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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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MSI fervently denies RTX 5090 sales in China after pallets of illicit GPUs spotted in the country — company says it has identified 'unauthorized distribution unrelated to our sales policy'

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Tom's Hardware 3 place · 10/15/2025 08:56 EDT

Pallets of RTX 5090 GPUs from MSI had been spotted on Reddit a few days ago, sparking concern and curiosity over export controls. The White House has barred China from receiving most high-end GPUs, so these cards arrived via illegal channels, as MSI clarifies and denies any involvement in a press release. Read more ›

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S&P 500 companies totalling $20 trillion in market cap have medium-to-high AI exposure — concerns of an impending bubble collapse extend to almost half of the index

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Tom's Hardware · 10/15/2025 08:44 EDT

Investors are keeping a close eye on potential signs of the AI industry reaching the point of bursting its inflated bubble, as it's revealed that almost half of all the largest companies on the S&P 500 have medium-to-high exposure to AI. The risks associated with the industry collapsing under its own weight are greater than ever. Read more ›

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Samsung M9 M90SF 32-inch OLED Smart Monitor review: A dual-mission monitor for gaming and TV

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Tom's Hardware · 10/15/2025 08:00 EDT

The Samsung M9 M90SF is a 4K TV and gaming monitor in one. With 165 Hz and Adaptive-Sync, it offers TV Plus Streaming apps featuring HDR10, HDR10+, and a wide gamut of colors, making it a great personal TV for small spaces. Read more ›

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Asus' accomplished ROG Azoth is just $155 thanks to this 44% Amazon discount — get your hands on this 'almost perfect' wireless gaming keyboard for less

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Tom's Hardware · 10/15/2025 07:47 EDT

Cheaper than ever before, get an Asus ROG Azoth keyboard for just $155 with this 44% Amazon discount. Read more ›

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Commodore needles Microsoft over end of Windows 10, tries to lure disgruntled users to its Linux-based OS Vision 3.0 — 'Microsoft may be leaving you behind. We Won't.'

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Tom's Hardware · 10/15/2025 07:06 EDT

Hesitating about the move to Windows 11? Part of you wants to upgrade to Commodore OS Vision 3.0. Read more ›

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Samsung joins Nvidia's NVLink Fusion program to produce custom AI chips — additional Spectrum-X platform to be deployed by Meta and Oracle for data center use

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Tom's Hardware · 10/15/2025 06:33 EDT

The partnership brings Samsung Foundry into Nvidia’s high-speed interconnect ecosystem, expanding NVLink’s reach beyond TSMC and deepening Nvidia’s control over AI system design. Read more ›

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Frore's new LiquidJet coldplates are equipped to handle the spiralling power demands of future AI GPUs — built to handle up to 4.4Kw TDPs, solution could be deployed in power-hungry Feynman data centers

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Tom's Hardware · 10/15/2025 05:43 EDT

Frore Systems's LiquidJet coldplate uses semiconductor-style metal wafer fabrication and 3D short-loop jet microstructures to double cooling density and cut pressure loss fourfold, setting the stage for multi-kilowatt AI GPUs. Read more ›

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Ber8auer rigs up exotic spray cooling for Ryzen 7 9800X3D, but don't get excited just yet — supercomputer cooling method underperforms due to partial IHS coverage

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Tom's Hardware · 10/15/2025 05:37 EDT

Famous german overclocker Der8auer tests spray cooling, a cooling solution used in supercomputers, on a Ryzen 7 9800X3D with decent results. The chip was able to run through Cinebench R23 successfully without overheating. Read more ›

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DoJ seizes $15 billion in Bitcoin from Cambodian fraudster who ran 'pig butchering' scam using forced labor — accused could face 40 years in prison following department's biggest ever crypto confiscation

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Tom's Hardware · 10/15/2025 05:27 EDT

The DoJ has seized $15 billion in Bitcoin, thought to be proceeds from a 'pig butchering' scam run from forced-labor compounds in Cambodia. Read more ›

