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NewsThe glorious sound of silence: Researchers have developed the 'world's first spatial active noise cancellation', which uses the power of a GPU to deaden whole rooms
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news'No point making a high-spec Steam Machine,' Larian publishing boss says, because anyone who wants a powerful PC is going to look elsewhere anyway
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DealsBlack Friday PC gaming deals 2025
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DealsBlack Friday gaming headset deals 2025
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NewsDespite Intel dropping the desktop CPU ball this year, its share of the market fell by just 4.9%—while AMD still lags significantly behind on mobile
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DealDespite memory prices going through the roof lately, you can still bag an RTX 5060 gaming PC with 32 GB of RAM for less than $800
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AI-freeWe should all just take a moment to appreciate Valve announcing new Steam hardware in 2025 and NOT ONCE MENTIONING AI
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Locked OnBest PC joysticks in 2025: These are my top picks for everything from flight sims to space shooters
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NewsHow grip sensing was added to the new Steam Controller is a 'typical Valve story' involving a passionate employee moving desks
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on trackI can't live without the Steam Deck's trackpads anymore, and I hope the Steam Controller forces the competition to adopt them
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NewsValve announces the Steam Controller and it's genuinely good: 'we knew we needed to make this controller'
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Score: 70%Victrix Pro BFG Reloaded controller review
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NewsCorsair announces a Hall effect stick-less fight controller with rapid trigger, in the hopes of button bashing faster than anyone else
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GuideHow to use every Xbox controller on PC
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Switch padHow to use Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 Pro controllers on PC
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Score: 76%8BitDo Pro 3 review
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NewsThermaltake's new Borg-like AIO cooler might look ridiculous with four LCD screens, but its other cool features are far more noteworthy
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NewsThis Redditor is playing Battlefield 6 on an AIO cooler and I can't for the life of me figure out why
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Fan-tasticBest PC fans in 2025: I've put these case fans through their paces to find the coolest and quietest
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NewsMicrosoft is resorting to laser etching AI-designed cooling channels directly into data center chips to tame their massive heat
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NewsHyte says all Thicc Q80 Trio users should 'remove the cooler from their system immediately' and get a refund after internal fault found
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News'It crawls into every crevice, stains your cables, and turns teardown into a full day regret spiral.' That's what awaits you if you plan on immersing your graphics card in automatic transmission fluid for a spot of messy overclocking fun
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NewsHighly intricate water blocks like this one may become the norm as server CPU power consumption soars, and could even trickle down into gaming PCs
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NewsAMD scales back its CPU cooler bundles, with some older Ryzen models dropping it altogether
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Score: 67%MSI MPG CoreLiquid P13 360 review
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Deals
Black Friday gaming headset deals 2025
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DealThe best wireless gaming headset and its budget cousin are both $20 off ahead of Black Friday
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Score: 85%HyperX Cloud Alpha 2 Wireless gaming headset review
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Enter stage leftCreative is on an absolute tear right now with its value gaming speakers, hogging fully half our top recommendations
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Volume upBest PC speakers in 2025: From 2.1 systems to bookshelf bangers, these are the best gaming PC speakers
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UntetheredBest wireless gaming headsets in 2025: the top cans I'd buy myself
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Quality cansBest gaming headsets in 2025: I'd bet my ears on these headphones
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NewsLast Halloween's 'spooky' Discord notifications confused so many people that it added a pop-up explaining them this year
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Score: 64%Edifier G2000 Pro review
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DealsBlack Friday gaming chair deals 2025
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DealSecretlab's Black Friday sale is now live, and it's one of the best ways to get a gaming chair or desk upgrade for cheap this year
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DealYou don't need to spend loads for a quality gaming chair: this Corsair TC100 is $160 and one of our favorites
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DealCelebrate Warhammer Day with $70 off the Secretlab Titan Evo sporting Ultramarines colors
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Perfect perchesIf gamer looks aren't your thing when it comes to furnishing your PC's den, then just grab a great office chair instead, like the ThunderX3 Flex Pro
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Take a seatBest office chairs for gaming in 2025: The top seats for work and gaming that I've tried and tested
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Take a seatBest gaming chair in 2025: I've tested a ton of gaming chairs and these are the seats I'd suggest for any PC gamer
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Precisely why?Secretlab's new InfinitePrecision pro-gamer armrests aren't what I thought they were going to be. Nor as precise as I expected
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Prime DayThere are two simultaneous deals on our favourite budget gaming chair, giving you $110 off a day before Prime Day
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Score: 86%Secretlab Magnus Evo review
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Swanky surfaceFor the boujee among us, we've just crowned this the best luxury gaming desk (though I'd be picking the budget choice)
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Top DesksBest gaming desk in 2025: my top picks for standing, sitting and everything in between
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Luxurious
Grovemade desk review
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Score: 85%Autonomous SmartDesk 5 review
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Score: 82%Corsair Platform:4 gaming desk review
