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Zotac denies RTX 5070 Ti fan-related RMA and then offers to dispose of the GPU free of charge — the company claims 'irreversible' PCB damage and 'limited tools' for repair

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Tom's Hardware · 12/06/2025 10:07 EDT

Zotac denied an RMA repair for an RTX 5070 Ti after claiming PCB damage, despite what appears to be wear-and-tear. Read more ›

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Ryzen 7 9850X3D edges past Ryzen 7 9800X3D in PassMark benchmark — upcoming X3D chip shows up to 4.7% higher performance

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Tom's Hardware · 12/06/2025 10:05 EDT

A new PassMark entry has surfaced for AMD’s unreleased Ryzen 7 9850X3D, giving the first look at how the chip compares against the current 9800X3D. Read more ›

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TSMC claims 4.2X efficiency gain over a decade from N7 to A14 fabrication process

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Tom's Hardware · 12/06/2025 09:44 EDT

TSMC clarifies A14 specifications: Even more performance, but better tools might be needed to extract the full potential of the latest process technologies. Read more ›

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Scythe Big Shuriken 4 Review: Compact SFF cooling for Mini-ITX

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Tom's Hardware · 12/06/2025 09:26 EDT

Can Scythe’s Big Shuriken 4 SFF cooler, designed for Mini-ITX, handle AMD’s Ryzen 9 9950X? You might be surprised! Read more ›

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AMD's imminent Ryzen 7 9850X3D chip shows up on Geekbench with 5.6 GHz boost clocks — Scores slightly lower than 9800X3D in multi-core tests, higher in single-core

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Tom's Hardware · 12/06/2025 08:30 EDT

Two new Geekbench listings for the upcoming Ryzen 7 9850X3D chip have been uncovered, both from mid-November, that show the CPU posting higher single-core numbers than the existing 9800X3D while being beat in multi-threaded results. The chip boosted up to 5.6 GHz as expected, but was running on slow 4800 MT/s memory. Read more ›

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Benevolent Facebook trader exchanges 192GB of DDR5 worth $2,200 for one RTX 5070 Ti — says selling at such a high price would have been 'unethical' despite huge loss

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Tom's Hardware · 12/06/2025 08:00 EDT

PC builder generously trades 192 GB of DDR5 for an RTX 5070 Ti. Read more ›

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Two GTX 580s in SLI are responsible for the AI we have today — Nvidia's Huang revealed that the invention of deep learning began with two flagship Fermi GPUs in 2012

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Tom's Hardware · 12/06/2025 08:00 EDT

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang revealed in a recent Joe Rogan podcast that the inventors behind deep learning ran the world's first machine learning network on a pair of GTX 580s in SLI in 2012. Read more ›

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3D-printed part failure causes light aircraft crash after plastic air intake melts during flight — pilot escapes with minor injuries

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Tom's Hardware 2 place · 12/06/2025 07:30 EDT

A light aircraft crashed in the U.K. after its engine intake melted while on final approach. Read more ›

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Asus quotes customer $3,350 repair bill for RTX 5090 with microscopic 'surface irregularity', more than the entire card's value — offers 50% discount after months of haggling

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Tom's Hardware · 12/06/2025 07:15 EDT

Redditor shares his ongoing struggle to get Asus to RMA an expensive ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card. Read more ›

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1950s mechanical calculator crumbles in the face of divide-by-zero conundrum — relic spins its gears uncontrollably in 'chaotic loop' of endless motion

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Tom's Hardware · 12/06/2025 07:00 EDT

Divide by zero is one of computing’s most notorious error conditions - and an old mechanical calculator doesn't handle it gracefully. Read more ›

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'World's first scalable DNA data storage offering' announced offering a staggering ‘60PB in 60 cubic inches,’ enough to hold 660,000 4K movies — Atlas Data storage claims its solution is 1000x denser than LTO-10 tape

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Tom's Hardware · 12/06/2025 06:30 EDT

