Aaron Klotz
Tech Reporter
Aaron is a tech journalist and computer enthusiast with over five years of experience writing computer hardware news. His passion for hardware began at an early age, building computers and later helping people on computer forums. He specializes in CPUs, GPUs, and gaming, enlightening readers on the latest tech and gaming news geared towards the enthusiast community. In his off time, you can find him reading up on the latest overclocking methods for new CPUs or playing video games.
Aaron, based in Texas, USA, has contributed 77 news posts to TweakTown since March 2026.
Editorial Responsibilities: technology news
Aaron's PC features AMD's Ryzen 7 5800X3D paired with the MSI B450 Pro Carbon AC, G.Skill's Trident Z RGB 32GB 3733MHz CL17 DDR4, and ASUS's GeForce RTX 4070 TUF Gaming OC. It runs Samsung's 970 EVO Plus 1TB with Windows 11 Pro and cooled by Noctua's NH-U12S Chromax Black.
- August 2026
- New tool enables crossbar overclocking on RTX 5090, user reports show gains of up to 142MHz
- Steam Machine achieves up to 183% higher frame rates with an RX 9070 XT hooked up to an eGPU dock
- Modder builds liquid cooling system for Steam Machine reducing CPU and GPU temps by up to 30C
- Redditor upgrades Steam Machine with an RX 9070 XT using an external GPU dock, sacrificing the console's M.2 slot to do so
- Modders figure out how to enable Windows taskbar in GeForce NOW session
- Benchmarks show direct water on die cooling with no heat spreader outperforms AIO liquid cooling on a GPU
- YouTuber benchmarks RTX 4060 on Snapdragon X2 Elite laptop using RTX Spark developer driver
- Modders create Steam Machine faceplate that charges the Steam Controller with its own magnetic puck
- Battlefield 6 Season 4 update fixes RTX 50 series crashing without requiring an NVIDIA driver update
- Arc Raiders' developer introduces new Elytra anti-cheat to The Finals for testing
- Per-chip VRAM temperature monitoring arrives on AMD Navi GPUs with new HWiNFO64 pre-release version
- July 2026
- Valve officially announces FSR 4.1 support for the Steam Machine through Proton Experimental
- RX 9050 4GB confirmed by AMD to be real, and is being sold to just one system integrator
- Overclocker gets hold of never released E-coreless Core i9-14901KE and achieves 7.4GHz using sub-zero cooling
- NVIDIA GeForce driver 610.88 launches without a resolution for Battlefield 6 Season 4's crashing issues
- TCL debuts Ultimate Pro 32X3B and 27X3B gaming monitors with LG's 4th-gen WOLED panel
- Colorful and MSI RTX 50 graphics card prices spike in China as GDDR6 and GDDR7 memory costs rise
- Lisuan LX7G100 GPU achieves playable FPS in system with no Intel AMD or NVIDIA hardware inside
- GIGABYTE adds CXMT DDR5 support to AM5 motherboards, supporting speeds up to 8200 MT/s
- Snapdragon X Elite laptop runs Cyberpunk 2077 using an RTX 4060 eGPU with the help of an RTX Spark development driver
- NVIDIA hotfix driver 610.82 fixes performance problems in Halo: Combat Evolved and Path of Exile 2
- Chinese GTX 750 'Ti' with 8GB of GDDR5 runs Cyberpunk at over 30 FPS
- KB5121767 out-of-band Windows Update fixes shutdown bug on affected Dell PCs
- Der8auer strips the AIO out of a $7,000 RTX 5090 Lightning and replaces it with a custom loop, achieving 55C at 800W
- $30 Quadro M4000 8GB from 2015 plays Cyberpunk 2077 at almost 60 FPS with an overclock
- Ryzen 7 7700X3D outperforms Ryzen 7 5800X3D with just one stick of DDR5, making AM4 a terrible option for your next build
- KB5101650 Windows 11 update is causing some Dell PCs to shut down unexpectedly
- MSI introduces 'V1' RTX 5060 graphics cards with larger GB205 Blackwell die
- Windows 11 tested on Steam Machine, provides nearly identical gaming performance to SteamOS