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NewsThere's a new Warhammer 40,000 version of our favorite Secretlab desk on the way but please don't paint your minis on it
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ALL THE SPACEIkea Utespelare desk review
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Score: 83%Turtle Beach Vulcan II TKL gaming keyboard review
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Score: 76%Razer Blackwidow V4 Low-Profile Tenkeyless Hyperspeed gaming keyboard review
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Keyed inBest gaming keyboards in 2025: the fastest, smoothest and loveliest boards I've tested
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Score: 92%Kinesis Gaming Freestyle Edge RGB Plus review
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newsGive it up for the MCHOSE Ace 68 Turbo, the world's first 16 kHz keyboard and surely the last word in technological overkill
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DealIt's my sworn duty to remind you that this champion of gaming keyboards is on discount once more and it's still the very best
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DealThis Razer gaming keyboard now has $70 knocked off the MSRP and puts a whole host of premium features at your fingertips
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The best gaming keyboards we've reviewed in 2025 so far
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DealOur favorite mid-range gaming keyboard has just slashed $20 off its price, down to the lowest I've seen it at
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Score: 73%Framework 16 (RTX 5070 upgrade) gaming laptop review
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DealThis is not a typo: You can pick up an RTX 5070 Ti gaming laptop for less than most RTX 5060 machines in the early Black Friday sales and it's an absolute fire-breather
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DealsBest cheap gaming laptop deals
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DealsCyber Monday gaming laptop deals 2025: the best discounts on gaming laptops no matter your budget
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DealsBlack Friday gaming laptop deals 2025
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DealThe siren song of this Lenovo OLED gaming laptop for $1,100 calls to me once more, and it's even got a properly-specced RTX 5060
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DealThis funky little 14-inch OLED gaming laptop has $650 knocked off the price already, making it an early Black Friday deal well worth considering right now
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4 reasons why Alienware's advanced cooling tech will unleash your PC gaming potential
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Score: 69%Gigabyte Aero X16 gaming laptop review
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Score: 91%Orbital Pathfinder Gaming Mouse Review
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DealI've tested heaps of gaming mice and while this isn't the lightest, it's one of the best value with $35 off
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Score: 78%Logitech MX Master 4 mouse review
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For competitive edgeIf you're still on the fence like I was, take the plunge and try a lightweight wireless gaming mouse because they're seriously fantastic
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NewsThe Melt Mouse isn't some Dali-esque nightmare, but rather a touchpad and haptic-equipped squeaker with serious Apple vibes
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Score: 68%Razer HyperFlux V2 Wireless Charging System review
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Score: 87%8BitDo Retro R8 gaming mouse review
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NewsThe foldable OriMouse is a mere 5 mm thick and weighs just 38 g but the photos give me a serious case of the heebie-jeebies
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NewsApparently optical gaming mice can spy on what we're saying and video games are an 'ideal target'
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DealsCyber Monday gaming monitor deals 2025: Cheap screens, OLED, ultrawide, or 4K, it's all here
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DealsBlack Friday gaming monitor deals 2025
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DealsBest cheap gaming monitor deals today
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NewsSony's new 'PlayStation' gaming monitor is a relatively unexciting 27-inch 1440p model but it does have a DualSense charging hook
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Score: 89%MSI MPG 271QR X50 review
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DealThis 1080p 100 Hz gaming monitor for $70 would make for a rock solid second screen on a budget
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NewsPromising new nanoscale OLED tech makes 1 mm 1080p panels possible, which could usher in an era of ultra-realistic VR, dual-4K AR glasses, tiny projectors and much more
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DealThis ultrawide gaming monitor deal gets you 34 inches of gloriously-curved 1440p real estate for $250
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NewsNew research into human vision proves high-res PC monitors right up to 16K are worth it and comes with a handy calculator to help you choose your next screen
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Despite memory prices going through the roof lately, you can still bag an RTX 5060 gaming PC with 32 GB of RAM for less than $800
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NewsI can't wait to see this custom 'GabeCube' bootup video on a big TV hooked up to a Steam Machine
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Steam SavingsHow much is that Steam Machine in the window? Let's talk potential pricing for Valve's new living room gaming box
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Good things, small packagesValve's Steam Machine may look a bit like the Borg Cube, but it's still the friendliest face of PC gaming I've seen yet
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VRAM concernsSeriously people, it's fine the Steam Machine has just 8 GB of VRAM, but Valve ought to chill out on the 'play every game at 4K60' chat
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Round 2
I reported on the failure of Valve's first Steam Machines 8 years ago—this time I think they have it right
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Back with a bangWhile we eagerly await the second coming of Steam Machines, it's worth remembering what a gloriously awful mess Valve got itself in over a decade ago
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Valve believes its new Steam Machine could open up a whole new world of SteamOS desktops: 'Put it on, say, something that's running an RX 9070 XT, you would be good to go'
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NewsValve's new Steam Machine is a SteamOS-powered mini PC over six times faster than a Steam Deck
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NewsAMD's FSR 4 Redstone Ray Regeneration update finally arrives in Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, which is better late than never
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NewsAMD's graphics driver discovered making 'hundreds' of SSD writes for every mouse move, but it probably isn't actually a problem
