Binning results from 13 Ryzen 7 9850X3Ds prove that the CPU is purely an overclocked 9800X3D from the factory — 9850X3D looks similar to 9800X3D, just with higher voltages

Binning data from 13 Ryzen 7 9850X3D samples was published online, showing the average required voltage the 9850X3D needs to achieve its peak single-core clock speed.
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Intel’s upcoming Core Ultra 9 290K Plus appears on Geekbench with chart-topping scores — Arrow Lake refresh beats the 285K by ~10% across single- and multithreaded tests

As Intel gears to launch its Arrow Lake refresh, leaks for the lineup keep pouring in left and right — the latest one being a Geekbench spotting for the flagship Core Ultra 9 290K Plus. The chip scored 10.5% higher in sing…

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AMD adopts FRED together with Intel for Zen 6 architecture — replacement for decades-old IDT can improve performance and stability

AMD adopts FRED together with Intel for Zen 6 architecture

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Get a 43-inch Samsung 4K Smart UHD display for $299.99 — at $200 off, the M7 M70F is at its lowest price ever

Upgrade to 4K UHD on the cheap with Samsung’s 43-inch M7 M70F 4K UHD monitor. For $299.99, you get a smart display that works well for TV, movies, and productivity.
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Lexar Play SE 4TB SSD Review: The oddball of the bunch

The Lexar Play SE is a capacious but strange NVMe SSD with rare hardware. It puts up meager numbers.

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Grab a speedy 256GB Samsung USB-C flash drive for just $24.99 — save 52% on tiny waterproof storage for your important files and photos with speeds of up to 400 MB/s

Amazon-owned Woot has slashed the price of this 256GB Samsung USB-C NAND flash drive to just $24.99, securing you a cheap backup drive with a better-than-half-price saving.
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Chinese researchers discover new salty cooling solution that can drop temperatures by more than 50 degrees Celsius in seconds — depressurizing saturated fluid triggers massive amounts of heat transfer

Chinese researchers developed a salt solution that absorbs large amounts of heat when depressurized, making it a potential substitute to traditional, power intensive cooling solutions used in data centers.
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Researcher builds bizarre 128-byte USB drive the size of a dinner plate using ancient pre-semiconductor magnetic core memory technology — data disappears once it is read, requiring special handling

A computing enthusiast has assembled one of the most bizarre low-capacity USB drives we have ever seen.

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Open source IDE-ATAPI drive emulator launches for vintage computers — drop-in 3.5-inch bay solution can save oodles of optical and HDD images to a microSD

PicoIDE is touted as ‘an open source IDE/ATAPI drive emulator for vintage computers.’

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Intel ties AMD for most reliable CPUs in 2025 system builder report — Nvidia’s Founders Edition GPUs dominate with the lowest failure rates

Puget System just released its annual reliability report for 2025, noting which computer components suffered the least number of failures in testing and deployment.
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