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VDURA hikes its enterprise SSD pricing, now costs 22.6x more than hard drives — the price of a 30TB SSD has climbed 472%

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Tom's Hardware · 04/10/2026 08:20 EDT

VDURA has materially revised the enterprise SSD pricing figures in its Flash Volatility Index, telling customers in an April 8 update that the cost of a 30TB TLC enterprise drive climbed 472%. Read more ›

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Score the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D with 32GB of fast DDR5 RAM and an Asus X870E gaming motherboard for under $990 in this epic Newegg bundle — $200 saving brings the RAM cost down to just $196, with an AIO cooler and game thrown in for free

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Tom's Hardware · 04/10/2026 08:18 EDT

This seriously good Newegg combo deal combines the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, 32GB of fast DDR5 RAM, and an Asus TUF Gaming X870E motherboard for just $989.98, bringing the cost of the RAM down to a just $196 and saving you over $200 as a result. Read more ›

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Get 32GB of Corsair DDR5 RAM for $101 - Newegg combo bundle also contains MSI's flagship X870E Godlike motherboard and AMD Ryzen 9800X3D for only $1,624.98

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Tom's Hardware · 04/10/2026 08:10 EDT

Score a high-end AM5 bundle at Newegg: Ryzen 7 9800X3D, MSI X870E Godlike, and 32GB DDR5-6400 for $1,624.98—nearly $300 off. Includes a free MSI 240mm AIO and Crimson Desert, making this a top-tier premium PC deal. Read more ›

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Cooler Master MWE Bronze V2 230V 650W power supply review: A competent entry-level choice

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Tom's Hardware · 04/10/2026 08:00 EDT

The Cooler Master MWE Bronze V2 230V 650W is a budget unit that punches above its class topologically, though compromised active components and an 85°C bulk capacitor keep it from being anything more than a competent entry-level choice. Read more ›

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30 years of Lexar: What a look inside its R&D labs and factory reveals about its plans for an AI-ready future

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Tom's Hardware · 04/10/2026 08:00 EDT

Lexar toured us around its R&D labs and production facilities to see how it's building storage solutions for today and tomorrow. Read more ›

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Beef up your gaming rig with this 16GB Radeon RX 9060 XT for just $419 — save $50 on this 1440p champion

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Tom's Hardware · 04/10/2026 07:28 EDT

PowerColor's AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB graphics cards receive a hefty $50 discount at both Newegg and Amazon. Read more ›

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Embattled streamer goes viral after playing Red Dead Redemption 2 at 4 FPS — ‘i5-8300H and a 1050ti with 4GB’ setup takes 12 hours to play through the first chapter, would make the game 471 hours long

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Tom's Hardware · 04/10/2026 07:12 EDT

Prolific Danish YouTuber Mongo TV recently went viral, with his video series showing him ‘enjoying’ RDR2 at a glacial 4 FPS. Read more ›

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After jumping 2,200% over the last twelve months, DDR4 spot prices fall 5%, the first decline in nearly a year — DDR5 pricing sees some relief in China channel market

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Tom's Hardware · 04/10/2026 07:00 EDT

DDR4 16Gb spot prices fell about 5% over the past month to roughly $74.10, ending nearly a year of consecutive monthly gains. Read more ›

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Silverstone IceMyst Pro 360 Pro Review: Designed for RAM overclocking

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Tom's Hardware · 04/10/2026 07:00 EDT

Silverstone’s IceMyst Pro 360 is a unique AIO that’s designed for RAM overclocking. This review is tested with AMD’s Ryzen 9 9950X3D CPU. Read more ›

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US cybersecurity agency issues an urgent alert as Iranian hackers attack critical infrastructure — CISA guidance warns organizations to immediately shield certain programmable logic controllers from the internet to thwart future attacks

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Tom's Hardware · 04/10/2026 06:40 EDT

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, in conjunction with the FBI and NSA, have issued an alert that Iranian-affiliated cyber attacks are threatening critical infrastructure, exploiting programmable logic controllers made by Rockwell Automation and Allen-Bradley to gain access. Read more ›

