreaks - Hardware News https://hardware.nrgnews.net/ 32 32 Cinder City becomes the first PC game to recommend 64GB of RAM, and at the worst time https://hardware.nrgnews.net/cinder-city-becomes-the-first-pc-game-to-recommend-64gb-of-ram-and-at-the-worst-time/ Thu, 02 Jul 2026 23:14:39 +0000 http://192.168.1.15:8084/cinder-city-becomes-the-first-pc-game-to-recommend-64gb-of-ram-and-at-the-worst-time/ The world of PC gaming is undergoing a seismic shift. As games evolve from simple experiences into sprawling, photorealistic worlds, they demand increasingly greater processing power and memory. This trend pushes hardware requirements to new extremes, often leading to a frustrating paradox where standard gameplay seems to require cutting-edge components. Typically, when a game demands […]

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]]> ‘No bloat, no telemetry, no nonsense.’ Former Microsoft coding wizard makes an OG Notepad clone that’s just 2,686 bytes in size https://hardware.nrgnews.net/no-bloat-no-telemetry-no-nonsense-former-microsoft-coding-wizard-makes-an-og-notepad-clone-thats-just-2686-bytes-in-size/ Thu, 02 Jul 2026 19:13:43 +0000 http://192.168.1.15:8084/no-bloat-no-telemetry-no-nonsense-former-microsoft-coding-wizard-makes-an-og-notepad-clone-thats-just-2686-bytes-in-size/ In the world of software, sometimes the most frustrating upgrade is not a new feature, but needless bloat. Take something as ubiquitous as Windows Notepad—a simple text editor—and watch how it evolves over the years into a bloated application packed with features that often feel entirely unnecessary. For some users, this evolution has felt less […]

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]]> Geekom A9 Max 2026 Mini PC Review (Ryzen AI 9 HX 470) https://hardware.nrgnews.net/geekom-a9-max-2026-mini-pc-review-ryzen-ai-9-hx-470/ Mon, 29 Jun 2026 11:22:51 +0000 http://192.168.1.15:8084/geekom-a9-max-2026-mini-pc-review-ryzen-ai-9-hx-470/ When a hardware company rolls out an update, we expect a noticeable leap in performance. For Geekom’s A9 Max Mini PC, the jump from the 2025 model to the 2026 iteration featured a slight evolution: the CPU was upgraded from the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 to the more capable HX 470. On paper, […]

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