This laptop power bank with retractable USB-C cable is now 37% off
If you’re always on the go with your laptop, a high-capacity power bank will give you peace of mind that it won’t die on you when you need it most. But who wants to carry around a power bank and a charging cable? Fortunately, these days you can get one with a built-in retractable cable, like this Baseus EnerGeek that’s now $62.99 on Amazon (was $100).
Whether you’re constantly working on your laptop or it’s been a few years and it just doesn’t hold its charge as well as it used to, there’s nothing worse than seeing that red “low battery” ping when you’re far from home. This Baseus EnerGeek has a 20,000mAh capacity, enough to fully recharge your laptop and maybe have a little extra leftover.
The built-in retractable USB-C cable supports up to 100W of charging, is compatible with all modern laptops, and pulls out to about 2 feet, which should be long enough for most use cases. This power bank also has two other USB-C ports (up to 100W each) and a USB-A port (up to 45W), so you can charge up to 4 devices at once. That said, it has a 145W max throughput across all ports, so charging will be slower with more devices.
This is an incredible price for how fast and convenient this power bank is, so don’t skip this chance to get this Baseus 4-port power bank for $62.99 on Amazon! This limited-time deal won’t last forever.
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© 2025 PC World 3:45am  
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This new Ryzen Max gaming handheld is too powerful to hold a battery
Batteries suck. They’re just awful. They’re heavy, take up a lot of space, and they inevitably degrade with use. In fact, why don’t we just get rid of them altogether? Oh, right, because they’re the only way to power electronics without plugging them in. But GPD isn’t letting that stop its designers from pulling the battery out on its newest handheld.
GPD has been at this game even longer than Valve, delivering tiny, almost-pocketable gaming machines since long before the Steam Deck. But the Chinese manufacturer has definitely gotten a boost from the new craze for PC-powered handhelds, and the new GPD Win 5 is its most ambitious design yet.
With a 7-inch screen, a chassis that looks a PSP with gigantism, and AMD’s top-of-the-line laptop/workstation Ryzen AI Max+ 395 chip inside, it can turn heads all on its own. (That’s the same chip in the Framework Desktop!) But it might also raise some eyebrows, because it can’t actually turn on without external power.
That power comes in the form of an 80-watt-hour external battery pack or a 180-watt DC adapter. The body of the device itself, which is remarkably small despite cramming in the most powerful 16-core mobile chip around, just doesn’t have the space inside. Based on the promotional images, it looks like the device needs all that room for an elaborate dual-fan cooler system that keeps the hardware from burning through the plastic.
But don’t imagine that this is an Apple Vision Pro situation. The battery can clip onto the back of the device, so it’s easy enough to hold in your hands or slip into a bag without any extra cables.
VideoCardz.com reports that while there’s no internal capacitor, it’s possible to hibernate the device and switch to a new power source if you run the external battery dry. Scoff if you like (I certainly did), but my coworker and handheld fan Adam Patrick Murray says he mostly plays handhelds like the Steam Deck on his couch plugged directly into power, so clearly some PC gamers are into this.
Other highlights include up to 128GB of RAM (with 96GB shareable with the Radeon 8060S integrated graphics), 4TB of storage before the microSD card, dual USB-C ports plus USB-A for easy expansion, and an additional “mini SSD card slot” in a format I don’t recognize. And it’s no slouch when it comes to the handheld experience, thanks to creature comforts like Hall effect sticks, shoulder triggers with a “clicky” mode, a 120Hz screen, and a tiny touchpad a la the Legion Go S.
The system will launch in September, but there’s still no word on price. For the sake of comparison, the current GPD Win 4 2025 runs about $830 to $1,165 depending on how it’s configured, so expect the Win 5 to be even more pricey.
© 2025 PC World 3:05am 
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Intel Lunar Lake settings tweak can boost game performance up to 30%
Intel is still a relative newbie when it comes to the cutthroat gaming market. That’s true both for its dedicated Arc graphics cards and its integrated graphics that also use the Arc branding. For example, consider Intel’s Lunar Lake chips that power the MSI Claw 8 AI+ handheld. According to some recent testing, a settings tweak can boost the Arc 140V Xe2 inside by a significant factor of 10 to 30 percent.
Said testing comes from TechPowerUp, which re-ran some numbers on the latest MSI Claw device at Intel’s request after a new update from the MSI Center M app. Specifically, the tweak allows one of the Core Ultra 7 258V CPU’s four performance cores to run at its maximum 37-watt power level. (Most AMD-based handhelds like the Steam Deck max out at 15 watts of TDP.) In most games, this resulted in about a 10 percent performance boost—but some were even better.
TechPowerUp says this makes the MSI Claw 8 AI+ the best-performing handheld they’ve tested, handily beating out the Ryzen-based competition. That doesn’t make the Claw the best handheld for everyone, though. It’s still running Windows 11, which is a deal-breaker for some, and there are now even more powerful chips on the market. But we’ve seen other updates to Intel graphics, like a fresh set of drivers, result in dramatic performance improvements before.
It’s worth considering if you’re looking for maximum possible performance, or hunting for a thin-and-light laptop that can also handle a bit of gaming on the side.
© 2025 PC World 3:45am 
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