Rahim Amir

Rahim Amir

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Rahim Amir is a UAE-based tech writer who enjoys building PCs as much as he enjoys writing about them. He has been professionally writing about PC hardware since 2023, focusing on buyer’s guides, hardware reviews, and sponsored content and features related to tech.

Having built hundreds of gaming PCs and being an avid gamer in his spare time, Rahim tends to have stronger opinions about hardware than most. This is particularly on display when he gets his way with powerful, but minimalistic RGB builds even as Small Form Factor (SFF) PCs come a close second.

In addition to his contributions to TechRadar, Rahim’s work has also been featured on Game Rant and financial news websites.

When he’s not working, you can find him playing DotA with friends or schmoozing to take the world over in Civilization. Alternatively, you can find him binging through the entirety of the Lord of The Rings universe with extended editions in play where applicable.

You can currently catch Rahim grinding Path of Exile 2, complaining about his (extremely low) unique loot drop rate, or actively participating in one of the numerous (and heated) debates centered around Tolkien's universe on multiple forums daily.

If you have a PC build or a Satisfactory playthrough in progress, he is likely to have some advice to send your way, especially regarding verticality being key for the latter. For the former, Rahim enjoys all aspects of the process including researching the components he will eventually use, benchmarking the latest and greatest hardware he can get his hands on, and somewhat surprisingly, cable management once he gets his latest build to POST.

Articles by: Rahim Amir

A slide announcing the Kirin 9050 Pro SoC

Huawei says its new smartphone chip is entirely free of any US-made components

By Rahim Amir Published

Huawei Kirin 9050 Pro backs up US-free claim while touting major performance gains under the hood.

Person listening to music

These cheap Skullcandy earbuds have a worrying Bluetooth flaw that could let anyone connect to your device

By Rahim Amir Published

Apple can push a firmware fix to earbuds already in your pocket. Skullcandy cannot reach yours at all for now.

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New report warns the US wouldn't be able to rebuild its space military in the event of a war with China or Russia due to a lack of qualified experts

By Rahim Amir Published

A new RAND report warns of a space workforce crisis and recommends fixing it with $5 million a year.

A US-made M1151 Enhanced Armament Carrier also known as a Humvee

Ukraine's army is turning Humvees into remote-controlled vehicles connected by Starlink

By Rahim Amir Published

Ukraine is bolting on a kit called 'Kaban' onto its US-supplied Humvees, turning them into Starlink-controlled ground robots, with three already being deployed with frontline units.

ASML High NA EUV

Intel says it has already passed a million High-NA EUV wafers - more than the rest of the industry combined

By Rahim Amir Published

Intel has run a million wafers through High-NA EUV, about three-quarters of every High-NA wafer ever exposed

US Navy MQ-25A Stingray

Boeing is turning the MQ-25 Stingray drone into an electronic warfare heavyweight

By Rahim Amir Published

Boeing set to spend $12.7 million to make modifications to its fuel supply-centric MQ-25A Stingray UAV to make it a viable player against EW-capable opponents

Amazon

Despite spending billions on data centers and AI, US government report finds Amazon workers are using food stamps more than ever

By Rahim Amir Published

Multi-billion-dollar buildouts for AI partners, but an increasing number of food-stamp recipients among one's employees?

Bitcoin fail

Massive leak at Bitcoin data center sees millions of gallons of water wasted — with schools, offices and businesses all closed

By Rahim Amir Published

A Bitcoin mining site in Oklahoma leaked 3.8 million gallons of water, effectively closing schools for two days, as the city admitted it never enforced its own stop-work order from 2023.

A data center with racks of servers and lots of lights glowing

American data centers in just seven states are reportedly using more water than all the cities in California

By Rahim Amir Published

Data centers in seven states are being linked to the consumption of 10.4 million acre-feet of water annually.

The Huawei MateBook Pro S comes in 5 different colors

Huawei's new ultra-light laptop is genuinely ridiculously slim and slender at just 798g - but Western fans might never get their hands on one

By Rahim Amir Published

Huawei's 798g MateBook Pro S is a genuine engineering feat, even if Huawei's claims of a 'breakthrough' are exaggerated.

Nvidia

Another Rowhammer attack has been detected, and Nvidia workstation GPUs are firmly in the firing line

By Rahim Amir Published

Nvidia spent a year telling people ECC was the answer to GPU Rowhammer. GPUThor might have just proved them wrong.

