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Nvidia Just Dropped a PC Chip. Intel and AMD Are Not Happy.

Nvidia Just Dropped a PC Chip. Intel and AMD Are Not Happy.

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Intel's Nova Lake Roadmap, AMD's $700 Bet, and DDR5 at $432 — Hardware This Week

Intel's Nova Lake Roadmap, AMD's $700 Bet, and DDR5 at $432 — Hardware This Week

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RTX Spark Just Landed on PC Territory — and the Hardware Market Hasn't Been This Chaotic in Years

RTX Spark Just Landed on PC Territory — and the Hardware Market Hasn't Been This Chaotic in Years

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RTX 50 Supply Is Getting Ugly, DDR5 Hit $375, and Panther Lake Is Finally Here

RTX 50 Supply Is Getting Ugly, DDR5 Hit $375, and Panther Lake Is Finally Here

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AMD's $329 7700X3D Has a Date, DDR5 Won't Stop Climbing, and Intel's Roadmap Finally Makes Sense

AMD's $329 7700X3D Has a Date, DDR5 Won't Stop Climbing, and Intel's Roadmap Finally Makes Sense

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Hygon's 512-Thread CPU Is Real, GMKtec's Mini PC Impresses, and VMware Licensing Still Stings

Hygon's 512-Thread CPU Is Real, GMKtec's Mini PC Impresses, and VMware Licensing Still Stings

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Arrow Lake Goes Mid, Deal Season Hits Hard, and a Surprise Mini Gaming Rig

Arrow Lake Goes Mid, Deal Season Hits Hard, and a Surprise Mini Gaming Rig

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Valve's Steam Machine Is Meh, Hygon Goes 512-Thread, and Thunderobot RTX 5070 Hits 1.64 kg

Valve's Steam Machine Is Meh, Hygon Goes 512-Thread, and Thunderobot RTX 5070 Hits 1.64 kg

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Hygon's 512-Thread CPU, HP's Panther Lake Laptop, and a Game That Wanted 64GB of RAM

Hygon's 512-Thread CPU, HP's Panther Lake Laptop, and a Game That Wanted 64GB of RAM

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Intel Up 220%, Nvidia Barely 15% — The H1 2026 Hardware Shake-Up No One Saw Coming

Intel Up 220%, Nvidia Barely 15% — The H1 2026 Hardware Shake-Up No One Saw Coming

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RAMageddon Is Real — DDR5 at $400, SSD Prices Spiking, and PC Sales Are Taking the Hit

RAMageddon Is Real — DDR5 at $400, SSD Prices Spiking, and PC Sales Are Taking the Hit

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NVIDIA Is Quietly Walking Away From Desktop GPUs — RTX 50 Series Production Slashed, Super Cards Delayed

NVIDIA Is Quietly Walking Away From Desktop GPUs — RTX 50 Series Production Slashed, Super Cards Delayed

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Hygon's 128-Core Beast, Ryzen AI Halo vs DGX Spark & Samsung's Fold 8 Chip Bump — Friday Hardware Digest

Hygon's 128-Core Beast, Ryzen AI Halo vs DGX Spark & Samsung's Fold 8 Chip Bump — Friday Hardware Digest

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Intel Nova Lake Brings AVX-512 to All Cores, DRAM Prices Keep Climbing, and a Steam Machine Reality Check

Intel Nova Lake Brings AVX-512 to All Cores, DRAM Prices Keep Climbing, and a Steam Machine Reality Check

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RTX 5090 Connector Still Melting Through "Safety" PSUs, AMD Goes Full Valorant, and Lenovo Finally Fixes the Legion 7a

RTX 5090 Connector Still Melting Through "Safety" PSUs, AMD Goes Full Valorant, and Lenovo Finally Fixes the Legion 7a

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Hygon's 512-Thread Monster, Valve's Steam Machine Fix, and SSD Prices That Actually Make Sense

Hygon's 512-Thread Monster, Valve's Steam Machine Fix, and SSD Prices That Actually Make Sense

