Intel

Colorful B850 series officially ready for ‘next-generation AMD Ryzen processors’

Colorful’s midrange boards are ready for Zen6

Colorful has expanded its AM5 B850 lineup with three new micro-ATX boards aimed at Ryzen 7000, 8000, and 9000 processors: the CVN B850M ARK FROZEN, BATTLE-AX B850M-PLUS S WIFI7, and COLORFIRE B850M-MEOW WIFI7. All three target mainstream gaming and creator builds with DDR5 support, upgraded VRMs,

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AMD quietly introduces Radeon PRO W7900D, AI PRO 9600D and AI PRO 9700S graphics cards

New workstation models based on RDNA3 and RDNA4 architectures

Purpose not yet entirely clear.

AMD Radeon PRO W7900D has lower specs

AMD has officially luanched a new Radeon PRO W7900D workstation card that mirrors the original W7900 in almost every key spec but with a lower boost clock. The D variant keeps the Navi 31 GPU with 96 compute units and 6144 stream processors. It also retains 48 GB of GDDR6 on a 3

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AYANEO confirms NEXT 2 powered by Ryzen AI MAX+ 395 will feature 9-inch 165Hz 2400×1504 OLED screen

AYANEO going all in with flagship Strix Halo handheld

Was it worth the wait? GPD and Onexplayer have already showcased their systems equipped with AMD Strix Halo. Both share one feature: a removable battery pack, which makes the gaming handheld lighter to carry but also more problematic when it comes to battery swapping. AYANEO is going a different route by integrating the battery inside the console.

Whether this is a good idea for such a strong platform is a different story. The handheld uses AMD’s flagship Ryzen AI MAX with 1

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Sycom launches GeForce RTX 5090 Hydro LC Plus grpahic scard equipped with three Noctua fans

Sycom starts shipping its Hydro LC Graphics Plus RTX 5090 systems with full-cover water block and Noctua fans

Japanese system integrator Sycom has started selling its Hydro LC Graphics Plus GeForce RTX 5090 in complete gaming PCs. The card uses the Lynk+ full-cover water block that the company previously showed as an engineering sample and pairs it with three Noctua NF-A12x25 G2 PWM 120 mm fans on a 360 mm radiator. As before, the

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Intel Xeon 696X 64-core “Granite Rapids-WS” CPU surfaces in SiSoftware Sandra with 350W TDP and 336MB L3 cache

Intel preparing W890 platform for next-gen Xeon 6 Workstation

Intel’s Xeon 6 Workstation lineup has moved one step closer to launch. A 64-core Xeon 696X has appeared in the SiSoftware Sandra database, backing up earlier W890 “Granite Rapids-WS” leaks and filling in some missing details. This family is Intel’s next step for single-socket workstations, taking over the role once held by Xeon W-3400 and, before that

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ERYING to launch Arrow Lake mobile-based desktop motherboards, featuring up to Core Ultra 9 285H

ERYING launches first Core Ultra 200H “MoDT” platform with mobile CPUs on desktop boards

ERYING has introduced its Core Ultra 200H “MoDT” (Mobile on Desktop) platform, built around Arrow Lake mobile silicon (not the HX variants) processors and aimed at budget desktop builds. The new mATX boards bring mobile chips such as the Ultra 5 225H and 235H, Ultra 7 255H and 265H, and Ultra 9 285H

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NVIDIA is giving away another custom-wrapped RTX 5090 GPU Battlefield 6 Edition

NVIDIA launches Battlefield 6 GeForce RTX 5090 giveaway, third custom-wrapped card so far

NVIDIA is running a new holiday giveaway for a custom wrapped Battlefield 6 GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition as part of its “GeForce Season” and “Season of Celebration” campaign. Official posts say that to enter you need to comment “GeForce Season” on the promo post and explain why you deserve a holiday upgrade, with the card shown in a Battlefield 6-themed wrap.

The same NVIDIA blog update

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OneXplayer Apex AMD “Strix Halo” handhelds gets $200 price hike before launch due to rising memory costs

AMD Strix Halo handheld gets price increase before shipments

OneXPlayer has announced that the OneXFly APEX handheld will get a $200 price increase for new Indiegogo backers in 96 hours, citing rising memory and SSD costs. The timing stands out because the Strix Halo based device was only priced for international buyers earlier this month on November 5, and the crowdfunding campaign went live on November 9 with shipments planned around late January 2026. In other words, the handheld is still in crowdfunding and has not shipped to

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Colorful introduces white COLORFIRE B850M-MEOW WIFI7 V14 “Cat” board

Colorful preps COLORFIRE B850M-MEOW for wider availability

Colorful has launched a new COLORFIRE B850M-MEOW WIFI7 V14 motherboard for AM5, dropping the loud orange look of earlier MEOW designs in favor of a cleaner white theme with subtle cat graphics. The board went on sale in China in late September for around $134 ($120 at launch), and is now said to appear at global resellers, pointing to a wider rollout beyond its home

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NVIDIA rumored to stop bundling memory with GPUs, squeezing smaller board partners

Please note that this post is tagged as a rumor .

Rumor claims NVIDIA will now ship only GPUs, leaving partners to buy GDDR on their own

We often remind you that NVIDIA does not sell only GPUs. All AI and data center aside, what gamers need to know is that NVIDIA sells bundles of memory and GPU together. This has been the model for years and it is an easy way for board makers to obtain the most important components for graphics cards. Everything else can be sourced through normal channels, and everything

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