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DealsCyber Monday graphics card deals 2025
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DealsBlack Friday graphics card deals 2025
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Pixel pushersCheap graphics card deals this week
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NewsToday I learned that the curvy lithography masks used by TSMC to make next-gen GPUs are 'alien', 'psychedelic' and look nothing like chip circuits
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NewsA rumour that Nvidia will cancel the RTX 50 Super cards because of RAM is almost certainly nonsense but everything won't be fine, either
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DealNow just $480, the GeForce RTX 5070 is not only well under its MSRP but it's also the best GPU around for the money
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newsThis bizarre but apparently usable RTX 5080 skateboard mod is kinda cool but surely if you wanted a mobile GPU there's a better way
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SponsoredBig-Screen Gaming Anywhere: Connecting Portable Consoles to HDTVs with HDMI® Technology
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NewsFrankenstein's monster actor Jacob Elordi passed the time in the SFX seat by whipping out a custom-shell Steam Deck
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NewsModder builds Windows 98 handheld gaming PC with Intel Pentium inside
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NewsOneXPlayer's new OneXFly Apex uber handheld gaming PC starts at a ridiculous $1,599 when powered by AMD's top Strix Halo APU and goes all the way to $2,299
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NewsThis new leaked AMD Strix Halo variant could be the ultimate chip for handheld gaming PCs
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NewsI've been playing with the 'world's first' glasses-free 3D handheld PC and my early impressions are that the $1,500 Abxylute 3D One is absolutely huge, annoyingly clunky and a little bit silly
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NewsThe MSI Claw handhelds are the first non-Xbox devices to get the Windows Full Screen Experience, with more said to arrive 'in the coming months'
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Portable PCBest handheld gaming PC in 2025: my recommendations for the best portable powerhouses
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Steam OnThe best Steam Deck games
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Win or Bin?I didn't know I needed dedicated photography lights until this $44 set turned up, but now I'm a convert
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Prime DayI own over 10 smart lights, here are the three I'd actually buy in the early Amazon Prime Day sales
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Prime DayI may not need a full-blown Logitech streaming light but I'm mighty tempted now that it's 27% off in this early Prime Day deal
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Light it up!The best desk lighting in 2025: my recommendations for key lights and lightstrips to illuminate your gaming set-up
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As if I needed any more RGB lights, this Govee x Evangelion light kit we gave a 91% is still $60 off for Cyber Monday
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DealI find two key lights are much better than one for evenly lighting a stream or shoot, and here's a set from Neewer that's nearly buy one, get one free for Black Friday
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ReactiveNanoleaf 4D Screen Mirror Kit review
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Sync'dGovee AI Sync Box Kit 2 review
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ScriptedElgato Light Strip Pro review
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NewsGoing ham with RAM: Adata and MSI max out DIMM capacities thanks to clock drivers and SK Hynix stacks flash with DRAM for the ultimate memory chips
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News'We're facing [what has] never happened before: HDD, DRAM, HBM, NAND... all in severe shortage in 2026' says Silicon Motion's CEO as memory prices continue to soar
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NewsKeep up to date with the PC memory and SSD supply crisis as we track prices and the latest news
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newsA Japanese retailer is now restricting PC memory purchases, so is it time to properly panic?
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wistful memoriesThe memory price crisis has foiled my penny pinching patience and made me regret not upgrading my gaming PC sooner
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newsYou can watch RAM prices going up almost in real-time on Amazon and it's only likely to get worse
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Memory bluesRAM and storage is ridiculously expensive right now because of *drumroll* AI, of course, and there's little reason to think prices will drop any time soon
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NewsDDR4 RAM prices continue to surge ahead of DDR5, now averaging $25 per DDR4-3200 module
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In case we needed a visceral reminder just how screwed memory prices are thanks to AI, Samsung and SK hynix are apparently raising prices by up to 30%
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NewsThis new Mac Pro-inspired motherboard standard banishes all power cables for a single connector rated at over 2,000 W
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Best MoboBest gaming motherboards in 2025: these are the AMD and Intel mobos I'd build a system around today
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Score: 70%MSI Z890 Ace motherboard review
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Score: 87%MSI Z890 Tomahawk WiFi motherboard review
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Score: 70%ASRock X870 Nova WiFi motherboard review
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NewsPC component maker Maxsun decides the time is right for a new motherboard format, by taking a hacksaw to an mATX circuit board
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NewsAI, take the wheel: Gigabyte's latest motherboards will 'intelligently dynamically' improve performance of Ryzen chips by up to 25% in games through a built-in AI model
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NewsTired of jiggling your GPU to get it to fit in a small form factor PC? Maxsun reckons it has the answer to that problem around the back
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NewsMSI is celebrating 10 years of Godlike extravagance with a gold-trimmed AMD motherboard—to go with your golden graphics card and RAM, naturally
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AI-free
We should all just take a moment to appreciate Valve announcing new Steam hardware in 2025 and NOT ONCE MENTIONING AI
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Going ham with RAM: Adata and MSI max out DIMM capacities thanks to clock drivers and SK Hynix stacks flash with DRAM for the ultimate memory chips
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'We're facing [what has] never happened before: HDD, DRAM, HBM, NAND... all in severe shortage in 2026' says Silicon Motion's CEO as memory prices continue to soar
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