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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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Lucky PC builder pays just $146 for 2TB 990 Evo Plus SSD, receives 9 — Amazon blunder so unbelievable some people think it's a marketing conspiracy

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Tom's Hardware · 06/19/2025 07:08 EDT

After an Amazon shopper strikes it lucky by receiving nine 2TB SSDs instead of one, it doesn't take long for conspiracy theorists to come to the fore. Read more ›

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Apple explores using generative AI to design its chips — executive says 'it can be a huge productivity boost'

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Tom's Hardware · 06/19/2025 06:51 EDT

Apple Vice President for Hardware Technologies Johny Srouji says AI in EDA tools could allow it to do 'more design work in less time'. Read more ›

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Nvidia keeping prized NVLink tech closely guarded — companies warn restrictions could hamper deployment of some solutions

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Tom's Hardware · 06/19/2025 06:06 EDT

Nvidia's NVLink Fusion program has drawn interest from the industry aiming to build custom CPUs and accelerators for its ecosystem, but the initiative remains tightly controlled by the green company, which may limit its success. Read more ›

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Steam OS as a desktop? I used the Legion Go S as my work PC

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Tom's Hardware · 06/19/2025 06:00 EDT

I attempted to experience Linux firsthand in the most awkward way possible – using a handheld gaming PC. Read more ›

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Measuring 'fake' frames — Steam beta in-game overlay now detects DLSS/FSR frame generation and reports both framegen and native frame rates

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Tom's Hardware · 06/19/2025 06:00 EDT

Valve is making Steam's overlay more functional: the Steam Client Beta includes the ability to monitor AI-generated and native frame rates simultaneously in games where DLSS/FSR frame generation might be used. Read more ›

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Elon Musk's xAI is projected to lose $13 billion in 2025 — AI project burns $1 billion a month in expenditures

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Tom's Hardware · 06/19/2025 05:32 EDT

Elon Musk's AI startup xAI is rapidly burning through cash — spending $1 billion a month and projecting $13 billion in losses for 2025 — as it races to build massive AI infrastructure and catch up with rivals. Read more ›

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Xreal One Pro Review: Segment-leading AR glasses with 6DoF support — but high price limits appeal

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Tom's Hardware · 06/18/2025 14:06 EDT

Xreal’s One Pro brings 6DoF tracking with the Eye accessory. Read more ›

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Enthusiast hacks FSR 4 onto RX 7000 series GPU without official AMD support, returns better quality but slightly lower fps than FSR 3.1

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Tom's Hardware · 06/18/2025 13:26 EDT

A Reddit user used FP8 emulation and DLL injection techniques to run AMD's latest upscaling tech on unsupported hardware. Read more ›

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Malaysia investigates Chinese use of Nvidia-powered servers in the country — trade minister verifying reports of possible regulation breach following reports of smuggled hard drives and server rentals

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Tom's Hardware · 06/18/2025 13:12 EDT

Malaysia’s trade ministry is investigating whether a Chinese firm’s use of Nvidia-equipped servers in a local data center violates domestic laws. Read more ›

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Texas Instruments commits $60 billion to U.S. semiconductor manufacturing — includes planned expansions to Texas, Utah fabs

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Tom's Hardware · 06/18/2025 13:00 EDT

Texas Instruments follows the semiconductor industry in announcing its new investments in expanding U.S. facilities, though we already knew about most of the projects. Read more ›

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Store all the things for less with this $10-per-terabyte deal on Seagate's 24TB BarraCuda hard drive

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Tom's Hardware · 06/18/2025 12:43 EDT

Seagate's 24TB BarraCuda Compute HDD is $10 per Terabyte in this Newegg Deal Read more ›

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Imec's next-gen high-speed chip transistor addresses manufacturing concerns — outer wall forksheet design simplifies production, but may sacrifice density

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Tom's Hardware · 06/18/2025 11:46 EDT

Imec has introduced a more manufacturable version of its forksheet transistor, named the outer wall forksheet, intended to extend gate-all-around (GAA) technology through the A10 node and serve as a stepping stone toward future CFET designs. Read more ›

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MIT researchers crack 3D printing with glass — new technique enables inorganic composite glass printed at low temperatures

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Tom's Hardware · 06/18/2025 09:36 EDT

Researchers at MIT's Lincoln Laboratory have successfully 3D printed using a special type of glass-based filament they developed. Read more ›

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After 10 years, we're past peak RGB — but don't celebrate yet, stealth PC purists

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Tom's Hardware · 06/18/2025 09:30 EDT

It's hard to say when RGB lighting in PCs, components, and peripherals hit its peak. But after a decade of RGB everything, it's nice to see lights in fewer cases, components, and peripherals. Read more ›

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Expert asserts Mario Kart World is a 'fake HDR' Nintendo Switch 2 title — ‘Mario Kart World reveals that even the highest caliber of developers aren’t taking HDR seriously’

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Tom's Hardware · 06/18/2025 09:03 EDT

Mario Kart World appears to have been developed using 'an SDR-first content pipeline with a last-minute HDR tonemap.' Read more ›

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$1.4 million worth of Switch 2 consoles stolen from semi-truck — 2,800 consoles were en route from Nintendo of America HQ to a GameStop store in Texas

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Tom's Hardware · 06/18/2025 08:35 EDT

A $1.4-million Nintendo Switch 2 shipment has been stolen off the back of a semi-truck. Read more ›

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VRAM-friendly neural texture compression inches closer to reality - enthusiast shows massive compression benefits with Nvidia and Intel demos

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Tom's Hardware · 06/18/2025 08:13 EDT

AI texture decompression promises better image quality, lower resource usage Read more ›

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Nvidia planning new RTX 5090 'DD' variant for China — 24GB card with tweaked GPU latest attempt to comply with strict export restrictions

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Tom's Hardware · 06/18/2025 07:40 EDT

Following the alleged ban of the RTX 5090D in China, Nvidia is reportedly preparing a further cut-down alternative, dubbed the RTX 5090DD. Read more ›

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Sam Altman says Meta is offering obscene $100M bonuses to poach AI employees and even bigger salaries — OpenAI CEO says ‘none of our best people decided to take them up on that’

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Tom's Hardware · 06/18/2025 07:12 EDT

Meta is reportedly offering a $100 million signing bonus to senior OpenAI talents, but none have taken it yet. Read more ›

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The only MSRP RTX 5080 is back in stock in the UK — grab a Founders Edition straight from Nvidia for £949

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Tom's Hardware · 06/18/2025 07:02 EDT

The Nvidia RTX 5080 Founder's Edition is back in stock in the UK at MSRP. Read more ›

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