MSI Gaming Laptop Owner Says Company’s Authorized Service Center Scammed Him By Swapping Out Its 144Hz Screen With A 60Hz One, But That’s An Impossible Claim

It’s not uncommon for authorized service centers to make a plethora of blunders, but these mistakes cannot be made outside the specifications of a particular product. For instance, one MSI gaming laptop owner says that his 144Hz screen was replaced with a 60Hz one, but given that both panels share one huge difference that’s not the refresh rate, it probably has to do with the owner being unable to adjust some setting.

The owner of an MSI GF65 Thin 10UE,

Two listings for MSI GF65 THIN 10SDR SERIES 15.6 FHD screens, one matte for $65.99 and one glossy for $69.99, both with 60Hz refresh and new Grade A+ condition, showing 100+ in stock.
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Xbox Series Prices Surge up to €200 in Europe as Microsoft Refuses to Bankroll the Troubled Division

On June 25, 2026, Microsoft announced that the Xbox Series S and X consoles would increase in price starting on August 1 due to the ongoing memory and storage component crisis. They shared the US price but did not share European pricing, which consumers only learned about today as it went into effect.

As spotted by ResetEra users , the latest adjustments raise Xbox Series console prices by u p to €200 across Europe and by up to £170 in the United Kingdom . Indeed

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A Ryzen 7 9800X3D’s Temperature Drops By 19°C Using A 3D-Printed Modular Chimney Cooler That’s Too Tall To Fit In Any Computer Case In The World

The 3D V-Cache design of the Ryzen 7 9800X3D delivers unrivaled gaming performance but also acts as a thermal blanket, which explains why this CPU runs hotter than most, despite adequate cooling installed. However, a YouTuber went the extra mile by developing a 3D-printed chimney several inches tall to drop those temperatures by an impressive 19°C. The only catch is that it’s impossible to fit this cooler in any consumer computer chassis.

The 3D-printed

A diagram titled 'Stack Effect' illustrates the concept of warm air rising to create a pressure difference, with labels indicating temperature profiles, positive pressure at the upper outlet, and negative pressure at the lower inlet.
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Xbox May Walk Away From Steam, As It Reportedly Prepares PC Strategy Shift Amid 2026 Reset

Following the acquisition spree spearheaded by former head Phil Spencer , Xbox is going through a challenging phase which led to multiple waves of layoffs , studio closures , and a radical change of how the business will have to operate to survive in these difficult market conditions . Among the things the company is planning and evaluating is how it operates on PC , and the discussions around this could give it a window to walk away from Steam , according to Windows Central's Jez Corden .

"I do know like Microsoft has some plans with


Intel Starts Paying Overtime Bonuses To Expedite Work On Its Ohio Fab, As EMIB-T Package Yield Approaches 90 Percent

Intel appears laser-focused on operationalizing its new Ohio fab complex by 2031, and is willing to award generous bonuses to achieve that overarching goal. Meanwhile, the tailwinds also appear to be aligning on Intel's EMIB-T packaging, with only the substrate yields now left as the sole unsolved piece of the puzzle.

Disparate tailwinds are finally beginning to coalesce for Intel, indicating that its Ohio fab remains on schedule, and its EMIB-T advanced packaging is now poised to challenge TSMC's CoWoS


Redditor Snags A $600 Kingston Fury 32 GB DDR5 Kit For Just $14 At A Dutch Thrift Store

We are totally not jealous of this guy, but how does one find such a good deal these days?

Good luck if you can find a 32 GB DDR5 memory kit for under $400, but this guy grabbed it for the cost of a burger. The Redditor u/JuniTheFox posts on the PC Master Race sub-Reddit about his story of getting an extremely cheap memory kit from his local Thrift Store in the Netherlands. As you can see, he is holding a Kingston Fury memory kit

A hand holding a package of Kingston Fury RAM modules, with a price tag labeled 'Euro 12.50'.

ASUS Brings A Floating Structure To Prime AP304 Case For Superior GPU Cooling And Panoramic View Through Curved Side Panel

The AP304 brings an innovative design that cools the components faster while delivering breathtaking views.

There is a lot to talk about the new ASUS Prime AP304 mid-tower chassis. First of all, it looks similar to the Cougar CFV235 PC case , which I reviewed last year. Both cases bring a floating design for the upper chamber, allowing cool air from the bottom through the space. This is generally useful for the graphics card, which doesn't get access to cool

A custom-built PC with an ASUS motherboard and a GeForce RTX GPU is visible through a transparent side panel, featuring blue LED cooling fans and a liquid cooling system.
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A Dual-CPU Cooler Modification Helps An Older Snapdragon Chipset Achieve Near-100% Stability In 3DMark’s Wild Life Extreme & Solar Bay Stress Tests

An extreme cooling modification that includes two desktop CPU coolers meant to tame Intel and AMD processors was used to take a Snapdragon chipset’s performance to the limit. It’s certainly one of the craziest experiments, but one that nets near-100 percent performance stability in demanding benchmarks like the 3DMark Wild Life Extreme Stress Test and Solar Bay Extreme Stress Test.

In a now-deleted post from Redditor “ntsow,” his ZTE Nubia Z70 Ultra with a previous-generation Snapdragon 8 Elite and

A top-down view of a custom GPU cooler setup on a desk showing a heatsink with copper heat pipes and dual fans next to a partial view of a backlit keyboard.
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AMD Prepares Linux Driver Support For RDNA 5 GPUs With New DCN6 Display Engine Patches

The team Red has started laying the groundwork for the RDNA 5 lineup on Linux by introducing initial support for DCN6.

AMD has taken one more step toward enabling support for its next-generation RDNA architecture on Linux. A new batch of AMDGPU patches has been submitted to the Linux Kernel mailing list and has begun laying the foundation for Display Core Next 6, aka DCN6, which is the display engine expected to power the RDNA 5 graphics chips .

These patches are part of AMD's regular development work for the

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Lenovo Silently Rolls Out Wildcat Lake-Powered ThinkCentre Neo 50a 24 Gen 7 AIO PCs With 120 Hz Display

After launching the Gen 6 AIO desktop PCs, Lenovo is back with the Gen 7 desktops, equipped with 120 Hz displays.

Despite launching the ThinkCentre Neo 50a Gen 6 desktops a few weeks ago, Lenovo, which is the world's most popular OEM for PCs, has now launched the Gen 7 series. This is the ThinkCentre Neo 50a 24 Gen 7, which will be available with the latest Intel Core Series 3 processors, jumping straight from the Lunar Lake configuration used in the

Two Lenovo all-in-one desktop computers with colorful swirling backgrounds, each accompanied by a keyboard and mouse.
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