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Adata chairman says AI datacenters are gobbling up hard drives, SSDs, and DRAM alike — insatiable upstream demand could soon lead to consumer shortages

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Tom's Hardware · 10/15/2025 05:24 EDT

Adata chairman says AI datacenters are gobbling up all memory and storage. Read more ›

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This 'gaming PC' is actually a Bluetooth speaker — replica pumps out the jams with faux dual GPUs, liquid cooling, and RGB

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Tom's Hardware · 10/15/2025 05:00 EDT

Edifier launches the Huazai New Cyber speaker, which looks like a compact gaming PC, for $210. Read more ›

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Report: Arm developing custom CPU for OpenAI's in-house accelerator — core IP would underpin 10GW of installed AI capacity

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Tom's Hardware · 10/14/2025 14:18 EDT

OpenAI is reportedly working with SoftBank-owned Arm on a new CPU to complement the custom AI accelerator it is co-developing with Broadcom. Read more ›

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Intel unveils Crescent Island, an inference-only GPU with Xe3P architecture and 160GB of memory

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Tom's Hardware · 10/14/2025 13:00 EDT

Intel has unveiled its Crescent Island data center GPU for inference, built on the Xe3P architecture and equipped with 160 GB of LPDDR5X memory. Read more ›

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AMD debuts Helios rack-scale AI hardware platform at OCP Global Summit 2025 — promises easier serviceability and 50% more memory than Nvidia's Vera Rubin

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Tom's Hardware · 10/14/2025 12:31 EDT

AMD has showcased its new Helios rack-scale AI hardware platform based on the Open Rack Wide standard developed by Meta. Combining AMD's next-generation CPUs and GPUs on a single platform, this is AMD's pitch to AI infrastructure developers that it has a product that can compete directly with the likes of Nvidia's GB300 NVL72 systems. Read more ›

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AMD and Oracle partner to deploy 50,000 MI450 Instinct GPUs in new AI superclusters — deployment of expansion set for 2026, powered by AMD's Helios rack

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Tom's Hardware · 10/14/2025 11:51 EDT

AMD is set to provide 50,000 of its next-generation MI450 Instinct GPUs for a new Oracle supercluster that will power next-generation AI inference and training. This joins the many other high-profile hardware and infrastructure deals that many of the top tech companies have made with one another over the past year. Read more ›

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Tom's Hardware Premium is now out of beta — access expert-level analysis, hardware roadmaps and unlock the Bench database

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Tom's Hardware · 10/14/2025 11:31 EDT

Tom's Hardware Premium is now out of beta. Get access to expert-level analysis, roadmaps, and unlock our cutting-edge performance analyzer, Bench. Read more ›

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Goodbye, Windows 10 — how a decade of 'progress' eroded users' command over their own machines

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Tom's Hardware · 10/14/2025 11:30 EDT

As Windows 10 fades into obsolescence, the argument it leaves behind is more philosophical than technical. Read more ›

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Nvidia's DGX Spark AI mini-PC goes up for sale October 15 — 1 petaFLOP developer platform was originally slated for May

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Tom's Hardware · 10/14/2025 10:55 EDT

Nvidia's DGX Spark AI developer platform goes up for sale on October 15. This AI mini-PC is slated to deliver 1 PFLOP of AI inferencing performance in a tiny footprint for AI developers, but it's arriving five months late and with a $1000 price hike compared to what was promised when it first broke cover at CES 2025. Read more ›

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One of AMD’s best gaming CPUs hits an all-time low price — Ryzen 7 7800X3D on sale for less than $320

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Tom's Hardware · 10/14/2025 10:50 EDT

The AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D hits an all-time low with its sale price of less than $320, offering you a nearly 30% discount from its list price of $449. Read more ›

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Intel Panther Lake SKUs spotted in HWMonitor update — release notes specify Core Ultra X, H, and U variants

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Tom's Hardware · 10/14/2025 10:02 EDT

Latest HWMonitor release notes give an early look at Intel’s 18A Panther Lake family ahead of its official debut. Read more ›

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