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Intel Posts Another Record Quarter and Year, Shortages to Recede in Second Half

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Intel continued its string of successful financial performances today with a record-setting fourth quarter revenue and record yearly revenue. Intel posted an 8% year-over-year (YoY) revenue growth on strength in several of its business groups as it powered to $20.2 billion in revenue, capping a fourth consecutive year of record revenue. Much of the gain came on an impressively strong performance in data center sales, while desktops saw an expected 6% decline in

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MSI: Not Every AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT Can Handle 14 Gbps Memory

The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming is among the cards staying specced at 12 Gbps. 

The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming is among the cards staying specced at 12 Gbps. (Image credit: MSI)

In the latest episode of the MSI Insider podcast , hosts Eric Van Beurden, MSI marketing director, and Pieter Arts, MSI product marketing manager, had a discussion saying that not every single Radeon RX 5600 XT graphics card can run its memory at 14 Gbps.

Unlike motherboards , graphics cards usually don't get many vBIOS updates, especially not a few days


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Intel NUC 8 Pro Available for Pre-Order

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Intel has launched the NUC 8 Pro (formerly code-named Provo Canyon) as its latest generation of enterprise-focused mini PCs. The Windows 10 systems start as low as $475 and as high as $890. Models with Intel Core i5 and i7 processors offer vPro support, although the Core i3 variants do not. The new line also includes bare-bone kits and developer boards.

Unlike the Coffee Lake-based


Valve Kicks off Steam Sale to Celebrate Lunar New Year

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Valve kicked off the Steam 2020 Lunar New Year Sale today. In addition to offering discounts on popular titles, the event will feature a Lunar New Year Night Market through which Steam users can purchase exclusive seasonal items using their hard-earned Year of the Rat Tokens.

“In celebration of the New Year, follow the origin story of the Zodiac as you open a new gift from the Emperor each day of the sale,” Valve said in its announcement. Those gifts include


Matrox Teams up With Nvidia for Video Wall Graphics Cards

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If the name Matrox means anything to you, then you've likely been into computer hardware for a long time. The company used to be a big name in the gaming GPU world, but since the early 2000s the company's been catering pretty much exclusively to professionals and enterprises. Matrox's latest announcement is that it's building a new graphics card with Nvidia.

But don't get too excited if you're hoping to see another competitor

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Samsungs 970 Evo 1TB PCIe SSD crashes to under £150 in the UK

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OK, the 1TB Samsung 970 Evo isn't exactly a spring chicken of an SSD. It first appeared in early summer 2018. But back then, it cost the thick end of £400. Here it is at its lowest ever price of £147.22. That is one heck of a savings.

What's more, Samsung's 970 Evo PCIe SSD is still a pretty nifty bit of solid

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Corsair's New Vengeance Desktops Are All AMD

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Corsair's Vengeance gaming desktop lineup is back with a, well, vengeance. The company is releasing a new line, the 6100-series, stocked entirely with AMD-based parts and components by Corsair itself.

There are two options: the Vengeance 6180 and the Vengeance 6182. The two are almost identical, with an AMD Ryzen 7 3700X , 16GB of Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro RAM, an AMD Radeon

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Still Clinging on To That Old CPU? AMD’s Ryzen 7 2700X is on Sale For Just £158 (52% Off)

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Still holding on to that aging Intel Core i5? Stuck on an FX processor but just haven’t been tempted by a new build? Well maybe we’ve found the deal to pull you out of that processing performance lull. AMD’s Ryzen 7 2700X is available now for an impressive £158 (52% off its launch price) .

Now we know what you’re thinking, that’s a last gen chip. Well

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Xbox Series X Pics & SSD Specs Appear: Here's What We Know

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Specifications for Microsoft’s next console, Xbox Series X (also known by codename Project Scarlett) are slowly coming out. We already know that it will carry an AMD CPU based on the Zen 2 microarchitecture , along with a "next-gen" AMD graphics card that will pack hardware-based ray tracing . We've also known for a while that the new Xbox will pack a great new SSD , but up until today the details have remained somewhat scarce.

More information

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SteelSeries Rival 3 Gaming Mouse Review: Entry-Level Without (Much) Compromise

Our Verdict

If you're willing to overlook a less-than-stellar cable, you'd be hard-pressed to find a better entry-level gaming mouse than the SteelSeries Rival 3.

For

  • Low price
  • Solid performance
  • Distinctive RGB lighting

Against

  • Non-braided USB cables can be frustrating

SteelSeries newest entry-level gaming mouse only costs $30

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