Desktop prebuilts have always been an interesting option in the periphery, on account of sales offering better value than assembling a system yourself. Now, they've suddenly become a lot more feasible because of the current DRAM and NAND shortage, and we've spotted a killer deal for you to cash in on. MSI's Aegis R2 is just $599 right now on Walmart , marked down $300 from list price. For context, a 3
Best Cyber Monday and Black Friday tech deals you can still get live — PC hardware deals on GPUs, CPUs, SSDs, and more that you can still get at Amazon, Newegg, and others
The best Cyber Monday and Black Friday PC hardware sales for deals you can still get, live round-the-clock coverage of all the best deals.
U.S government awards Gelsinger-backed EUV developer xLight with $150 million in federal incentives — company to develop new electron-based light source for lithography tools
xLight, a U.S.-based startup developing an EUV light source based on a particle accelerator, on Tuesday signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with the U.S. Department of Commerce for $150 million in proposed federal incentives under the CHIPS and Science Act. xLight came out of the blue earlier this year when it hired Pat Gelsinger, former chief executive of Intel, as executive chairman. The money, if awarded, will be used to bring xLight
OpenAI declares ‘Code Red’ as Google’s Gemini AI outpaces ChatGPT in industry benchmarks, report claims — Sam Altman sets all hands to the pump on flagship LLM, parks other projects
OpenAI chief Sam Altman said in an internal memo that the company is in a “Code Red” status, meaning all other projects will take the backseat in favor of ChatGPT. According to The Wall Street Journal , Altman said in the memo that the company needed to improve its flagship AI LLM’s personalization, speed, and reliability, as well as allowing it to cover a wider range of topics.
OpenAI popularized the LLM with the release of ChatGPT on December 1, 20
China issues first batch of ‘general’ rare-earth export licences to magnet makers — country's stranglehold over industry continues, but tensions are easing
China has issued the first round of streamlined rare-earth export licences to at least three permanent-magnet manufacturers, allowing them to accelerate shipments to selected overseas clients after months of stricter controls.
Reuters reports that JL Mag Rare Earth, Ningbo Yunsheng, and Beijing Zhong Ke San Huan High-Tech received approvals tied to individual customers on December 2. Beijing began designing the new system following the October 30 meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, which aimed to ease trade tensions
Latest GPU market analysis shows Nvidia losing ground to AMD — and Intel cracks the 1% share milestone for the first time
The latest quarterly GPU market share figures have been released by specialist analyst outfit Jon Peddie Research (JPR). It observes that, during Q3 2025, the PC add-in-board (graphics card) market grew to 12.0 million units, which is 2.8% up vs the previous quarter. However, probably more interesting are the figures showing that AMD and Intel are gaining market share – at the expense of Nvidia, of
‘Silent upgrade’ to the PS5 Slim delivers Pro console's groovy heatsink design to the cheaper models — improves thermals and reliability
About this time last year, we reported on the new-improved grooved heatsink design that was discovered under the PlayStation 5 Pro’s cooling apparatus . Now these same improvements have reportedly dripped down to the mainstream. Specifically, the same style of heatsink has been spotted in the latest revision of the PS5 Slim.
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Samsung Odyssey Neo G7 43" large-format monitor suits PCs, consoles, and bedrooms, on sale for 40% off at $499.99 — bright display comes with a remote and Smart TV features
You've seen the standard monitor sizes floating around online stores: the now-standard 27", and the desirable 32" and 35" ultra-wides. But have you experienced the immersion of a properly humongous 43" display? You can have one for cheap, as Best Buy is selling the Samsung Neo G7 UHD 43" display for $499.99 right now , or about 40% off
Save $620 on high-end Core Ultra 9 285K and motherboard bundle with 32GB of RAM — get over $1,500 in gear for less than $800
Newegg just dropped a new bundle. This one puts together a Core Ultra 9 285K, 32GB of Corsair Vengeance DDR5-6400 memory, and a Gigabyte Z890 Aorus Master AI TOP motherboard for $849.99 , knocking off a massive $620 compared to the price of these components alone.
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Cheap gaming PCs are endangered, but this $800 ABS prebuilt rocks — get an RTX 5060 and 32GB of RAM for less this Cyber Monday
We're deep into Cyber Monday, and as new deals arise, older ones are riding off into the sunset. Our $650 build was a truly spectacular bargain for PC builders on a budget, but as we warned could happen at any second, the DDR5 reaper has swung its scythe on that one. The motherboard-plus-RAM combo deal that made it all possible has gone out of stock, and you can't even buy a 16GB kit