Articles by Brad Chacos
Get one of our favorite SSDs for ludicrously cheap: 2TB for $120
Amazon is selling the 2TB Crucial P3, our favorite PCIe 3.0 SSD, for just $120.
Microsoft’s DirectStorage tech arrives on PC with perplexing, encouraging results
DirectStorage is here, but is it effective? Early Forspoken user reports reveal surprisingly complicated results.
The best SSDs 2023: Reviews and buying advice
The best solid-state drives can supercharge your PC. Here are our picks for the best SSDs, and what you should know before a purchase.
Relax: All those shattered AMD Radeon GPUs were from miners, not bad drivers
Put your pitchforks down: Recent Internet outrage about AMD drivers physically breaking Radeon GPUs was very much misplaced.
The best PCIe 4.0 SSD: There can be only one
The WD Black SN850X is the best PCIe 4.0 SSD you can buy right now. We explain why, and what you need to know about ultra-fast PCIe 4.0 drives in general.
Google lays off 12,000 employees as the tech industry tightens its belt
Google announced plans to lay off 12,000 workers, following similarly massive cuts and Amazon and Microsoft just days before
35,000 PayPal accounts hacked, and users could’ve prevented it
PayPal is notifying nearly 35,000 users that their were accounts were breached. But PayPal wasn't hacked; users weren't using unique passwords or two-factor authentication.
Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 7900 XTX Vapor-X review: Big, badass, beautiful
Sapphire's Nitro+ is the fastest, quietest Radeon RX 7900 XTX we've tested. It's fantastic.
Hackers stole my personal info from Twitter. Twitter didn’t tell me
Personal information from over 200 million Twitter users leaked online. I'm one of them. But I didn't learn it from Twitter.
CyberPower just made liquid-cooled laptops dead simple
CyberPowerPC's powerful new Tracer VII laptops are loaded with the most powerful Intel and Nvidia parts available, and an optional external water-cooler pushes performance even further. You have to see this.
We asked AMD’s GPU chief about overheating Radeon RX 7900 XTXs
Some Radeon RX 7900 XTX cards are overheating and thermal throttling. At CES 2023, Radeon chief Scott Herkelman talked to Gordon Mah Ung to clarify some things.
Best of CES 2023: The most intriguing and innovative PC hardware
An endless parade of technology was revealed at CES 2023, but only a handful can be the best in show. This is the gear that impressed PCWorld's staffers the most.
Face-melting 500Hz monitors are a thing now. My body is ready
After being teased in 2022, 500Hz esports displays are officially a thing at CES, with Alienware and Asus announcing new monitors. Yes please.
AMD confirms Radeon RX 7900 XTX overheating: What you need to know
AMD confirms that some reference Radeon RX 7900 XTX models are overheating, resulting in lower performance. We explain what's going on, which GPUs are affected, and who to contact.
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Ti review: Hobbled and wildly overpriced
With prices like these, who needs scalpers? The Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Ti offers atrocious value to PC gamers. We can't recommend it.
Nvidia unleashes GeForce RTX 4070 Ti, advanced RTX 40-series laptops, and more
Nvidia brought out the big guns at its CES 2023 event, unveiling the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti, new RTX 40-series laptop chips (including 4090 GPUs for the first time), and RTX 4080s in GeForce Now.
The best PC hardware and software of 2022/2023
This is the best of the best PC hardware and software released this year, as chosen by the PCWorld editors.
The best work from home tech of 2022/2023
You need the right hardware and software to work from home effectively. This is the best WFH tech of the year, as chosen by PCWorld's staff.