This Blue-Switch Mechanical Keyboard is Now Just $21

 AUKEY Mechanical Keyboard, TKL Gaming Keyboard with Blue Switches
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Your keyboard is the part of your computer you interact with most, but for many people, it's still an afterthought. The basic keyboards that come bundled with most desktop PCs use rubber dome technology that's usually mushy and unpleasant.

Ideally, every keyboard would have mechanical switches that provide good feedback, fast speeds and plenty of durability. However, you normally have to pay a lot of money to go mechanical  ($80+ for a decent keyboard) so it'

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AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT and Radeon RX 5700 Review: New Prices Keep Navi In The Game

Our Verdict

Radeon RX 5700 XT stands up better to GeForce RTX 2060 Super than we expected at the same $400 price point, simultaneously eclipsing the performance of Radeon RX Vega 64 in the process. AMD’s own Radeon VII is slightly faster, but also significantly more expensive. Although a lack of hardware for accelerating ray tracing does hurt the Radeon’s value proposition in our opinion, gamers who insist they aren’t interested in the technology have a good alternative for

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AMD: No, Windows Scheduler Isn't Selecting Wrong Ryzen 3000 Cores to Boost

AMD Ryzen 3000 Series

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Over the last two weeks we’ve been seeing various reports about how AMD’s Ryzen Master might be wrong in how it rates its cores for AMD’s Ryzen 3000 series CPUs. Simultaneously, we’ve also seen reports taking a stance on the other side, stating that in Windows 10 the wrong CPU cores are being boosted due to wrong information in CPPC, though those two are just part of the same problem. Meanwhile, it turns out that AMD


G.Skill's 32GB DDR4-3200 Memory Is Now Just $110

Ripjaws V DDR4-3600 16GB

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With memory prices dropping to an all-time low, we’re getting some wonderful DDR4 memory prices. Not too long ago, you’d be spending well over $100 for 16GB of DDR4 memory. But today, we’ve spotted a 32GB G.Skill kit for just $109.99, and we’d be surprised if even the best Black Friday tech deals are able to beat this price

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Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 XT Review: Cooler and Quieter Than AMD’s Reference Card

Our Verdict

Sapphire rose up to the challenge of fixing what ailed AMD’s reference Radeon RX 5700 XT and asks that you pay an extra $10 for its efforts. That small premium includes a Dual-X thermal solution that quietly brings Navi’s temperature way down under load and a Trixx utility for easy access to overclocking. As AMD discontinues production of its own reference design and switches to selling the kit to add-in board partners, Sapphire's Pulse Radeon RX 5700

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Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6GB Review: Turing Without The RTX

Our Verdict

Although GeForce GTX 1660 Ti costs more than the 1060 6GB it replaces, Nvidia's newest Turing-based board delivers performance similar to GeForce GTX 1070. High performance, a reasonable price tag, and modest power consumption come together in a solid upper-mainstream graphics card.

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  • Great performance at 1920 x 1080
  • Acceptable frame rates at 2560 x 1440
  • Retains Turing's video encode/decode acceleration
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T-Force Dark-Z 16GB DDR4-3600 Review: Fast, Cheap and Stable

Our Verdict

If you care about memory speed more than capacity, Teamgroup’s 16GB Dark-Z DDR4-3600 kit gives you a big bang for surprisingly few bucks.

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  • Very inexpensive for its data rate
  • Highly tunable

Against

  • Mediocre timings
  • Single DDR4-2400 fallback setting for incompatible boards

Most of us have seen Venn diagrams where the circles don’t meet in the middle, with statement such as “Fast, Cheap, Stable” filling those circles. But what if

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Sapphire Nitro+ RX 5700 XT Review: Triple-Fan Cooling, Fast Clocks out of the Box

Our Verdict

The Sapphire Nitro+ RX 5700 XT provides high clock speeds and excellent cooling, but it costs more than most competitors.

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  • Fast boost clock
  • Robust Tri-X cooling solution
  • Relatively quiet
  • Attractive RGB lights

Against

  • Expensive
  • Long card may not fit in every case
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Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Super Review: Ti-Like Performance for Less

Our Verdict

The factory-overclocked EVGA GTX 1660 Super SC Ultra brings performance close to the more-expensive GTX 1660 Ti, while the cooling solution allows for quiet operation while gaming.

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  • Factory overclock
  • Relatively quiet
  • Better value than vanilla GTX 1660 at similar price

Against

  • Only 3 display outputs
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Get This 16GB DDR4-3600 C16 RAM Kit for $70

Ripjaws V DDR4-3600 16GB

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If you have the need for speed in your life, Newegg is selling the G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4-3600 16GB memory kit for $70 after applying the promo code EMCUUVU27. We've seen it sell for as much as $85 last month and $90 in August. Anyone else getting excited for the best Black Friday tech deals ?

The G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4-3600

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