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From Samsung's GAIA to a 3-Liter Asus Gaming PC — Mid-2026 Hardware Is Getting Interesting
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From Samsung's GAIA to a 3-Liter Asus Gaming PC — Mid-2026 Hardware Is Getting Interesting

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Mini PCs, Old Xeons, and Chinese Silicon: A Mixed Bag of Hardware This Week

Mini PCs, Old Xeons, and Chinese Silicon: A Mixed Bag of Hardware This Week

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RTX 5090 in a Slim Chassis, Alienware Goes Budget, and the RAMageddon Gets Real

RTX 5090 in a Slim Chassis, Alienware Goes Budget, and the RAMageddon Gets Real

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AMD's $329 7700X3D, PNY's Slim RTX 5080, and a Week of Wild Laptop Deals
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AMD's $329 7700X3D, PNY's Slim RTX 5080, and a Week of Wild Laptop Deals

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Nvidia's Rubin Is Still on Schedule, AMD's AI Story Gets Complicated, and China's Chip Strategy Takes a Detour

Nvidia's Rubin Is Still on Schedule, AMD's AI Story Gets Complicated, and China's Chip Strategy Takes a Detour

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Intel's Ex-CEO Finally Said What We All Suspected — They Scoffed at NVIDIA, and It Cost Them Everything

Intel's Ex-CEO Finally Said What We All Suspected — They Scoffed at NVIDIA, and It Cost Them Everything

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Microsoft Picks AMD for AI at Scale, Samsung Quietly Builds a PC Chip, and a GPU Tool I Actually Bookmarked

Microsoft Picks AMD for AI at Scale, Samsung Quietly Builds a PC Chip, and a GPU Tool I Actually Bookmarked

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AMD Fires Back: Helios Rack with 72 MI455X GPUs, Microsoft Signs On, and NVIDIA's Vera CPU Gets Real

AMD Fires Back: Helios Rack with 72 MI455X GPUs, Microsoft Signs On, and NVIDIA's Vera CPU Gets Real

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Nvidia Goes After Intel's Throat with Vera CPU, and Other Hardware Bits from This Week

Nvidia Goes After Intel's Throat with Vera CPU, and Other Hardware Bits from This Week

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AMD Takes the Fight to Nvidia's Turf, and MSI Builds a $7,000 Laptop Just Because

AMD Takes the Fight to Nvidia's Turf, and MSI Builds a $7,000 Laptop Just Because

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AMD Helios Is Real, Nvidia Opened Up Vera's Hood, and a Chinese Challenger Nobody Saw Coming

AMD Helios Is Real, Nvidia Opened Up Vera's Hood, and a Chinese Challenger Nobody Saw Coming

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AMD's Helios Push, Nvidia's Vera Bet, and a Chinese GPU That Actually Plays Games

AMD's Helios Push, Nvidia's Vera Bet, and a Chinese GPU That Actually Plays Games

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AMD's Helios Rack Is Actually Shipping — Plus a Chinese GPU That Plays Games Without Intel or NVIDIA

AMD's Helios Rack Is Actually Shipping — Plus a Chinese GPU That Plays Games Without Intel or NVIDIA

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AMD Helios Ships, Lisuan GPU Runs Games Sans Western Silicon, and Frame Gen Gets Real

AMD Helios Ships, Lisuan GPU Runs Games Sans Western Silicon, and Frame Gen Gets Real

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Valve's Steam Machine Finally Ships — and the DIY Argument Got Stronger

Valve's Steam Machine Finally Ships — and the DIY Argument Got Stronger

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PC Hardware Feels Uneven Again: Budget GPUs Show Up, RAM Prices Stay Ugly, and Laptops Keep Getting Weird

PC Hardware Feels Uneven Again: Budget GPUs Show Up, RAM Prices Stay Ugly, and Laptops Keep Getting Weird

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Nova Lake's 65W iGPU Is Getting Weird, and Other Hardware Notes

Nova Lake's 65W iGPU Is Getting Weird, and Other Hardware Notes

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Three Hardware Stories That Actually Matter This Week — RTX 5070 Ti Scam, Steam Deck Kernel Patch, Intel Atom Licensing

