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 intel, amd, gpu, looking for a, and nvidia, 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
: "Two Japanese suppliers commit to keeping Blu-ray discs and drives in supply as major manufacturers exist domestic market"
79 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "60% of PC gamers have no plans to build a new PC in the next two years — only 25% have any plans to try and attempt a new build in the next 12 months"
1 post
#3
Money Talk
: "Apple to raise prices as AI boom pushes up chip costs"
1 post
#4
Self-Promotion
: "AMD B650 expansion cards hit retail starting at $199 — add four M.2 PCIe 4.0 slots and 11 USB ports to any PC with a PCIe slot"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/hardware
#1
Intel
: "Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan stamps out chip bugs with aggressive new quality standards, says major validation errors can result in termination — 'B0, you keep your job. Anything above that, you are fired'"
36 posts
#2
Amd
: "Amd Announces Socket AM5 Longevity till 2029"
34 posts
#3
Gpu
: "ASUS ROG Equalizer $50 Gpu cable designed to prevent burned connectors has reportedly burned"
32 posts
#4
Looking For A
31 posts
#5
Nvidia
: "Nvidia shows Neural Texture Compression cutting VRAM from 6.5GB to 970MB"
29 posts
#6
Ai
: "Samsung chip workers reject $340,000 one-time bonus, demand annual payouts like SK hynix's $900,000 — workers want share of Ai windfall, impending 18-day strike could cost Samsung up to $11.7 billion"
28 posts
#7
Memory
: "Memory prices tipped to fall as China starts flooding the market with DRAM and NAND chips"
26 posts
#8
Pc
: "NVIDIA teases “new era of Pc” ahead of N1 and N1X laptop chip announcement"
25 posts
#9
Cpu
: "Modder uses Claude AI to rewrite BIOS so they can boot unsupported 12 P-core Bartlett Lake Cpu in Windows on a Z790 motherboard"
22 posts
#10
Samsung
: "Samsung chip workers reject $340,000 one-time bonus, demand annual payouts like SK hynix's $900,000 — workers want share of AI windfall, impending 18-day strike could cost Samsung up to $11.7 billion"
20 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
: "Nothing CEO says phone prices are going to keep going up: RAM now accounts for over 50 percent of the cost of a new phone"
140 posts
#2
Rumor
: "MacBook Neo is So Popular That Apple Reportedly Doubled Production"
18 posts
#3
Discussion
: "[Gamers Nexus - Special Report] COLLAPSE of Personal Computing | Investigation Into the Destruction of Ownership [3h28m53s]"
18 posts
#4
Review
: "Nvidia's N1X Apple Silicon rival is two years behind"
11 posts
#5
Info
: "ASUS ROG Equalizer $50 GPU cable designed to prevent burned connectors has reportedly burned"
9 posts
#6
Video Review
: "[Gamers Nexus] Valve Steam Controller Review | Latency Benchmarks, Battery Life, Repairability"
4 posts
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Last updated: June 22, 2026