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Save a massive $1,570 on this Lenovo Legion gaming PC with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti — just $2,199.99 for 4K-ready rig with a 24-core Intel CPU, 32GB of DDR5 RAM, and a 1TB SSD

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Tom's Hardware · 02/26/2026 07:28 EDT

A 41% saving on this Lenovo Legion Tower 7i Gen 10 gaming PC isn't one to miss. It includes an Intel Core Ultra 285K CPU, Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti GPU, 32GB of DDR5-5600 RAM, and a 1TB NVMe SSD, all for just $2,199.99, saving you a massive $1,570 on the list price. Read more ›

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Shave $150 off the bill with this 32GB DDR5-6400 RAM and Asus Rog Strix B850 motherboard bundle, just $449 — or opt for 64GB and save $210

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Tom's Hardware · 02/26/2026 07:11 EDT

Newegg has two combo offerings featuring an identical motherboard and Patriot Viper Venom RAM Read more ›

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Trump orders Big Tech to generate its own power for AI data centers — reveals new 'ratepayer protection pledge' to curb rising electricity prices in the US

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Tom's Hardware · 02/26/2026 07:00 EDT

Building upon his Social Truth post from last month, President Trump has formally asked the big tech players to build their own power plants. Data centers have been eating at the national grid, causing electricity prices to rise across the board — for the average household. The "ratepayer protection pledge" will combat this by ensuring companies generate their own energy. Read more ›

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HP says memory costs doubled in one quarter, now account for 35% of PC build materials

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Tom's Hardware · 02/26/2026 06:40 EDT

Interim CEO Bruce Broussard told investors the company has responded by securing long-term supply agreements for the year and has "qualified new suppliers". Read more ›

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MSI's $80 AMD motherboards with DDR4 support swoop in to rescue gamers amid the global RAM crisis — AM4 emerges as the unexpected hero with RAM prices skyrocketing

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Tom's Hardware · 02/26/2026 06:20 EDT

MSI launches the Pro B550M-B and B550M-A Pro motherboards for previous-generation Ryzen processors that reside on the AM4 socket. Read more ›

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LLMs used tactical nuclear weapons in 95% of AI war games, launched strategic strikes three times — researcher pitted GPT-5.2, Claude Sonnet 4, and Gemini 3 Flash against each other, with at least one model using a tactical nuke in 20 out of 21 matches

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Tom's Hardware · 02/26/2026 06:00 EDT

A researcher made three different AI LLMs the heads of state of nuclear-powered nations and made them face off with each other using historical scenarios. Out of the total of 21 matches, 20 ended with a tactical nuke detonation while three resulted in a full-on strategic nuclear exchange, essentially ending the world. Read more ›

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Testing CPU scaling in Resident Evil Requiem — and why we weren’t able to finish the job

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Tom's Hardware · 02/26/2026 06:00 EDT

We tested CPU scaling in Capcom’s Resident Evil Requiem with some fascinating results. However, we weren’t able to get through a full suite of CPUs due to Capcom’s use of Denuvo Anti-Tamper in Resident Evil 9. Read more ›

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Lucky PC builder orders 32GB Corsair RAM kit for $300, gets a box of 10 worth $3,000 instead — plans to sell all the extra units to the community at pre-AI crunch prices

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Tom's Hardware · 02/26/2026 05:59 EDT

A Reddit user's order for a pack of 32GB Corsair DDR5 RAM turns into a box of 10, totalling 320GB of memory. Read more ›

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Nvidia posts record $215 billion annual revenue in latest quarterly earnings report — gaming GPUs now only 11.45% of revenue

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Tom's Hardware · 02/26/2026 05:28 EDT

As sales of gaming GPUs drop quarter-over-quarter, Nvidia enjoys record results amid massive AI craze and lack of rivals for the Blackwell platform. Read more ›

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Valve says it misreported VRAM capacity on some graphics cards in Steam Hardware Surveys — latest data depicting 30% adoption of 8GB GPUs now foggy

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Tom's Hardware · 02/26/2026 05:27 EDT

