Apple’s 18-core M5 Max beats 96-core Ryzen Threadripper Pro 9995WX in Geekbench due to weak benchmark scaling — GPU performance is much less impressive [Updated]

Apple’s M5 Max processor shows unexpectedly high results in multi-thread workloads: an 18-core CPU beats a 96-core Ryzen Threadripper Pro 9995WX in Geekbench, but the built-in GPU fails to beat the GeForce RTX 5090.
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PC processors entered the Gigahertz era today in the year 2000 with AMD’s Athlon — AMD hit marketing gold with its 1 GHz Athlon, beat Intel by a nose

Today in the year 2000, AMD shipped an undisputable milestone processor, its 1 GHz Athlon CPU. Thus, the Gigahertz PC era was born on Monday, March 6, 2000.
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DDR5 RAM kits skyrocket to an astonishing $4,000 on Newegg with wild price listings on multiple G.Skill and Corsair products — various speeds and capacities all listed at the same eye-watering price

Newegg has raised the price of some Corsair Vengeance DDR5 memory kits to $3,980; however, it’s unclear whether this is a pricing blunder.
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Asus’ excellent 4K OLED gaming monitor falls to its lowest ever price on Amazon — get a 32-inch dual-mode display for just $799

Get a large 4K OLED monitor at its lowest-ever price.

Asus GeForce RTX 5080 Noctua Edition review: Silent running

Asus’ GeForce RTX 5080 Noctua Edition is built with a single-minded focus on quiet operation. It takes the world’s second-fastest gaming GPU and reduces its noise levels to the absolute minimum thanks to an enormous heatsi…

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‘CPUs are cool again,’ Intel and AMD reporting spikes in CPU demand due to agentic AI, shortages — Lisa Su says business exceeded expectations while Intel is looking at long-term agreements with potential customers

Both AMD and Intel reports increased demand for CPUs, driven by AI agents’ need for general computing power.

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Orico IG740-Pro 1TB SSD Review: A small budget sleeper

The Orico IG740-Pro is a competent, no-frills SSD that hits the right performance and power efficiency marks.

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For under $1000, land the fastest gaming CPU, motherboard, and 32GB of RAM — AMD’s Ryzen 7 9850X3D, MSI MAG X870, and Corsair Vengeance RAM saves you $196 in today’s Newegg combo deal

AMD’s Ryzen 7 9850X3D, MSI MAG X870, and Corsair Vengeance RAM are just $999 in today’s Newegg combo deal.

Nvidia reportedly working on RTX 5050 with 9GB of VRAM on a 96-bit bus, featuring 28 Gbps GDDR7 modules — RTX 5060 with cut-down GB205 GPU also planned

Nvidia is reportedly working on a new RTX 5050 with 9GB of GDDR7 VRAM, up from 8GB GDDR6 on the existing model. Moving from 20 Gbps chips to 28 Gbps chips, the memory interface is also said to be reduced to 96-bit, from 12…

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Amazon has slashed 45% off this 1440p Asus ROG monitor — score almost half price on this 280Hz VA display for just $210

Get a 1440p monitor with a 280Hz refresh rate for just $210 at Amazon.