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At the heart of the VOXARA is a large 25mm condenser capsule engineered to capture voices with greater warmth, detail, and character than standard-sized capsules. VOXARA records in 32-bit audio, providing a wide dynamic range to pick up both quiet and loud moments while offering additional headroom that help reduces the risk of clipping.
As you would expect, this microphone does integrate seamlessly with the Elgato ecosystem, including Wave Link 3.0 for manging your audio set up, routing audio sources, mixing and balancing.
The microphone will look right at home amongst modern gaming peripherals too thanks to the ARGB lighting running through the mic capsule.
The Corsair Voxara is available starting this week, priced at £159.99.
KitGuru Says: How much would you spend on a professional-grade microphone?
The post Corsair launches its first USB condenser microphone first appeared on KitGuru.Just last year, Thermal Grizzly launched its full range of custom liquid cooling products, including its very first water block for the RTX 5090. This month, Thermal Grizzly is expanding its line-up with a new DeltaMate GPU Block for the MSI RTX 5090 Suprim.
Custom variants of the RTX 5090 like the Asus ROG Astral or the MSI Suprim use a custom PCB and as a result require their own unique GPU block design. With the new DeltaMate GPU Block Suprim, those who own an RTX 5090 Suprim graphics card can now make the switch to custom liquid cooling.
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KitGuru Says: Are you planning on upgrading to a custom liquid cooling loop?
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Eisenstein says the situation began far earlier than many realised. “For us as a RAM manufacturer, the crisis began as early as the fourth quarter of 2025,” he explains. “In October last year, we saw DRAM prices rise sharply for the first time, the price jumps at the time were already extreme.” As partners recognised the looming shortage, Exceleram saw larger orders and depleted inventories while new DRAM became increasingly expensive.
Even for long‑standing manufacturers, the current environment is unusual. “It has never been this difficult to secure DRAM,” Eisenstein says. Major suppliers saw record stock‑market gains, and in December 2025, Micron officially withdrew from the consumer RAM and SSD market. Meanwhile, medium‑sized companies struggled to keep PC assembly profitable. “High RAM prices are making cost calculations difficult,” he notes, with some partners abandoning the segment entirely.
By early 2026, analysts and media outlets were openly referring to a “memory crisis”. Exceleram’s inventories were empty, production costs were high, and demand collapsed. “We even canceled our Computex booth because under these circumstances, it did not make sense to find new resellers,” Eisenstein says. Supply delays followed, and while production continued for existing partners, sales dropped sharply.
Demand began to recover slightly in Q2 and Q3, but the underlying issues remained. Eisenstein recalls a conversation with a journalist who told him: “People have accepted that RAM has become more expensive and is not going to get cheaper again.” Even so, he warns that high prices have led to lower demand and tighter competition, with margins far smaller than they appear.
The most concerning development, according to Eisenstein, is that the crisis is still escalating. “In some cases, we have not received any offers for the chips we need for weeks,” he writes, adding that supply security is deteriorating to the point where it is slowing down the development of new consumer hardware. “That is the uncomfortable truth: The RAM crisis is far from over. It may have only just begun.”
KitGuru Says: Anyone who was hoping for the PC hardware market to bounce back in 2027 may end up being disappointed. If Exceleram are right on this, then things could continue to get worse until new production lines open up to increase capacity, but this is a process that takes a lot of time and money.
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Razer has introduced the Clio X, a wireless speaker head cushion designed to bring rear‑channel audio to most high‑back gaming and office chairs. First shown at PAX West 2026, the accessory combines THX Spatial Audio with Razer HyperSpeed 2.4GHz wireless to deliver headset‑free virtual surround sound.
The Clio X uses a near‑field speaker design with two 38mm full‑range drivers and 55mm passive radiators, angled toward the user to provide focused rear audio. THX Spatial Audio supports acoustic‑widening modes to create a broader, more natural soundstage for games, films and music, offering additional depth without requiring anything worn on the head.
Razer’s HyperSpeed 2.4GHz wireless handles low‑latency audio transmission, freeing the cushion from PC or console cabling. The Clio X can be powered by any USB‑C PD 2.0 power bank (sold separately), with Razer quoting up to 40 hours of use depending on capacity and usage. A built‑in USB‑C cable is stored inside a rear pouch for those who prefer a wired setup or need direct power. The cushion itself uses plush foam and an adjustable 30–65cm nylon strap, allowing it to fit most high‑back gaming and office chairs.
The Clio X can operate as a standalone speaker for headset‑free gaming, or it can be paired in Surround Mode with a soundbar or 2.0/2.1 speaker system to act as dedicated rear channels.
The Razer Clio X is available now for £109.99 / $109.99 / €109.99.
KitGuru Says: If you have a soundbar already, this could be a handy addition to create a true surround sound effect, rather than relying purely on virtual surround technology.
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Nvidia is making another major acquisition. This week, the company announced plans to acquire the Hugging Face platform, which has gone on to be used by millions of AI projects around the world.
The deal will see Nvidia buying Hugging Face for a price of $12,930,300,000. Currently, Hugging Face is home to millions of AI models, hundreds of thousands of datasets and more than one-million apps. The platform has over 18 million registered developers, and is used by more than 200,000 companies.
After the acquisition, Nvidia says Hugging Face will remain an open platform for the AI ecosystem. Developers will still choose the models they want, the frameworks they want, the clouds and inference service providers they want and the computing platforms they want. NVIDIA compute will not be required to build on or deploy through Hugging Face.
Nvidia is already one of Hugging Face’s largest contributors, with more than 500 models and over 250 datasets published on the platform. The company says the acquisition will allow Hugging Face to operate at greater scale, improving reliability, safety and model evaluation while maintaining the open ecosystem that has made the service widely adopted across the AI community.
KitGuru Says: Do you think this will be a good acquisition for Hugging Face, or would you prefer to see them kept independent?
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