- Rumors claim Logitech already working on G Pro X2 Superstrike 2 with improved magnetic switches
- Ryzen 7 5800X3D 10th Anniversary Edition hits fourth place on Amazon best sellers list, less than a month after release
- Open-Source Windows alternative ReactOS runs Half-Life 2 on a GTX 960
- YouTuber shows Vega GPU running FSR 4 with experimental build of OptiScaler and leaked Proton version of FSR 4.1.1
- June 2026
- Steam Machine loses up to 20% of its performance with its out-of-the-box single 16GB DDR5 SO-DIMM
- MetaPCs launches first SteamOS 3 prebuilt gaming PC with Ryzen 5 9600X, RX 7600 and 16GB of RAM
- RadeonTuner enables unofficial FSR 4 driver injection in games with RDNA 3.5 iGPUs
- Valve engineers claim release cadence for future Steam Machine versions will be shorter than the Steam Deck
- Valve silently removes 4K 60 FPS marketing claim from the Steam Machine, console is now only rated for up to 4K
- Adrenalinn hotfix driver 26.6.3 fixes Windows 10 bug preventing 26.6.2 driver from running on Windows 10
- OLED buyer becomes victim of Amazon scam, receives broken 240Hz OLED screen instead of 540Hz OLED they initially ordered
- FSR 4.1 support for RX 7000 GPUs arrives ahead of schedule with new Adrenalin driver update
- Enthusiast attempts to install second 12V-2x6 connector on RTX 5090, is rewarded with a hole punched through the PCB
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 modded with 8GB of GDDR6 memory doubles performance in God of War and Unigine Superposition
- MSI adds HUDIMM DDR5 memory support to its 600, 700 and 800 series Intel motherboards
- NVIDIA fixes frame pacing issues with G-Sync monitors and RTX 40 series GPUs with GeForce driver 610.62
- Panther Lake Arc B390 iGPU on SO-DIMM memory performs worse compared to using LPDDR5X, 16% slower in 3DMark
- AMD marketing chief brags on X about dominating Amazon's best seller CPU list, top 15 slots solely include Ryzen CPUs
- Redditor buys RTX 2080 Ti Super engineering sample on eBay, has the same number of cores as an RTX Titan but half the VRAM
- YouTuber tests SteamOS on an Intel-based MSI Claw 8 AI+ handheld, SteamOS now supports Intel handheld gaming PCs in new beta
- ASUS demos RTX 5090 with 16-pin connector running on a 48V system at Computex, GPU can push 1000W through a single cable
- NVIDIA adds 240 FPS ShadowPlay recording at up to 4K resolution in the NVIDIA App
- May 2026
- YouTuber shows 007 First Light running on a GTX 1650 with software ray-tracing at playable frame rates
- Hitman devs show off new engine tech in 007 First Light including new real-time global illumination and software ray-tracing
- Forza Horizon 6 finally works on the Steam Deck and Linux gaming PCs thanks to a Proton hotfix Valve silently pushed to Steam
- PCMR Redditor builds insane 'GIF PC' that displays over 15,000 GIFs across nine different screens
- The Steam Controller is no longer restricted to playing just Steam games thanks to SDL library integration
- AMD launches Ryzen 9 Pro 9965X3D and Ryzen 7 Pro 9755X3D, the world's first Pro-series Ryzen chips with 3D-VCache
- Noctua announces Chromax black version of its high-performance NF-A12x25 G2 120mm fan 10 months after launch
- Xbox Mode on Windows 11 does not support multiple monitors, full screen gaming mode disables secondary screens when active
- Android gets Vulkan-base Lossless Scaling frame generation, allowing Android devices to achieve triple-digit FPS in PC games
- Auto SR on the ROG Xbox Ally X improves performance by around 30% in several games when upscaling from 720p to 1080p
- Coreboot port almost complete for MSI Pro B850-P AM5 motherboard, current implementation almost boots into Linux
- April 2026
- Synthetic DDR5 'HUDIMM' testing suggests gaming performance won't be seriously impacted by new modules
