Aoostar GODY takes on Steam Machine with Ryzen 9 7940HX and Radeon RX 7600 XT for $849 barebone

Aoostar sells GODY Mini-PC outside China, just bring your own memory

The GODY is listed at $849 as a barebone system. This means buyers must install their own DDR5 memory and M.2 storage. Aoostar also includes a free Windows 11 Pro key with the barebone option.

The system is based on the AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX, a Zen 4 processor with 16 cores and 32 threads. It is paired with a Radeon RX 7600 XT graphics

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Intel confirms Core Ultra 7 270k and Ultra 5 250K price hike

Intel confirms higher Core Ultra 7 270K Plus and Core Ultra 5 250K Plus pricing

Intel has confirmed the recent pricing update for its Core Ultra 200S Plus desktop processors. The change affects the Core Ultra 7 270K Plus and Core Ultra 5 250K Plus, two Arrow Lake Refresh models launched in March.

The update was first noticed after Intel changed the Recommended Customer Price values on its official ARK product pages. The Core Ultra 7 270K Plus

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Steam Machine has a Red Line of Death, and this is the worst LED pattern to get

Early Steam Machine unit shows red LED pattern tied to GPU fault

An early Steam Machine buyer has reported a hardware fault shortly after receiving the system. The user posted on Steam Community that their 512GB Steam Machine with Steam Controller arrived after a June 23 launch-day order, but the system displayed a black screen with an error during setup.

There is no indication yet that this is a wider hardware issue across the first Steam Machine batch. However it is worth knowing what this error means specifically. It

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ASUS NUC 16 Pro Panther Lake MIni-PC systems reach €2,542 in official pricing

ASUS NUC 16 Pro barebone pricing starts at €631 in Germany and Austria, Core Ultra 7 model costs €800

ASUS has confirmed pricing for the NUC 16 Pro, its new mini PC series based on Intel Core Ultra Series 3 processors.

The company lists the system as a compact Copilot+ PC with up to a Core Ultra X9 378H processor and Intel Arc B390 graphics. The series will be available in Germany and Austria through retailers and online stores,

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Intel Nova Lake-S reportedly gets two 18-core Core Ultra 400 CPUs with bLLC

Please note that this post is tagged as a rumor .

Intel Nova Lake-S leak adds 18-core bLLC SKUs to desktop lineup

According to Jaykihn, Intel is preparing two Core Ultra 400 models with 6 P-Cores, 8 E-Cores and 4 LP-E cores. These CPUs would be part of the Core Ultra 400S series, also known as Nova Lake-S.

Two 18-core models planned

The two reported processors use a single compute tile design. Both

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Winhanced adds cross-store game store for Windows handhelds, MSI Claw 8 EX Arc G3 support

Winhanced brings “The Store”

Winhanced 0.9.9.1 adds cross-store game store for Windows handhelds.

Winhanced 0.9.9.1 has been released with a new Store tab for Windows gaming handhelds. The feature is currently in Early Access and is designed to combine game discovery, price comparison and installation inside the same interface.

The Store supports Steam, Xbox, Epic Games, GOG and Humble. It pulls live price data from these storefronts and shows where a game is available. The

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Philips Evnia 27M4N5500PT triple-mode monitor runs QHD 275Hz, FHD 360Hz and HD 540Hz

Philips Evnia 27M4N3500PT and 27M4N5500PT offer three refresh rate presets

Philips Evnia has announced two new M4 series gaming monitors, the 27M4N3500PT and 27M4N5500PT. Both models use a 27-inch Fast IPS panel and support three resolution and refresh rate presets. Philips calls this Triple-Mode technology and says the monitors will launch in the APAC region

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Intel Arc Pro driver adds Panther Lake iGPUs to shared memory allocation, up to 93% of system RAM

Intel Arc Pro iGPUs can now allocate up to 59.5GB of shared memory on 64GB systems

The driver supports select Intel Core Ultra processors with integrated Arc Pro graphics from Series 1, Series 2 and Series 3. This is a new Arc Pro driver that essentially adds Core Ultra 3 (Panther Lake), compared to previous driver . According to Intel, these GPUs can now use variable increased graphics memory allocations on Windows 10 and Windows 11 host systems.

Up to 59.5GB

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Leaked video reveals Microsoft’s web-based Copilot OS plans from 2024

Microsoft was developing entirely web-based OS centered around Copilot and AI

According to Windows Central, the project was called Aion. It appeared in a leaked internal video recorded sometime in 2024. The system was reportedly based on a stripped-down Windows codebase called Win3 and used Microsoft Edge as a core part of the experience.

No local Win32 apps

The prototype shown in the video did not run native Windows apps locally. Instead, it focused on websites and web apps. For desktop software,

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GMKtec launches actual Mini PC, 72mm cube with Celeron N5095 from $169

GMKtec G5S brings Jasper Lake CPU to a palm-sized mini PC

Small chassis, older Intel CPU

GMKtec has launched the G5S, a palm-sized mini PC now available in China. The system measures 72×72×44.5 mm and uses the same compact class of chassis as the company’s earlier NucBox models. Pricing starts at around $169.

The mini PC is based on Intel’s Celeron N5095. This is a Jasper

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