5 affordable ways to upgrade your gaming PC in the RAM crisis

If you want to improve your PC setup, but can’t stomach inflated hardware prices, here are five areas you can upgrade without paying silly money.

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AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D drops to just $411 in this Prime deal, and you get Onimusha: Way of the Sword free

The peoples' favourite gaming CPU is now available with a 14% discount via Amazon, and it comes with a free game too.

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These GMK keycaps let you adjust the feel and angle of your keys, all without replacing your switches

GMK launches its TriggerKey, a keycap replacement that adds adjustable actuation and tilt control to existing mechanical keyboard switches.

AMD tries to steal Nvidia’s thunder by sharing benchmarks of its RTX Spark competitor

AMD releases benchmarks of its Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 495 Gorgon Halo chip days ahead of Nvidia’s RTX Spark launch, showcasing its 192GB memory pool.

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X3D prototype breaks cover with 128MB of L3 cache

It seems AMD was working on asymmetrical 3D V-Cache processors all the way back on AM4, as this Ryzen 5900X3D engineering sample demonstrates.

Intel Nova Lake CPUs with massive AMD X3D-style cache will launch first, says leaker

Chips with bLLC, such as the rumoured Core Ultra 9 4970K BFC and 4870K BFC, will apparently be the "earliest launched" CPUs in the Nova Lake lineup.

Modder lessens Nvidia RTX 5090 12V-2×6 cable load with dual 8-pin connector add-on

Using two soldered 8-pin power connectors and a 12V-2x6 cable in unison, the modder claims to have reduced wire temperatures to below 40°C under load.

Used AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D buyer claims CPU came with a permanent Valorant ban

The purchase of a second-hand 5800X3D went awry for one Redditor, with their savings coming at the cost of a permanent Valorant ban.

MSI MEG Maestro 900R review: a big, beautiful case at an uncomfortable cost

The MEG Maestro 900R is a stunning and unique PC case, but you'll need loads of space, strength, and cash to build a system inside one.

Valve boosts Steam Frame battery life by double digits with this new SteamOS update

SteamOS 0.4.3 promises to improve Steam Frame battery life by as much as 12%, benefitting both streaming and local gameplay.

MSI’s new 4-litre Pro Max Edge AI+ mini PC packs up to 128GB of memory

MSI releases its AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395-powered mini PC, offering a Radeon 8060S GPU with up to 96GB of VRAM for local LLMs.

10GbE is the bomb: why it’s time to finally replace your ageing Gigabit network

We try out a full 10GbE network, courtesy of a QNAP switch, NAS, and network card, and the performance is game changing.

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 now reigns supreme as most-popular GPU among Steam users

6.15% of surveyed Steam users are now rocking an RTX 5070 graphics card, putting Nvidia's popularity comfortably ahead of AMD and Intel.

AMD’s new Ryzen Z3 handheld chip reportedly still doesn’t have a full RDNA 4 GPU

AMD Ryzen Z3 and Z3 Extreme chips may pack up to six CPU cores, as well as an RDNA 4m GPU, inside a handheld-optimised 25x25mm package.

Intel Core Ultra 4000 Nova Lake CPU specs and model names just leaked

It looks as though three models with Intel's bLLC tech are coming, with the top-end model apparently called the Core Ultra 9 4970K BFC.

QNAP launches Series L3 Lite 25GbE managed switches with 540Gbps switching capacity

QNAP's QSW-M5218 family of rackmount switches support both 10GbE copper and 25GbE fibre connections, alongside PoE.

The original Halo game is now playable in a web browser

This unofficial project makes Halo: Combat Evolved fully playable through a web browser, including the story campaign and multiplayer modes.

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