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Save $500 on this beastly gaming rig with an RTX 5060 Ti 16GB, Ryzen 7800X3D, and 32GB of RAM — Skytech's desktop gaming PC now just $1,499

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Tom's Hardware · 06/13/2026 10:29 EDT

Looking for a solid gaming PC but tired of seeing exorbitant prices on every retailer's website? We've got you covered with this prebuilt, equipped with high-quality components ready for 1440p gaming and more, with a clear upgrade path once prices settle down. Read more ›

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The world's ‘tiniest GPU’ heads to production — 200,000-transistor TinyGPU v2.0 can render gamepad-manipulated 3D images with up to 1K triangles in real-time

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Tom's Hardware · 11/09/2025 08:15 EDT

The ‘tiniest GPU’ has gotten a big update with the new TinyGPU v2.0 offering interactive 3D rasterization, with transformation & lighting tech. Read more ›

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Hard drives on backorder for two years as AI data centers trigger HDD shortage — delays forcing rapid transition to QLC SSDs

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Tom's Hardware · 11/09/2025 08:00 EDT

Artificial intelligence has taken yet another victim. After GPUs and memory, storage is now facing a shortage as well, at least in the enterprise space. Production capacity for nearline storage, fueled by high-capacity server HDDs, is booked for the next two years. Cloud providers are switching to QLC NAND to avoid the lead times. Read more ›

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No Longer Evil Thermostat hack strips Google from Nest thermostat to heat your home better — open source project revives sunsetted hardware, gives more precise control

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Tom's Hardware · 11/09/2025 07:40 EDT

Google’s sunsetted Nest Gen 1 and Gen 2 thermostats have been given a new breath of life by a frustrated developer's No Longer Evil Thermostat firmware. Read more ›

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Laid-off Intel employee allegedly steals 'Top Secret' files, goes on the run — ex-engineer downloaded 18,000 files before disappearing

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Tom's Hardware · 11/09/2025 07:28 EDT

A former Intel software engineer who spent over a decade with the company allegedly stole several thousand documents, including confidential ones, after he was laid off. Read more ›

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DIY Amiga sound sampler circuit mystery solved 32 years later — Magazine instructions had key component spec typos

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Tom's Hardware · 11/09/2025 07:20 EDT

A three-decade old 'Amiga mystery' has been solved by an intrepid electronics-focused TechTuber. Read more ›

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500 disposable vapes recycled into a powerwall to power a house and workshop — enough juice for up to eight hours of home usage or three days of work

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Tom's Hardware · 11/09/2025 07:00 EDT

By salvaging rechargeable batteries from thousands of used disposable vapes, UK-based YouTuber Chris Doel built a 50V power system that can run his workshop and home. Read more ›

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This week in 1982, Compaq announced the first true IBM PC clone — it was portable, too, as long as you were comfortable lugging 28 pounds

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Tom's Hardware · 11/09/2025 06:30 EDT

Compaq took the wraps off its first product in November 1982, revealing the computing world's first true IBM PC clone, and an all-in-one portable model at that. It would take a year for IBM to respond. Read more ›

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Corsair's premium SFF case sees a massive 70% price drop to $59 — iCUE Link 2500X hits a new historic low

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Tom's Hardware · 11/08/2025 13:28 EDT

Featuring support for m-ATX and mini-ITX boards, up to 11 fans, and massive GPU clearance, Corsair’s dual-chamber iCUE Link 2500X is finally priced to match its appeal. Read more ›

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OpenAI asks U.S. to expand CHIPS Act tax credit to cover AI infrastructure despite firm's denial wanting a government 'backstop' for its massive loans

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Tom's Hardware · 11/08/2025 12:00 EDT

OpenAI has asked the Trump administration to expand a major CHIPS Act tax credit to support the build-out of AI infrastructure, including servers, data centers, and power systems. Read more ›

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Chipmaking industry pushes back on U.S. Patent Office considering imposing annual fee based on assessed value — “tax on innovation” draws strong opposition from Semiconductor Industry Association

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Tom's Hardware · 11/08/2025 11:23 EDT

A proposal to change the USPTO's fee structure from fixed rates to a percentage basis is facing resistance from the semiconductor industry. Read more ›

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Japanese PC shops limit SSD, HDD, and RAM purchases to prevent hoarding as storage and memory shortage takes hold — buying a full PC unlocks higher purchase limits

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Tom's Hardware · 11/08/2025 09:41 EDT

The impact of the massive AI demand for storage and memory is now hitting retail stores in Japan. Read more ›

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New DirectX7 emulation tool brings more games to Steam Deck, SteamOS, and other Linux distros through Vulkan, with caveats

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Tom's Hardware · 11/08/2025 08:40 EDT

An independent developer has taken on the job of creating a spin-off version of DXVK that works with DirectX 7 games, bringing DX7 to Linux through emulation with Vulkan. Read more ›

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Investigators recover black boxes from UPS plane crash, detail data recovery process — NTSB successfully extracts cockpit audio from charred remains

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Tom's Hardware · 11/08/2025 08:20 EDT

The NTSB has successfully recovered the cockpit audio from the ill-fated UPS 2967. Read more ›

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Modern motherboard features explained: Connectors, headers, ports, and chipsets decoded

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Tom's Hardware · 11/08/2025 08:18 EDT

Here is a diagram of major ports, headers, and slots common on today’s motherboards, plus a guide to expansion slots, RAM and form factors. Read more ›

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SanDisk reportedly jacks up flash prices by 50% as memory makers cash in on AI-fueled demand

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Tom's Hardware · 11/08/2025 08:00 EDT

As AI datacenters scoop up limited wafer supply, both DRAM and flash prices skyrocket. Read more ›

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Gigabyte Aorus FO27Q5P 27-inch 500 Hz QD-OLED gaming monitor review: Superb in every respect

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Tom's Hardware · 11/08/2025 08:00 EDT

Gigabyte’s Aorus line begets a stunning new OLED, the 27-inch FO27Q5P. With extra-wide gamut Quantum Dot color, QHD resolution, 500 Hz, Adaptive-Sync and HDR500, it delivers maximum performance and image quality. Read more ›

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Retro PC Gaming the Easy Way with DOSBox Pure Unleashed

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Tom's Hardware · 11/08/2025 08:00 EDT

Retro gaming is part hobby and part historical preservation, and DOSBox Pure Unleashed is here to help keep those old games alive, despite our aging reflexes being incapable of beating Tomb Raider 2’s Venice level. Read more ›

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Samsung teases radical new modular SSD design with swappable NAND and SSD controller that can be detached independently — tiny 4TB PCIe 5.0 M.2 drive is also ready

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Tom's Hardware 2 place · 11/08/2025 07:30 EDT

Samsung teases the AM9C1 E1.A Detachable AutoSSD and PM9E1 M.2 22x42 SSDs that will be revealed at CES 2026. Read more ›

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AMD warns the Intel and Nvidia partnership is a risk to its business — quarterly report outlines risk from 'increased competition and pricing pressure'

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Tom's Hardware · 11/08/2025 07:00 EDT

AMD lists the Nvidia's $5 billion investment in Intel as a specific risk in its quarterly report. Read more ›

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CPU collector peels the lid off a Soviet era ‘fish can’ chip to peer inside with multiple microscopes — K565RU3 was a Soviet-era clone of Western chips like the Intel-designed 4116

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Tom's Hardware · 11/08/2025 06:30 EDT

A fascinating Soviet-era retro electronics artifact has been dissected and micrographed by a CPU collector. Read more ›

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