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Newbie overclocker destroys $5,000 RTX 5090 Lightning Z GPU they used 'to learn how to solder' — practicing newfound hobby goes wrong in the most expensive way imaginable

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Tom's Hardware · 04/10/2026 06:20 EDT

An MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Lightning Z owner sent their $5,000 GPU for repair after damaging it while "practicing" soldering a resistor on the board. Read more ›

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Engineer installs 3.5-inch floppy drive in a Tesla — modern EV recognizes and runs ancient storage device, even plays an MP3 file from diskette

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Tom's Hardware · 04/10/2026 06:00 EDT

An engineer and software developer was able to make a 3.5-inch floppy drive work seamlessly with the Tesla with just a USB-to-FDD converter. Read more ›

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Ambitious hacker reduces worst-case memory latency by up to 93%, but with severe downsides — 1960s bottleneck overcome by hedging memory accesses to avoid running into DRAM refresh stalls

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Tom's Hardware · 04/10/2026 05:26 EDT

The clever software trick works on both x86 and Arm to radically reduce worst-case memory latency, but it has severe limitations, too. Read more ›

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Intel Arc GPUs can finally boot up and play 'Crimson Desert' — but you'll probably want to wait for official support

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Tom's Hardware · 04/09/2026 15:36 EDT

Intel's latest GPU driver is capable of booting Crimson Desert and can reportedly run at nearly 60 FPS at ultra settings on an Arc B580. But the game suffers from occasional crashing and visual artifacts. Read more ›

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Fueled by Musk's TeraFab tie-in, Intel's market cap hits highest level in 25 years — tops $300 billion on CPU, AI, and foundry momentum

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Tom's Hardware · 04/09/2026 15:21 EDT

Intel tops $300 billion, its highest market capitalization in 25 years on AI, CPU, and foundry announcements momentum. Read more ›

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Geekbench 6.7 adds Intel BOT detection to spoof out 'unrealistic' CPU scores — Benchmark runs with BOT enabled will be marked as invalid

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Tom's Hardware · 04/09/2026 15:11 EDT

Geekbench 6.7 comes with Intel BOT detection to ensure any runs using it are flagged. The developer argues BOT gives unrealistic performance bumps to select workloads that don't represent real-world performance. Read more ›

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Alleged images of the long-awaited Nvidia N1/N1X SoC surface on laptop motherboard — board features 128 GB of LPDDR5X memory alongside 8+6+2 phase VRM

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Tom's Hardware · 04/09/2026 12:40 EDT

Nvidia's N1 SoC leaks yet again, but this time in the flesh, with potentially a laptop motherboard featuring the long-rumored chip. It was spotted on sale on a Chinese marketplace for roughly $1,400. The pictures show the PCB rocking 128 GB of LPDDR5X-8533 RAM, robust power delivery, and a decent I/O selection. Read more ›

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Intel and Google announce multi-year chip deal — Google will deploy Intel Xeon with custom IPUs for next-gen AI, cloud infrastructure

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Tom's Hardware · 04/09/2026 12:35 EDT

Although Google now has its own Arm-based Axion CPUs, Intel's Xeon processors with custom IPUs will continue to be used for AI and other demanding workloads in Google's data centers for years. Read more ›

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Intel's EMIB-T packaging technology set for fab rollout this year — as TSMC CoWoS capacity remains limited,EMIB-T is preparing for advanced AI accelerator designs

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Tom's Hardware · 04/09/2026 11:09 EDT

If these “billions per year” in deals close, it’d mark quite the turnaround for Intel Foundry, which generated just $307 million in external revenue last year. Read more ›

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Bryson DeChambeau to use 3D-printed 5-iron at 2026 Masters in golfing first — club he fabricated himself 'finally ready' to face Augusta

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Tom's Hardware · 04/09/2026 11:08 EDT

Bryson DeChambeau will use a 3D-printed 5-iron at the Masters this weekend. Read more ›

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