r/hardware is a subreddit with 4.4M members. The most common kinds of discussions are news and advice 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
: "Nvidia agrees to buy Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, The Information reports"
20 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "I asked ChatGPT to make me an analysis of when the RAM prices will be back Normal"
3 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "Best trusted EU source for genuine Honeywell PTM7950?"
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
Looking For A New Monitor
5 posts
#7
Struggling
4 posts
#8
Hardware
4 posts
#9
Laptop
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
: "Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra for a big leap in performance and AI compute"
82 posts
#2
Discussion
: "I still don’t know who the Googlebook is for"
18 posts
#3
Review
: "MicroSD card torture test writes 133 petabytes of data across 351 cards over three years — cards tested to failure reveal SanDisk as the outlier with 6 failures of the 7 tested"
14 posts
#4
Info
: "TIL that intel used to sell handicapped CPU's that could have features added after initial purchase by paying an additional fee."
12 posts
#5
Rumor
: "Nvidia agrees to buy Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, The Information reports"
6 posts
#6
Video Review
: "[HUB] The Best DLSS 4.5 Update Yet - Ray Reconstruction "
3 posts
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Last updated: September 1, 2026