Three Hardware Stories That Actually Matter This Week — RTX 5070 Ti Scam, Steam Deck Kernel Patch, Intel Atom Licensing

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GPU Prices Are Climbing Again — And This Time AMD Is Following Suit

GPU Prices Are Climbing Again — And This Time AMD Is Following Suit

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Three Hardware Stories That Don't Cost a Fortune — BC-250, Steam Deck Kernel Hack, and a $999 AI Box

Three Hardware Stories That Don't Cost a Fortune — BC-250, Steam Deck Kernel Hack, and a $999 AI Box

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The Neo-X1 Is What Happens When You Shove a Laptop CPU Next to a Desktop GPU, and It Kinda Works

The Neo-X1 Is What Happens When You Shove a Laptop CPU Next to a Desktop GPU, and It Kinda Works

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GMKTec's Frankenstein Workstation, Stormcraft's Valkyrie Launch, and Why GPU Pricing Still Makes No Sense

GMKTec's Frankenstein Workstation, Stormcraft's Valkyrie Launch, and Why GPU Pricing Still Makes No Sense

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AMD's Record Quarter Hides a Ugly Truth, and GPU Pricing Keeps Testing Our Patience

AMD's Record Quarter Hides a Ugly Truth, and GPU Pricing Keeps Testing Our Patience

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GPU Prices Keep Climbing, and Even Nvidia Is Getting Nervous About Memory

GPU Prices Keep Climbing, and Even Nvidia Is Getting Nervous About Memory

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The $1,049 Steam Machine Is Good — But Your DIY Build Is Better

The $1,049 Steam Machine Is Good — But Your DIY Build Is Better

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GPU Prices Just Jumped 20% — And DRAM Shortages Are Holding the Gun

GPU Prices Just Jumped 20% — And DRAM Shortages Are Holding the Gun

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A $10,000 Gold RTX 5090, a Laptop Fire Sale, and RAM You Can't Buy Until 2028

A $10,000 Gold RTX 5090, a Laptop Fire Sale, and RAM You Can't Buy Until 2028

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RTX Prices Just Spiked 39% Stateside — and the RAMpocalypse Is Only Getting Started

RTX Prices Just Spiked 39% Stateside — and the RAMpocalypse Is Only Getting Started

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Windows Just Got More Expensive for DIY Builders — and It's Not Even the Biggest Cost

Windows Just Got More Expensive for DIY Builders — and It's Not Even the Biggest Cost

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Intel Raised $20B in a Day — and the Hardware Week Was Still Mostly About Deals

Intel Raised $20B in a Day — and the Hardware Week Was Still Mostly About Deals

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Arm Is Having a Week. Qualcomm Isn't Done Yet — and AMD Won't Just Hand Over the Workstations

Arm Is Having a Week. Qualcomm Isn't Done Yet — and AMD Won't Just Hand Over the Workstations

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The DRAM Squeeze Is Now Everyone's Problem: $800 5060 Tis, a $1,200 "Budget" Laptop, and a Whole Industry Rerouting

The DRAM Squeeze Is Now Everyone's Problem: $800 5060 Tis, a $1,200 "Budget" Laptop, and a Whole Industry Rerouting

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The RAMpocalypse Reaches America: RTX 5070 Up 36%, RX 9000 Up 20%, and a $16,000 Blackwell

The RAMpocalypse Reaches America: RTX 5070 Up 36%, RX 9000 Up 20%, and a $16,000 Blackwell

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Entry-Level GPUs Are Next: Board Partner Warns Budget Builds Get Squeezed in H2 2026

Entry-Level GPUs Are Next: Board Partner Warns Budget Builds Get Squeezed in H2 2026

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The GPU Price Inversion Is Here: A Standalone RTX 5090 Now Costs More Than a Whole Gaming PC

The GPU Price Inversion Is Here: A Standalone RTX 5090 Now Costs More Than a Whole Gaming PC

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RAM Prices Are Five Times What They Were a Year Ago — and SSD Pain Could Run to 2030

RAM Prices Are Five Times What They Were a Year Ago — and SSD Pain Could Run to 2030

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