AMD’s next gaming champ to debut at $499, and you can already buy it ahead of launch — Ryzen 7 9850X3D is $30 more expensive than the Ryzen 7 9800X3D

AMD has confirmed that the Ryzen 7 9850X3D will hit retail on January 29 at an MSRP of $499.

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Xbox app is now available on all Arm-based Windows 11 devices — Microsoft says ‘more than 85% of Game Pass catalog is compatible with these PCs’

Microsoft is making the Xbox app compatible with Arm-based processors, giving gamers more options when it comes to gaming laptops and practically opening the road for Arm-powered handheld gaming PC consoles.
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Grab an MSI 4K 144 Hz monitor for less than $200 — Newegg discount is an affordable entry into high-end gaming

The MSI MAG 275UPD E14 isn’t a flagship monitor, but at $199 it delivers impressive value with dual-mode refresh rates, good color coverage, and console compatibility
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SSDs now cost 16x more than HDDs due to AI supply chain crisis — hybrid SSD + HDD datacenter deployments are now significantly cheaper to deploy than SSD-only equivalents

A new report reveals that enterprise SSDs now cost a whopping 16x more than hard drives.

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Customer buys ROG Astral RTX 5080, cancels order but receives GPU and $1,850 refund anyway — Amazon tells him to keep GPU and the $1,850 refund

Amazon ended up shipping an RTX 5080 that the customer had already been refunded for. The cancelled order was received by a lucky Redditor who was told to keep the GPU worth $1,850 along with the original refund money, mar…

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AMD ROCm CES 2026 press Q&A roundtable transcript — ‘ROCm from 2023 is completely unrecognizable to ROCm today’ company details, as it seeks to break down barriers to AI development

We had the opportunity to sit down with AMD at CES 2026 for a press roundtable discussion, where we discussed ROCm and other AMD software, as captured in this transcript of AMD’s Q&A session.
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3D-printed fan-less and pump-less liquid cooler can deliver 600 watts of cooling for data centers — passive design provides reusable heat, exceeds project performance expectations by 50%

3D-printed passive cooler can pull 600 W off a datacenter chip

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V-Color Manta XFinity RGB DDR5-6400 C32 2x64GB Review: Two-Module Powerhouse

The Manta XFinity RGB DDR5-6400 ranks among the fastest 128GB memory kits available today. But does it truly live up to the hype?
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Intel axes 12th Gen Alder Lake and 4th Gen Xeon Sapphire Rapids — final orders for Intel’s first hybrid CPUs end in just a few months

Intel’s 12th Generation Alder Lake and 4th Generation Xeon Sapphire Rapids Scalable processors have reached end-of-life (EOL) status.
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Chinese semiconductor industry gears up for domestic HBM3 production by the end of 2026 — CXMT to produce chips, while Naura, Maxwell, and U-Preseason design tools for assembly

The Chinese semiconductor industry is working to localize production of HBM3 memory, in addition to the tools required for HBM assembly. However, the exact progress of these projects is unknown.
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