AMD is refreshing its X3D lineup, with new chips part of the Ryzen 9000 family, one of which is the updated Ryzen 7 9850X3D. As the name suggests, it's pretty much the same as the existing 9800X3D, but with 400 MHz higher boost clocks, which have now been confirmed won't require more power.
Amidst the never-ending cycle of DRAM shortage news cursing the industry, ASRock is finally bringing some good news: a motherboard with support for both DDR4 and DDR5 memory, that too in dual-channel mode. The H610M Combo doesn't have a price yet, but it looks like it can help somewhat mitigate the effects of the current RAM crisis.
A Redditor who purchased an Asus TUF RTX 5080 from Best Buy for $1,200 received rocks inside the box, which itself was already tampered with. Upon reaching out to customer support, Best Buy told our victim that nothing could be done, and no refund would be issued, despite not getting what they paid for.
MSI has its RTX 5050-equipped Aegis R2 desktop prebuilt on sale at Walmart right now, with a massive $300 discount, opening up PC gaming for everyone on a budget. Apart from buying a console or scavenging used marketplaces, it doesn't really get better than this.
Walmart is running great discounts for its Cyber Monday sale on low-priced Acer Nitro V gaming laptops. You can get either a 16-inch model with an AMD CPU or a 15.6-inch Intel model, both kitted out with Nvidia's RTX 5050 GPU. They share largely the same design and specs otherwise, like 16 GB of RAM and a 512 GB SSD, along with 76 Wh batteries.
Before Fortnite became a cultural phenomenon, it was a borderline indie effort from Epic Games to revive a genre that not many cared about. It partnered with Gearbox in 2017 to release discs in an extremely limited quantity that are now classified as collector's items, one of which has just sold for its highest amount ever.
It doesn't get much better than this, folks; a top-of-the-line 4TB SSD from arguably the industry's biggest name is discounted $120 right now. Get your hands on Samsung's excellent 990 Pro 4TB for just $299.99 at B&H to set yourself up for all the storage you need in the coming years.
If you've been looking to enhance your Steam Deck experience, consider a docking station that lets you easily connect it to a larger display for work or couch entertainment. JSAUX's universal handheld docks are on sale for as low as $18.99 for Cyber Monday, and they are more versatile than Valve's official dock for far less.
Nvidia had set the MSRP of its RTX 5070 GPU at $549, but AIB variants often sell for a premium, especially in the post-pandemic landscape. Not anymore, as graphics cards are finally at record-low prices, with the MSI Shadow variant of the RTX 5070 falling to just $479.99 on Newegg (with a $20 rebate), marking a $103 discount from its list price.
If you've been looking to upgrade your gaming laptop or finally jump to a mobile rig, this is the deal for you. Lenovo has its Legion 5i gaming laptop with an RTX 5060 & Core Ultra 7 on sale for a record-low price of just $1,099. Not only that, you get a stunning 15.1" OLED display, 32 GB of RAM, 1 TB SSD that's expandable, and a stealthy design with solid build quality.
Your next storage upgrade just got cheaper, thanks to Seagate's 24 TB BarraCuda hard drive going on sale on Newegg. Down from $300, you can get this colossal HDD for a record-low price of just $240. For that money, you get a 7200-RPM spinner with top speeds of up to 190 MB/s, backed by a 2-year warranty and operated via superior CMR tech under the hood.
According to leaker Golden Pig Upgrade, Nvidia has stopped bundling video memory with its GPUs that it sells to AIBs, leaving partners to source the required VRAM on their own.
A new legal battle is taking shape in the semiconductor industry, with TSMC suing its former employee, Wei-Jen Lo, after he joined Intel following his retirement at the Taiwanese firm. Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan argues that TSMC's claims of trade-secret theft are unwarranted and that Lo has the company's full support.
Intel has long lacked a true rival to AMD's X3D chips that feature heaps of L3 cache, which helps boost performance in games. It seems like that is all set to change with Nova Lake, set to debut next year, reportedly featuring 144 MB of bLLC (Big Last Level Cache) that will see it race past even AMD's current-gen 3D V-Cache flagships.
One of Razer's best keyboards is on sale right now, offering superior gaming performance with features like Rapid Trigger, Snap Tap, and adjustable actuation points, all for less than $150. The Huntsman V3 Pro is a well-built, sleek keyboard, with lots of RGB and creature comforts like pre-lubed switches that will last you for years to come.
The memory crisis has hit Framework, the company behind highly customizable laptops that users can upgrade on their own. Framework sells SO-DIMM modules on its website that are now all out of stock, with only two DDR4 models still remaining. These can be purchased separately, while the company still has some DDR5 inventory left that it'll be bundling with its DIY Edition laptops.
If you've been eyeying a memory upgrade, forget about it. You can literally get an entire console for the price of a high-end 64 GB DDR5 kit, and the best part is that experts speculate this inflated pricing to only go up in the coming months.
Leaving out the price for the Steam Machine at Valve's 2026 hardware lineup reveal has turned the internet into rumor mill vultures, but now Valve itself has given us a big hint at what the device would cost. The company has confirmed the Steam Machine won't be subsidized like consoles, so don't expect it to be anywhere near a PS5.
MicroSD cards are now being swept up in Japan at alarming rates, thanks to the ongoing memory shortage wiping out most large-capacity hard drives from store shelves. Customers are buying models ranging from 512 GB - 2 TB to fulfil their storage needs, especially now that the microSD Express standard has lent a significant upgrade to compact flash.
Samsung's excellent lineup of microSD Express cards is discounted right now, with solid price cuts on both the 256 GB and 512 GB models. Either model delivers up to 800 MB/s in sequential reads, along with random read/write rates of 65,000 IOPS and 52,000 IOPS, backed by a 3-year warranty.