- ROG forum member confirms X670 and B650 series motherboards will be getting EXPO 1.2 in the future
- World's first Panther Lake gaming tablet tested, achieves over 60 FPS in Cyberpunk 2077 high settings without frame-gen
- Valve introduces 30-day average framerate graph for developers to better gauge Steam Deck performance problems
- NVIDIA adds labels for Xbox Game Pass and Ubisoft+ games to GeForce Now
- The Framework Laptop 16 is getting OCuLink support later this year, enabling compatibility with eGPUs and PCIe cards
- YouTuber proves Snapdragon X2 Elite has the performance chops to run well in a theoretical handheld gaming PC
- MSI launches two new QD-OLED 4K 240Hz 31.5-inch gaming monitors with 4th Gen Samsung panels
- YouTuber gets Cyberpunk 2077 to run at playable frame rates on just 1GB of VRAM
- RedMagic 11 Pro and Pro+ phones banned on 3DMark for artificial boosting mode that can't be shut off
- Core Ultra 7 270K Plus outperforms Ultra 9 285K in Cinebench R23 after a delid and a hefty 5.8GHz overclock
- Witcher 4 RTX Mega Geometry Foliage demo runs at almost 60 FPS on an RTX 4070 and 80 FPS at 4K on a RTX 5090
- AUO has announced the 'world's first' 24-inch 1080p gaming monitor capable of 800Hz
- March 2026
- Noctua's upcoming AIO liquid cooler is ready for production and will meet its Q2 release date
- Liquid cooled MacBook Neo performs 18% better in Geekbench 6 versus stock
New tool enables crossbar overclocking on RTX 5090, user reports show gains of up to 142MHz
Warner Bros. quietly confirms Hogwarts Legacy 2 is in development
Lenovo IdeaPad Vibe leaks as a colourful MacBook Neo rival with six ports and Qualcomm Snapdragon or AMD options
Anthropic is adding imperceptible, model-level watermarks to Claude's AI-generated text
New app turns Steam Deck into a PlayStation Portal for PS5 game streaming and PlayStation Plus cloud gaming
NVIDIA's RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell GPU price almost doubles, reaching $16,000
Google's new Pixel 11 Series unveiled, powered by Google Tensor G6 and Gemini Nano AI
CPS PCCOOLER unveils a new lineup of high-performance products for AI workstations
Smilegate takes over Lost Ark in 2027, plans to eventually synchronize Western and Korean server content updates
Crimson Desert Switch 2 release planned for H1 2027, Pearl Abyss says
D-Link F518 5G Wi‑Fi 6 AX1800 Mobile Hotspot Review: All-Day Mobile Hotspot
Bose Lifestyle Ultra Speaker Review - Impressively Detailed Room-Filling Sound
MSI Z890 Gaming Plus WIFI6E Review - Z890 for under $200
Mortal Kombat (1995) 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Review
CPS PCCOOLER YS1200 ATX 3.1 80 PLUS Gold PSU Review
ASRock X870E Taichi White Review: a premium AM5 motherboard with 10G LAN and WiFi 7
Asetek Initium Pedal Modular Upgrades Review
Thinkware U3000 Pro Review - Smart Dashcam with Wi-Fi quirks
Montech TG3 Mid-Tower Chassis Review
ASUS ROG Strix X870E-A Gaming WiFI7 Neo Review - A New Enticing Option
I ditched the Windows 11 context menu for this open-source tool, and here's why
Windows 11 may be encrypting your drive already, and I checked where my recovery key went
GIGABYTE's 40 Days of INFINITY celebrates 40 Years of Innovation with stunning GeForce RTX graphics cards and rewards
I swapped File Explorer for this free file manager and finally got the layout I wanted
How to tell if someone has been using your Windows PC without your permission
6 Task Manager tips for troubleshooting Windows performance problems
ASUS ROG's 20th Anniversary Line-up of Premium PC Gaming Gear has Arrived - Here's Everything You Need to Know
Six File Explorer tips every Windows user should know
I switched my PC to encrypted DNS in Windows 11, and browsing felt more private
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