Atlas Data Storage, a DNA-based storage tech startup, has announced its first commercial offering. Read more ›

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Russia allegedly still using Starlink-guided drones in Ukraine, report claims — Starlink Mini strapped to grounded drone points to ongoing issue, despite U.S. DoD claims threat was blunted

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Tom's Hardware · 12/06/2025 06:00 EDT

Russian drones are still flying into Ukrainian airspace to strike their targets with Starlink hardware clearly strapped to them, say Ukrainian media reports. Read more ›

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Avoid sky-high DDR5 prices and save $150 with this Asus B850 board and 16GB Team Group RAM bundle deal

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Tom's Hardware · 12/05/2025 14:46 EDT

Skirt ridiculous DDR5 prices in this smokin' deal from Newegg. $229 buys a mid-range Asus B850-A Gaming Wifi R2 motherboard and 16GB Team Group DDR5-6000 RAM - $150 off Read more ›

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Huawei Ascend NPU roadmap examined — company targets 4 ZettaFLOPS FP4 performance by 2028, amid manufacturing constraints

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Tom's Hardware · 12/05/2025 12:35 EDT

Huawei has unveiled its Ascend NPU roadmap featuring Ascend 950, 960, 970 processors and massive SuperClusters with over a million of processors and up to 4 ZettaFLOPS FP4 performance in 2028, shifting from chip scaling to system-level scaling, amid U.S. sanctions and manufacturing constraints. Read more ›

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Intel admits it needs more Core Ultra 200-series wafers — 'If we had more Lunar Lake wafers, we would be selling more Lunar Lake'

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Tom's Hardware · 12/05/2025 10:49 EDT

Intel needs more Core Ultra 200-series 'Arrow Lake' and 'Lunar Lake' wafers from TSMC as demand exceeds supply. Read more ›

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SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son wants to build ‘Trump Industrial Parks’ across the nation, report claims — project proposes using federal land to build manufacturing sites for data center infrastructure

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Tom's Hardware · 12/05/2025 10:44 EDT

SoftBank proposes building multiple industrial parks across the U.S. on federal land to manufacture semiconductors and other AI infrastructure. Read more ›

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AMD CEO Lisa Su 'emphatically' rejects talk of an AI bubble — says claims are 'somewhat overstated'

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Tom's Hardware · 12/05/2025 10:29 EDT

AMD CEO Lisa Su used her appearance at WIRED’s Big Interview conference in San Francisco to push back against growing speculation that the AI sector is overheating. Read more ›

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Dell and Lenovo set to increase server and PC costs by as much as 15% as soon as this month, according to industry sources — DRAM and AI demand create tight market for businesses and consumers

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Tom's Hardware · 12/05/2025 10:13 EDT

Artificial intelligence has seemingly put the entire PC industry in a chokehold, with even large manufacturers like Lenovo and Dell at the mercy of drying production lines. Lenovo has reportedly warned its clients to book orders before the next price hike on New Year's, while Dell is already considering a 15-20% increase in mid-December. Read more ›

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This MSI Pro 27-inch gaming monitor plummets to its lowest-ever price of $89.99 at Newegg — 1080p, 144Hz display is a gaming and productivity double-threat

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Tom's Hardware · 12/05/2025 08:39 EDT

Missed out on all the Black Friday and Cyber Monday fun? You're in luck. MSI's MP273L E14 is a slick 27-inch FHD monitor, which is currently 31% off at Newegg, dropping the price to just $89.99 in a limited-time offer. Read more ›

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Samsung Odyssey G7 S40FG75 40-inch ultra-wide curved gaming monitor review: Fast, gorgeous, and immersive

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Tom's Hardware · 12/05/2025 08:33 EDT

Samsung brings immersive gaming with its new Odyssey G7 S40FG75. It’s a 40-inch Curved Ultra-Wide 21:9 VA panel with WUHD resolution, 180 Hz, Adaptive-Sync, HDR600 and wide gamut color. With a tight 1000R curve, it practically wraps around you. Read more ›

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