Nvidia Blackwell GPU

Nvidia unveils custom high-bandwidth memory promising higher bandwidth and lower power use - but who will actually get to use it?

By Rahim Amir Published

Nvidia says its custom NVHBM beats HBM4E by 30% on bandwidth and 15% on power, but the standard has yet to be produced en masse.

A render of Lenovo's Project Swan concept

Lenovo's Project Swan rolls a 14-inch laptop out to 17 inches sideways that is already lighter than the rollable you can buy today

By Rahim Amir Published

Lenovo's Project Swan rolls a 14-inch laptop out to 17 inches sideways at 1.6kg, which is considerably lighter than carrying a laptop plus a portable monitor, but there is no price tag in tow

Lenovo's Project AeroBlade Proof of Concept Laptop

Lenovo's fanless mobility-centric Project AeroBlade weighs under 830g and has Thunderbolt, which is more than the ThinkBook it potentially won't replace yet

By Rahim Amir Published

Lenovo's fanless Project AeroBlade weighs under 830g and has Thunderbolt 4. The Intel-based ThinkBook, which was announced alongside it, weighs 990g and has neither Thunderbolt nor USB4 on offer

A render of the Lenovo Yoga Pro 9n laptop

Lenovo just put NVIDIA's Arm superchip in two Yoga laptops, but professionals might be more enthused by their AI-centric memory configurations

By Rahim Amir Published

Nvidia's RTX Spark headlines Lenovo's Yoga refresh at IFA, with two laptops, two pen-first tablets, and up to 128GB of unified memory

The Lenovo ThinkBook 14x Gen 2 in a Celestial White trim

Lenovo's 990g ThinkBook 14x Gen 2 is the only laptop at its AI-centric launch with no AI claims attached, and that might be intentional

By Rahim Amir Published

Lenovo's ThinkBook 14x Gen 2 weighs 990g, offers a 2.8K 120Hz OLED, and costs $999.99 while making no mention of AI at an otherwise AI-centric launch event from the computer giant.

The Lenovo ThinkCentre X Ultra pictured with its LED lighting on display

Lenovo's ThinkCentre X Ultra puts 128GB of unified memory in a 1.6-liter box, and you can cluster four of them together

By Rahim Amir Published

Lenovo's ThinkCentre X Ultra packs 128GB of unified memory into 1.6 liters for $3,699, and says four will cluster into a potential 512GB pool

Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers fire standard missile 2 (SM-2)

Lockheed carries out missile launches directly from a drone boat - will the US Navy be next?

By Rahim Amir Published

A crewless sailboat has fired two live missiles at RIMPAC

The OpenAI logo displayed on a screen with the flag of the United States in the background.

OpenAI data center chief leaves the company as exec exodus continues

By Rahim Amir Published

OpenAI's data center chief is out after 17 months, and the company had already broken his job into three pieces before he left.

A render of OpenAI's first generation Jalapeño chip

OpenAI lifts the lid on its in-house Jalapeño chip - with benchmarks claiming it beats Nvidia's GB300

By Rahim Amir Published

OpenAI says its 700W Jalapeño chip beats Nvidia's 1,400W GB300 in efficiency, while skipping a crucial head-to-head against the latter's Vera Rubin architecture.

Intel

Diamonds, Crescents and Wildcats: Intel shows off its hardware for the next generation of agentic AI workloads

By Rahim Amir Published

Intel laid out its whole agentic AI hardware stack at Hot Chips 2026, but two of the three chips are still a year or more from shipping.

Student watching video with a cup of coffee in a library

This company wants to help universities get around Microsoft 365's extra costs as it moves away from unlimited cloud storage

By Rahim Amir Published

Microsoft's free unlimited education storage is gone, and Arcitecta is the latest vendor selling universities the exit ramp they need.

Google

Google unveils Gemini AI plans specifically for legal and finance workers

By Rahim Amir Published

Google shipped Gemini editions for law firms and banks. Both are previews, and pricing isn't available yet.

Modified Ukrainian Drone

Ukraine warns Russia has built metal-cutting drones to topple its power grid

By Rahim Amir Published

Ukraine says Russia built a drone with cutting charges in its wings to drop power pylons.

Find My iPhone displayed in settings

Security expert hijacks Apple's Find My network to share data with a Linux device

By Rahim Amir Published

Researcher tricks Apple's Find My into feeding live location data to a Linux box, with no Mac or iPhone required.

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