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From top left to bottom right: A Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB SSD, Asus B850 Max Gaming WIFI W motherboard, AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU, and a Team Group T-Force Vulcan RAM kit floats in the funky PCG deal void.

Memory is pricey, but I've found three PC component bundles that will save you some money, and future-proof your gaming rig

By Jess Kinghorn Published

Deal Each of these budget-conscious bundles comes with 16 GB of DDR5.

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Gigabyte Aorus B550M X motherboard on a yellow and orange gradient

Gigabyte is launching B550 AM4 motherboards and recommending four-year-old CPUs because the memory crisis is really that bad

By James Bentley Published

News AM4 is back on the menu.

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AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor

AMD confirms that AM5 will continue to be supported by new processors through to 2029, and drop the deets on a forthcoming EXPO update

By Nick Evanson Published

Computex 2026 The AM6 socket looks like it'll be an end-of-the-decade release.

Computex 2026
Two Skytech gaming PCs and one MSI one on a custom PC Gamer Deals background.

I'm struggling to decide between these three high-end gaming PCs for under $2,000

By Jacob Fox Published

Deal With options for both AMD and Nvidia rigs.

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Mock up of the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 processor

Oops, ASRock says motherboards will support 'newly launched' AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 CPU that has definitely not yet been launched

By Jess Kinghorn Published

News I hope no one got yelled at for this.

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A photo of the MSI MAG Z890 Tomahawk WiFi motherboard, focused on the CPU and DRAM sockets.

Intel VP says future sockets should last longer and support more CPU generations

By Jacob Fox Last updated

News This could make Nova Lake a platform really worth investing in.

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An MSI MEG X870E Ace Max motherboard on a desk.

MSI MEG X870E Ace Max review

By Antony Leather Published

Score: 88% Bigger BIOS, better overclocking.

Score: 88%
MAG B850 Gaming Plus Max WiFi on a desk.

MSI MAG B850 Gaming Plus Max WiFi review

By Antony Leather Published

Score: 75% Bigger BIOS, better overclocking.

Score: 75%
A promotional image of the Asus ROG Crosshair X870E Glacial gaming motherboard, with the included RAM cooler, Q-DIMM.2 and Hyper M.2 expansions cards set next to the board.

Hidden PCIe slots, a magnetic RAM fan, and a new AIO cooler connector: Asus tries everything under the sun to make its new AM5 Crosshair mobo stand out

By Nick Evanson Published

News Seven M.2 slots sounds really impressive, but using them all means sacrificing a bit of performance.

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A close-up photo of the ASRock Phantom Gaming X870 Nova WIFI's CPU socket and VRMs

If your Ryzen-powered PC has an AM5 ASRock motherboard and sometimes just won't boot, then rescue is at hand in the form of a new BIOS update

By Nick Evanson Published

News Of course, if it won't boot because the CPU is fried, no amount of BIOS tweakery will help.

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