Tag DisplayPort 2.1

Hardware

Alienware’s 32-Inch RGB-Stripe WOLED Arrives at $699

Feature image comparing two OLED subpixel layouts as exact counts, to scale and at the same slab size: four slabs on the left for the white, red, green and blue elements of a WRGB pixel, three on the right for the red, green and blue of the Alienware AW3226Q's RGB-stripe tandem WOLED, under the headline that the panel has three subpixels, not four.

Alienware's AW3226Q puts LG Display's RGB-stripe tandem WOLED into a 32-inch 4K screen for $699, and gives up SDR brightness to do it. Acer's IFA range climbs to 1000Hz, and Lexar's 3.8mm SSD drops the USB-C socket.

Saya
September 4, 2026

Hardware

What an SSD Warranty Actually Refunds in a Shortage

Amber chart drawn to scale: a 4TB portable SSD's street price climbing from its $199.99 invoice to the above-$500 listing reported in August 2026, with a dashed reference line on the same scale at the $199.99 the warranty refund pays and a bracket marking the gap between them. Headline reads SSD warranty refunds, $200 back, $500+ to replace.

A failed drive is now settled by a clause most buyers never read, YMTC wants the NAND crown by 2027, and Samsung's new Odyssey OLEDs change subpixels rather than headline numbers.

Saya
August 29, 2026

Hardware

A Thermal Cutoff in the 12V-2×6 Cable, a 1,000 Hz Panel, and B450’s Return

Twelve connector cells in two rows of six, the exact 12V-2x6 power-pin count, with one overheating pin in red and its neighbours in amber.

Corsair puts a thermal switch inside the 12V-2x6 cable, LG's 1,000 Hz UltraGear needs a DisplayPort 2.1 card before anything else, and Gigabyte quietly lists new B450 boards for DDR4 holdouts.

Saya
August 24, 2026