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AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs Intel Core i9-9900K: The Battle for Mainstream Supremacy

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs Intel Core i9-9900K

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For years, Intel's flagships were the only solution if you wanted the most powerful processor that money could buy. AMD, while it always offered good value at the low end, simply could not compete on the high end. That is until the red team turned the tide with its Zen architecture that underpins the company’s Ryzen and Threadripper CPUs.

AMD flipped the processor world on its head two years ago, and it continues to disrupt the industry. Recently, the company launched

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Oloy WarHawk DDR4-3200 Review: RGB Value At 32GB?

Our Verdict

Oloy puts a noticeable discount on top of the same memory that its competitors sell. Users can rely on getting the same stability and overclocking potential, but the life of the brand is yet to be determined. Given that we like to upgrade our PCs every few years, we still think it’s a good deal.

For

  • Great Overclocking
  • Inexpensive for the 32GB capacity
  • Low-cost RGB
  • Compatible with third-party RGB utilities (ASRock, Asus, Gigabyte, MSI)

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  • Brand has existed for only
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Adata Branches Out To Gaming PCs, Laptops and Monitors

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Adata is leaving its comfort zone to venture into new horizons. The company has revealed the names of a couple of interesting gaming products ahead of CES 2020, which takes place between January 7 to 10.

First up to bat is the XPG Xenia 15, which is Adata's first 15.6-inch gaming laptop. The device will feature a Full HD IPS display and a 9th-generation Core i9 processor. Logically, the laptop will


SSD Deal Slashes Crucial's 2TB MX500 to $200

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We've come across some cheaper SSDs in the last few weeks, but none of this capacity from a reputable vendor. As part of the best holiday tech deals , Crucial's 2TB MX500 SATA SSD, available for $200 on Amazon , its lowest price ever. Consider this: at launch, the 1TB unit was selling for $260.

In our March 2018 Crucial MX500 review , it came out

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Corsair's 5-Star RGB Liquid CPU Cooler Drops to $100

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If you're looking for the best holiday tech deals , we've got the CPU cooler for you. Corsair's Hydro Series H100i Pro cooler is now $99.99 after a mail-in rebate at Newegg , but the capable cooler usually retails for about $120 and has an MSRP of $140, making this quite the steal on this cooler, which we gave the Tom's Hardware Editor's Choice

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Chinese CPUs Now Work On Domestically-Produced Operating System

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MyDrivers reports that China's homegrown Zhaoxin processors are now operational with its self-developed Unity Operating System (UOS). It's no surprise that China wants to stop depending on U.S. technology, and the latest development is an important step towards the country's autonomy. The news come on the tail of new Chinese government restrictions that force Chinese institutions to replace all foreign-powered PC hardware and software with domestically-produced products over a three-year span.

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G.Skill's Speedy 32GB DDR4-3600 Kit Costs Just $140

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If you're in the market for a new DDR4 memory kit, now's the time to bite as the best holiday tech deals keep on coming. DRAM prices are at an all-time low, and whilst they might drop just a smidgen further, chances are they'll start to rise again in the next few months. Consequently, one of G.Skill's kits is also at an all-time low price, with the Ripjaws V 32GB

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G.Skill's New DDR4 Kits With 32GB Modules Have Very Low Latency

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G.Skill today announced some new 32GB RAM kits with capacities ranging from 64GB in dual-module kits to 256GB in kits with eight DIMMs. The best part about these modules is that they feature very low timings for their capacities, meaning they should offer both high-capacity and snappy memory at once when they arrive in Q1 2020.

The kits are outed in a handful of lineups, the Trident Z RGB, Trident


MyDigitalSSD BPX Pro NVMe SSD Review: Big on Endurance, Small on Price

Our Verdict

MyDigitalSSD’s 1.92TB BPX Pro comes with a very hefty endurance of 3115 TBW, or about eight times that of the Intel SSD 660p. While it isn’t a chart-topper in application performance, the 1.92TB BPX Pro still offers plenty of performance and high capacity for a great price. At just $229.99, it's one of the cheapest 2TB SSDs available and earns our recommendation.

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USB4 Support Coming to Linux 5.6 Kernel

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Linux 5.6 will receive support for USB4, Phoronix reported on Sunday. The Linux 5.6 Kernel will likely debut by April.

USB4’s spec published in September and is based on Thunderbolt 3, with which it is backwards compatible. Intel's open-source department added the initial patches for USB4 in October.

The Linux 5.6 kernel will reportedly have both host and device support, as well as source code and a bunch of other features,