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Lowest-ever price — Get $70 off this Zotac Solid OC GeForce RTX 5070
By Stephen Warwick published
Deals Get the Zotac Solid OC RTX 5070 at the low price of $629 this Memorial Day weekend.

Intel launches three new Xeon 6 P-Core CPUs, will debut in Nvidia DGX B300 AI systems
By Stephen Warwick published
Intel has unveiled three new Xeon 6 CPUs, set to debut in Nvidia's DGX B300.

Move fast! AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D 16-Core is back in stock for Memorial Day at these two retailers, and at MSRP
By Stephen Warwick published
Deals The AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D is back in stock at Amazon and B&H Photo ahead of Memorial Day, and it's available at MSRP.

Best Memorial Day CPU deals 2025: Save on AMD and Intel
By Stewart Bendle last updated
We're rounding up the best deals on CPUs.

AMD Computex 2025 Keynote Live Blog
By Paul Alcorn last updated
AMD to release new products at Computex 2025.

AMD Announces Threadripper HEDT and Pro 9000-Series CPUs: 96 cores and 192 threads for Desktops and Workstations
By Paul Alcorn published
Moar Threadripping.

AMD's 9600X drops down to $208 ahead of Memorial Day Weekend Sale — Plus free 16GB of DDR5-6000 RAM
By Sayem Ahmed published
Get on AMD's AM5 train without breaking the bank

Intel demos running Panther Lake systems, touts performance and power efficiency improvements
By Paul Alcorn published
Intel demoed working Panther Lake silicon for laptops, its first chips based on its crucial 18A process node, here at Computex 2025 in Taipei, Taiwan.

Nvidia announces NVLink Fusion to allow custom CPUs and AI Accelerators to work with its products
By Paul Alcorn published
Nvidia's NVLink Fusion program allows customers to use the company’s key NVLink tech for their own custom rack-scale designs with non-Nvidia CPUs or accelerators in tandem with Nvidia’s products.
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