r/hardware is a subreddit with 4.4M members. The most common kinds of discussions are news and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses looking for a, hate, annoying, gaming, and worst, and they frequently recommend/review cpus, wireless mice, and digital signage.
r/hardware is a place for quality computer hardware news, reviews, and intelligent discussion.
r/hardware IS NOT the place to come for help of any kind.
Popular Themes in r/hardware
#1
News
: "US Navy is flight-testing 3D printed fighter jet parts that cut repair times in half — forward-deployed 3D printers generate composite parts, flight testing to begin on operational F/A-18 Super Hornets"
9 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Does anyone know how to fix this?"
2 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Has anyone else noticed an increase in Ryzen 5 CPUs failing with WHEA-Logger Event ID 18?"
1 post
#4
Advice Requests
: "Advice needed: High value package marked delivered but missing! Paypal sides with seller and leave me out of 2800."
1 post
#5
Money Talk
: "Micron is at all time high !! Which you consider the next Memory/Chip stock to buy ?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/hardware
#1
Looking For A
31 posts
#2
Hate
11 posts
#3
Annoying
10 posts
#4
Gaming
8 posts
#5
Worst
6 posts
#6
Laptop
5 posts
#7
Looking For A New Monitor
5 posts
#8
Struggling
4 posts
#9
Hardware
4 posts
#10
Looking For A Mouse
4 posts
Products Discussed in r/hardware
Cpus
10 reviews
#1
Intel i7-12700KF
4.0★ from 1 review
#2
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D
4.0★ from 1 review
#3
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
5.0★ from 1 review
Wireless Mice
5 reviews
#1
Wireless Mouse
4.0★ from 2 reviews
#2
Razer
4.5★ from 2 reviews
#3
Microsoft
4.0★ from 1 review
Digital Signage
3 reviews
#1
Broadsign
4.0★ from 1 review
#2
Four Winds Interactive
4.0★ from 1 review
#3
KeyWest Technology
5.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/hardware
#1
News
: "Samsung, SK hynix, and Micron sued over alleged DRAM price fixing amid record memory costs - lawsuit claims coordinated HBM shift was cover to curtail DDR3 and DDR4 production"
46 posts
#2
Discussion
: "[Gamers Nexus] A New Gaming GPU Challenger: Bolt Graphics Takes Aim at NVIDIA"
20 posts
#3
Video Review
: "[TechTechPotato] The $1 Trillion+ Bet Against ASML: Substrate (and a brief introduction to every physical and economic constraint in EUV lithography)"
6 posts
#4
Review
: "[Hardware Unboxed] Radeon's Biggest Ever Software Update - FSR 4.1 on RDNA 3 Tested"
6 posts
#5
Rumor
: "Xbox's New Console, Project Helix, Will Reportedly Not Have a Disc Drive; Microsoft Exploring Ways to Digitize Physical Games"
4 posts
#6
Info
: "Graviton G5 STREAM memory bandwidth"
1 post
#7
Removed | Excessive Posting
: "[ Removed by moderator ]"
1 post
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Last updated: July 7, 2026