In January's Steam Hardware Survey, adoption of 8 GB GPUs was at almost 30% despite marking a 3.11% decline, while 16 GB GPUs were up an impressive 5.85%. Unfortunately, it seems like Valve misreported those numbers as the latest Steam Client Beta update includes a patch node admitting so. Read more ›

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Nvidia delivers first Vera Rubin AI GPU samples to customers — 88-core Vera CPU paired with Rubin GPUs with 288 GB of HBM4 memory apiece

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Tom's Hardware · 02/25/2026 20:14 EDT

Nvidia begins to ship samples of its Vera Rubin platforms for AI to partners, on track for revenue shipments in the second half of the year. Read more ›

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Micron joins the 3GB GDDR7 party, introduces 36 Gbps modules for GPUs — lags behind speeds of Samsung and SK Hynix

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Tom's Hardware · 02/25/2026 12:53 EDT

Micron officially introduces its own 3GB GDDR7 memory module, with an official bandwidth rating of 36 Gbps. Read more ›

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Inside Meta and AMD's $100 billion deal, and why AMD is giving up a slice of the company in return for GPU orders — Meta stays platform-agnostic as it develops AI compute strategy

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Tom's Hardware · 02/25/2026 11:02 EDT

AMD and Meta's blockbuster deal could see the company signing away 10% of shares in the business to Meta. We examine why AMD is keen to secure AI hardware orders, and explore Meta's AI compute strategy. Read more ›

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Microsoft clarifies Windows 11 printer driver policy — support for legacy printers is not ending

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Tom's Hardware · 02/25/2026 10:50 EDT

Microsoft confirmed today that Windows 11 is not ending support for legacy V3 and V4 printer drivers despite previous reports Read more ›

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China to increase leading-edge chip output by 5x in two years, report claims — aims to lift 7nm and 5nm production to 100,000 wafers per month, targeting half a million monthly by 2030

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Tom's Hardware · 02/25/2026 10:12 EDT

Chinese foundries looking to increase 7nm and below capacity to 100,000 wafer starts per month in one or two years, says Nikkei. Read more ›

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Newegg’s 25th anniversary sale is here, unlocking huge discounts on gaming PCs, laptops, RAM, SSDs, and more — jaw-dropping Doorbuster deals include a rare RTX 5070 at MSRP and an iFixit toolkit for under $10

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Tom's Hardware · 02/25/2026 09:19 EDT

To celebrate Newegg's 25th anniversary, the retailer is releasing some epic Doorbuster deals at 9 am PT, with huge discounts on a range of tech. Read more ›

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Nvidia still hasn’t sold a single H200 to China nearly three months after getting the green light from the White House — U.S. Commerce official says department hasn’t approved any sales during a House hearing

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Tom's Hardware · 02/25/2026 08:26 EDT

U.S. Department of Commerce Assistant Secretary for export enforcement David Peters said that his agency has not approved a single H200 export license since President Donald Trump allowed Nvidia to sell them to China. Read more ›

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Razer Iskur V2 NewGen gaming chair review: A much-needed ‘cooler’ update to an already solid chair

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Tom's Hardware · 02/25/2026 08:00 EDT

The Razer Iskur V2 NewGen replaces the Iskur V2 in the lineup, and upgrades materials to make you cooler. Read more ›

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Choose an Intel or AMD CPU and save up to $1200 on an RTX 5080-powered Omen Max 16 laptop — high-end gaming just got cheaper

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Tom's Hardware · 02/25/2026 07:29 EDT

Save up to $1200 on a new HP Omen Max 16 RTX 5080-powered gaming laptop. Read more ›

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Trump administration to use Pentagon AI to set mineral reference prices — gallium and germanium among first four targets

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Tom's Hardware · 02/25/2026 07:20 EDT

The Trump administration wants to use DARPA's Open Price Exploration for National Security (OPEN), an AI tool launched in 2023, to calculate what supplies of strategically important rare earths should cost once labor, processing, and other inputs are factored in and the effects of alleged Chinese market manipulation are removed. Read more ›

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