Components

Computer parts and hardware predominantly come from Southeast Asia—places like Malaysia, Indonesia, and Taiwan known…

The cost of desktop computer RAM (DRAM) has been on the rise since June, jumping…

System builders look at CPU benchmarks to verify vendor specifications printed on the box (or online product page) in real-world contexts before buying hardware. I thought it would be interesting to benchmark the benchmark sites.

The numbers are in from Newegg—here’s a list of the 20 top CPUs for businesses that built PCs and workstations in 2016. Like I did in 2015, this list will compare CPUs by ranking them by total units sold, as well as revenues. This gives a fair idea where NeweggBusiness customers saw best value for CPUs this year.

What is Optane Memory? If you’re not sure how to wrap your head around the new M.2 chip from Intel-Micron, think of it as the El Camino of computer memory. Not quite RAM, not quite flash. If anything it’s both at once. Functionally, Optane resembles what phase change memory (PCM) sets out to achieve.

Intel Core i7-6700K dominated CPU sales for Newegg B2B customers in the first half of…

The nonvolatile memory market is getting, well, volatile. Hardware publications reporting that NAND shortages will mean high SSD prices for consumer drives confirmed what Newegg product managers suspected for months—2017 looks like slim pickins’ for components sellers.

The idea of “liquid silicon” conjures images from a Terminator film. Fittingly, it is a nascent ’80s…

University professors assembled some formidable custom PC builds in 2016 judging by NeweggBusiness data for…