Marco Chiappetta
Marco's interest in computing and technology dates all the way back to his early childhood. Even before being exposed to the Commodore P.E.T. and later the Commodore 64 in the early ‘80s, he was interested in electricity and electronics, and he still has the modded AFX cars and shop-worn soldering irons to prove it. Once he got his hands on his own Commodore 64, however, computing became Marco's passion. Throughout his academic and professional lives, Marco has worked with virtually every major platform from the TRS-80 and Amiga, to today's high end, multi-core servers. Over the years, he has worked in many fields related to technology and computing, including system design, assembly and sales, professional quality assurance testing, and technical writing. In addition to being the Managing Editor here at HotHardware for close to 15 years, Marco is also a freelance writer whose work has been published in a number of PC and technology related print publications and he is a regular fixture on HotHardware’s own Two and a Half Geeks webcast. - Contact: marco(at)hothardware(dot)com
Recent posts
We recently had the opportunity to attend Intel’s Tech Tour 2025 and dive deep into the company’s upcoming Panther Lake and Clearwater Forest CPU architectures. We also got the chance to tour Intel's Ocotillo campus in...
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MSI Titan 18 HX AI: MSRP $5699, Currently $5199 The beastly MSI Titan 18 HX AI gaming laptop for 2025 is powered by the latest Intel and NVIDIA mobile hardware, includes Thunderbolt 5, and puts up some huge benchmark scores...
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Samsung 9100 Pro 8TB SSD: MSRP $999 The Samsung 9100 Pro 8TB SSD is the first PCIe Gen 5 consumer drive with a huge 8TB capacity and performance that rivals some of the fastest SSDs currently on the market. Excellent All-Around Performance...
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There are a handful of great deals currently running on Apple products, which include multiple flavors of MacBook, a couple of iPads, and even the AirPods 4.
The biggest discount available is for the latest MacBook Air 13-inch with M4...
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MSI GeForce RTX 5080 Expert OC: MSRP $1,299 The MSI GeForce RTX 5080 Expert OC has unique styling and goosed-up specs that allow it to outperform standard RTX 5080 series cards. Strong Performance Blackwell Architecture Unique Styling Cool And Quiet Tons Of Overclocking Headroom DLSS4 And RTX...
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Samsung 9100 Pro 4TB SSD: $429.99 The Samsung 9100 Pro marks the company's entrance into the high-performance PCIe Gen 5 consume SSD market and it's a force to be reckoned with. Excellent All-Around Performance Configurable Via Samsung...
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 8GB: MSRP $299 The mainstream GeForce RTX 5060 brings NVIDIA's latest Blackwell GPU architecture down to a $300 price point and targets mainstream 1080p gamers, but DLSS4 with multi-frame generation is a must to...
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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9000 Series: 9980X $4999, 9970X $2499 The Zen 5-based Ryzen Threadripper 9000 series is AMD's most powerful HEDT and workstation processors line-up ever, offering significantly better performance and efficiency than...
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Crucial T710 SSD - MSRP Starting @ $179 (1TB), $279 (2TB) Crucial is back at it with its latest high-performance, PCIe Gen 5 SSD, the T710, and it's the company's fastest NVMe M.2 drive to date. Excellent Performance Fast Game Level Loads Relatively Low Power Sold With Or Without Heatsink...
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A few weeks back, Christian "Perifractic" Simpson, former actor and founder of the Retro Recipes YouTube channel posted a video detailing possible plans to acquire Commodore. There is lots of history and backstory in the first video, but...
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At Computex 2025 a couple of weeks back, AMD revealed its latest CPUs and GPUs for high end desktops (HEDT) and the professional workstation market, the Ryzen Threadripper 9000 and Radeon AI Pro 9000 series. As you’re probably aware...
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Phison E28 SSD Controller - MSRP TBD The Phison E28 PCIe Gen 5 SSD controller is the follow-up to the company's popular and speedy E26, which will power the next wave of enthusiast-class, high-performance, more efficient solid state...
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At the Advancing AI event, currently underway in San Jose, California, CEO Dr. Lisa Su, along with an array of company execs and partners, disclosed AMD’s latest integrated AI platform vision and unveiled new rack-scale AI systems...
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AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT: 16GB MSRP $349, 8GB $299 AMD is expanding its line-up of RDNA 4 based GPUs with the affordably priced Radeon RX 9060 XT, which targets budget conscious, 1080p gamers. Competitive Performance In Its Class Improved Ray...
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Genshin Impact Limited Edition External SSD: MSRP $139 Seagate's limited edition Genshin Impact themed external SSD, offers a healthy 1TB of storage and speedy transfer speeds approaching 1GB/s. Slim And Lightweight Stylized Chassis...
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We’ve just gotten word that Samsung's next Galaxy Unpacked event will take place this coming Monday, May 12, beginning at 8:00 p.m. ET. It is a virtual event, however, which will be livestreamed in the Samsung Newsroom on the company’s...
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB: MSRP $429 The new GeForce RTX 5060 Ti brings NVIDIA's latest Blackwell GPU architecture down below $500, to target mainstream 1440p gamers, with peak performance realized in advanced AI rendering techniques...
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop GPU: Laptops Starting At $2,899 NVIDIA is blitzing the laptop gaming market with an array of Blackwell RTX 50 GPUs, starting with its flagship GeForce RTX 5090. It's the fastest mobile GPU we've ever tested...
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The last few weeks have been very eventful for AMD. The company launched the well-received Radeon RX 9070 series of GPUs for PC gamers, based on the brand new RDNA 4 graphics architecture. And just a few days ago, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D hit...
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AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D: $699 MSRP The new Ryzen 9 9950X3D pairs AMD's Zen 5 CPU architecture with 2nd Generation 3D V-Cache for enhanced gaming performance, higher clocks, and more overclocking headroom. Great Overall Performance No...
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MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Gaming Trio: MSRP $599 The MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Gaming Trio packs a massive cooler and takes NVIDIA's reference specs and kicks them up a couple of notches to boost performance. Latest Architecture And Feature Set Good...
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AMD RDNA 4 And Radeon RX 9070 Series: Radeon RX 9070 - $549, 9070 XT - $599 MSRP AMD's Radeon RX 9070 and 9070 XT target the high volume, mid-range PC gaming market, are priced aggressively, and take the fight to NVIDIA. Competitive...
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