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The best Black Friday PC building tools — save money on the tech to fix your tech

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Tom's Hardware · 11/22/2025 08:12 EDT

We've scoured the Black Friday sales and found the best tools to keep your rigs running! Read more ›

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Atari Gamestation Go review: 200+ Atari classics in your hands, supported by a unique selection of physical controls

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Tom's Hardware · 11/22/2025 08:00 EDT

My Arcade and Atari have put together a handheld retro gaming console graced by a bevy of unique retro-futuristic controls. However, the price, and a few hardware and software wrinkles, tarnish its appeal. Read more ›

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Users celebrate 50% performance gains following Nvidia hotfix driver — patch fixes October Windows 11 cumulative update that broke performance in some games

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Tom's Hardware · 11/22/2025 07:40 EDT

Users on X have benchmarked Nvidia's latest 581.94 hotfix driver that fixes performance issues stemming from Microsoft's October cumulative update for Windows 11. Read more ›

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Asus tempts fate, unleashes 800W "XOC" vBIOS for its $4,000 ROG Matrix RTX 5090 — Overclockers and high-end GPU junkies now have their hands on the hottest, most power-hungry 5090 around

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Tom's Hardware · 11/22/2025 07:20 EDT

You can make your RTX 5090 just a teeny bit more powerful and less efficient, thanks to a new 800W BIOS stripped from Asus' $4000 ROG Matrix RTX 5090. As long as you have a compatible 5090 that'll play nicely with the custom firmware, you, too, can enjoy higher clocks and electricity bills for a marginal increase in performance. Read more ›

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A 34-year-old Apple Mac crash bug ‘would have gone undiscovered for all eternity,’ but the accuracy of the MAME emulator shone a light on it

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Tom's Hardware · 11/22/2025 07:00 EDT

A computing enthusiast unearthed a 34-year-old Apple Mac bug that should have crippled the system at startup, but it never did, thanks to an undocumented feature in the Motorola CPU that quietly neutralized the flaw. Read more ›

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Windows 1.01 was launched 40 years ago, but it didn't start well — Microsoft began its graphical OS adventures 40 years ago

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Tom's Hardware · 11/22/2025 06:40 EDT

Windows 1.01 was released by Microsoft 40 years ago. It didn't start well. Read more ›

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The Small Capacity Memory Card Championship (Japan) results are in — a 0.5MB SmartMedia card won, but a 2KB Casio battery-backed RAM card lost due to a technicality

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Tom's Hardware · 11/22/2025 06:20 EDT

The Small Capacity Memory Card Championship (Japan) has been a tightly run race, but the results are now in. Read more ›

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WWII Enigma machine sells for over half a million dollars at auction — this was one of the rare four-rotor 'M4' models

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Tom's Hardware · 11/22/2025 06:00 EDT

A WWII Enigma encryption machine with four rotors was sold at auction earlier this week, achieving double its estimated price. Read more ›

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Grab 14TB of shuckable storage for $169 — WD external hard drive back to all-time low for Black Friday

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Tom's Hardware · 11/21/2025 14:15 EDT

The WD Elements 14TB external hard drive is available for $169.99 again, 55% off its normal price. Read more ›

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PlayStation 5 consoles are $100 off for Black Friday — Digital Edition is $399, PS5 Pro is $649 at Amazon, Walmart, Best Buy

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Tom's Hardware · 11/21/2025 13:52 EDT

If you've been looking to get into console gaming, Sony's got just the offer for you with each of its PlayStation 5 models on sale right now across various retailers. You can get $100 on either the Standard, Slim, and Pro version and be ready for GTA VI when it finally drops next year. Read more ›

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Save $250 on Samsung's spacious and speedy 8TB SSD — 9100 Pro drops to all-time low of 9 cents per GB

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Tom's Hardware · 11/21/2025 13:07 EDT

The Samsung 9100 Pro 8TB is currently selling for $749.99, $250 off its regular eye-watering price tag of $999.99. Read more ›

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Gigabyte's 32-inch Aorus 4K gaming monitor now just $749.99 at Amazon and Best Buy — 240 Hz speed demon hits all-time low pricing for Black Friday

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Tom's Hardware · 11/21/2025 12:26 EDT

This 32-inch 4K Gigabyte Aorus monitor is on sale on Amazon and Newegg, giving buyers on both platforms a $350 discount. Read more ›

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Tom's Hardware Premium is up to 50% off for Black Friday — get a wealth of in-depth industry content from as little as $5.99 a month

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Tom's Hardware · 11/21/2025 11:31 EDT

Save up to 50% off a Tom's Hardware Premium subscription in this Black Friday offer. Get unparalleled insights into the industry, access to Bench, and much more for a limited time. Read more ›

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The Panther stalks: Intel’s Panther Lake CPUs set to take off in Oregon, company reveals, and cutting-edge 18A process is on track

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Tom's Hardware · 11/21/2025 10:30 EDT

There's good news and band news for Intel's Panther Lake and 18A. Bad news is that its yields are likely still very low. Good news is that their improvement are on the industry-standard yield ramp pace, which means that Intel is on track to hit industry-standard yields in early 2027. Read more ›

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Dell and HP disable hardware H.265 decoding on select PCs due to rising royalty costs — companies could save big on HEVC royalties, but at the expense of users

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Tom's Hardware · 11/21/2025 09:30 EDT

Dell and HP are shipping many entry-level and midrange business laptops with HEVC/H.265 hardware decoding intentionally disabled, likely to avoid rising codec royalty costs. Read more ›

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AMD's chart-topping Ryzen 7 9800X3D is on sale at Amazon right now for Black Friday — save $30 on the king of gaming CPUs

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Tom's Hardware · 11/21/2025 09:19 EDT

Get your hands on the best gaming CPU on the market, now at a discounted rate. The 9800X3D is an 8-core, 16-thread beast of a processor, conquering every game's benchmarks thanks to its 96 MB of L3 cache, while consuming less power than the competition. Read more ›

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Kingston NV3 2230 2TB SSD Review: The Budget King is Back

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Tom's Hardware · 11/21/2025 09:11 EDT

The Kingston NV3 2230 is Kingston’s budget take on this form factor, offering decent all-around performance and power efficiency at a good price. Read more ›

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang complains about stock price slide during all-hands meeting — says market did not appreciate company’s ‘incredible’ quarter

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Tom's Hardware · 11/21/2025 08:50 EDT

Nvidia’s stock price has been trending down despite its record-breaking quarter, and its CEO is complaining. Read more ›

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These 16 gadgets under $50 have upgraded my tech life, and most are already on sale for Black Friday

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Tom's Hardware · 11/21/2025 07:31 EDT

From electric screwdrivers to high-res webcams, these are inexpensive game-changers. Read more ›

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Wall Street warns of rising AI debt risk as stocks slide on wobbly investor confidence — analysts warn of 'systemic risk' as Nvidia share price creaks

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Tom's Hardware · 11/21/2025 07:24 EDT

Wall Street analysts are growing increasingly concerned about the interconnected revenue relationships of many of the top AI and tech companies and their rapidly expanding debts, financing enormous infrastructure projects. This has investors worried, and stocks are sliding as concerns are rising. Read more ›

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