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Lenovo Legion Go S just nosedived to its lowest ever price, now 37% less than a Steam Deck

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Lenovo's device is going for just £404.10 in this gaming handheld deal, including 1TB of storage space, and it runs SteamOS rather than Windows.

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This Steam Machine alternative costs just $250 to build, thanks to a nifty mod that unlocks PS5 chips

A Linux unlock mod exposes the full 40 GPU CUs on an AMD BC-250 chip, allowing you to create a surprisingly powerful 1080p gaming rig.
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AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D is selling like hotcakes, despite $349 price tag

AMD's flagship Socket AM4 gaming CPU storms the Amazon chart, outselling the 7800X3D, 9950X3D, and 9850X3D, thanks to its DDR4 support.
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Gigabyte’s smart new micro-ATX motherboard hides all your power cables

The Gigabyte B850M Aorus Stealth puts all its power sockets on the back, while supporting DDR5-8200 memory, 5GbE LAN, and PCIe 5.0 M.2 storage.
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RAM price chaos could last until 2030, warns SK Hynix CEO

SK Hynix expects 2027 to be the worst year for memory, forecasting the shortage to last until 2030, as AI demand continues to exceed capacity.
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Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 50 hotspot sensor has been exposed, and it’s over 30°C warmer than the temp you can see

It turns out an internal Nvidia tool called MODS can show the hotspot temperature on Nvidia Blackwell GPUs, so you can spot thermal paste issues.
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AMD FSR multi frame gen settings appear in the wild

Radeon Tuner provides access to several multi frame gen features named in the latest AMD GPU drivers, although the 8x MFG mode is just a placeholder.
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Nvidia and its partners exhibit a slew of GeForce cards based on anime-style games

Nvidia display eight custom GeForce RTX 5080 partner cards, starring characters from Wuthering Waves, Silver Palace, and more.
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AMD confirms Zen 6 launch for July 2026, starting with Epyc server CPUs

AMD is set to unveil the next-gen Zen 6 architecture at its Advancing AI event on July 22-23, starting with AI and datacenter Epyc Venice CPUs.
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No, Nvidia isn’t launching a GeForce RTX 5090 SE with this ‘leaked’ spec

A rumour about an apparently incoming Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 SE GPU looks incredibly suspicious to us, ringing several AI alarm bells.
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AMD EXPO ULL DDR5 memory boosts frame rates by 4% in first PC gaming benchmarks

G.Skill's AMD EXPO ULL RAM offers a mild but easy-to-access performance boost on Ryzen systems, although you pay a high price for these modest gains.
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InWin’s new reeded-glass case is the antidote to garish RGB gamer bling

The InWin L50 Breeze offers a fluted glass front panel and subtle lighting, with an elegant look designed for living rooms and workspaces.
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Gigabyte gives the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 an Aorus Infinity makeover

The Aorus GeForce RTX 5070 Infinity promises the same beautiful design and excellent cooling as prior graphics cards in the range, but in a smaller size.
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DDR4 RAM prices expected to soar by over 50%, as demand shifts to last-gen memory

Memory shortages are causing supply chain constraints on older memory and flash products, driving up DDR4 contract prices by over 50% in Q3 2026.
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Samsung is now mass producing PCIe 6.0 SSDs, with huge 28,400MB/s speed claims

Samsung is now churning out PCIe 6.0 SSDs for enterprise, using 9th-gen V-NAND, and promising huge read speeds and up to 16TB capacities.
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Valve just released the Steam Machine Windows drivers, but there’s a catch

You can now run Windows on a Steam Machine, but don't expect to run SteamOS simultaneously without additional hardware.
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