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Get AMD's flagship Ryzen 7 9800X3D with 32GB of DDR5 memory and an MSI B850 Wi-Fi 7 motherboard at a discount — Micro Center bundles are now available on Amazon

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Tom's Hardware · 06/20/2026 13:57 EDT

Micro Center is now selling some of its bundles on Amazon, including this 9800X3D combo that gives you an excellent motherboard and fast RAM without breaking the bank. Read more ›

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Geekom 'violently' smashes its new Mini PC with a sledgehammer, drags it behind a motorbike, and spins it in a washing machine - PC still works after extreme torture testing

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Tom's Hardware · 06/24/2025 12:39 EDT

Geekom has shared a video which shows its latest IT15 Mini-PC being subjected to unnatural levels of violence. Read more ›

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Bambu Lab slices the price of its high-speed P1P 3D printer by 43% — $399 deal marks its 3rd Anniversary Sale

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Tom's Hardware · 06/24/2025 12:24 EDT

Bambu Lab is celebrating its 3rd anniversary with superb deals on some of its best products Read more ›

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Nvidia RTX 5050 puts Blackwell within reach of more gamers at $249 — entry-level 50-series launches in late July

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Tom's Hardware · 06/24/2025 12:01 EDT

Nvidia finally unveils the RTX 5050, sporting 2,560 Blackwell CUDA cores, 8GB of GDDR6, and a 130W TGP. The new GPU represents Nvidia's first new xx50-class desktop card since the RTX 3050 Read more ›

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Rare Franken-GPU has both AMD and Nvidia branding — AMD Radeon GeForce RTX 9070 XT is the new ultimate midrange gaming champ

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Tom's Hardware · 06/24/2025 11:45 EDT

Redditor receives an Asus graphics card with both AMD and Nvidia branding. Read more ›

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Mosquito-sized drone is designed for Chinese spy missions — military robotics lab reveals incredibly tiny bionic flying robots

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Tom's Hardware · 06/24/2025 11:41 EDT

This tiny mosquito-sized drone was created by a team from the Hunan Province in China and is able to help in information reconnaissance missions. Read more ›

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Noctua’s highly anticipated second-gen NF-A12x25 G2 120mm fans hit retail at $34.90 — redesigned fan blades and hub boost cooling performance

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Tom's Hardware · 06/24/2025 10:26 EDT

The NF-A12x25 G2 is Noctua’s latest addition to its 120 mm fan lineup, aimed at improving airflow efficiency without increasing noise levels Read more ›

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Sony faces class action over expensive digital game and DLC prices — ‘Sony tax’ means digital games cost ‘an average of 47% more’ than those on disc, group alleges

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Tom's Hardware · 06/24/2025 08:31 EDT

Dutch PlayStation gamers are up in arms about what they call the unfair 'Sony tax,' and have decided to take the corporation to court. Read more ›

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Microsoft tests Xbox app with Battle.net integration — updated app brings third-party game library aggregation

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Tom's Hardware · 06/23/2025 15:01 EDT

Microsoft has announced a new aggregated gaming library for Xbox app on PC that will see installed games from third party storefronts show up in the Xbox app. Read more ›

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Asus RTX 5090 BTF 2.5 GPU successfully pulls over 1,900W in extreme test — proprietary metal power connector kept its cool, unlike plastic 16-pin alternative

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Tom's Hardware · 06/23/2025 14:50 EDT

Tony Yu, the General Manager of Asus China, explained how the ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 BTF GPU's power connectors work. Read more ›

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RTX 5070 Ti falls below MSRP in the UK — grab one for less than £700 for the first time

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Tom's Hardware · 06/23/2025 12:42 EDT

The Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti has fallen below MSRP for the first time in the UK. Read more ›

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Disabling Intel Graphics Security Mitigations boosts compute performance — 20% uplift from setting change that even Intel employs, despite unknown security risk

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Tom's Hardware · 06/23/2025 12:38 EDT

Disabling security mitigations for Intel GPUs in Intel's GPU compute stack for OpenCL and Level Zero can allegedly boost performance by up to 20%. Read more ›

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Intel's laptop version of its Nova Lake processors will use Panther Lake-HX BGA2540 packaging — will smooth over transition for notebook makers moving to the next generation

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Tom's Hardware · 06/23/2025 12:16 EDT

Intel's upcoming Nova Lake-HX processors will share the same BGA2540 packaging as Panther Lake-HX, simplifying platform transitions for notebook makers. Read more ›

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Someone turned a Steam Deck shell into a DIY PC controller using 3D-printed connectors — features dual touchpads and Nintendo Switch 2-esque split design

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Tom's Hardware · 06/23/2025 11:57 EDT

Bored waiting for an official Steam Controller 2, an engineer has taken things into his own hands, and shared the resources so you can do it too. Read more ›

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Rubin telescope to collect up to 500,000 TB of data from 3,200-megapixel camera over ten years — each image is 6.4 GB, facility has its own data center for data storage

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Tom's Hardware · 06/23/2025 11:32 EDT

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is collecting so much data it might end up with 500 million billion bytes worth of image data over the course of a decade. Read more ›

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PC gaming figures fall again in Germany, down to just 13.1 million — marking a 20% decline since 2019

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Tom's Hardware · 06/23/2025 10:33 EDT

The latest figures out of Germany suggest that the popularity of PC gaming has declined by a fifth since 2019. Read more ›

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Chinese AI firm DeepSeek reportedly using shell companies to try and evade U.S. chip restrictions — allegedly procured unknown number of H100 AI GPUs after ban, but Nvidia denies the claim

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Tom's Hardware · 06/23/2025 10:00 EDT

Nvidia says DeepSeek lawfully acquired H800 chips, not H100 Read more ›

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Power utility built $95 million 500-megawatt power substation for Intel's $100 billion Ohio fab, but six-year delay leaves substation capable of powering 500,000 homes idle

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Tom's Hardware · 06/23/2025 09:05 EDT

Intel has once again postponed the launch of its Ohio chip plant, which is now expected in 2031, leaving utility AEP Ohio with an idle $95 million substation. Read more ›

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Amazon Prime Day is just around the corner, but Samsung's 2TB 990 Pro SSD is already selling for $149

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Tom's Hardware · 06/23/2025 08:35 EDT

Amazon Prime Day is on the near horizon, but you don't need to wait to get a great price on Samsung's 2TB 990 Pro SSD. Read more ›

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Gigabyte's latest RGB firmware upgrade is bricking some motherboards, including Z790 series — dynamic lighting and RGB failures, rogue CPU fan usages, and more reported

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Tom's Hardware · 06/23/2025 07:51 EDT

Users report widespread failures after installing the IT5701/5702 RGB controller update, with some motherboards refusing to boot. Read more ›

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Nvidia RTX 5090 beats RTX Pro 6000 in tests after shunt mod to a staggering 800W — consumer flagship barely scrapes past the $10,000 Pro despite eye-watering power modification

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Tom's Hardware · 06/23/2025 07:33 EDT

An Asus ROG Astral LC RTX 5090 has been shunt modded, resulting in its performance eclipsing the $10,000 RTX Pro 6000 Read more ›

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