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Logitech's G502 X Lightspeed strips the G502 X Plus of its lighting, but retains the $160 price tag.

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The TeamGroup GA Pro mostly misses. Decent QD8 and steady-state writes can’t make up for weak overall performance, poor efficiency, and high temps.

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Elegoo’s first scanner is a useful tool, but it requires a little extra work.

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A known Intel leaker claims that Intel's next-generation processors will top out at 5.1 GHz if the CPU core temperatures aren't kept below 90°C.

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AMD expects to outsell Intel in Q4 for the first time in history

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AMD's data center business surges as strong demand for Epyc processors and Instinct accelerators continues and sales of client hardware declines only slightly.

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Nvidia RTX PRO 6000 user’s cables almost melted, even when limited to 500W

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The 12V-2x6 connector nearly took out two RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation GPUs; luckily, the owner spotted the damaged cables before they melted the GPU connectors.

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Radeon drivers may be quietly racking up thousands of gigabytes in SSD writes

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang admits to having an affair with suspected Chinese spy

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Nvidia's board of directors is investigating a report about Jensen Huang's alleged affair with a client, claims it is still confident in Jensen and leadership team.

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$10 programmer saves BIOS-locked Lenovo ThinkPads from the dump

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Many cheap company ThinkPads come with supervisor passwords and often end up as e-waste. Ukrainian YouTuber Hileeq shows how easy it is to bypass the password with a $10 programmer.

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Grab 32GB DDR5 for $371 in this Newegg RAM bundle with the 9800X3D, $70 less than buying it separately

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Memory shortage spurs smartphone makers to melt used memory off old devices, then re-solder it onto new products

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Reballed memory currently accounts for a small share of smartphone components, but adoption could nearly double by 2027 as manufacturers look for alternatives to increasingly expensive DRAM.

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Spoof program monitors and emails your RAM usage to Sam Altman if under 90% utilization

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A new GitHub repository dubbed ram-altman features a script to monitor your PC’s RAM usage and report back to the eponymous OpenAI boss.

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Deals Grab a CyberPowerPC machine wtih an RTX 5070, 9800X3D, 32GB DDR5 and a 2TB SSD for $2,199.

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